diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 5a5a6a1eee465540c9cb0100614669709e078212..f14bb3fdef331fa34e1ae5a07a625074554150ba 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
         "@ahooksjs/use-url-state": "^3.5.0",
         "@emotion/react": "^11.11.1",
         "@emotion/styled": "^11.11.0",
-        "@ess-ics/ce-ui-common": "^5.0.0",
+        "@ess-ics/ce-ui-common": "^5.2.0",
         "@fontsource/roboto": "^4.1.0",
         "@mui/icons-material": "^5.14.1",
         "@mui/material": "^5.14.1",
@@ -3023,9 +3023,9 @@
       }
     },
     "node_modules/@ess-ics/ce-ui-common": {
-      "version": "5.0.0",
-      "resolved": "https://artifactory.esss.lu.se/artifactory/api/npm/ics-npm/@ess-ics/ce-ui-common/-/ce-ui-common-5.0.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha1-8kLUz3Zl9TA3sYsL34k0ydGS3PY=",
+      "version": "5.2.0",
+      "resolved": "https://artifactory.esss.lu.se/artifactory/api/npm/ics-npm/@ess-ics/ce-ui-common/-/ce-ui-common-5.2.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha1-yb/dn2ntQOYGnr92xcXpAS0a9vA=",
       "dependencies": {
         "@fontsource/titillium-web": "^4.5.9",
         "@mui/x-data-grid-pro": "^6.5.0",
@@ -38829,9 +38829,9 @@
       "dev": true
     },
     "@ess-ics/ce-ui-common": {
-      "version": "5.0.0",
-      "resolved": "https://artifactory.esss.lu.se/artifactory/api/npm/ics-npm/@ess-ics/ce-ui-common/-/ce-ui-common-5.0.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha1-8kLUz3Zl9TA3sYsL34k0ydGS3PY=",
+      "version": "5.2.0",
+      "resolved": "https://artifactory.esss.lu.se/artifactory/api/npm/ics-npm/@ess-ics/ce-ui-common/-/ce-ui-common-5.2.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha1-yb/dn2ntQOYGnr92xcXpAS0a9vA=",
       "requires": {
         "@fontsource/titillium-web": "^4.5.9",
         "@mui/x-data-grid-pro": "^6.5.0",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index dd153311bd1d8987de4ab0f4fe458c1c5aff5b85..3daaa2135786bee6d7c543cfdff1242ec867eaea 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     "@ahooksjs/use-url-state": "^3.5.0",
     "@emotion/react": "^11.11.1",
     "@emotion/styled": "^11.11.0",
-    "@ess-ics/ce-ui-common": "^5.0.0",
+    "@ess-ics/ce-ui-common": "^5.2.0",
     "@fontsource/roboto": "^4.1.0",
     "@mui/icons-material": "^5.14.1",
     "@mui/material": "^5.14.1",
diff --git a/src/components/IOC/IOCLiveStatus/IOCLiveStatus.js b/src/components/IOC/IOCLiveStatus/IOCLiveStatus.js
index c5f44535f7323d343cbbb99b6fab848300d34552..39c98c630bda38d198963811a972025650e2afbe 100644
--- a/src/components/IOC/IOCLiveStatus/IOCLiveStatus.js
+++ b/src/components/IOC/IOCLiveStatus/IOCLiveStatus.js
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 import React, { useCallback } from "react";
 import { Typography } from "@mui/material";
-import { SimpleAccordion, InternalLink } from "@ess-ics/ce-ui-common";
+import {
+  SimpleAccordion,
+  InternalLink,
+  EmptyValue
+} from "@ess-ics/ce-ui-common";
 import { IOCDetails } from "../IOCDetails";
 import { LokiContainer } from "../../common/Loki/LokiContainer";
 import { RecordSearch } from "../../records/RecordSearch";
@@ -28,9 +32,6 @@ export function IOCLiveStatus({ ioc }) {
       ioc.activeDeployment
     ).hasDeployment();
 
-    // if IOC is not deployed some fields has to show '---' value
-    const grayOutNoText = <Typography color="gray">---</Typography>;
-
     let subset = {
       Description: ioc.description,
       Revision: iocHasDeployment ? (
@@ -39,7 +40,7 @@ export function IOCLiveStatus({ ioc }) {
           revision={ioc.activeDeployment?.sourceVersion}
         />
       ) : (
-        grayOutNoText
+        <EmptyValue />
       ),
       "Deployed on":
         iocHasDeployment && ioc.activeDeployment?.host.csEntryIdValid ? (
@@ -56,7 +57,7 @@ export function IOCLiveStatus({ ioc }) {
             )}
           </Typography>
         ) : (
-          grayOutNoText
+          <EmptyValue />
         )
     };
 
diff --git a/src/components/IOC/IOCTable/IOCDescription.js b/src/components/IOC/IOCTable/IOCDescription.js
index b53308c0a92923fefd2eab0c918198ad3cd98d1a..55813cc2951d2f32b38d3bcf4ecbe3035c46e66d 100644
--- a/src/components/IOC/IOCTable/IOCDescription.js
+++ b/src/components/IOC/IOCTable/IOCDescription.js
@@ -1,11 +1,17 @@
 import React, { useContext, useMemo } from "react";
 import { apiContext } from "../../../api/DeployApi";
 import { Skeleton } from "@mui/material";
-import { useAPIMethod, EllipsisText } from "@ess-ics/ce-ui-common";
+import { useAPIMethod, EllipsisText, EmptyValue } from "@ess-ics/ce-ui-common";
 
 function createIocDescription(description) {
   return (
-    <>{description ? <EllipsisText>{description}</EllipsisText> : "---"}</>
+    <>
+      {description ? (
+        <EllipsisText>{description}</EllipsisText>
+      ) : (
+        <EmptyValue />
+      )}
+    </>
   );
 }
 
diff --git a/src/components/IOC/IOCTable/IOCTable.js b/src/components/IOC/IOCTable/IOCTable.js
index 326d745e9d892ab4bccba13fa94fb80df682a9dc..ad960c0de6083df83ad13689df22628fe430c681 100644
--- a/src/components/IOC/IOCTable/IOCTable.js
+++ b/src/components/IOC/IOCTable/IOCTable.js
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 import React from "react";
-import { Table, InternalLink, EllipsisText } from "@ess-ics/ce-ui-common";
+import {
+  Table,
+  InternalLink,
+  EllipsisText,
+  EmptyValue
+} from "@ess-ics/ce-ui-common";
 import { IOCDescription } from "./IOCDescription";
 import { IOCStatus } from "./IOCStatus";
 
@@ -31,7 +36,11 @@ const exploreIocsColumns = [
     headerName: "Network",
     width: "10ch",
     renderCell: (params) => {
-      return <EllipsisText>{params.value ?? "---"}</EllipsisText>;
+      return params.value ? (
+        <EllipsisText>{params.value}</EllipsisText>
+      ) : (
+        <EmptyValue />
+      );
     },
     valueGetter: (params) => {
       return params.value;
@@ -68,12 +77,13 @@ function createHostLink(host) {
         label={`Host details, ${host?.hostName}`}
         width="100%"
       >
-        <EllipsisText>{host?.hostName ?? "---"}</EllipsisText>
+        host?.hostName ? <EllipsisText>{host?.hostName}</EllipsisText> :{" "}
+        <EmptyValue />
       </InternalLink>
     );
   }
 
-  return "---";
+  return <EmptyValue />;
 }
 
 function createIocLink(id, name) {
diff --git a/src/components/Job/JobDetails.js b/src/components/Job/JobDetails.js
index c764d916e223176a389846b89b9bce43613b20c8..4e5865407360e190192cbc7f7e4f8fdc3d5843cf 100644
--- a/src/components/Job/JobDetails.js
+++ b/src/components/Job/JobDetails.js
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ import {
   AlertBannerList,
   ExternalLink,
   InternalLink,
-  formatDateAndTime
+  formatDateAndTime,
+  EmptyValue
 } from "@ess-ics/ce-ui-common";
 import { JobBadge } from "./JobBadge";
 import { DeploymentJobOutput } from "../deployments/DeploymentJobOutput";
@@ -81,19 +82,23 @@ export function JobDetails({ operation, job }) {
         {operation.awxJobUrl}
       </ExternalLink>
     ),
-    "created time": operation?.createdAt
-      ? formatDateAndTime(operation.createdAt)
-      : "-",
-    "AWX job start time": operation?.startTime
-      ? formatDateAndTime(operation.startTime)
-      : "-",
+    "created time": operation?.createdAt ? (
+      formatDateAndTime(operation.createdAt)
+    ) : (
+      <EmptyValue />
+    ),
+    "AWX job start time": operation?.startTime ? (
+      formatDateAndTime(operation.startTime)
+    ) : (
+      <EmptyValue />
+    ),
     duration: operation?.finishedAt ? (
       <JobDuration
         job={operation}
         renderContents={(duration) => duration}
       />
     ) : (
-      "-"
+      <EmptyValue />
     )
   };
 
diff --git a/src/components/records/RecordHostLink.js b/src/components/records/RecordHostLink.js
index 355b86a626fa7b001ba4cdc41109d4f69437e6dd..cacc63593d2f61bc200d1fc4537013692c358897 100644
--- a/src/components/records/RecordHostLink.js
+++ b/src/components/records/RecordHostLink.js
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ import { apiContext } from "../../api/DeployApi";
 import {
   useAPIMethod,
   InternalLink,
-  EllipsisText
+  EllipsisText,
+  EmptyValue
 } from "@ess-ics/ce-ui-common";
 
 function createRequest(fqdn) {
@@ -20,7 +21,7 @@ function shortenFqdn(fqdn) {
 function createHostLink(fqdn, hostInfo) {
   // if the fqdn field is empty for some reason
   if (fqdn === null || fqdn.trim() === "") {
-    return <Typography>{"---"}</Typography>;
+    return <EmptyValue />;
   }
 
   // create host link only if the host exists in CSEntry
diff --git a/src/components/records/RecordTable.js b/src/components/records/RecordTable.js
index eab95e640bb0e59b2586c8d5410ec76c1dcfe727..a927315a85dffd8bf8c4a7d9e46d55fe8f4cecf4 100644
--- a/src/components/records/RecordTable.js
+++ b/src/components/records/RecordTable.js
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 import React from "react";
-import { Table, InternalLink, EllipsisText } from "@ess-ics/ce-ui-common";
+import {
+  Table,
+  InternalLink,
+  EllipsisText,
+  EmptyValue
+} from "@ess-ics/ce-ui-common";
 import { RecordStatusIcon } from "./RecordIcons";
 import { Grid } from "@mui/material";
 import { RecordHostLink } from "./RecordHostLink";
@@ -75,7 +80,13 @@ function createRecordName(record) {
 
 function createRecordDescription(description) {
   return (
-    <>{description ? <EllipsisText>{description}</EllipsisText> : "---"}</>
+    <>
+      {description ? (
+        <EllipsisText>{description}</EllipsisText>
+      ) : (
+        <EmptyValue />
+      )}
+    </>
   );
 }
 
diff --git a/src/views/host/details/HostDetailsTable.js b/src/views/host/details/HostDetailsTable.js
index 39e97c3d9940a535104d54d0300270cb60a1d642..9fa9109da6da6719d164ec20ea13d3715921a347 100644
--- a/src/views/host/details/HostDetailsTable.js
+++ b/src/views/host/details/HostDetailsTable.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import React from "react";
-import { KeyValueTable, InternalLink } from "@ess-ics/ce-ui-common";
+import { KeyValueTable, InternalLink, EmptyValue } from "@ess-ics/ce-ui-common";
 import { Stack, Typography } from "@mui/material";
 
 export const HostDetailsTable = ({ host }) => {
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ export const HostDetailsTable = ({ host }) => {
         </Stack>
       );
     } else {
-      return "---";
+      return <EmptyValue />;
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/src/views/records/RecordDetailsView.js b/src/views/records/RecordDetailsView.js
index c09863483b982880e3e5577cdc28d59116e3725b..4d51839124b7556021be6d8798d906c4bab3543b 100644
--- a/src/views/records/RecordDetailsView.js
+++ b/src/views/records/RecordDetailsView.js
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ import {
   RootPaper,
   KeyValueTable,
   GlobalAppBarContext,
-  InternalLink
+  InternalLink,
+  EmptyValue
 } from "@ess-ics/ce-ui-common";
 import { RecordBadge } from "../../components/records/RecordBadge";
 import { applicationTitle } from "../../components/common/Helper";
@@ -91,7 +92,7 @@ export function RecordDetailsView() {
           </InternalLink>
         </Typography>
       ) : (
-        record?.alias
+        <EmptyValue />
       ),
       Description: record?.description,
       Version: record?.iocVersion,