diff --git a/src/app/core/submission/submission-response-parsing.service.ts b/src/app/core/submission/submission-response-parsing.service.ts
index 6afd20ae9d..2d55743307 100644
--- a/src/app/core/submission/submission-response-parsing.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/submission/submission-response-parsing.service.ts
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ export class SubmissionResponseParsingService extends BaseResponseParsingService
       if (item instanceof WorkspaceItem
         || item instanceof WorkflowItem) {
         if (item.sections) {
-          const sectionConfigs = (item.submissionDefinition as SubmissionDefinitionsModel).sections.page;
+          const sectionConfigs = item.sections.page ? (item.submissionDefinition as SubmissionDefinitionsModel).sections.page : [];
           const precessedSection = Object.create({});
           // Iterate over all workspaceitem's sections
           Object.keys(item.sections)
diff --git a/src/app/shared/form/builder/ds-dynamic-form-ui/ds-dynamic-form-control-container.component.html b/src/app/shared/form/builder/ds-dynamic-form-ui/ds-dynamic-form-control-container.component.html
index 377c77e7f7..34922f5e04 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/form/builder/ds-dynamic-form-ui/ds-dynamic-form-control-container.component.html
+++ b/src/app/shared/form/builder/ds-dynamic-form-ui/ds-dynamic-form-control-container.component.html
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
            [ngClass]="[getClass('element', 'label'), getClass('grid', 'label')]"></label>
     <ng-container *ngTemplateOutlet="startTemplate?.templateRef; context: model"></ng-container>
     <!--    Should be *ngIf instead of class d-none, but that breaks the #componentViewContainer reference-->
-    <div [ngClass]="{'form-row': model.hasLanguages || isRelationship, 'd-none': value?.isVirtual}">
+    <div [ngClass]="{'form-row': model.hasLanguages || isRelationship, 'd-none': model.hasSelectableMetadata && value?.isVirtual}">
         <div [ngClass]="getClass('grid', 'control')">
             <ng-container #componentViewContainer></ng-container>
             <small *ngIf="hasHint && context?.index === 0 && (!showErrorMessages || errorMessages.length === 0)"
diff --git a/src/app/shared/form/builder/ds-dynamic-form-ui/ds-dynamic-form-control-container.component.ts b/src/app/shared/form/builder/ds-dynamic-form-ui/ds-dynamic-form-control-container.component.ts
index cf53e811bb..fce1b8344b 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/form/builder/ds-dynamic-form-ui/ds-dynamic-form-control-container.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/form/builder/ds-dynamic-form-ui/ds-dynamic-form-control-container.component.ts
@@ -244,9 +244,58 @@ export class DsDynamicFormControlContainerComponent extends DynamicFormControlCo
    */
   ngOnInit(): void {
     this.isRelationship = hasValue(this.model.relationship);
-    if (this.isRelationship) {
-      this.listId = 'list-' + this.model.relationship.relationshipType;
+    const isWrapperAroundRelationshipList = hasValue(this.model.relationshipConfig);
+
+    if(this.isRelationship) {
+      console.log('isRelationship', this.model, this.model.value);
+    }
+    if (isWrapperAroundRelationshipList) {
+      console.log('isWrapperAroundRelationshipList', this.model, this.model.value)
+    }
+
+    if (this.isRelationship || isWrapperAroundRelationshipList) {
+      const config = this.model.relationshipConfig || this.model.relationship;
+      const relationshipOptions = Object.assign(new RelationshipOptions(), config);
+      this.listId = 'list-' + relationshipOptions.relationshipType;
       this.setItem();
+
+      if (isWrapperAroundRelationshipList || !this.model.repeatable) {
+        const subscription = this.selectableListService.getSelectableList(this.listId).pipe(
+          find((list: SelectableListState) => hasNoValue(list)),
+          switchMap(() => this.item$.pipe(take(1))),
+          switchMap((item) => {
+            const relationshipsRD$ = this.relationshipService.getItemRelationshipsByLabel(item,
+              relationshipOptions.relationshipType,
+              undefined,
+              followLink('leftItem'),
+              followLink('rightItem'),
+              followLink('relationshipType')
+            );
+
+            relationshipsRD$.pipe(
+              getFirstSucceededRemoteDataPayload(),
+              getPaginatedListPayload()
+            ).subscribe((relationships: Relationship[]) => {
+              // set initial namevariants for pre-existing relationships
+              relationships.forEach((relationship: Relationship) => {
+                const relationshipMD: MetadataValue = item.firstMetadata(relationshipOptions.metadataField, { authority: `${VIRTUAL_METADATA_PREFIX}${relationship.id}` });
+                const nameVariantMD: MetadataValue = item.firstMetadata(this.model.metadataFields, { authority: `${VIRTUAL_METADATA_PREFIX}${relationship.id}` });
+                if (hasValue(relationshipMD) && isNotEmpty(relationshipMD.value) && hasValue(nameVariantMD) && isNotEmpty(nameVariantMD.value)) {
+                  this.relationshipService.setNameVariant(this.listId, relationshipMD.value, nameVariantMD.value);
+                }
+              });
+            });
+
+            return relationshipsRD$.pipe(
+              paginatedRelationsToItems(item.uuid),
+              getSucceededRemoteData(),
+              map((items: RemoteData<PaginatedList<Item>>) => items.payload.page.map((i) => Object.assign(new ItemSearchResult(), { indexableObject: i }))),
+            )
+          })
+        ).subscribe((relatedItems: Array<SearchResult<Item>>) => this.selectableListService.select(this.listId, relatedItems));
+        this.subs.push(subscription);
+      }
+
       this.value = Object.assign(new MetadataValue(), this.model.value);
       if (hasValue(this.value) && this.value.isVirtual) {
         const relationship$ = this.relationshipService.findById(this.value.virtualValue, followLink('leftItem'), followLink('rightItem'), followLink('relationshipType'))
@@ -254,6 +303,7 @@ export class DsDynamicFormControlContainerComponent extends DynamicFormControlCo
             getAllSucceededRemoteData(),
             getRemoteDataPayload());
         this.relationshipValue$ = observableCombineLatest([this.item$.pipe(take(1)), relationship$]).pipe(
+          tap((v) => console.log('tapvamu', v)),
           switchMap(([item, relationship]: [Item, Relationship]) =>
             relationship.leftItem.pipe(
               getAllSucceededRemoteData(),
@@ -267,46 +317,6 @@ export class DsDynamicFormControlContainerComponent extends DynamicFormControlCo
         );
       }
     }
-    if (this.model.relationshipConfig || (this.isRelationship && !this.model.repeatable)) {
-      const config = this.model.relationshipConfig || this.model.relationship;
-      const relationshipOptions = Object.assign(new RelationshipOptions(), config);
-      this.listId = 'list-' + relationshipOptions.relationshipType;
-      this.setItem();
-      const subscription = this.selectableListService.getSelectableList(this.listId).pipe(
-        find((list: SelectableListState) => hasNoValue(list)),
-        switchMap(() => this.item$.pipe(take(1))),
-        switchMap((item) => {
-          const relationshipsRD$ = this.relationshipService.getItemRelationshipsByLabel(item,
-            relationshipOptions.relationshipType,
-            undefined,
-            followLink('leftItem'),
-            followLink('rightItem'),
-            followLink('relationshipType')
-          );
-
-          relationshipsRD$.pipe(
-            getFirstSucceededRemoteDataPayload(),
-            getPaginatedListPayload()
-          ).subscribe((relationships: Relationship[]) => {
-            // set initial namevariants for pre-existing relationships
-            relationships.forEach((relationship: Relationship) => {
-              const relationshipMD: MetadataValue = item.firstMetadata(relationshipOptions.metadataField, { authority: `${VIRTUAL_METADATA_PREFIX}${relationship.id}` });
-              const nameVariantMD: MetadataValue = item.firstMetadata(this.model.metadataFields, { authority: `${VIRTUAL_METADATA_PREFIX}${relationship.id}` });
-              if (hasValue(relationshipMD) && isNotEmpty(relationshipMD.value) && hasValue(nameVariantMD) && isNotEmpty(nameVariantMD.value)) {
-                this.relationshipService.setNameVariant(this.listId, relationshipMD.value, nameVariantMD.value);
-              }
-            });
-          });
-
-          return relationshipsRD$.pipe(
-            paginatedRelationsToItems(item.uuid),
-            getSucceededRemoteData(),
-            map((items: RemoteData<PaginatedList<Item>>) => items.payload.page.map((i) => Object.assign(new ItemSearchResult(), { indexableObject: i }))),
-          )
-        })
-      ).subscribe((relatedItems: Array<SearchResult<Item>>) => this.selectableListService.select(this.listId, relatedItems));
-      this.subs.push(subscription);
-    }
   }
 
   ngOnChanges(changes: SimpleChanges) {
diff --git a/src/app/shared/form/builder/ds-dynamic-form-ui/existing-relation-list-element/existing-relation-list-element.component.html b/src/app/shared/form/builder/ds-dynamic-form-ui/existing-relation-list-element/existing-relation-list-element.component.html
index e791c41d6e..6312b59002 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/form/builder/ds-dynamic-form-ui/existing-relation-list-element/existing-relation-list-element.component.html
+++ b/src/app/shared/form/builder/ds-dynamic-form-ui/existing-relation-list-element/existing-relation-list-element.component.html
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<div class="d-flex">
+<div class="d-flex mt-2">
     <span class="mr-auto text-contents">
         <ng-container *ngIf="!relatedItem">
             <ds-loading [showMessage]="false"></ds-loading>
diff --git a/src/app/shared/form/builder/ds-dynamic-form-ui/existing-relation-list-element/existing-relation-list-element.component.ts b/src/app/shared/form/builder/ds-dynamic-form-ui/existing-relation-list-element/existing-relation-list-element.component.ts
index a3f5060c32..f951626aa7 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/form/builder/ds-dynamic-form-ui/existing-relation-list-element/existing-relation-list-element.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/form/builder/ds-dynamic-form-ui/existing-relation-list-element/existing-relation-list-element.component.ts
@@ -134,6 +134,7 @@ export class ExistingRelationListElementComponent implements OnInit, OnChanges,
    */
   ngOnChanges() {
     if (hasValue(this.reoRel)) {
+      console.log('onChanges', this.reoRel.useLeftItem ? this.reoRel.relationship._links.leftItem.href : this.reoRel.relationship._links.rightItem.href);
       const item$ = this.reoRel.useLeftItem ?
         this.reoRel.relationship.leftItem : this.reoRel.relationship.rightItem;
       this.subs.push(item$.pipe(
@@ -144,6 +145,7 @@ export class ExistingRelationListElementComponent implements OnInit, OnChanges,
         this.relatedItem = item;
       }));
     }
+
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/src/app/shared/form/builder/parsers/field-parser.ts b/src/app/shared/form/builder/parsers/field-parser.ts
index 3f44ce59f7..e7a269db7e 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/form/builder/parsers/field-parser.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/form/builder/parsers/field-parser.ts
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ export abstract class FieldParser {
 
     } else {
       const model = this.modelFactory(this.getInitFieldValue());
+      model.submissionId = this.submissionId;
       if (model.hasLanguages || isNotEmpty(model.relationship)) {
         setLayout(model, 'grid', 'control', 'col');
       }
diff --git a/src/app/submission/objects/submission-objects.effects.ts b/src/app/submission/objects/submission-objects.effects.ts
index 0d5c285ba0..fe9fad4846 100644
--- a/src/app/submission/objects/submission-objects.effects.ts
+++ b/src/app/submission/objects/submission-objects.effects.ts
@@ -328,10 +328,12 @@ export class SubmissionObjectEffects {
 
         const sections: WorkspaceitemSectionsObject = (item.sections && isNotEmpty(item.sections)) ? item.sections : {};
         const sectionsKeys: string[] = union(Object.keys(sections), Object.keys(errorsList));
+        const metadata = (item.item as Item).metadata;
+        const metadataKeys = Object.keys(metadata);
 
         for (const sectionId of sectionsKeys) {
           const sectionErrors = errorsList[sectionId] || [];
-          const sectionData = sections[sectionId] || {};
+          let sectionData = sections[sectionId] || {};
 
           // When Upload section is disabled, add to submission only if there are files
           if (currentState.sections[sectionId].sectionType === SectionsType.Upload
@@ -340,10 +342,17 @@ export class SubmissionObjectEffects {
             continue;
           }
 
+          const sectionKeys = Object.keys(sectionData);
+          if (sectionKeys.every((key: string) => metadataKeys.includes(key))) {
+            sectionData = metadata as any;
+          }
+
+          console.log('sectionData', sectionData);
+
+
           if (notify && !currentState.sections[sectionId].enabled) {
             this.submissionService.notifyNewSection(submissionId, sectionId, currentState.sections[sectionId].sectionType);
           }
-          console.log(sectionId, sectionData);
           mappedActions.push(new UpdateSectionDataAction(submissionId, sectionId, sectionData, sectionErrors));
         }
       });
diff --git a/src/app/submission/sections/sections.service.ts b/src/app/submission/sections/sections.service.ts
index 0296486e52..3b980c5454 100644
--- a/src/app/submission/sections/sections.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/submission/sections/sections.service.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { Injectable } from '@angular/core';
 
 import { combineLatest, Observable } from 'rxjs';
-import { distinctUntilChanged, filter, map, take } from 'rxjs/operators';
+import { distinctUntilChanged, filter, map, take, tap } from 'rxjs/operators';
 import { Store } from '@ngrx/store';
 import { TranslateService } from '@ngx-translate/core';
 import { ScrollToConfigOptions, ScrollToService } from '@nicky-lenaers/ngx-scroll-to';
@@ -175,7 +175,9 @@ export class SectionsService {
     return this.store.select(submissionSectionFromIdSelector(submissionId, sectionId)).pipe(
       filter((sectionObj: SubmissionSectionObject) => hasValue(sectionObj)),
       map((sectionObj: SubmissionSectionObject) => sectionObj),
-      distinctUntilChanged());
+      distinctUntilChanged(),
+      tap((v) => console.log('sectionStateChange', submissionId, sectionId, v)),
+      );
   }
 
   /**