diff --git a/dmp-frontend/src/app/core/services/description-template/description-template.service.ts b/dmp-frontend/src/app/core/services/description-template/description-template.service.ts
index 638545d98..053d1a266 100644
--- a/dmp-frontend/src/app/core/services/description-template/description-template.service.ts
+++ b/dmp-frontend/src/app/core/services/description-template/description-template.service.ts
@@ -170,6 +170,20 @@ export class DescriptionTemplateService {
 		popupItemActionIcon: 'visibility'
 	};
 
+	public buildDescriptionTempalteGroupMultipleAutocompleteConfiguration(preview: boolean = false): MultipleAutoCompleteConfiguration {
+
+		return {
+			initialItems: (excludedItems: any[], data?: any) => this.query(this.buildDescriptionTempalteGroupAutocompleteLookup([IsActive.Active], null, excludedItems ? excludedItems : null)).pipe(map(x => x.items)),
+			filterFn: (searchQuery: string, excludedItems: any[]) => this.query(this.buildDescriptionTempalteGroupAutocompleteLookup([IsActive.Active], searchQuery, excludedItems)).pipe(map(x => x.items)),
+			getSelectedItems: (selectedItems: any[]) => this.query(this.buildDescriptionTempalteGroupAutocompleteLookup([IsActive.Active, IsActive.Inactive], null, null, selectedItems)).pipe(map(x => x.items)),
+			displayFn: (item: DescriptionTemplate) => item.label,
+			titleFn: (item: DescriptionTemplate) => item.label,
+			subtitleFn: (item: DescriptionTemplate) => item.description,
+			valueAssign: (item: DescriptionTemplate) => item.groupId,
+			popupItemActionIcon: preview ? 'visibility' : null,
+		};
+	}
+
 	public buildDescriptionTempalteGroupAutocompleteLookup(isActive: IsActive[], like?: string, excludedIds?: Guid[], groupIds?: Guid[], excludedGroupIds?: Guid[]): DescriptionTemplateLookup {
 		const lookup: DescriptionTemplateLookup = new DescriptionTemplateLookup();
 		lookup.page = { size: 100, offset: 0 };
diff --git a/dmp-frontend/src/app/ui/dmp/listing/filtering/dmp-filter.component.ts b/dmp-frontend/src/app/ui/dmp/listing/filtering/dmp-filter.component.ts
index 127d075e4..29214b12d 100644
--- a/dmp-frontend/src/app/ui/dmp/listing/filtering/dmp-filter.component.ts
+++ b/dmp-frontend/src/app/ui/dmp/listing/filtering/dmp-filter.component.ts
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ export class DmpFilterComponent extends BaseCriteriaComponent implements OnInit,
 	ngOnChanges(changes: SimpleChanges): void {
 		if (changes['filterFormGroup']) {
 
-			this.descriptionTemplateAutoCompleteConfiguration = this.descriptionTemplateService.descriptionTempalteGroupMultipleAutocompleteConfiguration;
+			this.descriptionTemplateAutoCompleteConfiguration = this.descriptionTemplateService.buildDescriptionTempalteGroupMultipleAutocompleteConfiguration();
 			this.dmpBlueprintAutoCompleteConfiguration = this.dmpBlueprintService.multipleAutocompleteConfiguration;
 			this.referenceTypeAutocompleteConfiguration = this.getReferenceTypeAutocompleteConfiguration();
 			this.referenceAutocompleteConfiguration = new Map<string, MultipleAutoCompleteConfiguration>();