From 1606a12ce8bc9dac5129dc85fb1ff32da6bbc5ea Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: GPortas <hey@gportas.me>
Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2024 16:53:37 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Fixed: JsonPrinter metadata blocks dataset field type
 isRequired logic

---
 .../java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/util/json/JsonPrinter.java | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/util/json/JsonPrinter.java b/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/util/json/JsonPrinter.java
index fbb9e22e929..4da17c5d58b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/util/json/JsonPrinter.java
+++ b/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/util/json/JsonPrinter.java
@@ -647,8 +647,11 @@ public static JsonObjectBuilder json(MetadataBlock metadataBlock, boolean printO
             boolean requiredAsInputLevel = isInputLevel && ownerDataverse.isDatasetFieldTypeRequiredAsInputLevel(datasetFieldTypeId);
             boolean includedAsInputLevel = isInputLevel && ownerDataverse.isDatasetFieldTypeIncludedAsInputLevel(datasetFieldTypeId);
 
+            DatasetFieldType parentDatasetFieldType = datasetFieldType.getParentDatasetFieldType();
+            boolean isRequired = parentDatasetFieldType == null ? datasetFieldType.isRequired() : parentDatasetFieldType.isRequired();
+
             boolean displayCondition = printOnlyDisplayedOnCreateDatasetFieldTypes
-                    ? (datasetFieldType.isDisplayOnCreate() || datasetFieldType.isRequired() || requiredAsInputLevel)
+                    ? (datasetFieldType.isDisplayOnCreate() || isRequired || requiredAsInputLevel)
                     : !isInputLevel || includedAsInputLevel;
 
             if (displayCondition) {