diff --git a/sample-management-custom/caosdb-server/caosdb-webui/src/ext/js/ext_samplemanagement.js b/sample-management-custom/caosdb-server/caosdb-webui/src/ext/js/ext_samplemanagement.js
index e8e46e0d88ac2cc40b4fe89fe5032ecbbdd3cb82..d4956df054afe01fe24ed6a99e1accacdd64882d 100644
--- a/sample-management-custom/caosdb-server/caosdb-webui/src/ext/js/ext_samplemanagement.js
+++ b/sample-management-custom/caosdb-server/caosdb-webui/src/ext/js/ext_samplemanagement.js
@@ -39,36 +39,35 @@ const ext_samplemanagement = function($, navbar, log, form_elements, form_panel,
     const required_column_names = [
         "LinkAhead ID",
         "Main User",
-        "Latitude start",
-        "Longitude start",
-        "Elevation start",
-        "Start date",
-        "Storage ID",
-        "Device"
     ];
     const requiredColumnNamesChildren = [
         "LinkAhead ID",
         "Main User",
         "Parent LinkAhead ID",
-        "SampleType",
-        "Storage ID",
     ];
     const non_sample_rt_column_names = [
+	"Latitude start",
+	"Storage ID",
         "Biome",
         "Campaign",
-        "Start date",
+        "Device",
+        "Elevation start",
+        "Elevation stop",
         "End date",
+        "Event responsible",
         "IGSN DOI",
+        "Latitude stop",
         "Level",
         "Locality description",
         "Locality name",
-        "Sphere",
-        "Event responsible",
-        "Latitude stop",
+        "Longitude start",
         "Longitude stop",
-        "Elevation stop",
         "PDFReport",
         "Parent LinkAhead ID",
+	"Sample name",
+        "Sphere",
+        "Start date",
+        "Start date",
     ];
     const allColumnNames = non_sample_rt_column_names.concat(requiredColumnNamesChildren).concat(required_column_names);
 
@@ -77,7 +76,7 @@ const ext_samplemanagement = function($, navbar, log, form_elements, form_panel,
         "Event",
         "Container",
         'NagoyaCase',
-        "Parent_sample",
+        "Parent_Sample",
     ]
 
     const upload_sample_template_form_config = {
@@ -191,7 +190,7 @@ const ext_samplemanagement = function($, navbar, log, form_elements, form_panel,
         // refresh the options of the column names select field once the list
         // is available (The sample RT needs to be retrieved
         var column_name_select = $(form).find("select[name='column_names']");
-        collect_column_names(requiredColumnNames).then(function(names) {
+        collect_column_names(requiredColumnNames, true).then(function(names) {
             for (let option of names) {
                 column_name_select.append(
                     form_elements._make_option(option.value, option.label));
@@ -260,11 +259,14 @@ const ext_samplemanagement = function($, navbar, log, form_elements, form_panel,
      *
      * @return {Array} Options
      */
-    const collect_column_names = async function(requiredColumnNames) {
+    const collect_column_names = async function(requiredColumnNames, sorted) {
         const a = await query('find recordtype with name=sample');
         const column_names = $(a[0]).find(".caosdb-property-name").toArray().map(e => e.textContent);
         var options = [...new Set(allColumnNames.concat(column_names))];
         options = options.filter(n => !(unused_property_names.includes(n) || requiredColumnNames.includes(n))).sort();
+	if (sorted == true) {
+	    options.sort();
+	}
         return options.map(e => ({
             value: e,
             label: e