https://www.infopathdev.com:443/blogs/david/archive/2007/07/16/Showing-default-values-from-Secondary-Data-Sources.aspxUnlike the main data source, secondary data sources have an annoying property of not displaying the values stored in the XML when the view controls are bound to them. It turns out that it does not have to be this way – a small hack can fix it. ConsiderenCommunityServer 2007 SP3 (Build: 31118.962)