# Col. Obj. Attributes, Metadata and Tags not working in Collection Object Attachment subform

**URL:** <https://speciforum.org/t/col-obj-attributes-metadata-and-tags-not-working-in-collection-object-attachment-subform/3640>\
**Category:** Get Help\
**Created:** [May 18, 2026, 9:50pm UTC](https://speciforum.org/t/col-obj-attributes-metadata-and-tags-not-working-in-collection-object-attachment-subform/3640 "2026-05-18T21:50:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![MFKouk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5e925/32.png) [@MFKouk](https://speciforum.org/u/MFKouk)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2026, 9:50pm UTC](https://speciforum.org/t/col-obj-attributes-metadata-and-tags-not-working-in-collection-object-attachment-subform/3640/1 "2026-05-18T21:50:45Z")

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While editing forms we fell upon the following bizzare behavior in the Collection Object Attachment subform.

I cannot click the “+” to make any entry in the attachment subforms.  
They also don’t seem to appear in the form preview while I am editing the XML (but do in the form itself)  
I triple-checked the syntax, the view names, and looked everywhere I could think of, but I can’t seem to find a fix.  
Is there something I am missing?

I am posting the XML from the CollectionObjectAttachments view definition

Thanks for the help

```xml
<!-- <row>	
<cell type="subview" id="At4" viewname="AttachmentImageAttribute" name="attachment.attachmentImageAttribute" colspan="3"/>	
</row>	
<row>		
<cell type="subview" id="M3t" viewname="AttachmentMetadata" name="attachment.metadata" defaulttype="table"/>	
</row>	
<row>		
<cell type="subview" id="T4g" viewname="AttachmentTags" name="attachment.tags" defaulttype="table"/>	
</row> -->

```

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**Author:** ![bronwyn](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/speciforum.org/bronwyn/32/5742_2.png) [@bronwyn](https://speciforum.org/u/bronwyn)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2026, 4:43pm UTC](https://speciforum.org/t/col-obj-attributes-metadata-and-tags-not-working-in-collection-object-attachment-subform/3640/2 "2026-05-19T16:43:20Z")

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Hi @MFKouk,

Thank you for your question!

We found the same issue during testing and have identified this as a bug. It has been reported it to GitHub as [#8096](https://github.com/specify/specify7/issues/8096) and will be fixed in a future release.

Unfortunately, there is no workaround to fix the subviews in the meantime. However, other fields on the Attachment table can be added to the form to accommodate additional data for your Collection Object Attachment records.

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/uploads/specifysoftware/original/2X/1/18a843c97bc32b40e8ad0e035755bc88ffaacaf7.svg) [@system](https://speciforum.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2026, 4:44pm UTC](https://speciforum.org/t/col-obj-attributes-metadata-and-tags-not-working-in-collection-object-attachment-subform/3640/3 "2026-05-26T16:44:15Z")

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