# Service Referral form errors

**URL:** <https://support.primero.org/forum/t/service-referral-form-errors/380>\
**Category:** GBVIMS\
**Tags:** v1-7\
**Created:** [February 2, 2021, 12:08pm UTC](https://support.primero.org/forum/t/service-referral-form-errors/380 "2021-02-02T12:08:27Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![irlawrence](https://support.primero.org/forum/user_avatar/support.primero.org/irlawrence/32/8_2.png) [@irlawrence](https://support.primero.org/forum/u/irlawrence)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2021, 12:08pm UTC](https://support.primero.org/forum/t/service-referral-form-errors/380/1 "2021-02-02T12:08:27Z")

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Date field is not visible on the form to edit/save

 ![image](https://support.primero.org/uploads/primero/original/1X/420be293db3113d96b126f2e5b799296d2c80e73.png)

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**Author:** ![xanf1](https://support.primero.org/forum/user_avatar/support.primero.org/xanf1/32/5_2.png) [@xanf1](https://support.primero.org/forum/u/xanf1)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2021, 12:20pm UTC](https://support.primero.org/forum/t/service-referral-form-errors/380/2 "2021-02-02T12:20:26Z")

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New helpdesk comment 
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This issue requires your attention. [~ian\_brasil], [~jpanchalingam@unicef.org]

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**Author:** ![xanf1](https://support.primero.org/forum/user_avatar/support.primero.org/xanf1/32/5_2.png) [@xanf1](https://support.primero.org/forum/u/xanf1)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2021, 6:46pm UTC](https://support.primero.org/forum/t/service-referral-form-errors/380/3 "2021-02-03T18:46:25Z")

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New helpdesk comment 
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My suggestions to fix this would be either:

1. we make the date field not mandatory through the JSON

2. we remove the field all together in the JSON

Are there any considerations/reservations for either option?

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**Author:** ![irlawrence](https://support.primero.org/forum/user_avatar/support.primero.org/irlawrence/32/8_2.png) [@irlawrence](https://support.primero.org/forum/u/irlawrence)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2021, 3:36pm UTC](https://support.primero.org/forum/t/service-referral-form-errors/380/4 "2021-02-04T15:36:46Z")

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This does not fix the issue though. How did the system allow saving a form with a mandatory field without it filled out (or filled out incorrectly)?

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**Author:** ![irlawrence](https://support.primero.org/forum/user_avatar/support.primero.org/irlawrence/32/8_2.png) [@irlawrence](https://support.primero.org/forum/u/irlawrence)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2021, 7:27pm UTC](https://support.primero.org/forum/t/service-referral-form-errors/380/5 "2021-02-04T19:27:14Z")

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We fixed the issue directly on the database by removing the date fields on the record itself. The case worker it seems had created some service referrals and then instead of removing them as they were not relevant had changed them to ‘Service Not Applicable’ and then Saved the record, Consequently the old fields were in the database but inaccessible