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<!DOCTYPE html><html><head> <title>Repro</title> <script src="js/jquery.min.js"></script> <script src="source/js/kendo.all.js"></script> <link href="source/styles/kendo.common.css" rel="stylesheet" /> <link href="source/styles/kendo.mobile.all.css" rel="stylesheet" /></head><body> <div data-role="view" id="tabstrip-listview" data-init="initList" data-title="PO List" data-layout="tabstrip-layout"> <ul id="po-listview"/> </div> <script> var app = new kendo.mobile.Application(document.body); var ds = new kendo.data.DataSource({ transport: { read: "Data/POListTest.xml" }, schema: { type: "xml", data: "/ItemInfoList/ItemInfo", model: { id: 'PONumber', // *** Commenting out this line fixes the problem *** fields: { PONumber: "Item/PurchaseOrderHeader/POHdrPONumber/text()" } } } }); function initList() { $("#po-listview").kendoMobileListView({ dataSource: ds, template: "${PONumber}" }); }; </script></body></html>