diff --git a/src/app/core/submission/workflowitem-data.service.spec.ts b/src/app/core/submission/workflowitem-data.service.spec.ts
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+import { HttpClient } from '@angular/common/http';
+import { of as observableOf } from 'rxjs';
+import { TestScheduler } from 'rxjs/testing';
+
+import { NotificationsService } from '../../shared/notifications/notifications.service';
+import { RemoteDataBuildService } from '../cache/builders/remote-data-build.service';
+import { ObjectCacheService } from '../cache/object-cache.service';
+import { HALEndpointService } from '../shared/hal-endpoint.service';
+import { RequestService } from '../data/request.service';
+import { PageInfo } from '../shared/page-info.model';
+import { createSuccessfulRemoteDataObject } from '../../shared/remote-data.utils';
+import { RequestEntry } from '../data/request.reducer';
+import { HrefOnlyDataService } from '../data/href-only-data.service';
+import { getMockHrefOnlyDataService } from '../../shared/mocks/href-only-data.service.mock';
+import { Store } from '@ngrx/store';
+import { CoreState } from '../core.reducers';
+import { RestResponse } from '../cache/response.models';
+import { cold, getTestScheduler, hot } from 'jasmine-marbles';
+import { Item } from '../shared/item.model';
+import { WorkflowItemDataService } from './workflowitem-data.service';
+import { WorkflowItem } from './models/workflowitem.model';
+
+describe('WorkflowItemDataService test', () => {
+  let scheduler: TestScheduler;
+  let service: WorkflowItemDataService;
+  let requestService: RequestService;
+  let rdbService: RemoteDataBuildService;
+  let objectCache: ObjectCacheService;
+  let halService: HALEndpointService;
+  let hrefOnlyDataService: HrefOnlyDataService;
+  let responseCacheEntry: RequestEntry;
+
+  const item = Object.assign(new Item(), {
+    id: '1234-1234',
+    uuid: '1234-1234',
+    bundles: observableOf({}),
+    metadata: {
+      'dc.title': [
+        {
+          language: 'en_US',
+          value: 'This is just another title'
+        }
+      ],
+      'dc.type': [
+        {
+          language: null,
+          value: 'Article'
+        }
+      ],
+      'dc.contributor.author': [
+        {
+          language: 'en_US',
+          value: 'Smith, Donald'
+        }
+      ],
+      'dc.date.issued': [
+        {
+          language: null,
+          value: '2015-06-26'
+        }
+      ]
+    }
+  });
+  const itemRD = createSuccessfulRemoteDataObject(item);
+  const wsi = Object.assign(new WorkflowItem(), { item: observableOf(itemRD), id: '1234', uuid: '1234' });
+  const wsiRD = createSuccessfulRemoteDataObject(wsi);
+
+  const endpointURL = `https://rest.api/rest/api/submission/workspaceitems`;
+  const searchRequestURL = `https://rest.api/rest/api/submission/workspaceitems/search/item?uuid=1234-1234`;
+  const searchRequestURL$ = observableOf(searchRequestURL);
+
+  const requestUUID = '8b3c613a-5a4b-438b-9686-be1d5b4a1c5a';
+
+  objectCache = {} as ObjectCacheService;
+  const notificationsService = {} as NotificationsService;
+  const http = {} as HttpClient;
+  const comparator = {} as any;
+  const comparatorEntry = {} as any;
+  const store = {} as Store<CoreState>;
+  const pageInfo = new PageInfo();
+
+  function initTestService() {
+    hrefOnlyDataService = getMockHrefOnlyDataService();
+    return new WorkflowItemDataService(
+      comparatorEntry,
+      halService,
+      http,
+      notificationsService,
+      requestService,
+      rdbService,
+      objectCache,
+      store
+    );
+  }
+
+  describe('', () => {
+    beforeEach(() => {
+
+      scheduler = getTestScheduler();
+
+      halService = jasmine.createSpyObj('halService', {
+        getEndpoint: cold('a', { a: endpointURL })
+      });
+      responseCacheEntry = new RequestEntry();
+      responseCacheEntry.request = { href: 'https://rest.api/' } as any;
+      responseCacheEntry.response = new RestResponse(true, 200, 'Success');
+
+      requestService = jasmine.createSpyObj('requestService', {
+        generateRequestId: requestUUID,
+        send: true,
+        removeByHrefSubstring: {},
+        getByHref: observableOf(responseCacheEntry),
+        getByUUID: observableOf(responseCacheEntry),
+      });
+      rdbService = jasmine.createSpyObj('rdbService', {
+        buildSingle: hot('a|', {
+          a: wsiRD
+        })
+      });
+
+      service = initTestService();
+
+      spyOn((service as any), 'findByHref').and.callThrough();
+      spyOn((service as any), 'getSearchByHref').and.returnValue(searchRequestURL$);
+    });
+
+    afterEach(() => {
+      service = null;
+    });
+
+    describe('findByItem', () => {
+      it('should proxy the call to DataService.findByHref', () => {
+        scheduler.schedule(() => service.findByItem('1234-1234', true, true, pageInfo));
+        scheduler.flush();
+
+        expect((service as any).findByHref).toHaveBeenCalledWith(searchRequestURL$, true, true);
+      });
+
+      it('should return a RemoteData<WorkspaceItem> for the search', () => {
+        const result = service.findByItem('1234-1234', true, true, pageInfo);
+        const expected = cold('a|', {
+          a: wsiRD
+        });
+        expect(result).toBeObservable(expected);
+      });
+
+    });
+  });
+
+});
diff --git a/src/app/core/submission/workspaceitem-data.service.spec.ts b/src/app/core/submission/workspaceitem-data.service.spec.ts
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+import { HttpClient } from '@angular/common/http';
+import { of as observableOf } from 'rxjs';
+import { TestScheduler } from 'rxjs/testing';
+
+import { NotificationsService } from '../../shared/notifications/notifications.service';
+import { RemoteDataBuildService } from '../cache/builders/remote-data-build.service';
+import { ObjectCacheService } from '../cache/object-cache.service';
+import { HALEndpointService } from '../shared/hal-endpoint.service';
+import { RequestService } from '../data/request.service';
+import { PageInfo } from '../shared/page-info.model';
+import { createSuccessfulRemoteDataObject } from '../../shared/remote-data.utils';
+import { RequestEntry } from '../data/request.reducer';
+import { HrefOnlyDataService } from '../data/href-only-data.service';
+import { getMockHrefOnlyDataService } from '../../shared/mocks/href-only-data.service.mock';
+import { WorkspaceitemDataService } from './workspaceitem-data.service';
+import { Store } from '@ngrx/store';
+import { CoreState } from '../core.reducers';
+import { RestResponse } from '../cache/response.models';
+import { cold, getTestScheduler, hot } from 'jasmine-marbles';
+import { Item } from '../shared/item.model';
+import { WorkspaceItem } from './models/workspaceitem.model';
+
+describe('WorkspaceitemDataService test', () => {
+  let scheduler: TestScheduler;
+  let service: WorkspaceitemDataService;
+  let requestService: RequestService;
+  let rdbService: RemoteDataBuildService;
+  let objectCache: ObjectCacheService;
+  let halService: HALEndpointService;
+  let hrefOnlyDataService: HrefOnlyDataService;
+  let responseCacheEntry: RequestEntry;
+
+  const item = Object.assign(new Item(), {
+    id: '1234-1234',
+    uuid: '1234-1234',
+    bundles: observableOf({}),
+    metadata: {
+      'dc.title': [
+        {
+          language: 'en_US',
+          value: 'This is just another title'
+        }
+      ],
+      'dc.type': [
+        {
+          language: null,
+          value: 'Article'
+        }
+      ],
+      'dc.contributor.author': [
+        {
+          language: 'en_US',
+          value: 'Smith, Donald'
+        }
+      ],
+      'dc.date.issued': [
+        {
+          language: null,
+          value: '2015-06-26'
+        }
+      ]
+    }
+  });
+  const itemRD = createSuccessfulRemoteDataObject(item);
+  const wsi = Object.assign(new WorkspaceItem(), { item: observableOf(itemRD), id: '1234', uuid: '1234' });
+  const wsiRD = createSuccessfulRemoteDataObject(wsi);
+
+  const endpointURL = `https://rest.api/rest/api/submission/workspaceitems`;
+  const searchRequestURL = `https://rest.api/rest/api/submission/workspaceitems/search/item?uuid=1234-1234`;
+  const searchRequestURL$ = observableOf(searchRequestURL);
+
+  const requestUUID = '8b3c613a-5a4b-438b-9686-be1d5b4a1c5a';
+
+  objectCache = {} as ObjectCacheService;
+  const notificationsService = {} as NotificationsService;
+  const http = {} as HttpClient;
+  const comparator = {} as any;
+  const comparatorEntry = {} as any;
+  const store = {} as Store<CoreState>;
+  const pageInfo = new PageInfo();
+
+  function initTestService() {
+    hrefOnlyDataService = getMockHrefOnlyDataService();
+    return new WorkspaceitemDataService(
+      comparatorEntry,
+      halService,
+      http,
+      notificationsService,
+      requestService,
+      rdbService,
+      objectCache,
+      store
+    );
+  }
+
+  describe('', () => {
+    beforeEach(() => {
+
+      scheduler = getTestScheduler();
+
+      halService = jasmine.createSpyObj('halService', {
+        getEndpoint: cold('a', { a: endpointURL })
+      });
+      responseCacheEntry = new RequestEntry();
+      responseCacheEntry.request = { href: 'https://rest.api/' } as any;
+      responseCacheEntry.response = new RestResponse(true, 200, 'Success');
+
+      requestService = jasmine.createSpyObj('requestService', {
+        generateRequestId: requestUUID,
+        send: true,
+        removeByHrefSubstring: {},
+        getByHref: observableOf(responseCacheEntry),
+        getByUUID: observableOf(responseCacheEntry),
+      });
+      rdbService = jasmine.createSpyObj('rdbService', {
+        buildSingle: hot('a|', {
+          a: wsiRD
+        })
+      });
+
+      service = initTestService();
+
+      spyOn((service as any), 'findByHref').and.callThrough();
+      spyOn((service as any), 'getSearchByHref').and.returnValue(searchRequestURL$);
+    });
+
+    afterEach(() => {
+      service = null;
+    });
+
+    describe('findByItem', () => {
+      it('should proxy the call to DataService.findByHref', () => {
+        scheduler.schedule(() => service.findByItem('1234-1234', true, true, pageInfo));
+        scheduler.flush();
+
+        expect((service as any).findByHref).toHaveBeenCalledWith(searchRequestURL$, true, true);
+      });
+
+      it('should return a RemoteData<WorkspaceItem> for the search', () => {
+        const result = service.findByItem('1234-1234', true, true, pageInfo);
+        const expected = cold('a|', {
+          a: wsiRD
+        });
+        expect(result).toBeObservable(expected);
+      });
+
+    });
+  });
+
+});