diff --git a/src/app/core/submission/workspaceitem-data.service.spec.ts b/src/app/core/submission/workspaceitem-data.service.spec.ts
index 50bc03a6538..039e9423170 100644
--- a/src/app/core/submission/workspaceitem-data.service.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/submission/workspaceitem-data.service.spec.ts
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ import { RequestEntry } from '../data/request-entry.model';
 import { CoreState } from '../core-state.model';
 import { testSearchDataImplementation } from '../data/base/search-data.spec';
 import { testDeleteDataImplementation } from '../data/base/delete-data.spec';
+import { SearchData } from '../data/base/search-data';
+import { DeleteData } from '../data/base/delete-data';
+import { RequestParam } from '../cache/models/request-param.model';
 
 describe('WorkspaceitemDataService test', () => {
   let scheduler: TestScheduler;
@@ -68,22 +71,20 @@ describe('WorkspaceitemDataService test', () => {
   const wsiRD = createSuccessfulRemoteDataObject(wsi);
 
   const endpointURL = `https://rest.api/rest/api/submission/workspaceitems`;
-  const searchRequestURL = `https://rest.api/rest/api/submission/workspaceitems/search/item?uuid=1234-1234`;
-  const searchRequestURL$ = observableOf(searchRequestURL);
 
   const requestUUID = '8b3c613a-5a4b-438b-9686-be1d5b4a1c5a';
 
   objectCache = {} as ObjectCacheService;
   const notificationsService = {} as NotificationsService;
   const http = {} as HttpClient;
-  const comparator = {} as any;
+  const comparatorEntry = {} as any;
   const store = {} as Store<CoreState>;
   const pageInfo = new PageInfo();
 
   function initTestService() {
     hrefOnlyDataService = getMockHrefOnlyDataService();
     return new WorkspaceitemDataService(
-      comparator,
+      comparatorEntry,
       halService,
       http,
       notificationsService,
@@ -95,10 +96,11 @@ describe('WorkspaceitemDataService test', () => {
   }
 
   describe('composition', () => {
-    const initService = () => new WorkspaceitemDataService(null, null,
-      null, null, null, null, null, null);
-    testSearchDataImplementation(initService);
-    testDeleteDataImplementation(initService);
+    const initSearchService = () => new WorkspaceitemDataService(null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null) as unknown as SearchData<any>;
+    const initDeleteService = () => new WorkspaceitemDataService(null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null) as unknown as DeleteData<any>;
+
+    testSearchDataImplementation(initSearchService);
+    testDeleteDataImplementation(initDeleteService);
   });
 
   describe('', () => {
@@ -129,7 +131,6 @@ describe('WorkspaceitemDataService test', () => {
       service = initTestService();
 
       spyOn((service as any), 'findByHref').and.callThrough();
-      spyOn((service as any), 'getSearchByHref').and.returnValue(searchRequestURL$);
     });
 
     afterEach(() => {
@@ -140,8 +141,8 @@ describe('WorkspaceitemDataService test', () => {
       it('should proxy the call to DataService.findByHref', () => {
         scheduler.schedule(() => service.findByItem('1234-1234', true, true, pageInfo));
         scheduler.flush();
-
-        expect((service as any).findByHref).toHaveBeenCalledWith(searchRequestURL$, true, true);
+        const searchUrl = service.getIDHref('item', [new RequestParam('uuid', encodeURIComponent('1234-1234'))]);
+        expect((service as any).findByHref).toHaveBeenCalledWith(searchUrl, true, true);
       });
 
       it('should return a RemoteData<WorkspaceItem> for the search', () => {
diff --git a/src/app/core/submission/workspaceitem-data.service.ts b/src/app/core/submission/workspaceitem-data.service.ts
index 7352718c537..181530a29b3 100644
--- a/src/app/core/submission/workspaceitem-data.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/submission/workspaceitem-data.service.ts
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ import { IdentifiableDataService } from '../data/base/identifiable-data.service'
 import { NoContent } from '../shared/NoContent.model';
 import { DeleteData, DeleteDataImpl } from '../data/base/delete-data';
 import { SearchData, SearchDataImpl } from '../data/base/search-data';
-import { Bitstream } from '../shared/bitstream.model';
 import { PaginatedList } from '../data/paginated-list.model';
 
 /**
@@ -32,11 +31,11 @@ import { PaginatedList } from '../data/paginated-list.model';
  */
 @Injectable()
 @dataService(WorkspaceItem.type)
-export class WorkspaceitemDataService extends IdentifiableDataService<WorkspaceItem> implements SearchData<WorkspaceItem>,  DeleteData<WorkspaceItem> {
+export class WorkspaceitemDataService extends IdentifiableDataService<WorkspaceItem> implements DeleteData<WorkspaceItem>, SearchData<WorkspaceItem>{
   protected linkPath = 'workspaceitems';
   protected searchByItemLinkPath = 'item';
-  private searchData: SearchDataImpl<WorkspaceItem>;
   private deleteData: DeleteData<WorkspaceItem>;
+  private searchData: SearchData<WorkspaceItem>;
 
   constructor(
     protected comparator: DSOChangeAnalyzer<WorkspaceItem>,
@@ -50,7 +49,6 @@ export class WorkspaceitemDataService extends IdentifiableDataService<WorkspaceI
     super('workspaceitems', requestService, rdbService, objectCache, halService);
     this.deleteData = new DeleteDataImpl(this.linkPath, requestService, rdbService, objectCache, halService, notificationsService, this.responseMsToLive, this.constructIdEndpoint);
     this.searchData = new SearchDataImpl(this.linkPath, requestService, rdbService, objectCache, halService, this.responseMsToLive);
-
   }
   public delete(objectId: string, copyVirtualMetadata?: string[]): Observable<RemoteData<NoContent>> {
     return this.deleteData.delete(objectId, copyVirtualMetadata);
@@ -98,6 +96,19 @@ export class WorkspaceitemDataService extends IdentifiableDataService<WorkspaceI
     return this.rdbService.buildFromRequestUUID(requestId);
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Delete an existing object on the server
+   * @param   href The self link of the object to be removed
+   * @param   copyVirtualMetadata (optional parameter) the identifiers of the relationship types for which the virtual
+   *                            metadata should be saved as real metadata
+   * @return  A RemoteData observable with an empty payload, but still representing the state of the request: statusCode,
+   *          errorMessage, timeCompleted, etc
+   *          Only emits once all request related to the DSO has been invalidated.
+   */
+  deleteByHref(href: string, copyVirtualMetadata?: string[]): Observable<RemoteData<NoContent>> {
+    return this.deleteData.deleteByHref(href, copyVirtualMetadata);
+  }
+
   /**
    * Make a new FindListRequest with given search method
    *
@@ -112,20 +123,7 @@ export class WorkspaceitemDataService extends IdentifiableDataService<WorkspaceI
    * @return {Observable<RemoteData<PaginatedList<T>>}
    *    Return an observable that emits response from the server
    */
-  public searchBy(searchMethod: string, options?: FindListOptions, useCachedVersionIfAvailable?: boolean, reRequestOnStale?: boolean, ...linksToFollow: FollowLinkConfig<WorkspaceItem>[]): Observable<RemoteData<PaginatedList<WorkspaceItem>>> {
+  searchBy(searchMethod: string, options?: FindListOptions, useCachedVersionIfAvailable?: boolean, reRequestOnStale?: boolean, ...linksToFollow: FollowLinkConfig<WorkspaceItem>[]): Observable<RemoteData<PaginatedList<WorkspaceItem>>> {
     return this.searchData.searchBy(searchMethod, options, useCachedVersionIfAvailable, reRequestOnStale, ...linksToFollow);
   }
-
-  /**
-   * Delete an existing object on the server
-   * @param   href The self link of the object to be removed
-   * @param   copyVirtualMetadata (optional parameter) the identifiers of the relationship types for which the virtual
-   *                            metadata should be saved as real metadata
-   * @return  A RemoteData observable with an empty payload, but still representing the state of the request: statusCode,
-   *          errorMessage, timeCompleted, etc
-   *          Only emits once all request related to the DSO has been invalidated.
-   */
-  deleteByHref(href: string, copyVirtualMetadata?: string[]): Observable<RemoteData<NoContent>> {
-    return this.deleteData.deleteByHref(href, copyVirtualMetadata);
-  }
 }
diff --git a/src/app/suggestion-notifications/reciter-suggestions/suggestions-popup/suggestions-popup.component.spec.ts b/src/app/suggestion-notifications/reciter-suggestions/suggestions-popup/suggestions-popup.component.spec.ts
index e276b7d5d39..aade2c78fa1 100644
--- a/src/app/suggestion-notifications/reciter-suggestions/suggestions-popup/suggestions-popup.component.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/suggestion-notifications/reciter-suggestions/suggestions-popup/suggestions-popup.component.spec.ts
@@ -13,11 +13,13 @@ import { SuggestionsService } from '../suggestions.service';
 describe('SuggestionsPopupComponent', () => {
   let component: SuggestionsPopupComponent;
   let fixture: ComponentFixture<SuggestionsPopupComponent>;
+  let notificationsService: NotificationsService;
 
   const suggestionStateService = jasmine.createSpyObj('SuggestionTargetsStateService', {
     hasUserVisitedSuggestions: jasmine.createSpy('hasUserVisitedSuggestions'),
     getCurrentUserSuggestionTargets: jasmine.createSpy('getCurrentUserSuggestionTargets'),
-    dispatchMarkUserSuggestionsAsVisitedAction: jasmine.createSpy('dispatchMarkUserSuggestionsAsVisitedAction')
+    dispatchMarkUserSuggestionsAsVisitedAction: jasmine.createSpy('dispatchMarkUserSuggestionsAsVisitedAction'),
+    dispatchRefreshUserSuggestionsAction: jasmine.createSpy('dispatchRefreshUserSuggestionsAction')
   });
 
   const mockNotificationInterpolation = { count: 12, source: 'source', suggestionId: 'id', displayName: 'displayName' };
@@ -60,19 +62,20 @@ describe('SuggestionsPopupComponent', () => {
   describe('when there are publication suggestions', () => {
 
     beforeEach(() => {
-
       suggestionStateService.hasUserVisitedSuggestions.and.returnValue(observableOf(false));
       suggestionStateService.getCurrentUserSuggestionTargets.and.returnValue(observableOf([mockSuggestionTargetsObjectOne]));
       suggestionStateService.dispatchMarkUserSuggestionsAsVisitedAction.and.returnValue(observableOf(null));
+      suggestionStateService.dispatchRefreshUserSuggestionsAction.and.returnValue(observableOf(null));
 
       fixture = TestBed.createComponent(SuggestionsPopupComponent);
       component = fixture.componentInstance;
+      notificationsService = (component as any).notificationsService;
       fixture.detectChanges();
     });
 
     it('should show a notification when new publication suggestions are available', () => {
-      
-      expect((component as any).notificationsService.success).toHaveBeenCalled();
+      expect(notificationsService.success).toHaveBeenCalled();
+      expect(suggestionStateService.dispatchRefreshUserSuggestionsAction).toHaveBeenCalled();
       expect(suggestionStateService.dispatchMarkUserSuggestionsAsVisitedAction).toHaveBeenCalled();
     });