diff --git a/dmp-frontend/src/app/datasets/dataset.html b/dmp-frontend/src/app/datasets/dataset.html
index 075cb1951..ff2f5c9d8 100644
--- a/dmp-frontend/src/app/datasets/dataset.html
+++ b/dmp-frontend/src/app/datasets/dataset.html
@@ -55,10 +55,10 @@
 
         <tr *ngFor="let dataset of mf.data" class="hover">
             <td [ngClass]="{true:'visible', false:'invisible'}[showIDs]">{{dataset.id}}</td>
-            <td>{{dataset?.label}}</td>
-            <td>{{dataset?.uri}}</td>
-            <td>{{dataset?.profile?.label}}</td>
-            <td>{{dataset?.description}}</td>
+            <td>{{(dataset?.label?.length > 80) ? (dataset?.label | slice:0:80)+'...':(dataset?.label) }}</td>
+            <td>{{(dataset?.uri?.length > 40) ? (dataset?.uri | slice:0:40)+'...':(dataset?.uri) }}</td>
+            <td>{{(dataset?.profile?.label?.length > 40) ? (dataset?.profile?.label | slice:0:40)+'...':(dataset?.profile?.label) }}</td>
+            <td>{{(dataset?.description?.length > 40) ? (dataset?.description | slice:0:40)+'...':(dataset?.description) }}</td>
             <td>{{dataset?.created | date:'yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss Z'}}</td>
             <td>{{dataset?.status | statusToString }}</td>
             <td>
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@
                 <form #newDatasetForm="ngForm" (ngSubmit)="SaveDataset()">
                     <div class="form-group">
                         <label for="recipient-name" class="col-form-label">Dataset Profile:</label>
-                        <select class="form-control" id="datasetProfileDropDownKey" [(ngModel)]="dataset.profile" name="datasetProfileDropDown" #datasetfield required>
+                        <select class="form-control" id="datasetProfileDropDownKey" [(ngModel)]="dataset.profile" name="datasetProfileDropDown" #datasetfield>
                             <option *ngFor="let opt of datasetProfileDropDown.options" [value]="opt.key">{{opt.value}}</option>
                         </select>
                     </div>