diff --git a/packages/react-sdk-components/src/components/field/SemanticLink/SemanticLink.tsx b/packages/react-sdk-components/src/components/field/SemanticLink/SemanticLink.tsx
index 57bc0ccd..b460d1ee 100644
--- a/packages/react-sdk-components/src/components/field/SemanticLink/SemanticLink.tsx
+++ b/packages/react-sdk-components/src/components/field/SemanticLink/SemanticLink.tsx
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ export default function SemanticLink(props: SemanticLinkProps) {
 
   return (
     <Link component='button' {...linkComponentProps} {...restProps} onClick={openLinkClick} data-testid={testId}>
-      {text}
+      {text || '--'}
     </Link>
   );
 }
diff --git a/packages/react-sdk-components/src/components/infra/View/View.tsx b/packages/react-sdk-components/src/components/infra/View/View.tsx
index 9b66a6ef..bb1fb280 100644
--- a/packages/react-sdk-components/src/components/infra/View/View.tsx
+++ b/packages/react-sdk-components/src/components/infra/View/View.tsx
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ export default function View(props: PropsWithChildren<ViewProps>) {
   const localeUtils = PCore.getLocaleUtils();
 
   const isEmbeddedDataView = mode === 'editable'; // would be better to check the reference child for `context` attribute if possible
-  if (isEmbeddedDataView && showLabel === undefined) {
+  if ((isEmbeddedDataView && showLabel === undefined) || (template === 'DataReference' && inheritedProps.showLabel === undefined)) {
     showLabel = true;
   }