Newbie Questionshttps://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)Re: Auto numbering using preceding-siblinghttps://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/thread/87865.aspxSun, 10 Mar 2013 18:27:00 GMT033a2e2d-04e2-4a9d-be01-a4634161eefd:87865Patrick Halstead0https://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/thread/87865.aspxhttps://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=39&PostID=87865<p>Yes! </p><p>Here&#39;s an xpath you can use: count(../preceding-sibling::my:group)+1</p><p>Replace my:group with the repeating group node above your field. Best practice is not to make the field repeating, but rather the parent group.</p><p>Good luck!</p>Auto numbering using preceding-siblinghttps://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/thread/87642.aspxMon, 04 Mar 2013 20:05:16 GMT033a2e2d-04e2-4a9d-be01-a4634161eefd:87642zi007ad0https://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/thread/87642.aspxhttps://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=39&PostID=87642hey, i was wondering is it possible to auto number using (a,b,c ...etc) instead of (1,2,3 .. etc) maybe using &quot;preceding-sibling&quot; or similar codes ?