diff --git a/table/src/components/TablePanel.test.tsx b/table/src/components/TablePanel.test.tsx
index 96b731dfa..654cff1da 100644
--- a/table/src/components/TablePanel.test.tsx
+++ b/table/src/components/TablePanel.test.tsx
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import { VirtuosoMockContext } from 'react-virtuoso';
 import { TimeSeriesData } from '@perses-dev/spec';
 import { TableOptions, TimeSeriesTableProps } from '../models';
 import {
+  MOCK_MULTI_QUERY_DATA_EMPTY,
   MOCK_MULTI_QUERY_DATA_Q1,
   MOCK_MULTI_QUERY_DATA_Q2,
   MOCK_MULTI_QUERY_DATA_WITH_ZERO,
@@ -460,5 +461,44 @@ describe('TablePanel', () => {
       },
       TEST_TIMEOUT
     );
+
+    it(
+      'should show N/A for columns defined in columnSettings but with no data in any query',
+      async () => {
+        // Simulates Request Hard column: defined in columnSettings as value #3,
+        // but the third query returns no data at all (e.g. no ResourceQuotas on cluster)
+        const options: TableOptions = {
+          columnSettings: [
+            { name: 'timestamp', hide: true },
+            { name: 'namespace', header: 'Namespace' },
+            { name: 'value #1', header: 'Value 1' },
+            { name: 'value #2', header: 'Value 2' },
+            { name: 'value #3', header: 'Value 3 (empty query)' },
+          ],
+          cellSettings: [{ condition: { kind: 'Misc', spec: { value: 'null' } }, text: 'N/A' }],
+          transforms: [
+            { kind: 'MergeSeries', spec: {} },
+            { kind: 'JoinByColumnValue', spec: { columns: ['namespace'] } },
+          ],
+          enableFiltering: true,
+        };
+
+        // Q1 has data, Q2 has partial data, Q3 is completely empty
+        renderMultiQueryPanel(
+          [MOCK_MULTI_QUERY_DATA_Q1, MOCK_MULTI_QUERY_DATA_Q2, MOCK_MULTI_QUERY_DATA_EMPTY],
+          options
+        );
+
+        // Both namespaces should be present
+        expect(await screen.findByRole('cell', { name: 'ns-a' })).toBeInTheDocument();
+        expect(await screen.findByRole('cell', { name: 'ns-b' })).toBeInTheDocument();
+
+        // Value 3 column should show N/A for all rows since no query produced data for it
+        const naCells = await screen.findAllByRole('cell', { name: 'N/A' });
+        // At minimum: ns-b missing value #2 (1) + both rows missing value #3 (2) = 3 N/A cells
+        expect(naCells.length).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(3);
+      },
+      TEST_TIMEOUT
+    );
   });
 });
diff --git a/table/src/components/TablePanel.tsx b/table/src/components/TablePanel.tsx
index b86f46159..75106f32f 100644
--- a/table/src/components/TablePanel.tsx
+++ b/table/src/components/TablePanel.tsx
@@ -452,8 +452,16 @@ export function TablePanel({ contentDimensions, spec, queryResults }: TableProps
       }
     }
 
+    // Include column names from columnSettings so that columns with no data
+    // are still extended with undefined for cellSettings evaluation (e.g. N/A for null)
+    for (const col of spec.columnSettings ?? []) {
+      if (!result.includes(col.name)) {
+        result.push(col.name);
+      }
+    }
+
     return result;
-  }, [data]);
+  }, [data, spec.columnSettings]);
 
   const columnsFormat = useMemo(() => {
     const columnsFormat: Record<string, FormatOptions> = {};
diff --git a/table/src/test/mock-query-results.ts b/table/src/test/mock-query-results.ts
index f07f88e00..433511f3c 100644
--- a/table/src/test/mock-query-results.ts
+++ b/table/src/test/mock-query-results.ts
@@ -326,6 +326,14 @@ export const MOCK_MULTI_QUERY_DATA_WITH_ZERO: TimeSeriesData = {
   ],
 };
 
+// Query that returns no data at all — simulates a metric like cpu_request_hard
+// when no ResourceQuotas exist on the cluster.
+export const MOCK_MULTI_QUERY_DATA_EMPTY: TimeSeriesData = {
+  timeRange: { start: new Date(1666625535000), end: new Date(1666625535000) },
+  stepMs: 24379,
+  series: [],
+};
+
 export const MOCK_TIME_SERIES_QUERY_DEFINITION = {
   kind: 'TimeSeriesQuery',
   spec: {