diff --git a/src/app/core/submission/vocabularies/vocabulary.service.spec.ts b/src/app/core/submission/vocabularies/vocabulary.service.spec.ts
index 682cc215e0..16e0eaf844 100644
--- a/src/app/core/submission/vocabularies/vocabulary.service.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/submission/vocabularies/vocabulary.service.spec.ts
@@ -481,16 +481,16 @@ describe('VocabularyService', () => {
       });
     });
 
-    describe('findEntryDetailByValue', () => {
+    describe('findEntryDetailById', () => {
       it('should proxy the call to vocabularyDataService.findVocabularyById', () => {
-        scheduler.schedule(() => service.findEntryDetailByValue('testValue', hierarchicalVocabulary.id));
+        scheduler.schedule(() => service.findEntryDetailById('testValue', hierarchicalVocabulary.id));
         scheduler.flush();
         const expectedId = `${hierarchicalVocabulary.id}:testValue`
         expect((service as any).vocabularyEntryDetailDataService.findById).toHaveBeenCalledWith(expectedId);
       });
 
       it('should return a RemoteData<VocabularyEntryDetail> for the object with the given id', () => {
-        const result = service.findEntryDetailByValue('testValue', hierarchicalVocabulary.id);
+        const result = service.findEntryDetailById('testValue', hierarchicalVocabulary.id);
         const expected = cold('a|', {
           a: vocabularyEntryDetailParentRD
         });
diff --git a/src/app/core/submission/vocabularies/vocabulary.service.ts b/src/app/core/submission/vocabularies/vocabulary.service.ts
index 648f4744d3..5200d703b9 100644
--- a/src/app/core/submission/vocabularies/vocabulary.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/submission/vocabularies/vocabulary.service.ts
@@ -283,15 +283,15 @@ export class VocabularyService {
   /**
    * Returns an observable of {@link RemoteData} of a {@link VocabularyEntryDetail}, based on its ID, with a list of {@link FollowLinkConfig},
    * to automatically resolve {@link HALLink}s of the object
-   * @param value           The entry value for which to provide detailed information.
+   * @param id              The entry id for which to provide detailed information.
    * @param name            The name of {@link Vocabulary} to which the entry belongs
    * @param linksToFollow   List of {@link FollowLinkConfig} that indicate which {@link HALLink}s should be automatically resolved
    * @return {Observable<RemoteData<VocabularyEntryDetail>>}
    *    Return an observable that emits VocabularyEntryDetail object
    */
-  findEntryDetailByValue(value: string, name: string, ...linksToFollow: Array<FollowLinkConfig<VocabularyEntryDetail>>): Observable<RemoteData<VocabularyEntryDetail>> {
-    const id = `${name}:${value}`;
-    return this.vocabularyEntryDetailDataService.findById(id, ...linksToFollow);
+  findEntryDetailById(id: string, name: string, ...linksToFollow: Array<FollowLinkConfig<VocabularyEntryDetail>>): Observable<RemoteData<VocabularyEntryDetail>> {
+    const findId = `${name}:${id}`;
+    return this.vocabularyEntryDetailDataService.findById(findId, ...linksToFollow);
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/src/app/shared/form/builder/ds-dynamic-form-ui/models/relation-group/dynamic-relation-group.components.ts b/src/app/shared/form/builder/ds-dynamic-form-ui/models/relation-group/dynamic-relation-group.components.ts
index 51cf69d560..5c2616dd34 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/form/builder/ds-dynamic-form-ui/models/relation-group/dynamic-relation-group.components.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/form/builder/ds-dynamic-form-ui/models/relation-group/dynamic-relation-group.components.ts
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ export class DsDynamicRelationGroupComponent extends DynamicFormControlComponent
               if (isObject(valueObj[fieldName]) && valueObj[fieldName].hasAuthority() && isNotEmpty(valueObj[fieldName].authority)) {
                 const fieldId = fieldName.replace(/\./g, '_');
                 const model = this.formBuilderService.findById(fieldId, this.formModel);
-                return$ = this.vocabularyService.findEntryDetailByValue(
+                return$ = this.vocabularyService.findEntryDetailById(
                   valueObj[fieldName].authority,
                   (model as any).vocabularyOptions.name
                 ).pipe(
diff --git a/src/app/shared/vocabulary-treeview/vocabulary-treeview.service.spec.ts b/src/app/shared/vocabulary-treeview/vocabulary-treeview.service.spec.ts
index 944ca0bfb0..f45478f82b 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/vocabulary-treeview/vocabulary-treeview.service.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/vocabulary-treeview/vocabulary-treeview.service.spec.ts
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ describe('VocabularyTreeviewService test suite', () => {
   const vocabularyServiceStub = jasmine.createSpyObj('VocabularyService', {
     getVocabularyEntriesByValue: jasmine.createSpy('getVocabularyEntriesByValue'),
     getEntryDetailParent: jasmine.createSpy('getEntryDetailParent'),
-    findEntryDetailByValue: jasmine.createSpy('findEntryDetailByValue'),
+    findEntryDetailById: jasmine.createSpy('findEntryDetailById'),
     searchTopEntries: jasmine.createSpy('searchTopEntries'),
     getEntryDetailChildren: jasmine.createSpy('getEntryDetailChildren'),
     clearSearchTopRequests: jasmine.createSpy('clearSearchTopRequests')
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ describe('VocabularyTreeviewService test suite', () => {
       serviceAsAny.vocabularyService.searchTopEntries.and.returnValue(hot('-c', {
         a: createSuccessfulRemoteDataObject(new PaginatedList(pageInfo, [item, item2, item3]))
       }));
-      serviceAsAny.vocabularyService.findEntryDetailByValue.and.returnValue(
+      serviceAsAny.vocabularyService.findEntryDetailById.and.returnValue(
         hot('-a', {
           a: createSuccessfulRemoteDataObject(child2)
         })
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ describe('VocabularyTreeviewService test suite', () => {
         a: createSuccessfulRemoteDataObject(new PaginatedList(pageInfo, [childEntry3]))
       }));
 
-      serviceAsAny.vocabularyService.findEntryDetailByValue.and.returnValue(hot('-a', {
+      serviceAsAny.vocabularyService.findEntryDetailById.and.returnValue(hot('-a', {
         a: createSuccessfulRemoteDataObject(child3)
       }));
 
diff --git a/src/app/shared/vocabulary-treeview/vocabulary-treeview.service.ts b/src/app/shared/vocabulary-treeview/vocabulary-treeview.service.ts
index 698f5bb0d2..dd58a6aede 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/vocabulary-treeview/vocabulary-treeview.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/vocabulary-treeview/vocabulary-treeview.service.ts
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ export class VocabularyTreeviewService {
       getFirstSucceededRemoteListPayload(),
       flatMap((result: VocabularyEntry[]) => (result.length > 0) ? result : observableOf(null)),
       flatMap((entry: VocabularyEntry) =>
-        this.vocabularyService.findEntryDetailByValue(entry.otherInformation.id, this.vocabularyName).pipe(
+        this.vocabularyService.findEntryDetailById(entry.otherInformation.id, this.vocabularyName).pipe(
           getFirstSucceededRemoteDataPayload()
         )
       ),
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ export class VocabularyTreeviewService {
    * @return Observable<VocabularyEntryDetail>
    */
   private getById(entryId: string): Observable<VocabularyEntryDetail> {
-    return this.vocabularyService.findEntryDetailByValue(entryId, this.vocabularyName).pipe(
+    return this.vocabularyService.findEntryDetailById(entryId, this.vocabularyName).pipe(
       getFirstSucceededRemoteDataPayload()
     );
   }