diff --git a/frontend/app/api/fixeddata/[dataType]/[[...slugs]]/route.ts b/frontend/app/api/fixeddata/[dataType]/[[...slugs]]/route.ts
index 612a27ec..e456eb55 100644
--- a/frontend/app/api/fixeddata/[dataType]/[[...slugs]]/route.ts
+++ b/frontend/app/api/fixeddata/[dataType]/[[...slugs]]/route.ts
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ export async function GET(
       case 'personnel':
         paginatedQuery = `
             SELECT SQL_CALC_FOUND_ROWS p.*
-            FROM ${schema}.${params.dataType} q
+            FROM ${schema}.${params.dataType} p
                      JOIN ${schema}.census c ON p.CensusID = c.CensusID
             WHERE c.PlotID = ?
               AND c.PlotCensusNumber = ? LIMIT ?, ?;`;
diff --git a/frontend/components/client/formcolumns.tsx b/frontend/components/client/formcolumns.tsx
index 20461a0c..fecacfbe 100644
--- a/frontend/components/client/formcolumns.tsx
+++ b/frontend/components/client/formcolumns.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 'use client';
 
-import { GridColDef, GridRenderEditCellParams, useGridApiContext, useGridApiRef } from '@mui/x-data-grid';
+import { GridColDef, GridRenderEditCellParams, useGridApiContext } from '@mui/x-data-grid';
 import { areaSelectionOptions, unitSelectionOptions } from '@/config/macros';
 import { formatHeader } from '@/components/client/datagridcolumns';
 import moment from 'moment/moment';
@@ -12,25 +12,44 @@ import { AttributeStatusOptions } from '@/config/sqlrdsdefinitions/core';
 import { styled } from '@mui/joy/styles';
 import { CheckCircleOutlined } from '@mui/icons-material';
 
-const renderDatePicker = (params: GridRenderEditCellParams) => {
+export const renderDatePicker = (params: GridRenderEditCellParams) => {
   const convertedValue = params.row.date ? moment(params.row.date, 'YYYY-MM-DD') : null;
   if (!convertedValue) return <></>;
 
   return (
-    <Box sx={{ display: 'flex', flexDirection: 'row', gap: '0.5em', alignItems: 'center' }}>
-      <DatePicker label={'Recorded Date'} value={convertedValue} disabled />
+    <Box
+      sx={{
+        display: 'flex',
+        alignItems: 'center',
+        justifyContent: 'center',
+        width: '100%',
+        height: '100%',
+        padding: '0'
+      }}
+    >
+      <Input
+        size={'lg'}
+        value={convertedValue.format('MM-DD-YYYY')}
+        disabled
+        sx={{
+          textAlign: 'center',
+          width: '100%',
+          overflow: 'hidden'
+        }}
+      />
     </Box>
   );
 };
 
-const renderEditDatePicker = (params: GridRenderEditCellParams) => {
-  const apiRef = useGridApiRef();
+export const renderEditDatePicker = (params: GridRenderEditCellParams) => {
+  const apiRef = useGridApiContext();
   const { id, row } = params;
 
   return (
-    <Box sx={{ display: 'flex', flexDirection: 'row', gap: '0.5em', alignItems: 'center' }}>
+    <Box sx={{ display: 'flex', flexDirection: 'row', gap: '0.5em', alignItems: 'center', marginY: 1 }}>
       <DatePicker
         label={'Recorded Date'}
+        slotProps={{ textField: { size: 'small' } }}
         value={moment(row.date, 'YYYY-MM-DD')}
         onChange={newValue => {
           apiRef.current.setEditCellValue({ id, field: 'date', value: newValue ? newValue.format('YYYY-MM-DD') : null });
@@ -344,7 +363,6 @@ export const AttributesFormGridColumns: GridColDef[] = [
     field: 'code',
     headerName: 'Code',
     headerClassName: 'header',
-    minWidth: 250,
     flex: 1,
     editable: true
   },
@@ -352,7 +370,6 @@ export const AttributesFormGridColumns: GridColDef[] = [
     field: 'description',
     headerName: 'Description',
     headerClassName: 'header',
-    minWidth: 250,
     flex: 1,
     editable: true
   },
@@ -360,7 +377,6 @@ export const AttributesFormGridColumns: GridColDef[] = [
     field: 'status',
     headerName: 'Status',
     headerClassName: 'header',
-    minWidth: 250,
     flex: 1,
     editable: true
     // This is temporarily being suspended -- it's a nice to have, not a need to have
@@ -382,7 +398,6 @@ export const PersonnelFormGridColumns: GridColDef[] = [
     field: 'firstname',
     headerName: 'First Name',
     headerClassName: 'header',
-    minWidth: 250,
     flex: 1,
     align: 'left',
     editable: true
@@ -391,7 +406,6 @@ export const PersonnelFormGridColumns: GridColDef[] = [
     field: 'lastname',
     headerName: 'Last Name',
     headerClassName: 'header',
-    minWidth: 250,
     flex: 1,
     align: 'left',
     editable: true
@@ -400,7 +414,6 @@ export const PersonnelFormGridColumns: GridColDef[] = [
     field: 'role',
     headerName: 'Role',
     headerClassName: 'header',
-    minWidth: 250,
     flex: 1,
     align: 'left',
     editable: true
@@ -409,7 +422,6 @@ export const PersonnelFormGridColumns: GridColDef[] = [
     field: 'roledescription',
     headerName: 'Role Description',
     headerClassName: 'header',
-    minWidth: 250,
     flex: 1,
     align: 'left',
     editable: true
@@ -430,7 +442,6 @@ export const SpeciesFormGridColumns: GridColDef[] = [
     field: 'spcode',
     headerName: 'Species Code',
     headerClassName: 'header',
-    minWidth: 250,
     flex: 1,
     align: 'left',
     editable: true
@@ -439,7 +450,6 @@ export const SpeciesFormGridColumns: GridColDef[] = [
     field: 'family',
     headerName: 'Family',
     headerClassName: 'header',
-    minWidth: 250,
     flex: 1,
     align: 'left',
     editable: true
@@ -448,7 +458,6 @@ export const SpeciesFormGridColumns: GridColDef[] = [
     field: 'genus',
     headerName: 'Genus',
     headerClassName: 'header',
-    minWidth: 250,
     flex: 1,
     align: 'left',
     editable: true
@@ -457,7 +466,6 @@ export const SpeciesFormGridColumns: GridColDef[] = [
     field: 'species',
     headerName: 'Species',
     headerClassName: 'header',
-    minWidth: 250,
     flex: 1,
     align: 'left',
     editable: true
@@ -466,7 +474,6 @@ export const SpeciesFormGridColumns: GridColDef[] = [
     field: 'subspecies',
     headerName: 'Subspecies',
     headerClassName: 'header',
-    minWidth: 250,
     flex: 1,
     align: 'left',
     editable: true
@@ -475,7 +482,6 @@ export const SpeciesFormGridColumns: GridColDef[] = [
     field: 'idlevel',
     headerName: 'ID Level',
     headerClassName: 'header',
-    minWidth: 250,
     flex: 1,
     align: 'left',
     editable: true
@@ -484,7 +490,6 @@ export const SpeciesFormGridColumns: GridColDef[] = [
     field: 'authority',
     headerName: 'Authority',
     headerClassName: 'header',
-    minWidth: 250,
     flex: 1,
     align: 'left',
     editable: true
@@ -493,7 +498,6 @@ export const SpeciesFormGridColumns: GridColDef[] = [
     field: 'subspeciesauthority',
     headerName: 'Subspecies Authority',
     headerClassName: 'header',
-    minWidth: 250,
     flex: 1,
     align: 'left',
     editable: true
@@ -681,10 +685,10 @@ export const MeasurementsFormGridColumns: GridColDef[] = [
   },
   {
     field: 'coordinateunit',
-    headerName: 'Coordinate Units',
+    headerName: '<= Units',
     headerClassName: 'header',
-    renderHeader: () => formatHeader('Coordinate', 'Units'),
-    flex: 1.5,
+    // renderHeader: () => formatHeader('Coordinate', 'Units'),
+    flex: 0.5,
     align: 'center',
     editable: true,
     renderEditCell: params => <EditUnitsCell {...params} fieldName={'coordinateunit'} isArea={false} />
@@ -700,10 +704,10 @@ export const MeasurementsFormGridColumns: GridColDef[] = [
   },
   {
     field: 'dbhunit',
-    headerName: 'DBH Units',
+    headerName: '<= Units',
     headerClassName: 'header',
-    renderHeader: () => formatHeader('DBH', 'Units'),
-    flex: 1.5,
+    // renderHeader: () => formatHeader('DBH', 'Units'),
+    flex: 0.5,
     align: 'center',
     editable: true,
     renderEditCell: params => <EditUnitsCell {...params} fieldName={'dbhunit'} isArea={false} />
@@ -719,30 +723,12 @@ export const MeasurementsFormGridColumns: GridColDef[] = [
   },
   {
     field: 'homunit',
-    headerName: 'HOM Units',
+    headerName: '<= Units',
     headerClassName: 'header',
-    renderHeader: () => formatHeader('HOM', 'Units'),
-    flex: 1.5,
+    // renderHeader: () => formatHeader('HOM', 'Units'),
+    flex: 0.5,
     align: 'center',
     editable: true,
     renderEditCell: params => <EditUnitsCell {...params} fieldName={'homunit'} isArea={false} />
-  },
-  {
-    field: 'date',
-    headerName: 'Date',
-    headerClassName: 'header',
-    flex: 1,
-    align: 'center',
-    editable: true,
-    renderCell: renderDatePicker,
-    renderEditCell: renderEditDatePicker
-  },
-  {
-    field: 'codes',
-    headerName: 'Codes',
-    headerClassName: 'header',
-    flex: 1,
-    align: 'center',
-    editable: true
   }
 ];
diff --git a/frontend/components/datagrids/applications/msvdatagrid.tsx b/frontend/components/datagrids/applications/msvdatagrid.tsx
index ea276536..92296e4c 100644
--- a/frontend/components/datagrids/applications/msvdatagrid.tsx
+++ b/frontend/components/datagrids/applications/msvdatagrid.tsx
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 import { useOrgCensusContext, usePlotContext, useSiteContext } from '@/app/contexts/userselectionprovider';
 import React, { useEffect, useState } from 'react';
 import { GridRowModes, GridRowModesModel, GridRowsProp } from '@mui/x-data-grid';
-import { Alert, AlertProps } from '@mui/material';
 import { randomId } from '@mui/x-data-grid-generator';
 import { Box, Button, Snackbar, Stack, Typography } from '@mui/joy';
 import UploadParentModal from '@/components/uploadsystemhelpers/uploadparentmodal';
@@ -13,6 +12,7 @@ import { FormType } from '@/config/macros/formdetails';
 import { MeasurementsSummaryRDS } from '@/config/sqlrdsdefinitions/views';
 import MultilineModal from '@/components/datagrids/applications/multiline/multilinemodal';
 import { useLoading } from '@/app/contexts/loadingprovider';
+import { Alert, AlertProps, AlertTitle, Collapse } from '@mui/material';
 
 const initialMeasurementsSummaryViewRDSRow: MeasurementsSummaryRDS = {
   id: 0,
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ export default function MeasurementsSummaryViewDataGrid() {
   const [isManualEntryFormOpen, setIsManualEntryFormOpen] = useState(false);
   const [triggerGlobalError, setTriggerGlobalError] = useState(false);
   const [globalError, setGlobalError] = useState<string | null>(null);
+  const [openAlert, setOpenAlert] = useState(false);
 
   const [rows, setRows] = React.useState([initialMeasurementsSummaryViewRDSRow] as GridRowsProp);
   const [rowCount, setRowCount] = useState(0);
@@ -156,7 +157,7 @@ export default function MeasurementsSummaryViewDataGrid() {
         isUploadModalOpen={isUploadModalOpen}
         handleCloseUploadModal={() => {
           setIsUploadModalOpen(false);
-          setRefresh(true);
+          setOpenAlert(true);
         }}
         formType={FormType.measurements}
       />
@@ -164,7 +165,7 @@ export default function MeasurementsSummaryViewDataGrid() {
         isManualEntryFormOpen={isManualEntryFormOpen}
         handleCloseManualEntryForm={() => {
           setIsManualEntryFormOpen(false);
-          setRefresh(true);
+          setOpenAlert(true);
         }}
         formType={'measurements'}
       />
@@ -190,6 +191,20 @@ export default function MeasurementsSummaryViewDataGrid() {
         setShouldAddRowAfterFetch={setShouldAddRowAfterFetch}
         addNewRowToGrid={addNewRowToGrid}
       />
+      <Collapse in={openAlert} sx={{ width: '100%' }}>
+        <Snackbar
+          anchorOrigin={{ vertical: 'top', horizontal: 'center' }}
+          open={openAlert}
+          autoHideDuration={6000}
+          onClose={() => setOpenAlert(false)}
+          sx={{ display: 'flex', flex: 1, alignSelf: 'center', justifySelf: 'center', alignItems: 'center', justifyContent: 'center' }}
+        >
+          <Alert variant={'outlined'} onClose={() => setOpenAlert(false)} severity="warning">
+            <AlertTitle>Changes detected!</AlertTitle>
+            Please press the refresh button to update the grid.
+          </Alert>
+        </Snackbar>
+      </Collapse>
     </>
   );
 }
diff --git a/frontend/components/datagrids/isolatedmultilinedatagridcommons.tsx b/frontend/components/datagrids/isolatedmultilinedatagridcommons.tsx
index af98f7a9..b9c267fb 100644
--- a/frontend/components/datagrids/isolatedmultilinedatagridcommons.tsx
+++ b/frontend/components/datagrids/isolatedmultilinedatagridcommons.tsx
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import { getColumnVisibilityModel } from '@/config/datagridhelpers';
 import { useOrgCensusContext, usePlotContext, useSiteContext } from '@/app/contexts/userselectionprovider';
 import { FileRow, FileRowSet } from '@/config/macros/formdetails';
 import { AttributeStatusOptions } from '@/config/sqlrdsdefinitions/core';
+import { renderDatePicker, renderEditDatePicker } from '@/components/client/formcolumns';
 
 export interface IsolatedDataGridCommonProps {
   gridType: string;
@@ -85,7 +86,24 @@ export default function IsolatedMultilineDataGridCommons(props: Readonly<Isolate
           ];
         }
       },
-      ...gridColumns
+      ...gridColumns,
+      {
+        field: 'date',
+        headerName: 'Date',
+        headerClassName: 'header',
+        flex: 1,
+        editable: true,
+        renderCell: renderDatePicker,
+        renderEditCell: renderEditDatePicker
+      },
+      {
+        field: 'codes',
+        headerName: 'Codes',
+        headerClassName: 'header',
+        flex: 1,
+        align: 'center',
+        editable: true
+      }
     ],
     [gridColumns, unsavedChangesRef, apiRef, setRows]
   );
@@ -119,7 +137,6 @@ export default function IsolatedMultilineDataGridCommons(props: Readonly<Isolate
     try {
       setIsSaving(true);
 
-      // After saving, process both edited and deleted rows
       const rowsToDelete = Object.values(unsavedChangesRef.current.unsavedRows).filter(row => row._action === 'delete');
       const rowsToSave = Object.values(unsavedChangesRef.current.unsavedRows).filter(row => row._action !== 'delete');
 
@@ -134,7 +151,6 @@ export default function IsolatedMultilineDataGridCommons(props: Readonly<Isolate
         });
       });
 
-      // Clear unsaved changes
       unsavedChangesRef.current.unsavedRows = {};
       unsavedChangesRef.current.rowsBeforeChange = {};
 
@@ -294,7 +310,7 @@ export default function IsolatedMultilineDataGridCommons(props: Readonly<Isolate
           }}
           loading={isSaving}
           getRowClassName={getRowClassName}
-          autoHeight
+          getRowHeight={() => 'auto'}
         />
       </Box>
       <Button sx={{ marginTop: 8 }} onClick={submitChanges} color={'primary'} size={'lg'}>
diff --git a/frontend/components/datagrids/measurementscommons.tsx b/frontend/components/datagrids/measurementscommons.tsx
index 64ce81b3..eb9e1fba 100644
--- a/frontend/components/datagrids/measurementscommons.tsx
+++ b/frontend/components/datagrids/measurementscommons.tsx
@@ -211,19 +211,20 @@ export default function MeasurementsCommons(props: Readonly<MeasurementsCommonsP
     const errorFields = error.validationErrorIDs.flatMap(id => errorMapping[id.toString()] || []);
     return errorFields.includes(colField);
   };
+
   const rowHasError = (rowId: GridRowId) => {
     if (!rows || rows.length === 0) return false;
     return gridColumns.some(column => cellHasError(column.field, rowId));
   };
+
   const fetchErrorRows = async () => {
     if (!rows || rows.length === 0) return [];
     return rows.filter(row => rowHasError(row.id));
   };
+
   const getRowErrorDescriptions = (rowId: GridRowId): string[] => {
     const row = rows.find(row => rowId === row.id);
     const error = validationErrors[row?.coreMeasurementID];
-    console.log('error: ', error);
-    console.log('validationerrorids: ', validationErrors);
     return error.validationErrorIDs.map(id => {
       const index = error.validationErrorIDs.indexOf(id);
       return error.descriptions[index]; // Assumes that descriptions are stored in the CMError object
@@ -510,7 +511,7 @@ export default function MeasurementsCommons(props: Readonly<MeasurementsCommonsP
     setRefresh(true);
     await fetchPaginatedData(paginationModel.page);
     setRefresh(false);
-  }, [fetchPaginatedData, paginationModel.page]);
+  }, [fetchPaginatedData, paginationModel.page, refresh]);
 
   const processRowUpdate = useCallback(
     (newRow: GridRowModel, oldRow: GridRowModel) =>
@@ -631,8 +632,6 @@ export default function MeasurementsCommons(props: Readonly<MeasurementsCommonsP
         : {};
 
       // Only update state if there is a difference
-      console.log('existing valerrors: ', validationErrors);
-      console.log('new valerrors: ', errorMap);
       if (JSON.stringify(validationErrors) !== JSON.stringify(errorMap)) {
         setValidationErrors(errorMap);
       }
@@ -683,10 +682,16 @@ export default function MeasurementsCommons(props: Readonly<MeasurementsCommonsP
     align: 'center',
     width: 50,
     renderCell: (params: GridCellParams) => {
-      const rowId = params.row.coremeasurementID;
+      console.log('val stat rendercell');
+      console.log('val stat params: ', params);
+      const rowId = params.row.coreMeasurementID;
+      console.log('rowId located: ', rowId);
       const validationError = validationErrors[Number(rowId)];
+      console.log('searched for val error: ', validationError);
       const isPendingValidation = rows.find(row => row.coreMeasurementID === rowId)?.isValidated && !validationError;
+      console.log('pending validation? ', isPendingValidation);
       const isValidated = params.row.isValidated;
+      console.log('is validated?', isValidated);
 
       if (validationError) {
         return (
@@ -782,7 +787,6 @@ export default function MeasurementsCommons(props: Readonly<MeasurementsCommonsP
       //   }
       // };
     });
-    console.log('common columns', commonColumns);
     if (locked) {
       return [validationStatusColumn, measurementDateColumn, ...commonColumns];
     }
@@ -931,7 +935,6 @@ export default function MeasurementsCommons(props: Readonly<MeasurementsCommonsP
                 handleExportErrors: handleExportErrors
               }
             }}
-            autoHeight
             getRowHeight={() => 'auto'}
             getRowClassName={getRowClassName}
             isCellEditable={() => !locked}
diff --git a/frontend/components/processors/processorhelperfunctions.tsx b/frontend/components/processors/processorhelperfunctions.tsx
index d42673f7..ae728615 100644
--- a/frontend/components/processors/processorhelperfunctions.tsx
+++ b/frontend/components/processors/processorhelperfunctions.tsx
@@ -482,7 +482,7 @@ export async function updateValidatedRows(schema: string, params: { p_CensusID?:
     FROM ${schema}.coremeasurements cm
     LEFT JOIN ${schema}.cmverrors cme ON cm.CoreMeasurementID = cme.CoreMeasurementID
     JOIN ${schema}.census c ON cm.CensusID = c.CensusID
-    WHERE cm.IsValidated IS NULLa
+    WHERE cm.IsValidated IS NULL
     AND (@p_CensusID IS NULL OR c.CensusID = @p_CensusID)
     AND (@p_PlotID IS NULL OR c.PlotID = @p_PlotID);`;
   const query = `
@@ -500,9 +500,10 @@ export async function updateValidatedRows(schema: string, params: { p_CensusID?:
     SELECT cm.*
     FROM ${schema}.coremeasurements cm
     JOIN UpdatedRows ur ON cm.CoreMeasurementID = ur.CoreMeasurementID;`;
-  const dropTemp = `DROP TEMPORARY TABLE UpdatedRows;`;
+  const dropTemp = `DROP TEMPORARY TABLE IF EXISTS UpdatedRows;`;
   try {
     await conn.beginTransaction();
+    await runQuery(conn, dropTemp); // just in case
     await runQuery(conn, setVariables, [params.p_CensusID || null, params.p_PlotID || null]);
     await runQuery(conn, tempTable);
     await runQuery(conn, insertTemp);
diff --git a/frontend/components/uploadsystem/segments/uploadfiresql.tsx b/frontend/components/uploadsystem/segments/uploadfiresql.tsx
index 912b13a9..d928d23e 100644
--- a/frontend/components/uploadsystem/segments/uploadfiresql.tsx
+++ b/frontend/components/uploadsystem/segments/uploadfiresql.tsx
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ const UploadFireSQL: React.FC<UploadFireProps> = ({
   useEffect(() => {
     if (!loading && completedOperations === totalOperations) {
       if (uploadForm === FormType.measurements)
-        setReviewState(ReviewStates.UPLOAD_AZURE); // temporary shift to upload a draft
+        setReviewState(ReviewStates.VALIDATE); // because 2x entry is site-dependent, default behavior should be to trigger validations
       else setReviewState(ReviewStates.UPLOAD_AZURE);
     }
   }, [loading, completedOperations, totalOperations]);
diff --git a/frontend/components/uploadsystem/segments/uploadparsefiles.tsx b/frontend/components/uploadsystem/segments/uploadparsefiles.tsx
index 3538e2fd..8b024c80 100644
--- a/frontend/components/uploadsystem/segments/uploadparsefiles.tsx
+++ b/frontend/components/uploadsystem/segments/uploadparsefiles.tsx
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ export default function UploadParseFiles(props: Readonly<UploadParseFilesProps>)
             {uploadForm === 'measurements' && (
               <>
                 <Alert startDecorator={<WarningIcon fontSize="large" />} variant="soft" color="danger" sx={{ mb: 2 }}>
-                  <Typography>
+                  <Typography component={'div'}>
                     Please note: For date fields, accepted formats are
                     <List marker="decimal">
                       <ListItem>