diff --git a/src/components/workflows/WorkflowsTable.vue b/src/components/workflows/WorkflowsTable.vue
index f12c707..f42c6f2 100644
--- a/src/components/workflows/WorkflowsTable.vue
+++ b/src/components/workflows/WorkflowsTable.vue
@@ -119,14 +119,14 @@ const groupByDocuments = () => {
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   </template>
   <template v-else>
-    <div class="flex flex-col" v-if="evals.length > 0">
+    <div class="flex flex-col" v-if="Object.keys(groupedData).length > 0">
       <div class="flex items-center mb-4 ml-auto">
         <p class="mr-2">{{ $t('group_by') }}:</p>
         <Dropdown v-model="sortBy" :options="sortOptions" optionLabel="label" placeholder="Choose something.." class="" />
       </div>
       <TrendLegend :show-text-colors="false" class="ml-auto mb-4"/>
     </div>
-    <table v-if="evals.length > 0" class="w-full border border-collapse rounded text-sm">
+    <table v-if="Object.keys(groupedData).length > 0" class="w-full border border-collapse rounded text-sm">
       <thead>
       <tr>
         <th class="p-2 border">{{ sortBy.value === 'documents' ? $t('documents') : $t('workflows') }}</th>
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ const groupByDocuments = () => {
       </template>
       </tbody>
     </table>
-    <div v-else>{{ $t('no_table_data') }}</div>
+    <div v-else class="mt-12 mb-6">{{ $t('no_documents_selected') }}</div>
   </template>
 </template>
 
diff --git a/src/components/workflows/WorkflowsTimeline.vue b/src/components/workflows/WorkflowsTimeline.vue
index e957da8..b594de5 100644
--- a/src/components/workflows/WorkflowsTimeline.vue
+++ b/src/components/workflows/WorkflowsTimeline.vue
@@ -34,24 +34,29 @@ watch(selectedMetric,
 
 <template>
   <div class="flex flex-col">
-    <div class="flex w-full mb-4">
-      <Dropdown
-        v-model="selectedMetric"
-        :options="metrics"
-        :pt="DropdownPassThroughStyles"
-        optionLabel="label"
-        placeholder="Select a metric"
-        class="ml-auto md:w-14rem"
-        unstyled
-      />
-    </div>
-    <TrendLegend class="ml-auto mb-4"/>
+    <template v-if="gtList.length > 0">
+      <div class="flex w-full mb-4">
+        <Dropdown
+          v-model="selectedMetric"
+          :options="metrics"
+          :pt="DropdownPassThroughStyles"
+          optionLabel="label"
+          placeholder="Select a metric"
+          class="ml-auto md:w-14rem"
+          unstyled
+        />
+      </div>
+      <TrendLegend class="ml-auto mb-4"/>
+    </template>
     <div class="flex flex-col space-y-6">
       <template v-if="gtList.length > 0">
         <TimelineItem v-for="gt in gtList" :key="gt.id" :gt="gt" :metric="selectedMetricValue" />
       </template>
+      <template v-else-if="workflowsStore.gt.length > 0 ">
+        <div class="my-6">{{ $t('no_documents_selected') }}</div>
+      </template>
       <template v-else>
-        <div class="my-6">An error has occurred. Please try again later!</div>
+        <div class="my-6">{{ $t('error_please_try_again_later') }}</div>
       </template>
     </div>
   </div>
diff --git a/src/locales/de.json b/src/locales/de.json
index 7f63644..7f5f5b7 100644
--- a/src/locales/de.json
+++ b/src/locales/de.json
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
   "cer_min_desc": "CER Min absteigend",
   "cer_max_asc": "CER Max aufsteigend",
   "cer_max_desc": "CER Max absteigend",
-  "no_table_data": "Keine Tabellendaten verfügbar",
   "workflow_steps": "Workflowschritte",
   "external_repo_url": "Externer Link zum Repository",
   "change": "Ändern",
@@ -70,5 +69,7 @@
   "workflows_intro_additional_infos": "Weitere Informationen finden Sie auf der OCR-D-Website {ocrd_link}.",
   "ocrd_link": "https://ocr-d.de/de/",
   "workflows_intro_gt_guidelines": "Die OCR-D Ground Truth Richtlinien können unter {gt_guidelines_link} abgerufen werden.",
-  "gt_guidelines_link": "https://ocr-d.de/de/gt-guidelines/trans/"
+  "gt_guidelines_link": "https://ocr-d.de/de/gt-guidelines/trans/",
+  "no_documents_selected": "Es sind keine Dokumente (Ground Truth) ausgewählt. Bitte wählen Sie alle oder spezifische Ground Truths aus.",
+  "error_please_try_again_later": "Es ist ein Fehler aufgetreten. Bitte versuchen Sie es später erneut!"
 }
diff --git a/src/locales/en.json b/src/locales/en.json
index 29c3fb4..28ce724 100644
--- a/src/locales/en.json
+++ b/src/locales/en.json
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
   "cer_min_desc": "CER Min descending",
   "cer_max_asc": "CER Max ascending",
   "cer_max_desc": "CER Max descending",
-  "no_table_data": "No table data available",
   "workflow_steps": "Workflow steps",
   "external_repo_url": "External link to the repository",
   "change": "Change",
@@ -64,5 +63,7 @@
   "workflows_intro_additional_infos": "For more information see the OCR-D website {ocrd_link}.",
   "ocrd_link": "https://ocr-d.de/en/",
   "workflows_intro_gt_guidelines": "The OCR-D Ground Truth Guidelines can be found under {gt_guidelines_link}.",
-  "gt_guidelines_link": "https://ocr-d.de/en/gt-guidelines/trans/"
+  "gt_guidelines_link": "https://ocr-d.de/en/gt-guidelines/trans/",
+  "no_documents_selected": "No documents (Ground Truth) are selected. Please select all or specific ground truths.",
+  "error_please_try_again_later": "An error has occurred. Please try again later!"
 }