In Crystal Enterprise - how do I email if no records exist

I havea report thatis an exception report. It is a daily import into another table by a 3rd party. I run the report daily to test to see if there are no records. If there are records in the report, then I do not want to email the report, however if no records turn up for the day, I want to fire an email off to state that nothing was received for the previous day.
Anyone have any familiarity with doing this?
I am using Crystal Enterprise XI R2 (11.5)

In the report footer, put a formula like (basic syntax):
dim div0 as number
if count({field}) = 0 then
div0 = div0 / div0
end if
This will cause the report to "fail". When scheduling the report, send an email if the report fails.
HTH,
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