diff --git a/tools/package/archetypes/uitab/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/src/main/java/AppUiTableMessageHandler.java b/tools/package/archetypes/uitab/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/src/main/java/AppUiTableMessageHandler.java
index 6bda2aa..7c605f4 100644
--- a/tools/package/archetypes/uitab/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/src/main/java/AppUiTableMessageHandler.java
+++ b/tools/package/archetypes/uitab/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/src/main/java/AppUiTableMessageHandler.java
@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@
     private static final String SAMPLE_TABLE_DETAIL_RESP = "sampleTableDetailsResponse";
     private static final String DETAILS = "details";
 
+    private static final String NO_ROWS_MESSAGE = "No items found";
+
     private static final String ID = "id";
     private static final String LABEL = "label";
     private static final String CODE = "code";
@@ -81,6 +83,11 @@
         // if required, override createTableModel() to set column formatters / comparators
 
         @Override
+        protected String noRowsMessage(ObjectNode payload) {
+            return NO_ROWS_MESSAGE;
+        }
+
+        @Override
         protected void populateTable(TableModel tm, ObjectNode payload) {
             // === NOTE: the table model supplied here will have been created
             // via  a call to createTableModel(). To assign non-default