diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 01fc9231bc..cbf74702cb 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -34,3 +34,5 @@ yarn-error.log
 *.css
 
 package-lock.json
+
+.java-version
diff --git a/src/app/core/breadcrumbs/collection-breadcrumb.resolver.ts b/src/app/core/breadcrumbs/collection-breadcrumb.resolver.ts
index d9df7cd767..7384a031db 100644
--- a/src/app/core/breadcrumbs/collection-breadcrumb.resolver.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/breadcrumbs/collection-breadcrumb.resolver.ts
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ export class CollectionBreadcrumbResolver extends DSOBreadcrumbResolver<Collecti
    */
   get followLinks(): Array<FollowLinkConfig<Collection>> {
     return [
-      followLink('parentCommunity', undefined,
+      followLink('parentCommunity', undefined, true,
         followLink('parentCommunity')
       )
     ];
diff --git a/src/app/core/breadcrumbs/item-breadcrumb.resolver.ts b/src/app/core/breadcrumbs/item-breadcrumb.resolver.ts
index 8390c0e001..cd0c23cf82 100644
--- a/src/app/core/breadcrumbs/item-breadcrumb.resolver.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/breadcrumbs/item-breadcrumb.resolver.ts
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ export class ItemBreadcrumbResolver extends DSOBreadcrumbResolver<Item> {
    */
   get followLinks(): Array<FollowLinkConfig<Item>> {
     return [
-      followLink('owningCollection', undefined,
-        followLink('parentCommunity', undefined,
+      followLink('owningCollection', undefined, true,
+        followLink('parentCommunity', undefined, true,
           followLink('parentCommunity'))
       ),
       followLink('bundles'),
diff --git a/src/app/core/cache/builders/link.service.spec.ts b/src/app/core/cache/builders/link.service.spec.ts
index dbd65eefb5..e9b8447c22 100644
--- a/src/app/core/cache/builders/link.service.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/cache/builders/link.service.spec.ts
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ describe('LinkService', () => {
           propertyName: 'predecessor'
         });
         spyOnFunction(decorators, 'getDataServiceFor').and.returnValue(TestDataService);
-        service.resolveLink(testModel, followLink('predecessor', {}, followLink('successor')))
+        service.resolveLink(testModel, followLink('predecessor', {}, true, followLink('successor')))
       });
       it('should call dataservice.findByHref with the correct href and nested links', () => {
         expect(testDataService.findByHref).toHaveBeenCalledWith(testModel._links.predecessor.href, followLink('successor'));
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ describe('LinkService', () => {
           isList: true
         });
         spyOnFunction(decorators, 'getDataServiceFor').and.returnValue(TestDataService);
-        service.resolveLink(testModel, followLink('predecessor', { some: 'options '} as any, followLink('successor')))
+        service.resolveLink(testModel, followLink('predecessor', { some: 'options '} as any, true, followLink('successor')))
       });
       it('should call dataservice.findAllByHref with the correct href, findListOptions,  and nested links', () => {
         expect(testDataService.findAllByHref).toHaveBeenCalledWith(testModel._links.predecessor.href, { some: 'options '} as any, followLink('successor'));
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ describe('LinkService', () => {
           propertyName: 'predecessor'
         });
         spyOnFunction(decorators, 'getDataServiceFor').and.returnValue(TestDataService);
-        result = service.resolveLink(testModel, followLink('predecessor', {}, followLink('successor')))
+        result = service.resolveLink(testModel, followLink('predecessor', {}, true, followLink('successor')))
       });
 
       it('should call getLinkDefinition with the correct model and link', () => {
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ describe('LinkService', () => {
       });
       it('should throw an error', () => {
         expect(() => {
-          service.resolveLink(testModel, followLink('predecessor', {}, followLink('successor')))
+          service.resolveLink(testModel, followLink('predecessor', {}, true, followLink('successor')))
         }).toThrow();
       });
     });
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ describe('LinkService', () => {
       });
       it('should throw an error', () => {
         expect(() => {
-          service.resolveLink(testModel, followLink('predecessor', {}, followLink('successor')))
+          service.resolveLink(testModel, followLink('predecessor', {}, true, followLink('successor')))
         }).toThrow();
       });
     });
diff --git a/src/app/core/data/data.service.spec.ts b/src/app/core/data/data.service.spec.ts
index ce74b7af04..626af323cc 100644
--- a/src/app/core/data/data.service.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/data/data.service.spec.ts
@@ -1,23 +1,25 @@
-import { DataService } from './data.service';
-import { RequestService } from './request.service';
-import { RemoteDataBuildService } from '../cache/builders/remote-data-build.service';
-import { CoreState } from '../core.reducers';
+import { HttpClient } from '@angular/common/http';
 import { Store } from '@ngrx/store';
-import { HALEndpointService } from '../shared/hal-endpoint.service';
+import { compare, Operation } from 'fast-json-patch';
 import { Observable, of as observableOf } from 'rxjs';
-import { FindListOptions, PatchRequest } from './request.models';
+import * as uuidv4 from 'uuid/v4';
+import { NotificationsService } from '../../shared/notifications/notifications.service';
+import { createSuccessfulRemoteDataObject$ } from '../../shared/testing/utils';
+import { FollowLinkConfig } from '../../shared/utils/follow-link-config.model';
+import { RemoteDataBuildService } from '../cache/builders/remote-data-build.service';
 import { SortDirection, SortOptions } from '../cache/models/sort-options.model';
 import { ObjectCacheService } from '../cache/object-cache.service';
-import { compare, Operation } from 'fast-json-patch';
+import { CoreState } from '../core.reducers';
+import { Collection } from '../shared/collection.model';
 import { DSpaceObject } from '../shared/dspace-object.model';
-import { ChangeAnalyzer } from './change-analyzer';
-import { HttpClient } from '@angular/common/http';
-import { NotificationsService } from '../../shared/notifications/notifications.service';
+import { HALEndpointService } from '../shared/hal-endpoint.service';
 import { Item } from '../shared/item.model';
+import { ChangeAnalyzer } from './change-analyzer';
+import { DataService } from './data.service';
+import { FindListOptions, PatchRequest } from './request.models';
+import { RequestService } from './request.service';
 import { getMockRequestService } from '../../shared/mocks/mock-request.service';
 import { HALEndpointServiceStub } from '../../shared/testing/hal-endpoint-service-stub';
-import * as uuidv4 from 'uuid/v4';
-import { createSuccessfulRemoteDataObject$ } from '../../shared/testing/utils';
 
 const endpoint = 'https://rest.api/core';
 
@@ -42,6 +44,7 @@ class TestService extends DataService<any> {
     return observableOf(endpoint);
   }
 }
+
 class DummyChangeAnalyzer implements ChangeAnalyzer<Item> {
   diff(object1: Item, object2: Item): Operation[] {
     return compare((object1 as any).metadata, (object2 as any).metadata);
@@ -146,8 +149,143 @@ describe('DataService', () => {
       (service as any).getFindAllHref(options).subscribe((value) => {
         expect(value).toBe(expected);
       });
-    })
+    });
+
+    it('should include single linksToFollow as embed', () => {
+      const mockFollowLinkConfig: FollowLinkConfig<Item> = Object.assign(new FollowLinkConfig(), {
+        name: 'bundles' as any,
+      });
+      const expected = `${endpoint}?embed=bundles`;
+
+      (service as any).getFindAllHref({}, null, mockFollowLinkConfig).subscribe((value) => {
+        expect(value).toBe(expected);
+      });
+    });
+
+    it('should include multiple linksToFollow as embed', () => {
+      const mockFollowLinkConfig: FollowLinkConfig<Item> = Object.assign(new FollowLinkConfig(), {
+        name: 'bundles' as any,
+      });
+      const mockFollowLinkConfig2: FollowLinkConfig<Item> = Object.assign(new FollowLinkConfig(), {
+        name: 'owningCollection' as any,
+      });
+      const mockFollowLinkConfig3: FollowLinkConfig<Item> = Object.assign(new FollowLinkConfig(), {
+        name: 'templateItemOf' as any,
+      });
+      const expected = `${endpoint}?embed=bundles&embed=owningCollection&embed=templateItemOf`;
+
+      (service as any).getFindAllHref({}, null, mockFollowLinkConfig, mockFollowLinkConfig2, mockFollowLinkConfig3).subscribe((value) => {
+        expect(value).toBe(expected);
+      });
+    });
+
+    it('should not include linksToFollow with shouldEmbed = false', () => {
+      const mockFollowLinkConfig: FollowLinkConfig<Item> = Object.assign(new FollowLinkConfig(), {
+        name: 'bundles' as any,
+        shouldEmbed: false,
+      });
+      const mockFollowLinkConfig2: FollowLinkConfig<Item> = Object.assign(new FollowLinkConfig(), {
+        name: 'owningCollection' as any,
+        shouldEmbed: false,
+      });
+      const mockFollowLinkConfig3: FollowLinkConfig<Item> = Object.assign(new FollowLinkConfig(), {
+        name: 'templateItemOf' as any,
+      });
+      const expected = `${endpoint}?embed=templateItemOf`;
+
+      (service as any).getFindAllHref({}, null, mockFollowLinkConfig, mockFollowLinkConfig2, mockFollowLinkConfig3).subscribe((value) => {
+        expect(value).toBe(expected);
+      });
+    });
+
+    it('should include nested linksToFollow 3lvl', () => {
+      const mockFollowLinkConfig3: FollowLinkConfig<Item> = Object.assign(new FollowLinkConfig(), {
+        name: 'relationships' as any,
+      });
+      const mockFollowLinkConfig2: FollowLinkConfig<Collection> = Object.assign(new FollowLinkConfig(), {
+        name: 'itemtemplate' as any,
+        linksToFollow: mockFollowLinkConfig3,
+      });
+      const mockFollowLinkConfig: FollowLinkConfig<Item> = Object.assign(new FollowLinkConfig(), {
+        name: 'owningCollection' as any,
+        linksToFollow: mockFollowLinkConfig2,
+      });
+      const expected = `${endpoint}?embed=owningCollection/itemtemplate/relationships`;
+
+      (service as any).getFindAllHref({}, null, mockFollowLinkConfig).subscribe((value) => {
+        expect(value).toBe(expected);
+      });
+    });
   });
+
+  describe('getIDHref', () => {
+    const endpointMock = 'https://dspace7-internal.atmire.com/server/api/core/items';
+    const resourceIdMock = '003c99b4-d4fe-44b0-a945-e12182a7ca89';
+
+    it('should return endpoint', () => {
+      const result = (service as any).getIDHref(endpointMock, resourceIdMock);
+      expect(result).toEqual(endpointMock + '/' + resourceIdMock);
+    });
+
+    it('should include single linksToFollow as embed', () => {
+      const mockFollowLinkConfig: FollowLinkConfig<Item> = Object.assign(new FollowLinkConfig(), {
+        name: 'bundles' as any,
+      });
+      const expected = `${endpointMock}/${resourceIdMock}?embed=bundles`;
+      const result = (service as any).getIDHref(endpointMock, resourceIdMock, mockFollowLinkConfig);
+      expect(result).toEqual(expected);
+    });
+
+    it('should include multiple linksToFollow as embed', () => {
+      const mockFollowLinkConfig: FollowLinkConfig<Item> = Object.assign(new FollowLinkConfig(), {
+        name: 'bundles' as any,
+      });
+      const mockFollowLinkConfig2: FollowLinkConfig<Item> = Object.assign(new FollowLinkConfig(), {
+        name: 'owningCollection' as any,
+      });
+      const mockFollowLinkConfig3: FollowLinkConfig<Item> = Object.assign(new FollowLinkConfig(), {
+        name: 'templateItemOf' as any,
+      });
+      const expected = `${endpointMock}/${resourceIdMock}?embed=bundles&embed=owningCollection&embed=templateItemOf`;
+      const result = (service as any).getIDHref(endpointMock, resourceIdMock, mockFollowLinkConfig, mockFollowLinkConfig2, mockFollowLinkConfig3);
+      expect(result).toEqual(expected);
+    });
+
+    it('should not include linksToFollow with shouldEmbed = false', () => {
+      const mockFollowLinkConfig: FollowLinkConfig<Item> = Object.assign(new FollowLinkConfig(), {
+        name: 'bundles' as any,
+        shouldEmbed: false,
+      });
+      const mockFollowLinkConfig2: FollowLinkConfig<Item> = Object.assign(new FollowLinkConfig(), {
+        name: 'owningCollection' as any,
+        shouldEmbed: false,
+      });
+      const mockFollowLinkConfig3: FollowLinkConfig<Item> = Object.assign(new FollowLinkConfig(), {
+        name: 'templateItemOf' as any,
+      });
+      const expected = `${endpointMock}/${resourceIdMock}?embed=templateItemOf`;
+      const result = (service as any).getIDHref(endpointMock, resourceIdMock, mockFollowLinkConfig, mockFollowLinkConfig2, mockFollowLinkConfig3);
+      expect(result).toEqual(expected);
+    });
+
+    it('should include nested linksToFollow 3lvl', () => {
+      const mockFollowLinkConfig3: FollowLinkConfig<Item> = Object.assign(new FollowLinkConfig(), {
+        name: 'relationships' as any,
+      });
+      const mockFollowLinkConfig2: FollowLinkConfig<Collection> = Object.assign(new FollowLinkConfig(), {
+        name: 'itemtemplate' as any,
+        linksToFollow: mockFollowLinkConfig3,
+      });
+      const mockFollowLinkConfig: FollowLinkConfig<Item> = Object.assign(new FollowLinkConfig(), {
+        name: 'owningCollection' as any,
+        linksToFollow: mockFollowLinkConfig2,
+      });
+      const expected = `${endpointMock}/${resourceIdMock}?embed=owningCollection/itemtemplate/relationships`;
+      const result = (service as any).getIDHref(endpointMock, resourceIdMock, mockFollowLinkConfig);
+      expect(result).toEqual(expected);
+    });
+  });
+
   describe('patch', () => {
     let operations;
     let selfLink;
diff --git a/src/app/core/data/data.service.ts b/src/app/core/data/data.service.ts
index 4a3bb3eb08..404bb1a8af 100644
--- a/src/app/core/data/data.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/data/data.service.ts
@@ -84,14 +84,15 @@ export abstract class DataService<T extends CacheableObject> {
    * @param linkPath The link path for the object
    * @return {Observable<string>}
    *    Return an observable that emits created HREF
+   * @param linksToFollow   List of {@link FollowLinkConfig} that indicate which {@link HALLink}s should be automatically resolved
    */
-  protected getFindAllHref(options: FindListOptions = {}, linkPath?: string): Observable<string> {
+  protected getFindAllHref(options: FindListOptions = {}, linkPath?: string, ...linksToFollow: Array<FollowLinkConfig<T>>): Observable<string> {
     let result$: Observable<string>;
     const args = [];
 
     result$ = this.getBrowseEndpoint(options, linkPath).pipe(distinctUntilChanged());
 
-    return result$.pipe(map((result: string) => this.buildHrefFromFindOptions(result, options, args)));
+    return result$.pipe(map((result: string) => this.buildHrefFromFindOptions(result, options, args, ...linksToFollow)));
   }
 
   /**
@@ -101,8 +102,9 @@ export abstract class DataService<T extends CacheableObject> {
    * @param options The [[FindListOptions]] object
    * @return {Observable<string>}
    *    Return an observable that emits created HREF
+   * @param linksToFollow   List of {@link FollowLinkConfig} that indicate which {@link HALLink}s should be automatically resolved
    */
-  protected getSearchByHref(searchMethod: string, options: FindListOptions = {}): Observable<string> {
+  protected getSearchByHref(searchMethod: string, options: FindListOptions = {}, ...linksToFollow: Array<FollowLinkConfig<T>>): Observable<string> {
     let result$: Observable<string>;
     const args = [];
 
@@ -114,7 +116,7 @@ export abstract class DataService<T extends CacheableObject> {
       })
     }
 
-    return result$.pipe(map((result: string) => this.buildHrefFromFindOptions(result, options, args)));
+    return result$.pipe(map((result: string) => this.buildHrefFromFindOptions(result, options, args, ...linksToFollow)));
   }
 
   /**
@@ -125,9 +127,9 @@ export abstract class DataService<T extends CacheableObject> {
    * @param extraArgs Array with additional params to combine with query string
    * @return {Observable<string>}
    *    Return an observable that emits created HREF
+   * @param linksToFollow   List of {@link FollowLinkConfig} that indicate which {@link HALLink}s should be automatically resolved
    */
-  protected buildHrefFromFindOptions(href: string, options: FindListOptions, extraArgs: string[] = []): string {
-
+  protected buildHrefFromFindOptions(href: string, options: FindListOptions, extraArgs: string[] = [], ...linksToFollow: Array<FollowLinkConfig<T>>): string {
     let args = [...extraArgs];
 
     if (hasValue(options.currentPage) && typeof options.currentPage === 'number') {
@@ -143,6 +145,7 @@ export abstract class DataService<T extends CacheableObject> {
     if (hasValue(options.startsWith)) {
       args = [...args, `startsWith=${options.startsWith}`];
     }
+    args = this.addEmbedParams(args, ...linksToFollow);
     if (isNotEmpty(args)) {
       return new URLCombiner(href, `?${args.join('&')}`).toString();
     } else {
@@ -150,6 +153,40 @@ export abstract class DataService<T extends CacheableObject> {
     }
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Adds the embed options to the link for the request
+   * @param args            params for the query string
+   * @param linksToFollow   links we want to embed in query string if shouldEmbed is true
+   */
+  protected addEmbedParams(args: string[], ...linksToFollow: Array<FollowLinkConfig<T>>) {
+    linksToFollow.forEach((linkToFollow: FollowLinkConfig<T>) => {
+      if (linkToFollow !== undefined && linkToFollow.shouldEmbed) {
+        const embedString = 'embed=' + String(linkToFollow.name);
+        const embedWithNestedString = this.addNestedEmbeds(embedString, ...linkToFollow.linksToFollow);
+        args = [...args, embedWithNestedString];
+      }
+    });
+    return args;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Add the nested followLinks to the embed param, recursively, separated by a /
+   * @param embedString     embedString so far (recursive)
+   * @param linksToFollow   links we want to embed in query string if shouldEmbed is true
+   */
+  protected addNestedEmbeds(embedString: string, ...linksToFollow: Array<FollowLinkConfig<T>>): string {
+    let nestEmbed = embedString;
+    linksToFollow.forEach((linkToFollow: FollowLinkConfig<T>) => {
+      if (linkToFollow !== undefined && linkToFollow.shouldEmbed) {
+        nestEmbed = nestEmbed + '/' + String(linkToFollow.name);
+        if (linkToFollow.linksToFollow !== undefined) {
+          nestEmbed = this.addNestedEmbeds(nestEmbed, ...linkToFollow.linksToFollow);
+        }
+      }
+    });
+    return nestEmbed;
+  }
+
   /**
    * Returns {@link RemoteData} of all object with a list of {@link FollowLinkConfig}, to indicate which embedded
    * info should be added to the objects
@@ -185,12 +222,13 @@ export abstract class DataService<T extends CacheableObject> {
   }
 
   /**
-   * Create the HREF for a specific object based on its identifier
+   * Create the HREF for a specific object based on its identifier; with possible embed query params based on linksToFollow
    * @param endpoint The base endpoint for the type of object
    * @param resourceID The identifier for the object
+   * @param linksToFollow   List of {@link FollowLinkConfig} that indicate which {@link HALLink}s should be automatically resolved
    */
-  getIDHref(endpoint, resourceID): string {
-    return `${endpoint}/${resourceID}`;
+  getIDHref(endpoint, resourceID, ...linksToFollow: Array<FollowLinkConfig<T>>): string {
+    return this.buildHrefFromFindOptions(endpoint + '/' + resourceID, {}, [], ...linksToFollow);
   }
 
   /**
@@ -200,9 +238,8 @@ export abstract class DataService<T extends CacheableObject> {
    * @param linksToFollow   List of {@link FollowLinkConfig} that indicate which {@link HALLink}s should be automatically resolved
    */
   findById(id: string, ...linksToFollow: Array<FollowLinkConfig<T>>): Observable<RemoteData<T>> {
-
     const hrefObs = this.halService.getEndpoint(this.linkPath).pipe(
-      map((endpoint: string) => this.getIDHref(endpoint, encodeURIComponent(id))));
+      map((endpoint: string) => this.getIDHref(endpoint, encodeURIComponent(id), ...linksToFollow)));
 
     hrefObs.pipe(
       find((href: string) => hasValue(href)))
@@ -224,7 +261,7 @@ export abstract class DataService<T extends CacheableObject> {
    * @param linksToFollow   List of {@link FollowLinkConfig} that indicate which {@link HALLink}s should be automatically resolved
    */
   findByHref(href: string, ...linksToFollow: Array<FollowLinkConfig<T>>): Observable<RemoteData<T>> {
-    const requestHref = this.buildHrefFromFindOptions(href, {}, []);
+    const requestHref = this.buildHrefFromFindOptions(href, {}, [], ...linksToFollow);
     const request = new GetRequest(this.requestService.generateRequestId(), requestHref);
     if (hasValue(this.responseMsToLive)) {
       request.responseMsToLive = this.responseMsToLive;
@@ -241,7 +278,7 @@ export abstract class DataService<T extends CacheableObject> {
    * @param linksToFollow   List of {@link FollowLinkConfig} that indicate which {@link HALLink}s should be automatically resolved
    */
   findAllByHref(href: string, findListOptions: FindListOptions = {}, ...linksToFollow: Array<FollowLinkConfig<T>>): Observable<RemoteData<PaginatedList<T>>> {
-    const requestHref = this.buildHrefFromFindOptions(href, findListOptions, []);
+    const requestHref = this.buildHrefFromFindOptions(href, findListOptions, [], ...linksToFollow);
     const request = new GetRequest(this.requestService.generateRequestId(), requestHref);
     if (hasValue(this.responseMsToLive)) {
       request.responseMsToLive = this.responseMsToLive;
@@ -272,7 +309,7 @@ export abstract class DataService<T extends CacheableObject> {
    */
   protected searchBy(searchMethod: string, options: FindListOptions = {}, ...linksToFollow: Array<FollowLinkConfig<T>>): Observable<RemoteData<PaginatedList<T>>> {
 
-    const hrefObs = this.getSearchByHref(searchMethod, options);
+    const hrefObs = this.getSearchByHref(searchMethod, options, ...linksToFollow);
 
     return hrefObs.pipe(
       find((href: string) => hasValue(href)),
diff --git a/src/app/core/data/dso-redirect-data.service.spec.ts b/src/app/core/data/dso-redirect-data.service.spec.ts
index 25a148d92b..4ef5bcb8b4 100644
--- a/src/app/core/data/dso-redirect-data.service.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/data/dso-redirect-data.service.spec.ts
@@ -1,15 +1,18 @@
+import { HttpClient } from '@angular/common/http';
+import { Store } from '@ngrx/store';
 import { cold, getTestScheduler } from 'jasmine-marbles';
 import { TestScheduler } from 'rxjs/testing';
+import { NotificationsService } from '../../shared/notifications/notifications.service';
+import { FollowLinkConfig } from '../../shared/utils/follow-link-config.model';
 import { RemoteDataBuildService } from '../cache/builders/remote-data-build.service';
+import { ObjectCacheService } from '../cache/object-cache.service';
+import { CoreState } from '../core.reducers';
+import { Collection } from '../shared/collection.model';
 import { HALEndpointService } from '../shared/hal-endpoint.service';
+import { Item } from '../shared/item.model';
+import { DsoRedirectDataService } from './dso-redirect-data.service';
 import { FindByIDRequest, IdentifierType } from './request.models';
 import { RequestService } from './request.service';
-import { ObjectCacheService } from '../cache/object-cache.service';
-import { NotificationsService } from '../../shared/notifications/notifications.service';
-import { HttpClient } from '@angular/common/http';
-import { DsoRedirectDataService } from './dso-redirect-data.service';
-import { Store } from '@ngrx/store';
-import { CoreState } from '../core.reducers';
 
 describe('DsoRedirectDataService', () => {
   let scheduler: TestScheduler;
@@ -148,5 +151,71 @@ describe('DsoRedirectDataService', () => {
       scheduler.flush();
       expect(router.navigate).toHaveBeenCalledWith(['communities/' + remoteData.payload.uuid]);
     });
-  })
+  });
+
+  describe('getIDHref', () => {
+    it('should return endpoint', () => {
+      const result = (service as any).getIDHref(pidLink, dsoUUID);
+      expect(result).toEqual(requestUUIDURL);
+    });
+
+    it('should include single linksToFollow as embed', () => {
+      const mockFollowLinkConfig: FollowLinkConfig<Item> = Object.assign(new FollowLinkConfig(), {
+        name: 'bundles' as any,
+      });
+      const expected = `${requestUUIDURL}&embed=bundles`;
+      const result = (service as any).getIDHref(pidLink, dsoUUID, mockFollowLinkConfig);
+      expect(result).toEqual(expected);
+    });
+
+    it('should include multiple linksToFollow as embed', () => {
+      const mockFollowLinkConfig: FollowLinkConfig<Item> = Object.assign(new FollowLinkConfig(), {
+        name: 'bundles' as any,
+      });
+      const mockFollowLinkConfig2: FollowLinkConfig<Item> = Object.assign(new FollowLinkConfig(), {
+        name: 'owningCollection' as any,
+      });
+      const mockFollowLinkConfig3: FollowLinkConfig<Item> = Object.assign(new FollowLinkConfig(), {
+        name: 'templateItemOf' as any,
+      });
+      const expected = `${requestUUIDURL}&embed=bundles&embed=owningCollection&embed=templateItemOf`;
+      const result = (service as any).getIDHref(pidLink, dsoUUID, mockFollowLinkConfig, mockFollowLinkConfig2, mockFollowLinkConfig3);
+      expect(result).toEqual(expected);
+    });
+
+    it('should not include linksToFollow with shouldEmbed = false', () => {
+      const mockFollowLinkConfig: FollowLinkConfig<Item> = Object.assign(new FollowLinkConfig(), {
+        name: 'bundles' as any,
+        shouldEmbed: false,
+      });
+      const mockFollowLinkConfig2: FollowLinkConfig<Item> = Object.assign(new FollowLinkConfig(), {
+        name: 'owningCollection' as any,
+        shouldEmbed: false,
+      });
+      const mockFollowLinkConfig3: FollowLinkConfig<Item> = Object.assign(new FollowLinkConfig(), {
+        name: 'templateItemOf' as any,
+      });
+      const expected = `${requestUUIDURL}&embed=templateItemOf`;
+      const result = (service as any).getIDHref(pidLink, dsoUUID, mockFollowLinkConfig, mockFollowLinkConfig2, mockFollowLinkConfig3);
+      expect(result).toEqual(expected);
+    });
+
+    it('should include nested linksToFollow 3lvl', () => {
+      const mockFollowLinkConfig3: FollowLinkConfig<Item> = Object.assign(new FollowLinkConfig(), {
+        name: 'relationships' as any,
+      });
+      const mockFollowLinkConfig2: FollowLinkConfig<Collection> = Object.assign(new FollowLinkConfig(), {
+        name: 'itemtemplate' as any,
+        linksToFollow: mockFollowLinkConfig3,
+      });
+      const mockFollowLinkConfig: FollowLinkConfig<Item> = Object.assign(new FollowLinkConfig(), {
+        name: 'owningCollection' as any,
+        linksToFollow: mockFollowLinkConfig2,
+      });
+      const expected = `${requestUUIDURL}&embed=owningCollection/itemtemplate/relationships`;
+      const result = (service as any).getIDHref(pidLink, dsoUUID, mockFollowLinkConfig);
+      expect(result).toEqual(expected);
+    });
+  });
+
 });
diff --git a/src/app/core/data/dso-redirect-data.service.ts b/src/app/core/data/dso-redirect-data.service.ts
index 232fde65d0..87259a4279 100644
--- a/src/app/core/data/dso-redirect-data.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/data/dso-redirect-data.service.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import { Observable } from 'rxjs';
 import { take, tap } from 'rxjs/operators';
 import { hasValue } from '../../shared/empty.util';
 import { NotificationsService } from '../../shared/notifications/notifications.service';
+import { FollowLinkConfig } from '../../shared/utils/follow-link-config.model';
 import { RemoteDataBuildService } from '../cache/builders/remote-data-build.service';
 import { ObjectCacheService } from '../cache/object-cache.service';
 import { CoreState } from '../core.reducers';
@@ -45,10 +46,11 @@ export class DsoRedirectDataService extends DataService<any> {
     }
   }
 
-  getIDHref(endpoint, resourceID): string {
+  getIDHref(endpoint, resourceID, ...linksToFollow: Array<FollowLinkConfig<any>>): string {
     // Supporting both identifier (pid) and uuid (dso) endpoints
-    return endpoint.replace(/\{\?id\}/, `?id=${resourceID}`)
-      .replace(/\{\?uuid\}/, `?uuid=${resourceID}`);
+    return this.buildHrefFromFindOptions( endpoint.replace(/\{\?id\}/, `?id=${resourceID}`)
+        .replace(/\{\?uuid\}/, `?uuid=${resourceID}`),
+      {}, [], ...linksToFollow);
   }
 
   findByIdAndIDType(id: string, identifierType = IdentifierType.UUID): Observable<RemoteData<FindByIDRequest>> {
diff --git a/src/app/core/data/dspace-object-data.service.ts b/src/app/core/data/dspace-object-data.service.ts
index 38e9f8d888..61cc98281e 100644
--- a/src/app/core/data/dspace-object-data.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/data/dspace-object-data.service.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import { Injectable } from '@angular/core';
 import { Store } from '@ngrx/store';
 import { Observable } from 'rxjs';
 import { NotificationsService } from '../../shared/notifications/notifications.service';
+import { FollowLinkConfig } from '../../shared/utils/follow-link-config.model';
 import { dataService } from '../cache/builders/build-decorators';
 import { RemoteDataBuildService } from '../cache/builders/remote-data-build.service';
 import { ObjectCacheService } from '../cache/object-cache.service';
@@ -31,8 +32,9 @@ class DataServiceImpl extends DataService<DSpaceObject> {
     super();
   }
 
-  getIDHref(endpoint, resourceID): string {
-    return endpoint.replace(/\{\?uuid\}/, `?uuid=${resourceID}`);
+  getIDHref(endpoint, resourceID,  ...linksToFollow: Array<FollowLinkConfig<DSpaceObject>>): string {
+    return this.buildHrefFromFindOptions( endpoint.replace(/\{\?uuid\}/, `?uuid=${resourceID}`),
+      {}, [], ...linksToFollow);
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/app/core/data/request.service.ts b/src/app/core/data/request.service.ts
index 1101c851ac..810b0721ae 100644
--- a/src/app/core/data/request.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/data/request.service.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { HttpHeaders } from '@angular/common/http';
 
 import { createSelector, MemoizedSelector, select, Store } from '@ngrx/store';
 import { Observable, race as observableRace } from 'rxjs';
-import { filter, map, mergeMap, switchMap, take } from 'rxjs/operators';
+import { filter, map, mergeMap, take } from 'rxjs/operators';
 import { cloneDeep, remove } from 'lodash';
 import { hasValue, isEmpty, isNotEmpty } from '../../shared/empty.util';
 import { CacheableObject } from '../cache/object-cache.reducer';
diff --git a/src/app/core/index/index.effects.ts b/src/app/core/index/index.effects.ts
index c9f6eace8f..f885db1436 100644
--- a/src/app/core/index/index.effects.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/index/index.effects.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import { AddToIndexAction, RemoveFromIndexByValueAction } from './index.actions'
 import { hasValue } from '../../shared/empty.util';
 import { IndexName } from './index.reducer';
 import { RestRequestMethod } from '../data/rest-request-method';
+import { getUrlWithoutEmbedParams } from './index.selectors';
 
 @Injectable()
 export class UUIDIndexEffects {
@@ -47,7 +48,7 @@ export class UUIDIndexEffects {
       map((action: RequestConfigureAction) => {
         return new AddToIndexAction(
           IndexName.REQUEST,
-          action.payload.href,
+          getUrlWithoutEmbedParams(action.payload.href),
           action.payload.uuid
         );
       })
diff --git a/src/app/core/index/index.selectors.spec.ts b/src/app/core/index/index.selectors.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..02cce4b7d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/core/index/index.selectors.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+import { getUrlWithoutEmbedParams } from './index.selectors';
+
+describe(`index selectors`, () => {
+
+  describe(`getUrlWithoutEmbedParams`, () => {
+
+    it(`should return a url without its embed params`, () => {
+      const source = 'https://rest.api/resource?a=1&embed=2&b=3&embed=4/5&c=6&embed=7/8/9';
+      const result = getUrlWithoutEmbedParams(source);
+      expect(result).toBe('https://rest.api/resource?a=1&b=3&c=6');
+    });
+
+    it(`should return a url without embed params unmodified`, () => {
+      const source = 'https://rest.api/resource?a=1&b=3&c=6';
+      const result = getUrlWithoutEmbedParams(source);
+      expect(result).toBe(source);
+    });
+
+    it(`should return a string that isn't a url unmodified`, () => {
+      const source = 'a=1&embed=2&b=3&embed=4/5&c=6&embed=7/8/9';
+      const result = getUrlWithoutEmbedParams(source);
+      expect(result).toBe(source);
+    });
+
+    it(`should return undefined or null unmodified`, () => {
+      expect(getUrlWithoutEmbedParams(undefined)).toBe(undefined);
+      expect(getUrlWithoutEmbedParams(null)).toBe(null);
+    });
+
+  });
+
+});
diff --git a/src/app/core/index/index.selectors.ts b/src/app/core/index/index.selectors.ts
index de4adab09b..b23496c501 100644
--- a/src/app/core/index/index.selectors.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/index/index.selectors.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,41 @@
 import { createSelector, MemoizedSelector } from '@ngrx/store';
-import { hasValue } from '../../shared/empty.util';
+import { hasValue, isNotEmpty } from '../../shared/empty.util';
 import { CoreState } from '../core.reducers';
 import { coreSelector } from '../core.selectors';
+import { URLCombiner } from '../url-combiner/url-combiner';
 import { IndexName, IndexState, MetaIndexState } from './index.reducer';
+import * as parse from 'url-parse';
+
+/**
+ * Return the given url without `embed` params.
+ *
+ * E.g. https://rest.api/resource?size=5&embed=subresource&rpp=3
+ * becomes https://rest.api/resource?size=5&rpp=3
+ *
+ * When you index a request url you don't want to include
+ * embed params because embedded data isn't relevant when
+ * you want to know
+ *
+ * @param url The url to use
+ */
+export const getUrlWithoutEmbedParams = (url: string): string => {
+  if (isNotEmpty(url)) {
+    const parsed = parse(url);
+    if (isNotEmpty(parsed.query)) {
+      const parts = parsed.query.split(/[?|&]/)
+        .filter((part: string) => isNotEmpty(part))
+        .filter((part: string) => !part.startsWith('embed='));
+      let args = '';
+      if (isNotEmpty(parts)) {
+        args = `?${parts.join('&')}`;
+      }
+      url = new URLCombiner(parsed.origin, parsed.pathname, args).toString();
+      return url;
+    }
+  }
+
+  return url;
+};
 
 /**
  * Return the MetaIndexState based on the CoreSate
@@ -74,7 +107,7 @@ export const selfLinkFromUuidSelector =
 export const uuidFromHrefSelector =
   (href: string): MemoizedSelector<CoreState, string> => createSelector(
     requestIndexSelector,
-    (state: IndexState) => hasValue(state) ? state[href] : undefined
+    (state: IndexState) => hasValue(state) ? state[getUrlWithoutEmbedParams(href)] : undefined
   );
 
 /**
diff --git a/src/app/core/url-combiner/url-combiner.ts b/src/app/core/url-combiner/url-combiner.ts
index ae622ab976..e7468c6107 100644
--- a/src/app/core/url-combiner/url-combiner.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/url-combiner/url-combiner.ts
@@ -41,8 +41,8 @@ export class URLCombiner {
       // remove consecutive slashes
       url = url.replace(/([^:\s])\/+/g, '$1/');
 
-      // remove trailing slash before parameters or hash
-      url = url.replace(/\/(\?|&|#[^!])/g, '$1');
+      // remove trailing slash
+      url = url.replace(/\/($|\?|&|#[^!])/g, '$1');
 
       // replace ? in parameters with &
       url = url.replace(/(\?.+)\?/g, '$1&');
diff --git a/src/app/shared/object-detail/my-dspace-result-detail-element/claimed-task-search-result/claimed-task-search-result-detail-element.component.ts b/src/app/shared/object-detail/my-dspace-result-detail-element/claimed-task-search-result/claimed-task-search-result-detail-element.component.ts
index f6abb444d5..4647a4d4a7 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/object-detail/my-dspace-result-detail-element/claimed-task-search-result/claimed-task-search-result-detail-element.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/object-detail/my-dspace-result-detail-element/claimed-task-search-result/claimed-task-search-result-detail-element.component.ts
@@ -49,10 +49,8 @@ export class ClaimedTaskSearchResultDetailElementComponent extends SearchResultD
    */
   ngOnInit() {
     super.ngOnInit();
-    this.linkService.resolveLink(this.dso, followLink(
-      'workflowitem',
-      null,
-      followLink('item', null, followLink('bundles')),
+    this.linkService.resolveLink(this.dso, followLink('workflowitem', null, true,
+      followLink('item', null, true, followLink('bundles')),
       followLink('submitter')
     ));
     this.workflowitemRD$ = this.dso.workflowitem as Observable<RemoteData<WorkflowItem>>;
diff --git a/src/app/shared/object-detail/my-dspace-result-detail-element/pool-search-result/pool-search-result-detail-element.component.ts b/src/app/shared/object-detail/my-dspace-result-detail-element/pool-search-result/pool-search-result-detail-element.component.ts
index afa4f57d78..423931225e 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/object-detail/my-dspace-result-detail-element/pool-search-result/pool-search-result-detail-element.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/object-detail/my-dspace-result-detail-element/pool-search-result/pool-search-result-detail-element.component.ts
@@ -48,10 +48,8 @@ export class PoolSearchResultDetailElementComponent extends SearchResultDetailEl
    */
   ngOnInit() {
     super.ngOnInit();
-    this.linkService.resolveLink(this.dso, followLink(
-      'workflowitem',
-      null,
-      followLink('item', null, followLink('bundles')),
+    this.linkService.resolveLink(this.dso, followLink('workflowitem', null, true,
+      followLink('item', null, true, followLink('bundles')),
       followLink('submitter')
     ));
     this.workflowitemRD$ = this.dso.workflowitem as Observable<RemoteData<WorkflowItem>>;
diff --git a/src/app/shared/object-list/my-dspace-result-list-element/claimed-search-result/claimed-search-result-list-element.component.ts b/src/app/shared/object-list/my-dspace-result-list-element/claimed-search-result/claimed-search-result-list-element.component.ts
index 1648a16d59..cb46e25282 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/object-list/my-dspace-result-list-element/claimed-search-result/claimed-search-result-list-element.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/object-list/my-dspace-result-list-element/claimed-search-result/claimed-search-result-list-element.component.ts
@@ -55,11 +55,8 @@ export class ClaimedSearchResultListElementComponent extends SearchResultListEle
    */
   ngOnInit() {
     super.ngOnInit();
-    this.linkService.resolveLink(this.dso, followLink(
-      'workflowitem',
-      null,
-      followLink('item'),
-      followLink('submitter')
+    this.linkService.resolveLink(this.dso, followLink('workflowitem', null, true,
+      followLink('item'), followLink('submitter')
     ));
     this.workflowitemRD$ = this.dso.workflowitem as Observable<RemoteData<WorkflowItem>>;
   }
diff --git a/src/app/shared/object-list/my-dspace-result-list-element/pool-search-result/pool-search-result-list-element.component.ts b/src/app/shared/object-list/my-dspace-result-list-element/pool-search-result/pool-search-result-list-element.component.ts
index f3368cf64c..8ab00f4b9b 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/object-list/my-dspace-result-list-element/pool-search-result/pool-search-result-list-element.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/object-list/my-dspace-result-list-element/pool-search-result/pool-search-result-list-element.component.ts
@@ -58,11 +58,8 @@ export class PoolSearchResultListElementComponent extends SearchResultListElemen
    */
   ngOnInit() {
     super.ngOnInit();
-    this.linkService.resolveLink(this.dso, followLink(
-      'workflowitem',
-      null,
-      followLink('item'),
-      followLink('submitter')
+    this.linkService.resolveLink(this.dso, followLink('workflowitem', null, true,
+      followLink('item'), followLink('submitter')
     ));
     this.workflowitemRD$ = this.dso.workflowitem as Observable<RemoteData<WorkflowItem>>;
   }
diff --git a/src/app/shared/utils/follow-link-config.model.ts b/src/app/shared/utils/follow-link-config.model.ts
index 21df288690..87942d8467 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/utils/follow-link-config.model.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/utils/follow-link-config.model.ts
@@ -23,6 +23,11 @@ export class FollowLinkConfig<R extends HALResource> {
    * use on the retrieved object.
    */
   linksToFollow?: Array<FollowLinkConfig<any>>;
+
+  /**
+   * Forward to rest which links we're following, so these can already be embedded
+   */
+  shouldEmbed? = true;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -36,15 +41,19 @@ export class FollowLinkConfig<R extends HALResource> {
  * in a certain way
  * @param linksToFollow: a list of {@link FollowLinkConfig}s to
  * use on the retrieved object.
+ * @param shouldEmbed: boolean to check whether to forward info on followLinks to rest,
+ * so these can be embedded, default true
  */
 export const followLink = <R extends HALResource>(
   linkName: keyof R['_links'],
   findListOptions?: FindListOptions,
+  shouldEmbed = true,
   ...linksToFollow: Array<FollowLinkConfig<any>>
 ): FollowLinkConfig<R> => {
   return {
     name: linkName,
     findListOptions,
+    shouldEmbed: shouldEmbed,
     linksToFollow
   }
 };