diff --git a/dmp-backend/core/src/main/java/eu/eudat/model/persist/dmpproperties/DmpBlueprintValuePersist.java b/dmp-backend/core/src/main/java/eu/eudat/model/persist/dmpproperties/DmpBlueprintValuePersist.java
index 734dcd426..70793d157 100644
--- a/dmp-backend/core/src/main/java/eu/eudat/model/persist/dmpproperties/DmpBlueprintValuePersist.java
+++ b/dmp-backend/core/src/main/java/eu/eudat/model/persist/dmpproperties/DmpBlueprintValuePersist.java
@@ -80,11 +80,11 @@ public class DmpBlueprintValuePersist {
 //                    .iff(() -> this.isNull(item.getReferences()) || item.getReferences().isEmpty())
 //                    .must(() -> !this.isEmpty(item.getFieldValue()))
 //                    .failOn(DmpBlueprintValuePersist._fieldValue).failWith(messageSource.getMessage("Validation_Required", new Object[]{DmpBlueprintValuePersist._fieldValue}, LocaleContextHolder.getLocale())),
-           this.navSpec()
-                    .iff(() -> !this.isListNullOrEmpty(item.getReferences()))
-                    .on(DmpBlueprintValuePersist._references)
-                    .over(item.getReferences())
-                    .using((itm) -> this.validatorFactory.validator(ReferencePersist.ReferencePersistValidator.class))
+                   this.navSpec()
+                            .iff(() -> !this.isListNullOrEmpty(item.getReferences()))
+                            .on(DmpBlueprintValuePersist._references)
+                            .over(item.getReferences())
+                            .using((itm) -> this.validatorFactory.validator(ReferencePersist.ReferencePersistValidator.class))
             );
         }
     }
diff --git a/dmp-backend/core/src/main/java/eu/eudat/model/persist/dmpproperties/DmpPropertiesPersist.java b/dmp-backend/core/src/main/java/eu/eudat/model/persist/dmpproperties/DmpPropertiesPersist.java
index 81e7ffe36..af466b46d 100644
--- a/dmp-backend/core/src/main/java/eu/eudat/model/persist/dmpproperties/DmpPropertiesPersist.java
+++ b/dmp-backend/core/src/main/java/eu/eudat/model/persist/dmpproperties/DmpPropertiesPersist.java
@@ -70,13 +70,13 @@ public class DmpPropertiesPersist {
         protected List<Specification> specifications(DmpPropertiesPersist item) {
             return Arrays.asList(
                     this.mapSpec()
-                            .iff(() ->!this.isNull(item.getDmpBlueprintValues()))
+                            .iff(() ->this.status == DmpStatus.Finalized && !this.isNull(item.getDmpBlueprintValues()))
                             .on(DmpPropertiesPersist._dmpBlueprintValues)
                             .over(item.getDmpBlueprintValues())
                             .mapKey((k) -> ((UUID)k).toString())
                             .using((itm) -> this.validatorFactory.validator(DmpBlueprintValuePersist.DmpBlueprintValuePersistValidator.class)),
                     this.navSpec()
-                            .iff(() -> !this.isListNullOrEmpty(item.getContacts()))
+                            .iff(() -> this.status == DmpStatus.Finalized && !this.isListNullOrEmpty(item.getContacts()))
                             .on(DmpPropertiesPersist._contacts)
                             .over(item.getContacts())
                             .using((itm) -> this.validatorFactory.validator(DmpContactPersist.DmpContactPersistValidator.class))
diff --git a/dmp-frontend/src/app/core/services/dmp/dmp-blueprint.service.ts b/dmp-frontend/src/app/core/services/dmp/dmp-blueprint.service.ts
index eb788298a..2f741c8ed 100644
--- a/dmp-frontend/src/app/core/services/dmp/dmp-blueprint.service.ts
+++ b/dmp-frontend/src/app/core/services/dmp/dmp-blueprint.service.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import { catchError, map } from 'rxjs/operators';
 import { nameof } from 'ts-simple-nameof';
 import { ConfigurationService } from '../configuration/configuration.service';
 import { BaseHttpV2Service } from '../http/base-http-v2.service';
+import { DmpBlueprintStatus } from '@app/core/common/enum/dmp-blueprint-status';
 
 @Injectable()
 export class DmpBlueprintService {
@@ -109,12 +110,13 @@ export class DmpBlueprintService {
 		valueAssign: (item: DmpBlueprint) => item.id,
 	};
 
-	private buildAutocompleteLookup(like?: string, excludedIds?: Guid[], ids?: Guid[]): DmpBlueprintLookup {
+	public buildAutocompleteLookup(like?: string, excludedIds?: Guid[], ids?: Guid[], statuses?: DmpBlueprintStatus[]): DmpBlueprintLookup {
 		const lookup: DmpBlueprintLookup = new DmpBlueprintLookup();
 		lookup.page = { size: 100, offset: 0 };
 		if (excludedIds && excludedIds.length > 0) { lookup.excludedIds = excludedIds; }
 		if (ids && ids.length > 0) { lookup.ids = ids; }
 		lookup.isActive = [IsActive.Active];
+		lookup.statuses = statuses;
 		lookup.project = {
 			fields: [
 				nameof<DmpBlueprint>(x => x.id),
diff --git a/dmp-frontend/src/app/ui/dmp/dmp-editor-blueprint/dmp-editor.component.html b/dmp-frontend/src/app/ui/dmp/dmp-editor-blueprint/dmp-editor.component.html
index a0795c9c5..66c02efe5 100644
--- a/dmp-frontend/src/app/ui/dmp/dmp-editor-blueprint/dmp-editor.component.html
+++ b/dmp-frontend/src/app/ui/dmp/dmp-editor-blueprint/dmp-editor.component.html
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
 						<div class="heading2">{{'DMP-EDITOR.FIELDS.BLUEPRINT' | translate}} *</div>
 						<mat-form-field class="w-100">
 							<mat-label>{{'DMP-EDITOR.FIELDS.BLUEPRINT' | translate}}</mat-label>
-							<app-single-auto-complete [required]="false" [formControl]="formGroup.get('blueprint')" placeholder="{{'DMP-EDITOR.PLACEHOLDER.BLUEPRINT' | translate}}" [configuration]="dmpBlueprintService.singleAutocompleteConfiguration">
+							<app-single-auto-complete [required]="false" [formControl]="formGroup.get('blueprint')" placeholder="{{'DMP-EDITOR.PLACEHOLDER.BLUEPRINT' | translate}}" [configuration]="singleAutocompleteBlueprintConfiguration">
 							</app-single-auto-complete>
 						</mat-form-field>
 					</div>
@@ -132,7 +132,8 @@
 									<div class="row">
 										<div class="col-12">
 											<div *ngFor="let field of section.fields; let j=index">
-												<div class="heading">{{i + 1}}.{{j + 1}} {{field.label}}<span *ngIf="field.required">*</span></div>
+												<div class="heading" *ngIf="!field.label && field.category === dmpBlueprintSectionFieldCategoryEnum.SYSTEM">{{i + 1}}.{{j + 1}} {{enumUtils.toDmpBlueprintSystemFieldTypeString(field.systemFieldType)}}<span *ngIf="field.required">*</span></div>
+												<div class="heading" *ngIf="field.label">{{i + 1}}.{{j + 1}} {{field.label}}<span *ngIf="field.required">*</span></div>
 												<div *ngIf="field.description != null && field.description.length > 0" class="hint">{{field.description}}</div>
 												<div class="input-form">
 													<div *ngIf="field.category === dmpBlueprintSectionFieldCategoryEnum.SYSTEM">
@@ -274,7 +275,9 @@
 														<div *ngIf="field.dataType === dmpBlueprintExtraFieldDataTypeEnum.Date">
 															<mat-form-field class="w-100">
 																<mat-label>{{field.label}}</mat-label>
-																<input matInput placeholder="{{field.placeholder ?? field.label}}" type="date" name="value" [formControl]="formGroup.get('properties').get('dmpBlueprintValues').get(field.id).get('fieldValue')" [required]="field.required">
+																<input matInput placeholder="{{field.placeholder ?? field.label}}" name="value" [formControl]="formGroup.get('properties').get('dmpBlueprintValues').get(field.id).get('fieldValue')" [matDatepicker]="date" [required]="field.required">
+																<mat-datepicker-toggle matSuffix [for]="date"></mat-datepicker-toggle>
+																<mat-datepicker #date></mat-datepicker>
 																<mat-error *ngIf="formGroup.get('properties').get('dmpBlueprintValues').get(field.id).get('fieldValue').hasError('backendError')">{{formGroup.get('properties').get('dmpBlueprintValues').get(field.id).get('fieldValue').getError('backendError').message}}</mat-error>
 																<mat-error *ngIf="formGroup.get('properties').get('dmpBlueprintValues').get(field.id).get('fieldValue').hasError('required')">{{'GENERAL.VALIDATION.REQUIRED' | translate}}</mat-error>
 															</mat-form-field>
diff --git a/dmp-frontend/src/app/ui/dmp/dmp-editor-blueprint/dmp-editor.component.ts b/dmp-frontend/src/app/ui/dmp/dmp-editor-blueprint/dmp-editor.component.ts
index eb97ea6db..80c327600 100644
--- a/dmp-frontend/src/app/ui/dmp/dmp-editor-blueprint/dmp-editor.component.ts
+++ b/dmp-frontend/src/app/ui/dmp/dmp-editor-blueprint/dmp-editor.component.ts
@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@ import { UserService } from '@app/core/services/user/user.service';
 import { CdkDragDrop, moveItemInArray } from '@angular/cdk/drag-drop';
 import { DmpContactType } from '@app/core/common/enum/dmp-contact-type';
 import { MatButtonToggleChange } from '@angular/material/button-toggle';
+import { SingleAutoCompleteConfiguration } from '@app/library/auto-complete/single/single-auto-complete-configuration';
+import { DmpBlueprintStatus } from '@app/core/common/enum/dmp-blueprint-status';
 
 @Component({
 	selector: 'app-dmp-editor',
@@ -70,6 +72,14 @@ export class DmpEditorComponent extends BaseEditor<DmpEditorModel, Dmp> implemen
 	dmpAccessTypeEnumValues = this.enumUtils.getEnumValues<DmpAccessType>(DmpAccessType);
 	dmpContactTypeEnum = DmpContactType;
 	dmpContactTypeEnumValues = this.enumUtils.getEnumValues<DmpContactType>(DmpContactType);
+	singleAutocompleteBlueprintConfiguration: SingleAutoCompleteConfiguration = {
+		initialItems: (data?: any) => this.dmpBlueprintService.query(this.dmpBlueprintService.buildAutocompleteLookup(null, null, null, [DmpBlueprintStatus.Finalized])).pipe(map(x => x.items)),
+		filterFn: (searchQuery: string, data?: any) => this.dmpBlueprintService.query(this.dmpBlueprintService.buildAutocompleteLookup(searchQuery, null, null, [DmpBlueprintStatus.Finalized])).pipe(map(x => x.items)),
+		getSelectedItem: (selectedItem: any) => this.dmpBlueprintService.query(this.dmpBlueprintService.buildAutocompleteLookup(null, null, [selectedItem])).pipe(map(x => x.items[0])),
+		displayFn: (item: DmpBlueprint) => item.label,
+		titleFn: (item: DmpBlueprint) => item.label,
+		valueAssign: (item: DmpBlueprint) => item.id,
+	};
 
 	protected get canDelete(): boolean {
 		return !this.isDeleted && !this.isNew && this.hasPermission(this.authService.permissionEnum.DeleteDmp);
@@ -111,7 +121,7 @@ export class DmpEditorComponent extends BaseEditor<DmpEditorModel, Dmp> implemen
 		private configurationService: ConfigurationService,
 		// public visibilityRulesService: VisibilityRulesService,
 		private languageInfoService: LanguageInfoService,
-		private enumUtils: EnumUtils,
+		public enumUtils: EnumUtils,
 		public descriptionTemplateService: DescriptionTemplateService,
 		public userService: UserService
 
diff --git a/dmp-frontend/src/app/ui/reference/reference-field/reference-field.component.html b/dmp-frontend/src/app/ui/reference/reference-field/reference-field.component.html
index 9b0380701..e7cfc285f 100644
--- a/dmp-frontend/src/app/ui/reference/reference-field/reference-field.component.html
+++ b/dmp-frontend/src/app/ui/reference/reference-field/reference-field.component.html
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 	<mat-error *ngIf="form.hasError('backendError')">{{form.getError('backendError').message}}</mat-error>
 	<mat-error *ngIf="form.hasError('required')">{{'GENERAL.VALIDATION.REQUIRED' | translate}}</mat-error>
 </mat-form-field>
-{{form.errors | json}}
 <div class="mb-4">
 	<span *ngIf="!form.disabled" class="not-found">{{'REFERENCE-FIELD.COULD-NOT-FIND-MESSAGE' | translate}}</span>
 	<span *ngIf="!form.disabled" class="insert-manually" (click)="addReference($event)">{{'REFERENCE-FIELD.ACTIONS.INSERT-MANUALLY' | translate}}</span>
diff --git a/dmp-frontend/src/assets/i18n/en.json b/dmp-frontend/src/assets/i18n/en.json
index aedabc17e..d3dedccf5 100644
--- a/dmp-frontend/src/assets/i18n/en.json
+++ b/dmp-frontend/src/assets/i18n/en.json
@@ -2245,8 +2245,7 @@
 			"ORGANIZATIONS": "Organizations",
 			"DATASET-IDENTIFIER": "Dataset Identifier",
 			"CURRENCY": "Currency",
-			"VALIDATION": "Validator",
-			"SELECT": "Select"
+			"VALIDATION": "Validator"
 		},
 		"DATASET-PROFILE-UPLOAD-TYPE": {
 			"DOWNLOAD": "Download file"
diff --git a/dmp-frontend/src/common/base/base-editor.ts b/dmp-frontend/src/common/base/base-editor.ts
index 63f728f3a..67dd9e0f3 100644
--- a/dmp-frontend/src/common/base/base-editor.ts
+++ b/dmp-frontend/src/common/base/base-editor.ts
@@ -108,6 +108,9 @@ export abstract class BaseEditor<EditorModelType extends BaseEditorModel, Entity
 		const error: HttpError = this.httpErrorHandlingService.getError(errorResponse);
 		if (error.statusCode === 400) {
 			this.editorModel.validationErrorModel.fromJSONObject(errorResponse.error);
+			if(errorResponse.error.code === 120){
+				this.uiNotificationService.snackBarNotification(errorResponse.error.error, SnackBarNotificationLevel.Error);
+			}
 			this.formService.validateAllFormFields(this.formGroup);
 		} else {
 			this.uiNotificationService.snackBarNotification(error.getMessagesString(), SnackBarNotificationLevel.Warning);