diff --git a/api/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/api/command/admin/network/CreateNetworkOfferingCmd.java b/api/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/api/command/admin/network/CreateNetworkOfferingCmd.java
index ac6dee1aea9..8bf6fce881c 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/api/command/admin/network/CreateNetworkOfferingCmd.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/api/command/admin/network/CreateNetworkOfferingCmd.java
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import java.util.Set;
 import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.DomainResponse;
 import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.ZoneResponse;
 import org.apache.commons.collections.CollectionUtils;
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
 import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
 
 import org.apache.cloudstack.api.APICommand;
@@ -58,7 +59,7 @@ public class CreateNetworkOfferingCmd extends BaseCmd {
     @Parameter(name = ApiConstants.NAME, type = CommandType.STRING, required = true, description = "the name of the network offering")
     private String networkOfferingName;
 
-    @Parameter(name = ApiConstants.DISPLAY_TEXT, type = CommandType.STRING, required = true, description = "the display text of the network offering")
+    @Parameter(name = ApiConstants.DISPLAY_TEXT, type = CommandType.STRING, description = "the display text of the network offering, defaults to the value of 'name'.")
     private String displayText;
 
     @Parameter(name = ApiConstants.TRAFFIC_TYPE,
@@ -182,7 +183,7 @@ public class CreateNetworkOfferingCmd extends BaseCmd {
     }
 
     public String getDisplayText() {
-        return displayText;
+        return StringUtils.isEmpty(displayText) ? networkOfferingName : displayText;
     }
 
     public String getTags() {
diff --git a/api/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/api/command/admin/offering/CreateDiskOfferingCmd.java b/api/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/api/command/admin/offering/CreateDiskOfferingCmd.java
index 304b29071e6..c2d8b3b6839 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/api/command/admin/offering/CreateDiskOfferingCmd.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/api/command/admin/offering/CreateDiskOfferingCmd.java
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.VsphereStoragePoliciesResponse;
 import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.ZoneResponse;
 import org.apache.commons.collections.CollectionUtils;
 import org.apache.commons.collections.MapUtils;
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
 import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
 
 import com.cloud.offering.DiskOffering;
@@ -56,7 +57,7 @@ public class CreateDiskOfferingCmd extends BaseCmd {
     @Parameter(name = ApiConstants.DISK_SIZE, type = CommandType.LONG, required = false, description = "size of the disk offering in GB (1GB = 1,073,741,824 bytes)")
     private Long diskSize;
 
-    @Parameter(name = ApiConstants.DISPLAY_TEXT, type = CommandType.STRING, required = true, description = "alternate display text of the disk offering", length = 4096)
+    @Parameter(name = ApiConstants.DISPLAY_TEXT, type = CommandType.STRING, description = "An alternate display text of the disk offering, defaults to 'name'.", length = 4096)
     private String displayText;
 
     @Parameter(name = ApiConstants.NAME, type = CommandType.STRING, required = true, description = "name of the disk offering")
@@ -179,7 +180,7 @@ public class CreateDiskOfferingCmd extends BaseCmd {
     }
 
     public String getDisplayText() {
-        return displayText;
+        return StringUtils.isEmpty(displayText) ? offeringName : displayText;
     }
 
     public String getOfferingName() {
diff --git a/api/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/api/command/admin/offering/CreateServiceOfferingCmd.java b/api/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/api/command/admin/offering/CreateServiceOfferingCmd.java
index 24f5682a218..d947f6f0659 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/api/command/admin/offering/CreateServiceOfferingCmd.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/api/command/admin/offering/CreateServiceOfferingCmd.java
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ public class CreateServiceOfferingCmd extends BaseCmd {
     @Parameter(name = ApiConstants.CPU_SPEED, type = CommandType.INTEGER, required = false, description = "the CPU speed of the service offering in MHz.")
     private Integer cpuSpeed;
 
-    @Parameter(name = ApiConstants.DISPLAY_TEXT, type = CommandType.STRING, required = true, description = "the display text of the service offering")
+    @Parameter(name = ApiConstants.DISPLAY_TEXT, type = CommandType.STRING, description = "The display text of the service offering, defaults to 'name'.")
     private String displayText;
 
     @Parameter(name = ApiConstants.PROVISIONINGTYPE, type = CommandType.STRING, description = "provisioning type used to create volumes. Valid values are thin, sparse, fat.")
@@ -258,10 +258,7 @@ public class CreateServiceOfferingCmd extends BaseCmd {
     }
 
     public String getDisplayText() {
-        if (StringUtils.isEmpty(displayText)) {
-            throw new InvalidParameterValueException("Failed to create service offering because the offering display text has not been spified.");
-        }
-        return displayText;
+        return StringUtils.isEmpty(displayText) ? serviceOfferingName : displayText;
     }
 
     public String getProvisioningType() {
diff --git a/api/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/api/command/admin/vpc/CreateVPCOfferingCmd.java b/api/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/api/command/admin/vpc/CreateVPCOfferingCmd.java
index f1c2a5b48a9..b69e7f4a828 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/api/command/admin/vpc/CreateVPCOfferingCmd.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/api/command/admin/vpc/CreateVPCOfferingCmd.java
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import java.util.Set;
 import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.DomainResponse;
 import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.ZoneResponse;
 import org.apache.commons.collections.CollectionUtils;
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
 import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
 
 import org.apache.cloudstack.api.APICommand;
@@ -56,7 +57,7 @@ public class CreateVPCOfferingCmd extends BaseAsyncCreateCmd {
     @Parameter(name = ApiConstants.NAME, type = CommandType.STRING, required = true, description = "the name of the vpc offering")
     private String vpcOfferingName;
 
-    @Parameter(name = ApiConstants.DISPLAY_TEXT, type = CommandType.STRING, required = true, description = "the display text of " + "the vpc offering")
+    @Parameter(name = ApiConstants.DISPLAY_TEXT, type = CommandType.STRING, description = "the display text of the vpc offering, defaults to the 'name'")
     private String displayText;
 
     @Parameter(name = ApiConstants.SUPPORTED_SERVICES,
@@ -115,7 +116,7 @@ public class CreateVPCOfferingCmd extends BaseAsyncCreateCmd {
     }
 
     public String getDisplayText() {
-        return displayText;
+        return StringUtils.isEmpty(displayText) ? vpcOfferingName : displayText;
     }
 
     public List<String> getSupportedServices() {
diff --git a/api/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/api/command/user/iso/RegisterIsoCmd.java b/api/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/api/command/user/iso/RegisterIsoCmd.java
index 47018b3b38d..ecab3930e8b 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/api/command/user/iso/RegisterIsoCmd.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/api/command/user/iso/RegisterIsoCmd.java
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.ProjectResponse;
 import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.TemplateResponse;
 import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.ZoneResponse;
 import org.apache.cloudstack.context.CallContext;
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
 import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
 
 import com.cloud.exception.ResourceAllocationException;
@@ -55,8 +56,7 @@ public class RegisterIsoCmd extends BaseCmd implements UserCmd {
 
     @Parameter(name = ApiConstants.DISPLAY_TEXT,
                type = CommandType.STRING,
-               required = true,
-               description = "the display text of the ISO. This is usually used for display purposes.",
+               description = "the display text of the ISO, defaults to the 'name'",
                length = 4096)
     private String displayText;
 
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ public class RegisterIsoCmd extends BaseCmd implements UserCmd {
     }
 
     public String getDisplayText() {
-        return displayText;
+        return StringUtils.isEmpty(displayText) ? isoName : displayText;
     }
 
     public void setDisplayText(String displayText) {
diff --git a/api/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/api/command/user/project/CreateProjectCmd.java b/api/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/api/command/user/project/CreateProjectCmd.java
index a0902d6b66a..a5742e8d0de 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/api/command/user/project/CreateProjectCmd.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/api/command/user/project/CreateProjectCmd.java
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.DomainResponse;
 import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.ProjectResponse;
 import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.UserResponse;
 import org.apache.cloudstack.context.CallContext;
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
 import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
 
 import com.cloud.event.EventTypes;
@@ -61,7 +62,7 @@ public class CreateProjectCmd extends BaseAsyncCreateCmd {
     @Parameter(name = ApiConstants.NAME, type = CommandType.STRING, required = true, description = "name of the project")
     private String name;
 
-    @Parameter(name = ApiConstants.DISPLAY_TEXT, type = CommandType.STRING, required = true, description = "display text of the project")
+    @Parameter(name = ApiConstants.DISPLAY_TEXT, type = CommandType.STRING,  description = "The display text of the project, defaults to the 'name´.")
     private String displayText;
 
     // ///////////////////////////////////////////////////
@@ -98,7 +99,7 @@ public class CreateProjectCmd extends BaseAsyncCreateCmd {
     }
 
     public String getDisplayText() {
-        return displayText;
+        return StringUtils.isEmpty(displayText) ? name : displayText;
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/api/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/api/command/user/template/CreateTemplateCmd.java b/api/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/api/command/user/template/CreateTemplateCmd.java
index a21cbfbdef7..ea4b5995bf3 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/api/command/user/template/CreateTemplateCmd.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/api/command/user/template/CreateTemplateCmd.java
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.UserVmResponse;
 import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.VolumeResponse;
 import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.ProjectResponse;
 
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
 import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
 
 import org.apache.cloudstack.api.APICommand;
@@ -67,8 +68,7 @@ public class CreateTemplateCmd extends BaseAsyncCreateCmd implements UserCmd {
 
     @Parameter(name = ApiConstants.DISPLAY_TEXT,
                type = CommandType.STRING,
-               required = true,
-               description = "the display text of the template. This is usually used for display purposes.",
+               description = "The display text of the template, defaults to the 'name'.",
                length = 4096)
     private String displayText;
 
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ public class CreateTemplateCmd extends BaseAsyncCreateCmd implements UserCmd {
     }
 
     public String getDisplayText() {
-        return displayText;
+        return StringUtils.isEmpty(displayText) ? templateName : displayText;
     }
 
     public Boolean isFeatured() {
diff --git a/api/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/api/command/user/template/RegisterTemplateCmd.java b/api/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/api/command/user/template/RegisterTemplateCmd.java
index 255b11aaa24..1a5e851d884 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/api/command/user/template/RegisterTemplateCmd.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/api/command/user/template/RegisterTemplateCmd.java
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.ProjectResponse;
 import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.TemplateResponse;
 import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.ZoneResponse;
 import org.apache.cloudstack.context.CallContext;
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
 import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
 
 import com.cloud.exception.ResourceAllocationException;
@@ -60,8 +61,7 @@ public class RegisterTemplateCmd extends BaseCmd implements UserCmd {
 
     @Parameter(name = ApiConstants.DISPLAY_TEXT,
                type = CommandType.STRING,
-               required = true,
-               description = "the display text of the template. This is usually used for display purposes.",
+               description = "The display text of the template, defaults to 'name'.",
                length = 4096)
     private String displayText;
 
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ public class RegisterTemplateCmd extends BaseCmd implements UserCmd {
     }
 
     public String getDisplayText() {
-        return displayText;
+        return StringUtils.isEmpty(displayText) ? templateName : displayText;
     }
 
     public String getFormat() {
diff --git a/api/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/api/command/user/vpc/CreateVPCCmd.java b/api/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/api/command/user/vpc/CreateVPCCmd.java
index af7004941b9..40048a2cd6c 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/api/command/user/vpc/CreateVPCCmd.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/api/command/user/vpc/CreateVPCCmd.java
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 package org.apache.cloudstack.api.command.user.vpc;
 
 import com.cloud.network.NetworkService;
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
 import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
 
 import org.apache.cloudstack.acl.RoleType;
@@ -72,8 +73,8 @@ public class CreateVPCCmd extends BaseAsyncCreateCmd implements UserCmd {
     @Parameter(name = ApiConstants.NAME, type = CommandType.STRING, required = true, description = "the name of the VPC")
     private String vpcName;
 
-    @Parameter(name = ApiConstants.DISPLAY_TEXT, type = CommandType.STRING, required = true, description = "the display text of " +
-            "the VPC")
+    @Parameter(name = ApiConstants.DISPLAY_TEXT, type = CommandType.STRING, description = "The display text of the VPC, defaults to its 'name'.")
+
     private String displayText;
 
     @Parameter(name = ApiConstants.CIDR, type = CommandType.STRING, required = true, description = "the cidr of the VPC. All VPC " +
@@ -137,7 +138,7 @@ public class CreateVPCCmd extends BaseAsyncCreateCmd implements UserCmd {
     }
 
     public String getDisplayText() {
-        return displayText;
+        return StringUtils.isEmpty(displayText) ? vpcName    : displayText;
     }
 
     public Long getVpcOffering() {
diff --git a/api/src/test/java/org/apache/cloudstack/api/command/admin/offering/CreateDiskOfferingCmdTest.java b/api/src/test/java/org/apache/cloudstack/api/command/admin/offering/CreateDiskOfferingCmdTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e28720f6aac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/src/test/java/org/apache/cloudstack/api/command/admin/offering/CreateDiskOfferingCmdTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+// Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+// or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+// distributed with this work for additional information
+// regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+// to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+// "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+// with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+// software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+// "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+// KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+// specific language governing permissions and limitations
+// under the License.
+
+package org.apache.cloudstack.api.command.admin.offering;
+
+import org.junit.Assert;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.mockito.InjectMocks;
+import org.springframework.test.util.ReflectionTestUtils;
+
+public class CreateDiskOfferingCmdTest {
+
+    @InjectMocks
+    private CreateDiskOfferingCmd createDiskOfferingCmd = new CreateDiskOfferingCmd();
+
+    @Test
+    public void testGetDisplayTextWhenEmpty() {
+        String netName = "net-offering";
+        ReflectionTestUtils.setField(createDiskOfferingCmd , "offeringName", netName);
+        Assert.assertEquals(createDiskOfferingCmd.getDisplayText(), netName);
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/api/src/test/java/org/apache/cloudstack/api/command/admin/offering/CreateNetworkOfferingCmdTest.java b/api/src/test/java/org/apache/cloudstack/api/command/admin/offering/CreateNetworkOfferingCmdTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8b95456a84c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/src/test/java/org/apache/cloudstack/api/command/admin/offering/CreateNetworkOfferingCmdTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+// Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+// or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+// distributed with this work for additional information
+// regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+// to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+// "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+// with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+// software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+// "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+// KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+// specific language governing permissions and limitations
+// under the License.
+
+package org.apache.cloudstack.api.command.admin.offering;
+
+import org.apache.cloudstack.api.command.admin.network.CreateNetworkOfferingCmd;
+import org.junit.Assert;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.mockito.InjectMocks;
+import org.springframework.test.util.ReflectionTestUtils;
+
+public class CreateNetworkOfferingCmdTest {
+
+    @InjectMocks
+    private CreateNetworkOfferingCmd createNetworkOfferingCmd = new CreateNetworkOfferingCmd();
+
+    @Test
+    public void createVpcNtwkOffWithEmptyDisplayText() {
+        String netName = "network";
+        ReflectionTestUtils.setField(createNetworkOfferingCmd, "networkOfferingName", netName);
+        Assert.assertEquals(createNetworkOfferingCmd.getDisplayText(), netName);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/api/src/test/java/org/apache/cloudstack/api/command/admin/offering/CreateServiceOfferingCmdTest.java b/api/src/test/java/org/apache/cloudstack/api/command/admin/offering/CreateServiceOfferingCmdTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..717b5c3262d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/src/test/java/org/apache/cloudstack/api/command/admin/offering/CreateServiceOfferingCmdTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+// Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+// or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+// distributed with this work for additional information
+// regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+// to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+// "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+// with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+// software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+// "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+// KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+// specific language governing permissions and limitations
+// under the License.
+
+package org.apache.cloudstack.api.command.admin.offering;
+
+import org.junit.Assert;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+import org.mockito.InjectMocks;
+import org.mockito.runners.MockitoJUnitRunner;
+import org.springframework.test.util.ReflectionTestUtils;
+
+@RunWith(MockitoJUnitRunner.class)
+public class CreateServiceOfferingCmdTest {
+
+    @InjectMocks
+    private CreateServiceOfferingCmd createServiceOfferingCmd;
+
+    @Test
+    public void testGetDisplayTextWhenEmpty() {
+        String netName = "net-offering";
+        ReflectionTestUtils.setField(createServiceOfferingCmd, "serviceOfferingName", netName);
+        Assert.assertEquals(createServiceOfferingCmd.getDisplayText(), netName);
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/api/src/test/java/org/apache/cloudstack/api/command/admin/vpc/CreateVPCOfferingCmdTest.java b/api/src/test/java/org/apache/cloudstack/api/command/admin/vpc/CreateVPCOfferingCmdTest.java
index 18a2882c678..16b716d7d63 100644
--- a/api/src/test/java/org/apache/cloudstack/api/command/admin/vpc/CreateVPCOfferingCmdTest.java
+++ b/api/src/test/java/org/apache/cloudstack/api/command/admin/vpc/CreateVPCOfferingCmdTest.java
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ import org.junit.Test;
 
 import org.apache.cloudstack.api.ApiCmdTestUtil;
 import org.apache.cloudstack.api.ApiConstants;
+import org.springframework.test.util.ReflectionTestUtils;
+
 
 public class CreateVPCOfferingCmdTest {
 
@@ -61,4 +63,12 @@ public class CreateVPCOfferingCmdTest {
         Assert.assertNull(cmd.getServiceProviders());
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void testCreateVPCOfferingWithEmptyDisplayText() {
+        CreateVPCOfferingCmd cmd = new CreateVPCOfferingCmd();
+        String netName = "net-vpc";
+        ReflectionTestUtils.setField(cmd,"vpcOfferingName", netName);
+        Assert.assertEquals(cmd.getDisplayText(), netName);
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/api/src/test/java/org/apache/cloudstack/api/command/user/iso/RegisterIsoCmdTest.java b/api/src/test/java/org/apache/cloudstack/api/command/user/iso/RegisterIsoCmdTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..55a41c61ce6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/src/test/java/org/apache/cloudstack/api/command/user/iso/RegisterIsoCmdTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+// Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+// or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+// distributed with this work for additional information
+// regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+// to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+// "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+// with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+// software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+// "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+// KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+// specific language governing permissions and limitations
+// under the License.
+
+package org.apache.cloudstack.api.command.user.iso;
+
+import org.junit.Assert;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+import org.mockito.InjectMocks;
+import org.mockito.runners.MockitoJUnitRunner;
+import org.springframework.test.util.ReflectionTestUtils;
+
+@RunWith(MockitoJUnitRunner.class)
+public class RegisterIsoCmdTest  {
+
+    @InjectMocks
+    private RegisterIsoCmd registerIsoCmd = new RegisterIsoCmd();
+
+    @Test
+    public void testGetDisplayTextWhenEmpty() {
+        String netName = "net-iso";
+        ReflectionTestUtils.setField(registerIsoCmd, "isoName", netName);
+        Assert.assertEquals(registerIsoCmd.getDisplayText(), netName);
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/api/src/test/java/org/apache/cloudstack/api/command/user/project/CreateProjectCmdTest.java b/api/src/test/java/org/apache/cloudstack/api/command/user/project/CreateProjectCmdTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ee3193123e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/src/test/java/org/apache/cloudstack/api/command/user/project/CreateProjectCmdTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+// Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+// or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+// distributed with this work for additional information
+// regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+// to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+// "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+// with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+// software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+// "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+// KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+// specific language governing permissions and limitations
+// under the License.
+
+package org.apache.cloudstack.api.command.user.project;
+
+import org.junit.Assert;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+import org.mockito.InjectMocks;
+import org.mockito.runners.MockitoJUnitRunner;
+import org.springframework.test.util.ReflectionTestUtils;
+
+@RunWith(MockitoJUnitRunner.class)
+public class CreateProjectCmdTest  {
+
+    @InjectMocks
+    private CreateProjectCmd createProjectCmd = new CreateProjectCmd();
+
+    @Test
+    public void testGetDisplayTextWhenEmpty() {
+        String netName = "net-project";
+        ReflectionTestUtils.setField(createProjectCmd , "name", netName);
+        Assert.assertEquals(createProjectCmd.getDisplayText(), netName);
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/api/src/test/java/org/apache/cloudstack/api/command/user/template/RegisterTemplateCmdTest.java b/api/src/test/java/org/apache/cloudstack/api/command/user/template/RegisterTemplateCmdTest.java
index dfd3b6e2e25..0c31e501519 100644
--- a/api/src/test/java/org/apache/cloudstack/api/command/user/template/RegisterTemplateCmdTest.java
+++ b/api/src/test/java/org/apache/cloudstack/api/command/user/template/RegisterTemplateCmdTest.java
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
 import org.mockito.InjectMocks;
 import org.mockito.Mock;
 import org.mockito.runners.MockitoJUnitRunner;
+import org.springframework.test.util.ReflectionTestUtils;
+
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 
 @RunWith(MockitoJUnitRunner.class)
@@ -139,4 +141,12 @@ public class RegisterTemplateCmdTest {
         testIsDeployAsIsBase(Hypervisor.HypervisorType.XenServer, true, false);
         testIsDeployAsIsBase(Hypervisor.HypervisorType.Any, true, false);
     }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testGetDisplayTextWhenEmpty() {
+        registerTemplateCmd = new RegisterTemplateCmd();
+        String netName = "net-template";
+        ReflectionTestUtils.setField(registerTemplateCmd , "templateName", netName);
+        Assert.assertEquals(registerTemplateCmd.getDisplayText(), netName);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/api/src/test/java/org/apache/cloudstack/api/command/user/vpc/CreateVPCCmdTest.java b/api/src/test/java/org/apache/cloudstack/api/command/user/vpc/CreateVPCCmdTest.java
index 92ac0057873..17c8e2392ed 100644
--- a/api/src/test/java/org/apache/cloudstack/api/command/user/vpc/CreateVPCCmdTest.java
+++ b/api/src/test/java/org/apache/cloudstack/api/command/user/vpc/CreateVPCCmdTest.java
@@ -133,6 +133,12 @@ public class CreateVPCCmdTest extends TestCase {
         Assert.assertTrue(cmd.getDisplayVpc());
     }
 
+    public void testGetDisplayTextWhenEmpty() {
+        String netName = "net-vpc";
+        ReflectionTestUtils.setField(cmd, "vpcName", netName);
+        Assert.assertEquals(cmd.getDisplayText(), netName);
+    }
+
     public void testCreate() throws ResourceAllocationException {
         Vpc vpc = Mockito.mock(Vpc.class);
         ReflectionTestUtils.setField(cmd, "zoneId", 1L);
diff --git a/server/src/test/java/org/apache/cloudstack/networkoffering/CreateNetworkOfferingTest.java b/server/src/test/java/org/apache/cloudstack/networkoffering/CreateNetworkOfferingTest.java
index 72bd7bb0cd8..a37b3afea31 100644
--- a/server/src/test/java/org/apache/cloudstack/networkoffering/CreateNetworkOfferingTest.java
+++ b/server/src/test/java/org/apache/cloudstack/networkoffering/CreateNetworkOfferingTest.java
@@ -249,5 +249,4 @@ public class CreateNetworkOfferingTest extends TestCase {
         // System.out.println("Creating Vpc Network Offering");
         assertNotNull("Vpc Isolated network offering with Vpc and Netscaler provider ", off);
     }
-
 }
diff --git a/server/src/test/resources/db.properties b/server/src/test/resources/db.properties
index 5eefc45ea50..e1cc0487aea 100644
--- a/server/src/test/resources/db.properties
+++ b/server/src/test/resources/db.properties
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
 
 # management server clustering parameters, change cluster.node.IP to the machine IP address
-# in which the management server is running
+# in which the management server is running
 cluster.node.IP=127.0.0.1
 cluster.servlet.port=9090
 
diff --git a/test/integration/smoke/test_projects.py b/test/integration/smoke/test_projects.py
index 79d364fa47b..91fc722527c 100644
--- a/test/integration/smoke/test_projects.py
+++ b/test/integration/smoke/test_projects.py
@@ -1820,3 +1820,125 @@ class TestProjectSuspendActivate(cloudstackTestCase):
                 "VM should be in Running state after project activation"
             )
         return
+
+class TestProjectWithEmptyDisplayText(cloudstackTestCase):
+
+    @classmethod
+    def setUpClass(cls):
+        cls.testClient = super(
+            TestProjectWithEmptyDisplayText,
+            cls).getClsTestClient()
+        cls.api_client = cls.testClient.getApiClient()
+
+        cls.services = Services().services
+        # Get Zone
+        cls.zone = get_zone(cls.api_client, cls.testClient.getZoneForTests())
+        cls.hypervisor = cls.testClient.getHypervisorInfo()
+        cls.domain = get_domain(cls.api_client)
+        cls.services['mode'] = cls.zone.networktype
+        cls.template = get_test_template(
+            cls.api_client,
+            cls.zone.id,
+            cls.hypervisor
+        )
+        cls._cleanup = []
+        cls.isGlobalSettingInvalid = False
+        configs = Configurations.list(
+            cls.api_client,
+            name='project.invite.required'
+        )
+
+        if (configs[0].value).lower() != 'false':
+            cls.isGlobalSettingInvalid = True
+            return
+
+        # Create account, service offering, disk offering etc.
+        cls.disk_offering = DiskOffering.create(
+            cls.api_client,
+            cls.services["disk_offering"]
+        )
+        cls._cleanup.append(cls.disk_offering)
+        cls.service_offering = ServiceOffering.create(
+            cls.api_client,
+            cls.services["service_offering"],
+            domainid=cls.domain.id
+        )
+        cls._cleanup.append(cls.service_offering)
+        cls.account = Account.create(
+            cls.api_client,
+            cls.services["account"],
+            admin=True,
+            domainid=cls.domain.id
+        )
+        cls._cleanup.append(cls.account)
+        cls.user = Account.create(
+            cls.api_client,
+            cls.services["account"],
+            admin=True,
+            domainid=cls.domain.id
+        )
+        cls._cleanup.append(cls.user)
+
+        # Create project as a domain admin
+        cls.project = Project.create(
+            cls.api_client,
+            cls.services["project"],
+            account=cls.account.name,
+            domainid=cls.account.domainid
+        )
+        cls._cleanup.append(cls.project)
+        cls.services["virtual_machine"]["zoneid"] = cls.zone.id
+        return
+
+    @classmethod
+    def tearDownClass(cls):
+        super(TestProjectWithEmptyDisplayText, cls).tearDownClass()
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.apiclient = self.testClient.getApiClient()
+        self.dbclient = self.testClient.getDbConnection()
+        self.cleanup = []
+
+        if self.isGlobalSettingInvalid:
+            self.skipTest("'project.invite.required' should be set to false")
+        return
+
+    def tearDown(self):
+        super(TestProjectWithEmptyDisplayText, self).tearDown()
+
+    @attr(
+        tags=[
+            "advanced",
+            "basic",
+            "sg",
+            "eip",
+            "advancedns",
+            "simulator"],
+        required_hardware="false")
+    def test_11_create_project_with_empty_displayText(self):
+        """ create Project with Empty DisplayText
+        """
+        # Validate the following
+        # 1. Create a project.
+        # 2. Give empty displayText
+        # 3. Verify displayText takes content of Project name.
+
+        self.services["project"]["displaytext"] = ""
+
+        # Create project as a domain admin
+        project = Project.create(
+            self.apiclient,
+            self.services["project"],
+            account=self.account.name,
+            domainid=self.account.domainid
+        )
+
+        self.cleanup.append(project)
+
+        self.assertEqual(
+            project.displaytext,
+            project.name,
+            "displayText does not matches project name"
+        )
+
+        return
diff --git a/ui/src/views/image/RegisterOrUploadIso.vue b/ui/src/views/image/RegisterOrUploadIso.vue
index cf1435a6034..6219429a7fb 100644
--- a/ui/src/views/image/RegisterOrUploadIso.vue
+++ b/ui/src/views/image/RegisterOrUploadIso.vue
@@ -260,7 +260,6 @@ export default {
         url: [{ required: true, message: this.$t('label.upload.iso.from.local') }],
         file: [{ required: true, message: this.$t('message.error.required.input') }],
         name: [{ required: true, message: this.$t('message.error.required.input') }],
-        displaytext: [{ required: true, message: this.$t('message.error.required.input') }],
         zoneid: [{ required: true, message: this.$t('message.error.select') }],
         ostypeid: [{ required: true, message: this.$t('message.error.select') }]
       })
diff --git a/ui/src/views/image/RegisterOrUploadTemplate.vue b/ui/src/views/image/RegisterOrUploadTemplate.vue
index e4d4687c326..500d0270746 100644
--- a/ui/src/views/image/RegisterOrUploadTemplate.vue
+++ b/ui/src/views/image/RegisterOrUploadTemplate.vue
@@ -441,7 +441,6 @@ export default {
         url: [{ required: true, message: this.$t('message.error.required.input') }],
         file: [{ required: true, message: this.$t('message.error.required.input') }],
         name: [{ required: true, message: this.$t('message.error.required.input') }],
-        displaytext: [{ required: true, message: this.$t('message.error.required.input') }],
         zoneids: [
           { type: 'array', required: true, message: this.$t('message.error.select') },
           {
diff --git a/ui/src/views/network/CreateVpc.vue b/ui/src/views/network/CreateVpc.vue
index fb2d110f92c..663538f97b1 100644
--- a/ui/src/views/network/CreateVpc.vue
+++ b/ui/src/views/network/CreateVpc.vue
@@ -222,7 +222,6 @@ export default {
       })
       this.rules = reactive({
         name: [{ required: true, message: this.$t('message.error.required.input') }],
-        displaytext: [{ required: true, message: this.$t('message.error.required.input') }],
         zoneid: [{ required: true, message: this.$t('label.required') }],
         cidr: [{ required: true, message: this.$t('message.error.required.input') }],
         vpcofferingid: [{ required: true, message: this.$t('label.required') }]
diff --git a/ui/src/views/offering/AddComputeOffering.vue b/ui/src/views/offering/AddComputeOffering.vue
index ae8e07e652b..e5127becc70 100644
--- a/ui/src/views/offering/AddComputeOffering.vue
+++ b/ui/src/views/offering/AddComputeOffering.vue
@@ -707,7 +707,6 @@ export default {
       })
       this.rules = reactive({
         name: [{ required: true, message: this.$t('message.error.required.input') }],
-        displaytext: [{ required: true, message: this.$t('message.error.required.input') }],
         cpunumber: [
           { required: true, message: this.$t('message.error.required.input') },
           this.naturalNumberRule
diff --git a/ui/src/views/offering/AddDiskOffering.vue b/ui/src/views/offering/AddDiskOffering.vue
index 880eae5135c..f11380aaf65 100644
--- a/ui/src/views/offering/AddDiskOffering.vue
+++ b/ui/src/views/offering/AddDiskOffering.vue
@@ -357,7 +357,6 @@ export default {
       })
       this.rules = reactive({
         name: [{ required: true, message: this.$t('message.error.required.input') }],
-        displaytext: [{ required: true, message: this.$t('message.error.required.input') }],
         disksize: [
           { required: true, message: this.$t('message.error.required.input') },
           { type: 'number', validator: this.validateNumber }
diff --git a/ui/src/views/offering/AddNetworkOffering.vue b/ui/src/views/offering/AddNetworkOffering.vue
index abdb9da05f9..80159f3c113 100644
--- a/ui/src/views/offering/AddNetworkOffering.vue
+++ b/ui/src/views/offering/AddNetworkOffering.vue
@@ -577,7 +577,6 @@ export default {
       })
       this.rules = reactive({
         name: [{ required: true, message: this.$t('message.error.name') }],
-        displaytext: [{ required: true, message: this.$t('message.error.description') }],
         networkrate: [{ type: 'number', validator: this.validateNumber }],
         serviceofferingid: [{ required: true, message: this.$t('message.error.select') }],
         domainid: [{ type: 'array', required: true, message: this.$t('message.error.select') }],
diff --git a/ui/src/views/offering/AddVpcOffering.vue b/ui/src/views/offering/AddVpcOffering.vue
index 9b9d576517f..07f36f8f3a5 100644
--- a/ui/src/views/offering/AddVpcOffering.vue
+++ b/ui/src/views/offering/AddVpcOffering.vue
@@ -245,7 +245,6 @@ export default {
       })
       this.rules = reactive({
         name: [{ required: true, message: this.$t('message.error.name') }],
-        displaytext: [{ required: true, message: this.$t('message.error.description') }],
         domainid: [{ type: 'array', required: true, message: this.$t('message.error.select') }],
         zoneid: [{
           type: 'array',