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I have a field named 'Expected_Results1_MonitoringSummary' that in a section named 'group9' that is within a repeating section 'group8'. When someone adds a section in the repeating section(group8) I would like the value 'Expected_Results1_MonitoringSummary' to default to the value of the 'Expected_Results1_MonitoringSummary' in the previous section. I do not want to take the field out of the repeating section because although the user will keep the previous value most of the time there are instances where they will modify it slightly and want to use that going forward. I hope this makes sense. I copied the Xpath for the 'Expected_Results1_MonitoringSummary' field: /my:myFields/my:group7/my:group8/my:group9/my:Expected_Results1_MonitoringSummary Thanks

 Put a rule on group9 that sets Expected_Results1_MonitoringSummary to: preceding-sibling::my:group9[1]/my:Expected_Results1_MonitoringSummary

When a new row is inserted, the value will be set to the value from the immediately preceding row. 

 Thank you for the reply!   When I enter:

preceding-sibling::my:group9[1]/my:Expected_Results1_MonitoringSummary

I am getting the following error: 

"preceding-sibling::my:group9/my:Expected_Results1_MonitoringSummary" does not point to a valid location path of a field or group. 

 any thoughts? 

 I figured it out

 I applied the following rule to the repeating section (group 8)

preceding-sibling:: my:group8[1]/my:group9/my:Expected_Results1_MonitoringSummary

 

Thank you so much for your help!! 

 

 Ah, good call - I guessed group9 was the repeat and guessed wrong. :) Glad you got it! Here's an old blog post from Greg Collins that has helped me understand preceding-sibling.