diff --git a/smp-angular/src/app/service-group-edit/service-metadata-wizard-dialog/service-metadata-wizard-dialog.component.html b/smp-angular/src/app/service-group-edit/service-metadata-wizard-dialog/service-metadata-wizard-dialog.component.html
index 527f9f3ab4cf4db0b35f219dfb30872713cf2b16..4e5e778c3b1ed4951190cbc577e8b4f1066129ec 100644
--- a/smp-angular/src/app/service-group-edit/service-metadata-wizard-dialog/service-metadata-wizard-dialog.component.html
+++ b/smp-angular/src/app/service-group-edit/service-metadata-wizard-dialog/service-metadata-wizard-dialog.component.html
@@ -74,6 +74,12 @@
               <button mat-flat-button color="primary"
                       (click)="fileInput.click()" >Upload certificate</button>
             </label>
+            <div *ngIf="certificateValidationMessage"
+                 [ngClass]="{ 'alert-message': certificateValidationMessage, 'alert-message-success': !certificateValidationMessage, 'alert-message-error':!!certificateValidationMessage }"
+                 id="alertmessage_id">
+              <span class="alert-message-close-button" (click)="clearAlert()">&times;</span>
+              {{certificateValidationMessage}}
+            </div>
             <textarea matInput style="width:100%;border: #03A9F4 1px solid" cols="2" rows="10"
                       resizeable="false"
                       id="metadatacertificate_id"
diff --git a/smp-angular/src/app/service-group-edit/service-metadata-wizard-dialog/service-metadata-wizard-dialog.component.ts b/smp-angular/src/app/service-group-edit/service-metadata-wizard-dialog/service-metadata-wizard-dialog.component.ts
index bd1448a586485b480b7abd5108da6dc470144f22..dd4a09f75d361107ca3b3a894a465dfbc49fa92f 100644
--- a/smp-angular/src/app/service-group-edit/service-metadata-wizard-dialog/service-metadata-wizard-dialog.component.ts
+++ b/smp-angular/src/app/service-group-edit/service-metadata-wizard-dialog/service-metadata-wizard-dialog.component.ts
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ export class ServiceMetadataWizardDialogComponent {
 
   uploadCertificate(event) {
     const file = event.target.files[0];
+    this.certificateValidationMessage = null;
     this.certificateService.validateCertificate(file).subscribe((res: CertificateRo) => {
         if (res && res.certificateId) {
 
@@ -83,15 +84,19 @@ export class ServiceMetadataWizardDialogComponent {
             'endpointCertificate': res.encodedValue
           });
         } else {
-          this.alertService.exception("Error occurred while reading certificate.", "Check if uploaded file has valid certificate type.", false);
+          this.certificateValidationMessage = 'Error occurred while reading certificate. Check if uploaded file has valid certificate type';
         }
       },
       err => {
-        this.alertService.exception('Error uploading certificate file ' +file.name, err.error?.errorDescription);
+        this.certificateValidationMessage = 'Error uploading certificate file [' + file.name + '] ' + err.error?.errorDescription;
       }
     );
   }
 
+  clearAlert() {
+    this.certificateValidationMessage = null;
+  }
+
 
   onFileChanged(event) {
     this.selectedFile = event.target.files[0]
@@ -125,24 +130,25 @@ export class ServiceMetadataWizardDialogComponent {
 
   getParticipantElementXML(): string {
     let schema = this.dialogForm.controls['participantScheme'].value;
-    let value= this.dialogForm.controls['participantIdentifier'].value;
+    let value = this.dialogForm.controls['participantIdentifier'].value;
     if (!!schema && this.lookups.cachedApplicationConfig.concatEBCorePartyId &&
-      schema.startsWith(ServiceMetadataWizardDialogComponent.EBCORE_IDENTIFIER_PREFIX) ) {
-      value = schema + ":" +  value;
-      schema =null;
+      schema.startsWith(ServiceMetadataWizardDialogComponent.EBCORE_IDENTIFIER_PREFIX)) {
+      value = schema + ":" + value;
+      schema = null;
     }
 
-    return  '<ParticipantIdentifier ' +
-              (!schema?'': 'scheme="' + this.xmlSpecialChars(schema) + '"')+ '>'
-      + this.xmlSpecialChars(value)+ '</ParticipantIdentifier>';
+    return '<ParticipantIdentifier ' +
+      (!schema ? '' : 'scheme="' + this.xmlSpecialChars(schema) + '"') + '>'
+      + this.xmlSpecialChars(value) + '</ParticipantIdentifier>';
   }
 
   getDocumentElementXML(): string {
-    return  ' <DocumentIdentifier ' +
-      (!this.dialogForm.controls['documentIdentifierScheme'].value?'': 'scheme="'
+    return ' <DocumentIdentifier ' +
+      (!this.dialogForm.controls['documentIdentifierScheme'].value ? '' : 'scheme="'
         + this.xmlSpecialChars(this.dialogForm.controls['documentIdentifierScheme'].value) + '"') +
       '>' + this.xmlSpecialChars(this.dialogForm.controls['documentIdentifier'].value) + '</DocumentIdentifier>';
   }
+
   getServiceMetadataXML() {
 
     let exampleXML = '<ServiceMetadata xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/bdxr/ns/SMP/2016/05">' +
@@ -152,14 +158,14 @@ export class ServiceMetadataWizardDialogComponent {
       '\n        <ProcessList>' +
       '\n            <Process>' +
       '\n                <ProcessIdentifier ' +
-      (!this.dialogForm.controls['processScheme'].value?'': 'scheme="' + this.xmlSpecialChars(this.dialogForm.controls['processScheme'].value) + '"')+
-      '>'+this.xmlSpecialChars(this.dialogForm.controls['processIdentifier'].value)+'</ProcessIdentifier>' +
+      (!this.dialogForm.controls['processScheme'].value ? '' : 'scheme="' + this.xmlSpecialChars(this.dialogForm.controls['processScheme'].value) + '"') +
+      '>' + this.xmlSpecialChars(this.dialogForm.controls['processIdentifier'].value) + '</ProcessIdentifier>' +
       '\n                <ServiceEndpointList>' +
-      '\n                   <Endpoint transportProfile="'+this.xmlSpecialChars(this.dialogForm.controls['transportProfile'].value)+'">' +
-      '\n                        <EndpointURI>'+this.xmlSpecialChars(this.dialogForm.controls['endpointUrl'].value)+'</EndpointURI>' +
-      '\n                        <Certificate>'+this.xmlSpecialChars(this.dialogForm.controls['endpointCertificate'].value)+'</Certificate>' +
-      '\n                        <ServiceDescription>'+this.xmlSpecialChars(this.dialogForm.controls['serviceDescription'].value)+'</ServiceDescription>' +
-      '\n                        <TechnicalContactUrl>'+this.xmlSpecialChars(this.dialogForm.controls['technicalContactUrl'].value)+'</TechnicalContactUrl>' +
+      '\n                   <Endpoint transportProfile="' + this.xmlSpecialChars(this.dialogForm.controls['transportProfile'].value) + '">' +
+      '\n                        <EndpointURI>' + this.xmlSpecialChars(this.dialogForm.controls['endpointUrl'].value) + '</EndpointURI>' +
+      '\n                        <Certificate>' + this.xmlSpecialChars(this.dialogForm.controls['endpointCertificate'].value) + '</Certificate>' +
+      '\n                        <ServiceDescription>' + this.xmlSpecialChars(this.dialogForm.controls['serviceDescription'].value) + '</ServiceDescription>' +
+      '\n                        <TechnicalContactUrl>' + this.xmlSpecialChars(this.dialogForm.controls['technicalContactUrl'].value) + '</TechnicalContactUrl>' +
       '\n                    </Endpoint>' +
       '\n                </ServiceEndpointList>' +
       '\n            </Process>' +