Adding a field to a Repeating Frame in Oracle Reports

Hi,
I have a report that has 4 repeating frames. At the lowest level (Level 4), I have several fields to do with school swimming sessions - Session Start Time, End Time etc..
I want to add a field to that frame for Session Notes, and have tried doing this by going to the Layout Model, selecting an existing field (e.g. Start Time) and doing a copy & paste into the Layout Model, with a view to then renaming it and changing the Source to Session Notes.
However, each time the new field is being created at School level (this is the Level 3 repeating frame) - obviously then when I attach the Session level column as the source for my new field, I get a field referenced "at a frequency below its group" message.
Any idea how I create a field in the Level 4 group?
Many thanks,
Keith.
PS I am using Oracle Reports v6

Before adding the items for the level4,create a repeating frame and put the right source to the repeating frame.
After doing this,put the items on this frame,and they will be level4 items.
It should work
aguero

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