diff --git a/src/app/shared/form/builder/ds-dynamic-form-ui/ds-dynamic-form.component.html b/src/app/shared/form/builder/ds-dynamic-form-ui/ds-dynamic-form.component.html
index 8b84b592d7..5684f4eac9 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/form/builder/ds-dynamic-form-ui/ds-dynamic-form.component.html
+++ b/src/app/shared/form/builder/ds-dynamic-form-ui/ds-dynamic-form.component.html
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
                                    [formId]="formId"
                                    [group]="formGroup"
                                    [hasErrorMessaging]="model.hasErrorMessages"
-                                   [hidden]="model.hidden"linke
+                                   [hidden]="model.hidden"
                                    [layout]="formLayout"
                                    [model]="model"
                                    [ngClass]="[getClass(model, 'element', 'host'), getClass(model, 'grid', 'host')]"
diff --git a/src/app/shared/form/form.reducer.ts b/src/app/shared/form/form.reducer.ts
index b5b4090ef9..59b942ebc3 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/form/form.reducer.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/form/form.reducer.ts
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ function changeTouchedState(state: FormState, action: FormAddTouchedAction): For
     newState[action.payload.formId] = newForm;
 
     newForm.touched = { ... newForm.touched};
-    action.payload.touched.forEach((field) => newForm[field] = true);
+    action.payload.touched.forEach((field) => newForm.touched[field] = true);
 
     return newState;
   } else {
diff --git a/src/app/submission/objects/submission-objects.effects.ts b/src/app/submission/objects/submission-objects.effects.ts
index a4b3a94ff8..4f6563c662 100644
--- a/src/app/submission/objects/submission-objects.effects.ts
+++ b/src/app/submission/objects/submission-objects.effects.ts
@@ -443,7 +443,7 @@ function getForm(forms, currentState, sectionId) {
  * @param notify
  *  Whether notifications are enabled
  */
-function filterErrors(sectionForm: FormState, sectionErrors: SubmissionSectionError[], sectionType: string, notify: boolean): any {
+function filterErrors(sectionForm: FormState, sectionErrors: SubmissionSectionError[], sectionType: string, notify: boolean): SubmissionSectionError[] {
   if (notify || sectionType !== SectionsType.SubmissionForm) {
     return sectionErrors;
   }
diff --git a/src/app/submission/objects/submission-objects.reducer.ts b/src/app/submission/objects/submission-objects.reducer.ts
index 91caeb1e77..9d2030ce25 100644
--- a/src/app/submission/objects/submission-objects.reducer.ts
+++ b/src/app/submission/objects/submission-objects.reducer.ts
@@ -695,7 +695,7 @@ function setSectionFormId(state: SubmissionObjectState, action: SetSectionFormId
  */
 function updateSectionData(state: SubmissionObjectState, action: UpdateSectionDataAction): SubmissionObjectState {
   if (isNotEmpty(state[ action.payload.submissionId ])
-      && isNotEmpty(state[ action.payload.submissionId ].sections[ action.payload.sectionId])) {
+    && isNotEmpty(state[ action.payload.submissionId ].sections[ action.payload.sectionId])) {
     return Object.assign({}, state, {
       [ action.payload.submissionId ]: Object.assign({}, state[ action.payload.submissionId ], {
         sections: Object.assign({}, state[ action.payload.submissionId ].sections, {
@@ -718,8 +718,10 @@ function updateSectionData(state: SubmissionObjectState, action: UpdateSectionDa
  * Keep the existent otherwise.
  * @param newMetadata
  * @param oldMetadata
+ * @return
+ *   new sectionMetadata value
  */
-function reduceSectionMetadata(newMetadata: string[], oldMetadata: string[]) {
+function reduceSectionMetadata(newMetadata: string[], oldMetadata: string[]): string[] {
   if (newMetadata) {
     return newMetadata;
   }
diff --git a/src/app/submission/sections/form/section-form.component.ts b/src/app/submission/sections/form/section-form.component.ts
index 5a04187ea3..6e1e6d52f3 100644
--- a/src/app/submission/sections/form/section-form.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/submission/sections/form/section-form.component.ts
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ export class SubmissionSectionformComponent extends SectionModelComponent {
 
     const sectionDataToCheck = {};
     Object.keys(sectionData).forEach((key) => {
-      if (this.sectionMetadata.includes(key)) {
+      if (this.sectionMetadata && this.sectionMetadata.includes(key)) {
         sectionDataToCheck[key] = sectionData[key];
       }
     })
diff --git a/src/app/submission/sections/sections.service.spec.ts b/src/app/submission/sections/sections.service.spec.ts
index 5c7bff13ce..75b6dfe67e 100644
--- a/src/app/submission/sections/sections.service.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/submission/sections/sections.service.spec.ts
@@ -380,4 +380,25 @@ describe('SectionsService test suite', () => {
       expect(store.dispatch).toHaveBeenCalledWith(new UpdateSectionDataAction(submissionId, sectionId, data, []));
     });
   });
+
+  describe('computeSectionConfiguredMetadata', () => {
+    it('should return the configured metadata of the section from the form configuration', () => {
+
+      const formConfig = {
+        rows: [{
+          fields: [{
+            selectableMetadata: [{
+              metadata: 'dc.contributor.author'
+            }]
+          }]
+        }]
+      }
+
+      const expectedConfiguredMetadata =  [ 'dc.contributor.author' ];
+
+      const configuredMetadata = service.computeSectionConfiguredMetadata(formConfig as any);
+
+      expect(configuredMetadata).toEqual(expectedConfiguredMetadata);
+    });
+  });
 });