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The `reportnothing` template represents an empty block of data, which can useful in different testing scenarios.

Example config:

`yaml apiVersion: "config.istio.io/v1alpha2" kind: reportnothing metadata: name: reportrequest namespace: istio-system spec:`

## Template

ReportNothing represents an empty block of data that is used for Report-capable adapters which don’t require any parameters. This is primarily intended for testing scenarios.