Hi jkreddy,
take at this run everywhere example which will only show a dashboard panel if there are results from the search:
<dashboard>
<row>
<panel depends="$panel_show$">
<chart>
<title>index=_internal search over the last 5 seconds</title>
<search id="mySearch">
<query>index=_internal sourcetype=splunkd | timechart span=1sec count by sourcetype</query>
<earliest>-5s@s</earliest>
<latest>now</latest>
<progress>
<condition match="'job.resultCount' > 0">
<set token="panel_show">true</set>
</condition>
<condition>
<unset token="panel_show"></unset>
</condition>
</progress>
</search>
<option name="charting.axisLabelsX.majorLabelStyle.overflowMode">ellipsisNone</option>
<option name="charting.axisLabelsX.majorLabelStyle.rotation">0</option>
<option name="charting.axisTitleX.visibility">collapsed</option>
<option name="charting.axisTitleY.visibility">collapsed</option>
<option name="charting.axisTitleY2.visibility">visible</option>
<option name="charting.axisX.scale">linear</option>
<option name="charting.axisY.scale">linear</option>
<option name="charting.axisY2.enabled">0</option>
<option name="charting.axisY2.scale">inherit</option>
<option name="charting.chart">column</option>
<option name="charting.chart.bubbleMaximumSize">50</option>
<option name="charting.chart.bubbleMinimumSize">10</option>
<option name="charting.chart.bubbleSizeBy">area</option>
<option name="charting.chart.nullValueMode">gaps</option>
<option name="charting.chart.showDataLabels">all</option>
<option name="charting.chart.sliceCollapsingThreshold">0.01</option>
<option name="charting.chart.stackMode">stacked</option>
<option name="charting.chart.style">shiny</option>
<option name="charting.drilldown">none</option>
<option name="charting.layout.splitSeries">0</option>
<option name="charting.layout.splitSeries.allowIndependentYRanges">0</option>
<option name="charting.legend.labelStyle.overflowMode">ellipsisMiddle</option>
<option name="charting.legend.placement">none</option>
<option name="refresh.auto.interval">5</option>
</chart>
</panel>
</row>
</dashboard>
Adapt the search to your needs and change the <condition match="'job.resultCount' > 0">
to match your condition.
Hope this helps ...
cheers, MuS
This was exactly what I was looking for. Thank you!