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 Thank you Hilary will give this a go

Data from my REST data connection displays fine in preview mode but nothing is shown when the form is displayed as a web form from within SP2016. No error codes or like just blank drop downs. My rest address works fine if I paste it straight into the browser this returns the expected ...

What a wonderful knowledge you have of this product, thank you so much for sharing this tip, it sounds perfect. Kind regards Martin

I have created a data connection to my list and wish to retrieve list items where "archive = no". This is not dependent on any user choice but needs to load within the form as a drop down. The user should not have to do anything non archived items will automatically display. I know I need to set archive = no & query the data ...

 Add a new data connection GetUserProfileByName, location something like http://mysite/_vti_bin/userprofileservice.asmx?WSDL  , operation select GetUserProfileByName, untick automatically retrieve data when form is openedThis data connection can be queried multiple times but you need to supply the particular account name each ...

Thank you very much for your reply. Yes I have tried this and it does work, originally I was binding the fields to the data query fields and of course they kept changing as I queried the connection each time, so I cleared those bindings out and set the value of the fields within the rules. And I can query as many times as I wish . Thank you ...

I need to query the same data source multiple times. Can I re filter the same data source multiple times or do I need to create multiple data connections of exactly the same type? Thank you for any advice on this.

Thank you for your help much appreciated

Thank you for your response Hilary, yes this is my experience if I add multiple sections they all seem to be bound to the list group container(SharePointListItem_RW node). I was expecting them to show as separate groups in which I could rearrange the list fields but it does wish to play ball! The main thing for me is that I can add/hide sections ...

I have created a simple list within Sharepoint 2016 then open the edit form within Infopath. I wish to add new sections to regroup my fields but no matter what I do I cannot seem to create new sections i sthe underlying form locked down in some way? Thank you for any advice regarding this issue