Thanks for the response. Below is some more detail, including additional things I have learned, and screenshots:
First is a shot of my "view" screen, specifically the data mapping tab. In this you will see that it does not have any of the local variables showing. In this case to replicate I opened the app in the tool and went straight to the "view" screen:
Second is a shot of my "view" screen, specifically the data mapping tab. In this you will see that it does have the local variables showing. In this case to replicate I opened the app in the tool and went to the "add" information screen first (where the variables are defined), and then to the "view" screen:
Third is the Event screen when I do the procedure described in the "second" section above. It does have the variables in the drop down:
Fourth is the Event screen when I go straight to the "view" screen. It has blank drop downs:
It appears that some relationship between the screen/code creating the variables is not happening unless you open that screen in the app first and then go to the screen(s) that you are coding to display the local variables.
I hope all of that made sense. 