87242: Fix forced re-init due to out-of-scope fields

src/app/submission/sections/form/section-form.component.spec.ts

@@ -23,9 +23,7 @@ import { SubmissionFormsConfigService } from '../../../core/config/submission-fo
 import { SectionDataObject } from '../models/section-data.model';
 import { SectionsType } from '../sections-type';
 import {
-  mockSubmissionCollectionId,
-  mockSubmissionId,
-  mockUploadResponse1ParsedErrors
+  mockSubmissionCollectionId, mockSubmissionId, mockUploadResponse1ParsedErrors,
 } from '../../../shared/mocks/submission.mock';
 import { BrowserModule } from '@angular/platform-browser';
 import { CommonModule } from '@angular/common';
@@ -45,6 +43,7 @@ import { ObjectCacheService } from '../../../core/cache/object-cache.service';
 import { RequestService } from '../../../core/data/request.service';
 import { createSuccessfulRemoteDataObject$ } from '../../../shared/remote-data.utils';
 import { cold } from 'jasmine-marbles';
+import { WorkflowItem } from '../../../core/submission/models/workflowitem.model';
 
 function getMockSubmissionFormsConfigService(): SubmissionFormsConfigService {
   return jasmine.createSpyObj('FormOperationsService', {
@@ -296,8 +295,10 @@ describe('SubmissionSectionFormComponent test suite', () => {
       };
       compAsAny.formData = {};
       compAsAny.sectionMetadata = ['dc.title'];
+      spyOn(compAsAny, 'inCurrentSubmissionScope').and.callThrough();
 
       expect(comp.hasMetadataEnrichment(newSectionData)).toBeTruthy();
+      expect(compAsAny.inCurrentSubmissionScope).toHaveBeenCalledWith('dc.title');
     });
 
     it('should return false when has not Metadata Enrichment', () => {
@@ -306,7 +307,10 @@ describe('SubmissionSectionFormComponent test suite', () => {
       };
       compAsAny.formData = newSectionData;
       compAsAny.sectionMetadata = ['dc.title'];
+      spyOn(compAsAny, 'inCurrentSubmissionScope').and.callThrough();
+
       expect(comp.hasMetadataEnrichment(newSectionData)).toBeFalsy();
+      expect(compAsAny.inCurrentSubmissionScope).toHaveBeenCalledWith('dc.title');
     });
 
     it('should return false when metadata has Metadata Enrichment but not belonging to sectionMetadata', () => {
@@ -318,6 +322,77 @@ describe('SubmissionSectionFormComponent test suite', () => {
       expect(comp.hasMetadataEnrichment(newSectionData)).toBeFalsy();
     });
 
+    describe('inCurrentSubmissionScope', () => {
+      beforeEach(() => {
+        // @ts-ignore
+        comp.formConfig = {
+          rows: [
+            {
+              fields: [
+                {
+                  selectableMetadata: [{ metadata: 'scoped.workflow' }],
+                  scope: 'WORKFLOW',
+                } as FormFieldModel
+              ]
+            },
+            {
+              fields: [
+                {
+                  selectableMetadata: [{ metadata: 'scoped.workspace' }],
+                  scope: 'WORKSPACE',
+                } as FormFieldModel
+              ]
+            },
+            {
+              fields: [
+                {
+                  selectableMetadata: [{ metadata: 'dc.title' }],
+                } as FormFieldModel
+              ]
+            }
+          ]
+        };
+      });
+
+      describe('in workspace scope', () => {
+        beforeEach(() => {
+          // @ts-ignore
+          comp.workspaceItem = { type: WorkspaceItem.type };
+        });
+
+        it('should return true for unscoped fields', () => {
+          expect((comp as any).inCurrentSubmissionScope('dc.title')).toBe(true);
+        });
+
+        it('should return true for fields scoped to workflow', () => {
+          expect((comp as any).inCurrentSubmissionScope('scoped.workspace')).toBe(true);
+        });
+
+        it('should return false for fields scoped to workspace', () => {
+          expect((comp as any).inCurrentSubmissionScope('scoped.workflow')).toBe(false);
+        });
+      });
+
+      describe('in workflow scope', () => {
+        beforeEach(() => {
+          // @ts-ignore
+          comp.workspaceItem = { type: WorkflowItem.type };
+        });
+
+        it('should return true when field is unscoped', () => {
+          expect((comp as any).inCurrentSubmissionScope('dc.title')).toBe(true);
+        });
+
+        it('should return true for fields scoped to workflow', () => {
+          expect((comp as any).inCurrentSubmissionScope('scoped.workflow')).toBe(true);
+        });
+
+        it('should return false for fields scoped to workspace', () => {
+          expect((comp as any).inCurrentSubmissionScope('scoped.workspace')).toBe(false);
+        });
+      });
+    });
+
     it('should update form properly', () => {
       spyOn(comp, 'initForm');
       spyOn(comp, 'checksForErrors');

src/app/submission/sections/form/section-form.component.ts

@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ import { followLink } from '../../../shared/utils/follow-link-config.model';
 import { environment } from '../../../../environments/environment';
 import { ConfigObject } from '../../../core/config/models/config.model';
 import { RemoteData } from '../../../core/data/remote-data';
+import { SubmissionScopeType } from '../../../core/submission/submission-scope-type';
+import { WorkflowItem } from '../../../core/submission/models/workflowitem.model';
 
 /**
  * This component represents a section that contains a Form.
@@ -223,7 +225,7 @@ export class SubmissionSectionFormComponent extends SectionModelComponent {
 
     const sectionDataToCheck = {};
     Object.keys(sectionData).forEach((key) => {
-      if (this.sectionMetadata && this.sectionMetadata.includes(key)) {
+      if (this.sectionMetadata && this.sectionMetadata.includes(key) && this.inCurrentSubmissionScope(key)) {
         sectionDataToCheck[key] = sectionData[key];
       }
     });
@@ -246,6 +248,28 @@ export class SubmissionSectionFormComponent extends SectionModelComponent {
     return isNotEmpty(diffResult);
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Whether a specific field is editable in the current scope. Unscoped fields always return true.
+   * @private
+   */
+  private inCurrentSubmissionScope(field: string): boolean {
+    const scope = this.formConfig?.rows.find(row => {
+      return row.fields?.[0]?.selectableMetadata?.[0]?.metadata === field;
+    }).fields?.[0]?.scope;
+
+    switch (scope) {
+      case SubmissionScopeType.WorkspaceItem: {
+        return this.workspaceItem.type === WorkspaceItem.type;
+      }
+      case SubmissionScopeType.WorkflowItem: {
+        return this.workspaceItem.type === WorkflowItem.type;
+      }
+      default: {
+        return true;
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
   /**
    * Initialize form model
    *