Newbie Questions

Re: Make a selection unique in a repeating section

canberraangel — Wed, 31 Aug 2016 22:10:12 GMT

Yay. I tried that and it worked. Thanks so much for your help.

iLoveData — Wed, 31 Aug 2016 20:51:00 GMT

It's a common mistake to use repeating sections instead of repeating tables.

canberraangel — Wed, 31 Aug 2016 20:46:20 GMT

Thanks for that. Sounds simple. I'll try it.

iLoveData — Wed, 31 Aug 2016 14:07:02 GMT

Use a repeating table instead. This will ensure they can use different values for each row they add :-)

canberraangel — Wed, 31 Aug 2016 01:37:29 GMT

I'm brand new to InfoPath.

I created a repeating section on a form. The form is a work order and the users may have several jobs on the one order.

I set up a section (options) where they select whether they will Check, move or replace an item.

Then they have to select (from drop down lists) the location: Enclosure number, Bay number.

I repeated the section so that they could create a new part of the job. This is where my problem is.

When they select a different Enclosure number or Bay number in the repeated section, the original section is changed to that selection.

This makes the repeated section redundant.

I know there must be a simple way to fix this but I've looked everywhere and can't find it. Your help would be greatly appreciated.

Canberraangel