diff --git a/src/app/components/results-chart/chart-type.component.ts b/src/app/components/results-chart/chart-type.component.ts
index a7be551c1ddfce8695af812969a9f1e0f62c58c8..6ba573a915664ca901a5ce8813ee8c5fe10aa0e8 100644
--- a/src/app/components/results-chart/chart-type.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/components/results-chart/chart-type.component.ts
@@ -96,4 +96,9 @@ export class ChartTypeSelectComponent implements IObservable {
     public get enableHelpButton() {
         return false;
     }
+
+    // implemented because of generic template
+    public get messageWhenEmpty(): string {
+        return undefined;
+    }
 }