diff --git a/ui-ngx/src/app/shared/components/entity/entity-autocomplete.component.html b/ui-ngx/src/app/shared/components/entity/entity-autocomplete.component.html
index 2b69495a3c..6d8a424352 100644
--- a/ui-ngx/src/app/shared/components/entity/entity-autocomplete.component.html
+++ b/ui-ngx/src/app/shared/components/entity/entity-autocomplete.component.html
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
 -->
 <mat-form-field [formGroup]="selectEntityFormGroup" class="mat-block" [appearance]="appearance">
-  <mat-label>{{ entityText | translate }}</mat-label>
+  <mat-label>{{ label | translate }}</mat-label>
   <input matInput type="text"
          #entityInput
          formControlName="entity"
@@ -42,6 +42,6 @@
     </mat-option>
   </mat-autocomplete>
   <mat-error *ngIf="selectEntityFormGroup.get('entity').hasError('required')">
-    {{ entityRequiredText | translate }}
+    {{ requiredErrorText | translate }}
   </mat-error>
 </mat-form-field>
diff --git a/ui-ngx/src/app/shared/components/entity/entity-autocomplete.component.ts b/ui-ngx/src/app/shared/components/entity/entity-autocomplete.component.ts
index 687bd003ea..6a7e6c087c 100644
--- a/ui-ngx/src/app/shared/components/entity/entity-autocomplete.component.ts
+++ b/ui-ngx/src/app/shared/components/entity/entity-autocomplete.component.ts
@@ -36,10 +36,10 @@ import { AliasEntityType, EntityType } from '@shared/models/entity-type.models';
 import { BaseData } from '@shared/models/base-data';
 import { EntityId } from '@shared/models/id/entity-id';
 import { EntityService } from '@core/http/entity.service';
-import { coerceBooleanProperty } from '@angular/cdk/coercion';
 import { getCurrentAuthUser } from '@core/auth/auth.selectors';
 import { Authority } from '@shared/models/authority.enum';
 import { isEqual } from '@core/utils';
+import { coerceBoolean } from '@shared/decorators/coerce-boolean';
 
 @Component({
   selector: 'tb-entity-autocomplete',
@@ -61,6 +61,22 @@ export class EntityAutocompleteComponent implements ControlValueAccessor, OnInit
 
   entitySubtypeValue: string;
 
+  entityText: string;
+
+  noEntitiesMatchingText: string;
+
+  entityRequiredText: string;
+
+  filteredEntities: Observable<Array<BaseData<EntityId>>>;
+
+  searchText = '';
+
+  private dirty = false;
+
+  private refresh$ = new Subject<Array<BaseData<EntityId>>>();
+
+  private propagateChange = (v: any) => { };
+
   @Input()
   set entityType(entityType: EntityType) {
     if (this.entityTypeValue !== entityType) {
@@ -100,16 +116,12 @@ export class EntityAutocompleteComponent implements ControlValueAccessor, OnInit
   @Input()
   appearance: MatFormFieldAppearance = 'fill';
 
-  private requiredValue: boolean;
-  get required(): boolean {
-    return this.requiredValue;
-  }
   @Input()
-  set required(value: boolean) {
-    this.requiredValue = coerceBooleanProperty(value);
-  }
+  @coerceBoolean()
+  required: boolean;
 
   @Input()
+  @coerceBoolean()
   disabled: boolean;
 
   @Output()
@@ -117,19 +129,20 @@ export class EntityAutocompleteComponent implements ControlValueAccessor, OnInit
 
   @ViewChild('entityInput', {static: true}) entityInput: ElementRef;
 
-  entityText: string;
-  noEntitiesMatchingText: string;
-  entityRequiredText: string;
-
-  filteredEntities: Observable<Array<BaseData<EntityId>>>;
-
-  searchText = '';
-
-  private dirty = false;
+  get requiredErrorText(): string {
+    if (this.requiredText && this.requiredText.length) {
+      return this.requiredText;
+    }
+    return this.entityRequiredText;
+  }
 
-  private refresh$ = new Subject<Array<BaseData<EntityId>>>();
+  get label(): string {
+    if (this.labelText && this.labelText.length) {
+      return this.labelText;
+    }
+    return this.entityText;
+  }
 
-  private propagateChange = (v: any) => { };
 
   constructor(private store: Store<AppState>,
               public translate: TranslateService,
@@ -249,12 +262,6 @@ export class EntityAutocompleteComponent implements ControlValueAccessor, OnInit
           break;
       }
     }
-    if (this.labelText && this.labelText.length) {
-      this.entityText = this.labelText;
-    }
-    if (this.requiredText && this.requiredText.length) {
-      this.entityRequiredText = this.requiredText;
-    }
     const currentEntity = this.getCurrentEntity();
     if (currentEntity) {
       const currentEntityType = currentEntity.id.entityType;