Manipulating repeating section is not very easy. You can read my blog about that here: Dynamic repeating section - how to however it mainly refers to altering the section dynamically, as the form's values are changed.

Also, be aware you cannot replace the firs row of the repeating section. This is always a hidden row, shouldn't be modified or deleted, as is used as a definition for the section.

So I would try to not replace it with a new, but to replace it with its contents + the new node.

Regards,

Tomasz

Hi Thomasz, 

Thank you for your response. I currently solved the problem by rebuilding the entire repeating section in my workflow in by the use of a loop (guess this is what you are referring to as well): 

• Count items in repeating section
• Query XML of node x
• Check whether approver should be inserted
  • Y: Insert new approver by building the XML in a Build string action
  • N: Insert XML of current node x
• ...
• Update my column containing the XML

It works, but it is slower than I would like it to be

Could you maybe tell me a bit more about the following: 

Also, be aware you cannot replace the firs row of the repeating section. This is always a hidden row, shouldn't be modified or deleted, as is used as a definition for the section.

I have done quite some repeating section manipulations and I never really had a problem with modifying my first row (at least from the workflow)?

Regards, 

Glenda

Hi,

maybe I wasn't too precise. What I meant was that you shouldn't manipulate the first row on the form itself. If you go with the developer console you will find, that above your visible first row there is also a hidden one, so in fact the first is a different one than you see.

However manipulating the XML shouldn't bring any errors as long as you stay inline with the schema. Have you logged out the text you are building? Maybe there was an issue with the text you built?

Regards,

Tomasz