1 files changed, 5 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/src/fields/Doc.ts b/src/fields/Doc.ts
index 67f09f37b..30e3aa5f0 100644
--- a/src/fields/Doc.ts
+++ b/src/fields/Doc.ts
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ export namespace Field {
             case 'number':
             case 'boolean':rawjava = String(field);
                            break;
-            default:       rawjava = field?.[ToJavascriptString]?.() ?? 'null';
+            default:       rawjava = field?.[ToJavascriptString]?.() ?? '';
         } // prettier-ignore
         var script = rawjava;
         // this is a bit hacky, but we treat '^@' references to a published document
@@ -866,7 +866,7 @@ export namespace Doc {
     export function FindReferences(infield: Doc | List<any>, references: Set<Doc>, system: boolean | undefined) {
         if (infield instanceof Promise) return;
         if (!(infield instanceof Doc)) {
-            infield.forEach(val => (val instanceof Doc || val instanceof List) && FindReferences(val, references, system));
+            infield?.forEach(val => (val instanceof Doc || val instanceof List) && FindReferences(val, references, system));
             return;
         }
         const doc = infield as Doc;
@@ -1032,13 +1032,13 @@ export namespace Doc {
     //  This function converts a generic field layout display into a field layout that displays a specific
     // metadata field indicated by the title of the template field (not the default field that it was rendering)
     //
-    export function MakeMetadataFieldTemplate(templateField: Doc, templateDoc: Opt<Doc>): boolean {
+    export function MakeMetadataFieldTemplate(templateField: Doc, templateDoc: Opt<Doc>, keepFieldKey = false): boolean {
         // find the metadata field key that this template field doc will display (indicated by its title)
-        const metadataFieldKey = StrCast(templateField.isTemplateForField) || StrCast(templateField.title).replace(/^-/, '') || Doc.LayoutFieldKey(templateField);
+        const metadataFieldKey = keepFieldKey ? Doc.LayoutFieldKey(templateField) : StrCast(templateField.isTemplateForField) || StrCast(templateField.title).replace(/^-/, '') || Doc.LayoutFieldKey(templateField);
 
         // update the original template to mark it as a template
         templateField.isTemplateForField = metadataFieldKey;
-        templateField.title = metadataFieldKey;
+        !keepFieldKey && (templateField.title = metadataFieldKey);
 
         const templateFieldValue = templateField[metadataFieldKey] || templateField[Doc.LayoutFieldKey(templateField)];
         const templateCaptionValue = templateField.caption;