diff --git a/dmp-frontend/src/app/ui/admin/description-template/editor/components/field-type/radio-box/description-template-editor-radio-box-field.component.html b/dmp-frontend/src/app/ui/admin/description-template/editor/components/field-type/radio-box/description-template-editor-radio-box-field.component.html
index 255585aef..0b64347ff 100644
--- a/dmp-frontend/src/app/ui/admin/description-template/editor/components/field-type/radio-box/description-template-editor-radio-box-field.component.html
+++ b/dmp-frontend/src/app/ui/admin/description-template/editor/components/field-type/radio-box/description-template-editor-radio-box-field.component.html
@@ -1,15 +1,17 @@
 <div class="row" *ngIf="form.get('data')">
 	<div class="col-12">
-		<h5 style="font-weight: bold; display: inline-block; margin-right: 2em;">{{'DATASET-PROFILE-EDITOR.STEPS.FORM.FIELD.FIELDS.FIELD-RADIO-BOX-TITLE'
+		<h5 style="font-weight: bold; display: inline-block; margin-right: 2em;">{{'DESCRIPTION-TEMPLATE-EDITOR.STEPS.FORM.FIELD.FIELDS.FIELD-RADIO-BOX-TITLE'
 			| translate}}</h5>
 			<ng-container *ngIf="form.get('data').errors?.emptyArray && form.get('data').touched">
 				<mat-icon class="text-danger translateY-3">warning_amber</mat-icon>
-				<small class="text-danger">{{'DATASET-PROFILE-EDITOR.STEPS.FORM.FIELD.ERROR-MESSAGES.FIELD-RADIO-AT-LEAST-ONE-REQUIRED'| translate}}</small>
+				<small class="text-danger">{{'DESCRIPTION-TEMPLATE-EDITOR.STEPS.FORM.FIELD.ERROR-MESSAGES.FIELD-RADIO-AT-LEAST-ONE-REQUIRED'| translate}}</small>
 			</ng-container>
+			<mat-error *ngIf="form.get('data').get('options').dirty && form.get('data').get('options').hasError('required')">{{'DESCRIPTION-TEMPLATE-EDITOR.STEPS.FORM.FIELD.ERROR-MESSAGES.FIELD-RADIO-AT-LEAST-ONE-REQUIRED' | translate}}</mat-error>
+			<mat-error *ngIf="form.get('data').get('options').hasError('backendError')">{{form.get('data').get('options').getError('backendError').message}}</mat-error>
 	</div>
 
 	<!-- <mat-form-field class="col-12">
-		<mat-label>{{'DATASET-PROFILE-EDITOR.STEPS.FORM.FIELD.FIELDS.FIELD-RADIO-BOX-PLACEHOLDER' | translate}}</mat-label>
+		<mat-label>{{'DESCRIPTION-TEMPLATE-EDITOR.STEPS.FORM.FIELD.FIELDS.FIELD-RADIO-BOX-PLACEHOLDER' | translate}}</mat-label>
 		<input matInput type="string"
 			[formControl]="form.get('data').get('label')">
 	</mat-form-field> -->
@@ -17,14 +19,16 @@
 	<div class="col-12">
 		<div *ngFor="let option of form.get('data').get('options')['controls'] index as i" class="row">
 			<mat-form-field class="col">
-				<mat-label>{{'DATASET-PROFILE-EDITOR.STEPS.FORM.FIELD.FIELDS.FIELD-RADIO-BOX-LABEL' | translate}}</mat-label>
-				<input matInput type="string" [formControl]="option.get('label')">
+				<mat-label>{{'DESCRIPTION-TEMPLATE-EDITOR.STEPS.FORM.FIELD.FIELDS.FIELD-RADIO-BOX-LABEL' | translate}}</mat-label>
+				<input matInput type="string" [formControl]="option.get('label')" required="true">
 				<mat-error *ngIf="option.get('label').hasError('backendError')">{{option.get('label').getError('backendError').message}}</mat-error>
+				<mat-error *ngIf="option.get('label').hasError('required')">{{'GENERAL.VALIDATION.REQUIRED' | translate}}</mat-error>
 			</mat-form-field>
 			<mat-form-field class="col">
-				<mat-label>{{'DATASET-PROFILE-EDITOR.STEPS.FORM.FIELD.FIELDS.FIELD-RADIO-BOX-VALUE' | translate}}</mat-label>
-				<input matInput type="string" [formControl]="option.get('value')">
+				<mat-label>{{'DESCRIPTION-TEMPLATE-EDITOR.STEPS.FORM.FIELD.FIELDS.FIELD-RADIO-BOX-VALUE' | translate}}</mat-label>
+				<input matInput type="string" [formControl]="option.get('value')" required="true">
 				<mat-error *ngIf="option.get('value').hasError('backendError')">{{option.get('value').getError('backendError').message}}</mat-error>
+				<mat-error *ngIf="option.get('value').hasError('required')">{{'GENERAL.VALIDATION.REQUIRED' | translate}}</mat-error>
 			</mat-form-field>
 			<button mat-icon-button class="col-auto" (click)="deleteRow(i)" type="button"
 				[disabled]="this.form.disabled">
diff --git a/dmp-frontend/src/app/ui/admin/description-template/editor/components/field-type/select/description-template-editor-select-field.component.html b/dmp-frontend/src/app/ui/admin/description-template/editor/components/field-type/select/description-template-editor-select-field.component.html
index 6d66f1cff..c53b33551 100644
--- a/dmp-frontend/src/app/ui/admin/description-template/editor/components/field-type/select/description-template-editor-select-field.component.html
+++ b/dmp-frontend/src/app/ui/admin/description-template/editor/components/field-type/select/description-template-editor-select-field.component.html
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 		</ng-container>
 	</div>
 	<mat-checkbox class="col-auto" [formControl]="this.form.get('data').get('multipleSelect')">
-		{{'DESCRIPTION-TEMPLATE-EDITOR.STEPS.FORM.FIELD.FIELDS.FIELD-MULTIPLE-SELECT' | translate}}
+		{{'DESCRIPTION-TEMPLATE-EDITOR.STEPS.FORM.FIELD.FIELDS.FIELD-MULTIPLE-WORDLIST' | translate}}
 		<mat-error *ngIf="form.get('data').get('multipleSelect').hasError('backendError')">{{form.get('data').get('multipleSelect').getError('backendError').message}}</mat-error>
 	</mat-checkbox>
 
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@
 			</button>
 		</div>
 	</div>
+	<mat-error *ngIf="form.get('data').get('options').dirty && form.get('data').get('options').hasError('required')">{{'DESCRIPTION-TEMPLATE-EDITOR.STEPS.FORM.FIELD.ERROR-MESSAGES.FIELD-RADIO-AT-LEAST-ONE-REQUIRED' | translate}}</mat-error>
+	<mat-error *ngIf="form.get('data').get('options').hasError('backendError')">{{form.get('data').get('options').getError('backendError').message}}</mat-error>
 	<div class="col-auto"><button mat-icon-button (click)="addNewRow()">
 			<mat-icon>add</mat-icon>
 		</button></div>
diff --git a/dmp-frontend/src/app/ui/admin/description-template/editor/components/section-fieldset/description-template-editor-section-fieldset.component.html b/dmp-frontend/src/app/ui/admin/description-template/editor/components/section-fieldset/description-template-editor-section-fieldset.component.html
index 8e97fb165..dc1f89400 100644
--- a/dmp-frontend/src/app/ui/admin/description-template/editor/components/section-fieldset/description-template-editor-section-fieldset.component.html
+++ b/dmp-frontend/src/app/ui/admin/description-template/editor/components/section-fieldset/description-template-editor-section-fieldset.component.html
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
 							[hasFocus]="fieldset.get('id').value === selectedFieldSetId"
 							[datasetProfileId]="datasetProfileId"
 							[validationErrorModel]="validationErrorModel"
-							[rootPath]="rootPath">
+							[rootPath]="rootPath + 'fieldSets[' + i + '].'">
 						</app-description-template-editor-composite-field-component>
 					</mat-card-content>
 				</mat-card>
diff --git a/dmp-frontend/src/app/ui/admin/description-template/editor/description-template-editor.component.ts b/dmp-frontend/src/app/ui/admin/description-template/editor/description-template-editor.component.ts
index 027bc2fd4..e6064e396 100644
--- a/dmp-frontend/src/app/ui/admin/description-template/editor/description-template-editor.component.ts
+++ b/dmp-frontend/src/app/ui/admin/description-template/editor/description-template-editor.component.ts
@@ -616,6 +616,10 @@ export class DescriptionTemplateEditorComponent extends BaseEditor<DescriptionTe
 						section.ordinal = sectionsArray.length;
 
 					}
+
+					//store rootPath for next levels/components
+					this.rootPath = 'definition.pages['+ pageIndex +'].sections[' + sectionsArray.length + '].';
+
 					sectionsArray.push(section.buildForm({ rootPath: 'definition.pages['+ pageIndex +'].sections[' + sectionsArray.length + '].' }));
 					// this.form.updateValueAndValidity();
 
@@ -634,21 +638,24 @@ export class DescriptionTemplateEditorComponent extends BaseEditor<DescriptionTe
 						sectionIndexes.forEach(index => {
 							parentSectionRootPath = parentSectionRootPath + 'sections[' + index +'].'
 						});
+
+						sectionsArray = parent.form.get('sections') as UntypedFormArray;
+
+						//adding page parent MAYBE NOT NEEDED
+						try {
+							const maxOrdinal = sectionsArray.controls.map(control => control.get('ordinal').value).reduce((a, b) => Math.max(a, b));
+							section.ordinal = maxOrdinal + 1;
+						} catch {
+							section.ordinal = sectionsArray.length;
+						}
+
+						//store rootPath for next levels/components
+						this.rootPath = 'definition.pages['+ pageIndex +'].'+ parentSectionRootPath;
+
+						sectionsArray.push(section.buildForm({ rootPath: 'definition.pages['+ pageIndex +'].' + parentSectionRootPath + 'sections[' + sectionsArray.length + '].' }));
+						// (child.form.parent as FormArray).push(section.buildForm());
+
 					}
-				
-					sectionsArray = parent.form.get('sections') as UntypedFormArray;
-
-					//adding page parent MAYBE NOT NEEDED
-					try {
-						const maxOrdinal = sectionsArray.controls.map(control => control.get('ordinal').value).reduce((a, b) => Math.max(a, b));
-						section.ordinal = maxOrdinal + 1;
-					} catch {
-						section.ordinal = sectionsArray.length;
-					}
-
-					sectionsArray.push(section.buildForm({ rootPath: 'definition.pages['+ pageIndex +'].' + parentSectionRootPath + 'sections[' + sectionsArray.length + '].' }));
-					// (child.form.parent as FormArray).push(section.buildForm());
-
 				} else {
 					console.error('Section can only be child of a page or another section');
 				}
@@ -687,8 +694,6 @@ export class DescriptionTemplateEditorComponent extends BaseEditor<DescriptionTe
 					field.ordinal = 0;//first filed in the fields list
 
 					const fieldSetsArray = parent.form.get('fieldSets') as UntypedFormArray
-					//store rootPath for next levels/components
-					this.rootPath = 'definition.pages['+ pageIndex +'].'+ parentSectionRootPath+ 'fieldSets[' + fieldSetsArray.length + '].';
 					const fieldForm = field.buildForm({ rootPath: this.rootPath+ 'fields[' + 0 + '].'});
 
 					//give fieldset id and ordinal
diff --git a/dmp-frontend/src/app/ui/admin/description-template/editor/description-template-editor.model.ts b/dmp-frontend/src/app/ui/admin/description-template/editor/description-template-editor.model.ts
index 4fe20eac0..cd7bfc8f8 100644
--- a/dmp-frontend/src/app/ui/admin/description-template/editor/description-template-editor.model.ts
+++ b/dmp-frontend/src/app/ui/admin/description-template/editor/description-template-editor.model.ts
@@ -60,8 +60,8 @@ export class DescriptionTemplateEditorModel extends BaseEditorModel implements D
 						this.validationErrorModel
 					).fromModel(item).buildForm({
 						rootPath: `users[${index}].`
-					}), context.getValidation('users')
-				)
+					})
+				), context.getValidation('users').validators
 			),
 			hash: [{ value: this.hash, disabled: disabled }, context.getValidation('hash').validators]
 		});
@@ -1233,8 +1233,9 @@ export class DescriptionTemplateExternalSelectDataEditorModel extends Descriptio
 			(this.sources ?? []).map(
 				(item, index) => item.buildForm({
 					rootPath: `${rootPath}sources[${index}].`
-				}), context.getValidation('sources')
-			)));
+				})
+			), context.getValidation('sources').validators
+			));
 		return formGroup;
 	}
 
@@ -1583,8 +1584,9 @@ export class DescriptionTemplateRadioBoxDataEditorModel extends DescriptionTempl
 					this.validationErrorModel
 				).fromModel(item).buildForm({
 					rootPath: `${rootPath}options[${index}].`
-				}), context.getValidation('options')
-			)));
+				})
+			), context.getValidation('options').validators
+			));
 		return formGroup;
 	}
 
@@ -1729,8 +1731,9 @@ export class DescriptionTemplateSelectDataEditorModel extends DescriptionTemplat
 					this.validationErrorModel
 				).fromModel(item).buildForm({
 					rootPath: `${rootPath}options[${index}].`
-				}), context.getValidation('options')
-			)));
+				})
+			), context.getValidation('options').validators
+			));
 		return formGroup;
 	}