diff --git a/src/components/Dashboard/common/SimpleDateTimePropertyFilter.jsx b/src/components/Dashboard/common/SimpleDateTimePropertyFilter.jsx
index 397971de..c3489007 100644
--- a/src/components/Dashboard/common/SimpleDateTimePropertyFilter.jsx
+++ b/src/components/Dashboard/common/SimpleDateTimePropertyFilter.jsx
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import PropTypes from 'prop-types'
 import dayjs from 'dayjs'
 import { ApiServerContext } from '../context/ApiServerContext'
 import { LoadingOutlined, CaretDownOutlined } from '@ant-design/icons'
+import MissingPlaceholder from './MissingPlaceholder'
 import {
   matchesFilterExpression,
   valuesToExpression
@@ -414,6 +415,13 @@ const expandKeysForChecked = (keys, nodeByKey) => {
 
 const EMPTY_OBJECT = {}
 
+const omitUndefinedValues = (obj) =>
+  Object.fromEntries(
+    Object.entries(obj || {}).filter(
+      ([, value]) => value !== undefined && value !== ''
+    )
+  )
+
 const stableStringify = (value) => {
   if (Array.isArray(value)) {
     return `[${value.map(stableStringify).join(',')}]`
@@ -445,16 +453,19 @@ const SimpleDateTimePropertyFilter = ({
   getModelPropertyValuesRef.current = getModelPropertyValues
 
   const [dates, setDates] = useState([])
-  const [loading, setLoading] = useState(false)
+  const [loading, setLoading] = useState(() => visible)
   const [localChecked, setLocalChecked] = useState(null)
 
   const filterForValues = useMemo(() => {
-    const next = { ...(filter || {}) }
+    const next = omitUndefinedValues(filter)
     if (propertyName) delete next[propertyName]
     return next
   }, [filter, propertyName])
 
-  const masterFilterForValues = masterFilter || EMPTY_OBJECT
+  const masterFilterForValues = useMemo(
+    () => omitUndefinedValues(masterFilter),
+    [masterFilter]
+  )
 
   const filterHash = useMemo(
     () => getFilterHash(filterForValues, masterFilterForValues),
@@ -648,6 +659,17 @@ const SimpleDateTimePropertyFilter = ({
     )
   }
 
+  if (!loading && treeData.length === 0) {
+    return (
+      <MissingPlaceholder
+        message='No options found.'
+        hasBackground={false}
+        hasBorder={false}
+        padding='0'
+      />
+    )
+  }
+
   return (
     <Spin spinning={loading} indicator={<LoadingOutlined spin />}>
       {treeData.length > 0 ? (