diff --git a/src/breeding-insight/service/ExperimentService.ts b/src/breeding-insight/service/ExperimentService.ts
index 0be96d04..94966220 100644
--- a/src/breeding-insight/service/ExperimentService.ts
+++ b/src/breeding-insight/service/ExperimentService.ts
@@ -68,16 +68,13 @@ export class ExperimentService {
         if (!trial) {
             return ResultGenerator.err(new Error('Missing or invalid trial'));
         }
-        if (!trial.externalReferences) {
-            return ResultGenerator.err(new Error('Trial is missing external references'));
-        }
-        // Try to get the /trials external reference.
-        let externalReferenceId = BrAPIUtils.getBreedingInsightId(trial.externalReferences, '/trials');
-        // Throw if trial is missing ExternalReferenceId.
-        if (!externalReferenceId) {
-            return ResultGenerator.err(new Error("Trial is missing external reference."));
+
+        let trialDbId = trial.trialDbId;
+        // Throw if trial is missing trialDbId.
+        if (!trialDbId) {
+            return ResultGenerator.err(new Error("Trial is missing a brapi dbId."));
         }
-        return await ExperimentDAO.getDatasetMetadata(programId, externalReferenceId);
+        return await ExperimentDAO.getDatasetMetadata(programId, trialDbId);
     }
     
     static async getUnassignedCollaboratorsByExperiment(programId: string | undefined, experimentId: string): Promise<Result<Error, Collaborator[]>> {
diff --git a/src/components/experiments/ExperimentsObservationsTable.vue b/src/components/experiments/ExperimentsObservationsTable.vue
index 641b2d31..24680f9c 100644
--- a/src/components/experiments/ExperimentsObservationsTable.vue
+++ b/src/components/experiments/ExperimentsObservationsTable.vue
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
       v-on:search="initSearch"
     >
       <b-table-column label="Title" field="name" cell-class="fixed-width-wrapped" sortable v-slot="props" :th-attrs="(column) => ({scope:'col'})" searchable>
-        <router-link v-bind:to="{name: 'experiment_dataset', params: {datasetId: getDefaultDataset(props.row.data).id, programId: activeProgram.id, experimentId: BrAPIUtils.getBreedingInsightId(props.row.data.externalReferences,'/trials')}}">
+        <router-link v-bind:to="{name: 'experiment_dataset', params: {datasetId: getDefaultDataset(props.row.data).id, programId: activeProgram.id, experimentId: props.row.data.trialDbId}}">
           {{ props.row.data.trialName }}
         </router-link>