https://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/39.aspxNew to InfoPath? Search to see if your question has already been answered. If it has not, then ask it here or the appropriate topic forum.enCommunityServer 2007 SP3 (Build: 31118.962)https://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/thread/22118.aspxTue, 31 Jul 2007 21:28:06 GMT033a2e2d-04e2-4a9d-be01-a4634161eefd:22118Greg Collins0https://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/thread/22118.aspxhttps://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=39&PostID=22118Instead of using default value formulas, you can use rules to set those secondary data source fields with the translated values when the original field gets updated.https://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/thread/22110.aspxTue, 31 Jul 2007 14:52:06 GMT033a2e2d-04e2-4a9d-be01-a4634161eefd:22110Catharine0https://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/thread/22110.aspxhttps://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=39&PostID=22110<p>Hi</p><p>At the moment I am very unskilled at this..... Because I am trying to get to the bottom of how things work, and am not confident in doing multiple steps in one, I am tending to create calculation fields so that I can show the working.&nbsp; </p><p>eg when comparing translation of x against the translation of y - instead of doing it in one step I create a field (a) for the translation of x and a field (b) for the translation of y and then compare a and b...</p><p>These calculation fields (in theory) help me find the source of problems - but they also contaminate my main data source.&nbsp; As I understand it I cannot put values into a secondary data source - is that correct - is there any way round the problem of seeing interim values of calculations?&nbsp; I know as I get better at this stuff (feels like a million years time at the moment,)&nbsp; I will not use them as much, but I wondered if there was a better way.</p><p>Catharine</p>