From 2b889baa5e14062b408437726da9c7f526c68c45 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: skshetry <18718008+skshetry@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 9 Mar 2023 16:10:46 +0545
Subject: [PATCH] plots: avoid printing anything on --json output (#9144)

---
 dvc/commands/plots.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/dvc/commands/plots.py b/dvc/commands/plots.py
index 02adba8ca..5fca3e78b 100644
--- a/dvc/commands/plots.py
+++ b/dvc/commands/plots.py
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ class CmdPlots(CmdBase):
                 props=self._props(),
             )
 
-            if not plots_data:
+            if not plots_data and not self.args.json:
                 ui.error_write(
                     "No plots were loaded, visualization file will not be created."
                 )