diff --git a/src/components/metadataFormControls/ModelTransfer/BaseModelTransfer.tsx b/src/components/metadataFormControls/ModelTransfer/BaseModelTransfer.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..49a8d268
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/metadataFormControls/ModelTransfer/BaseModelTransfer.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+import { Transfer, TransferProps } from '@dhis2/ui'
+import React, { useCallback, useMemo } from 'react'
+import { DisplayableModel } from '../../../types/models'
+
+const toDisplayOption = (model: DisplayableModel) => ({
+    value: model.id,
+    label: model.displayName,
+})
+
+type OwnProps<TModel> = {
+    selected: TModel[]
+    available: TModel[]
+    onChange: ({ selected }: { selected: TModel[] }) => void
+}
+
+export type BaseModelTransferProps<TModel> = Omit<
+    TransferProps,
+    keyof OwnProps<TModel> | 'options' | 'selected'
+> &
+    OwnProps<TModel>
+
+/* Simple wrapper component handle generic models with Transfer-component. */
+export const BaseModelTransfer = <TModel extends DisplayableModel>({
+    available,
+    selected,
+    onChange,
+    ...transferProps
+}: BaseModelTransferProps<TModel>) => {
+    const { allModelsMap, allTransferOptions } = useMemo(() => {
+        const allModels = selected.concat(available)
+        const allModelsMap = new Map(allModels.map((o) => [o.id, o]))
+        const allTransferOptions = allModels.map(toDisplayOption)
+        return {
+            allModelsMap,
+            allTransferOptions,
+        }
+    }, [available, selected])
+
+    const selectedTransferValues = useMemo(
+        () => selected.map((s) => s.id),
+        [selected]
+    )
+
+    const handleOnChange = useCallback(
+        ({ selected }: { selected: string[] }) => {
+            // map the selected ids to the full model
+            // loop through selected to keep order
+            const selectedModels = selected
+                .map((id) => allModelsMap.get(id))
+                .filter((model) => !!model)
+
+            onChange({
+                selected: selectedModels,
+            })
+        },
+        [onChange, allModelsMap]
+    )
+
+    return (
+        <Transfer
+            {...transferProps}
+            selected={selectedTransferValues}
+            options={allTransferOptions}
+            onChange={handleOnChange}
+        />
+    )
+}
diff --git a/src/components/metadataFormControls/ModelTransfer/ModelTransfer.tsx b/src/components/metadataFormControls/ModelTransfer/ModelTransfer.tsx
index 8629c43a..ce0ec5a9 100644
--- a/src/components/metadataFormControls/ModelTransfer/ModelTransfer.tsx
+++ b/src/components/metadataFormControls/ModelTransfer/ModelTransfer.tsx
@@ -1,23 +1,20 @@
-import { Transfer, TransferProps } from '@dhis2/ui'
-import React, {
-    forwardRef,
-    RefAttributes,
-    useImperativeHandle,
-    useMemo,
-    useState,
-} from 'react'
+import i18n from '@dhis2/d2-i18n'
+import { Button, ButtonStrip } from '@dhis2/ui'
+import React, { useMemo, useState } from 'react'
 import { useInfiniteQuery } from 'react-query'
+import { useHref } from 'react-router-dom'
+import { useDebouncedCallback } from 'use-debounce'
+import { getSectionNewPath } from '../../../lib'
 import { useBoundResourceQueryFn } from '../../../lib/query/useBoundQueryFn'
 import { PlainResourceQuery } from '../../../types'
 import { PagedResponse } from '../../../types/generated'
+import { DisplayableModel } from '../../../types/models'
+import { LinkButton } from '../../LinkButton'
+import { BaseModelTransfer, BaseModelTransferProps } from './BaseModelTransfer'
+import css from './ModelTransfer.module.css'
 
 type Response<Model> = PagedResponse<Model, string>
 
-export type DisplayableModel = {
-    id: string
-    displayName: string
-}
-
 const defaultQuery = {
     params: {
         order: 'displayName:asc',
@@ -25,32 +22,23 @@ const defaultQuery = {
     },
 }
 
-const toDisplayOption = (model: DisplayableModel) => ({
-    value: model.id,
-    label: model.displayName,
-})
-
-type OwnProps<TModel> = {
-    selected: TModel[]
-    onChange: ({ selected }: { selected: TModel[] }) => void
-    query: PlainResourceQuery
+export type ModelTranferProps<TModel extends DisplayableModel> = Omit<
+    BaseModelTransferProps<TModel>,
+    'available' | 'filterable'
+> & {
+    query: Omit<PlainResourceQuery, 'id'>
 }
-type ModelTransferProps<TModel> = Omit<
-    TransferProps,
-    | keyof OwnProps<TModel>
-    | 'options'
-    | 'selected'
-    | 'filterable'
-    | 'onFilterChange'
-> &
-    OwnProps<TModel>
 
-type ImperativeRef = { refetch: () => void }
-
-const BaseModelTransfer = <TModel extends DisplayableModel>(
-    { selected, onChange, query, ...transferProps }: ModelTransferProps<TModel>,
-    ref: React.Ref<ImperativeRef>
-) => {
+export const ModelTransfer = <TModel extends DisplayableModel>({
+    selected,
+    query,
+    leftHeader,
+    rightHeader,
+    leftFooter,
+    filterPlaceholder,
+    filterPlaceholderPicked,
+    ...baseModelTransferProps
+}: ModelTranferProps<TModel>) => {
     const queryFn = useBoundResourceQueryFn()
     const [searchTerm, setSearchTerm] = useState('')
 
@@ -67,6 +55,7 @@ const BaseModelTransfer = <TModel extends DisplayableModel>(
         },
     }
     const modelName = query.resource
+    const newLink = useHref(`/${getSectionNewPath(modelName)}`)
 
     const queryResult = useInfiniteQuery({
         queryKey: [queryObject] as const,
@@ -77,64 +66,73 @@ const BaseModelTransfer = <TModel extends DisplayableModel>(
         getPreviousPageParam: (firstPage) =>
             firstPage.pager.prevPage ? firstPage.pager.page - 1 : undefined,
     })
-
-    useImperativeHandle(ref, () => ({
-        refetch: () => queryResult.refetch(),
-    }))
-
     const allDataMap = useMemo(
-        () =>
-            new Map(
-                queryResult.data?.pages.flatMap((page) =>
-                    page[modelName].map((d) => [d.id, d] as const)
-                )
-            ),
+        () => queryResult.data?.pages.flatMap((page) => page[modelName]) ?? [],
         [queryResult.data, modelName]
     )
 
-    const selectedOptions = selected.map(toDisplayOption)
-    const loadedOptions = Array.from(allDataMap.values()).map(toDisplayOption)
-    // always include selected options
-    const allOptions = selectedOptions.concat(loadedOptions || [])
-
-    const handleOnChange = ({ selected }: { selected: string[] }) => {
-        // map the selected ids to the full model
-        // loop through selected to keep order
-        const selectedModels = selected
-            .map((id) => allDataMap.get(id))
-            .filter((model): model is TModel => !!model)
-
-        onChange({
-            selected: selectedModels,
-        })
-    }
+    const handleFilterChange = useDebouncedCallback(({ value }) => {
+        if (value != undefined) {
+            setSearchTerm(value)
+        }
+    }, 250)
 
     return (
-        <Transfer
-            filterablePicked={true}
-            loadingPicked={false}
-            loading={queryResult.isFetching}
-            {...transferProps}
-            options={allOptions}
+        <BaseModelTransfer
+            enableOrderChange
+            height={'350px'}
+            optionsWidth="500px"
+            selectedWidth="500px"
             filterable
-            searchTerm={searchTerm}
+            filterablePicked
             onEndReached={queryResult.fetchNextPage}
-            onFilterChange={({ value }) =>
-                value !== undefined && setSearchTerm(value)
+            available={allDataMap}
+            selected={selected}
+            onFilterChange={handleFilterChange}
+            filterPlaceholder={
+                filterPlaceholder || i18n.t('Filter available items')
+            }
+            filterPlaceholderPicked={
+                filterPlaceholderPicked || i18n.t('Filter selected items')
+            }
+            leftHeader={<TransferHeader>{leftHeader}</TransferHeader>}
+            rightHeader={<TransferHeader>{rightHeader}</TransferHeader>}
+            leftFooter={
+                leftFooter ?? (
+                    <DefaultTransferLeftFooter
+                        onRefreshClick={queryResult.refetch}
+                        newLink={newLink}
+                    />
+                )
             }
-            selected={selectedOptions.map((o) => o.value)}
-            onChange={handleOnChange}
+            {...baseModelTransferProps}
         />
     )
 }
 
-// this is needed to support generics with ref-forwarding
-interface ModelTransferWithForwardedRef
-    extends React.FC<ModelTransferProps<DisplayableModel>> {
-    <TModel extends DisplayableModel>(
-        props: ModelTransferProps<TModel> & RefAttributes<ImperativeRef>
-    ): React.ReactNode
+const TransferHeader = ({ children }: { children: React.ReactNode }) => {
+    if (typeof children === 'string') {
+        return <div className={css.modelTransferHeader}>{children}</div>
+    }
+    return <>{children}</>
 }
 
-export const ModelTransfer: ModelTransferWithForwardedRef =
-    forwardRef(BaseModelTransfer)
+const DefaultTransferLeftFooter = ({
+    onRefreshClick,
+    newLink,
+}: {
+    onRefreshClick: () => void
+    newLink: string
+}) => {
+    return (
+        <ButtonStrip className={css.modelTransferFooter}>
+            <Button small onClick={onRefreshClick}>
+                {i18n.t('Refresh list')}
+            </Button>
+
+            <LinkButton small href={newLink} target="_blank">
+                {i18n.t('Add new')}
+            </LinkButton>
+        </ButtonStrip>
+    )
+}
diff --git a/src/components/metadataFormControls/ModelTransfer/ModelTransferField.tsx b/src/components/metadataFormControls/ModelTransfer/ModelTransferField.tsx
index 2a04a0a7..cd9e4640 100644
--- a/src/components/metadataFormControls/ModelTransfer/ModelTransferField.tsx
+++ b/src/components/metadataFormControls/ModelTransfer/ModelTransferField.tsx
@@ -1,12 +1,9 @@
-import i18n from '@dhis2/d2-i18n'
-import { Button, ButtonStrip, Field, TransferProps } from '@dhis2/ui'
-import React, { useRef } from 'react'
+import { Field, TransferProps } from '@dhis2/ui'
+import React from 'react'
 import { useField } from 'react-final-form'
-import { useHref } from 'react-router'
-import { DisplayableModel, ModelTransfer } from '../../../components'
-import { getSectionNewPath } from '../../../lib'
+import { ModelTransfer } from '../../../components'
 import { PlainResourceQuery } from '../../../types'
-import { LinkButton } from '../../LinkButton'
+import { DisplayableModel } from '../../../types/models'
 import css from './ModelTransfer.module.css'
 
 // this currently does not need a generic, because the value of the field is not passed
@@ -30,25 +27,17 @@ export function ModelTransferField({
     name,
     query,
     label,
-    rightHeader,
     leftHeader,
-    rightFooter,
+    rightHeader,
     leftFooter,
+    rightFooter,
     filterPlaceholder,
     filterPlaceholderPicked,
 }: ModelTransferFieldProps) {
-    const modelName = query.resource
     const { input, meta } = useField<DisplayableModel[]>(name, {
         multiple: true,
         validateFields: [],
     })
-    const newLink = useHref(`/${getSectionNewPath(modelName)}`)
-
-    const modelTransferHandle = useRef({
-        refetch: () => {
-            throw new Error('Not initialized')
-        },
-    })
 
     return (
         <Field
@@ -60,62 +49,19 @@ export function ModelTransferField({
             className={css.moduleTransferField}
         >
             <ModelTransfer
-                ref={modelTransferHandle}
-                filterPlaceholder={
-                    filterPlaceholder || i18n.t('Filter available items')
-                }
-                filterPlaceholderPicked={
-                    filterPlaceholderPicked || i18n.t('Filter selected items')
-                }
                 selected={input.value}
                 onChange={({ selected }) => {
                     input.onChange(selected)
                     input.onBlur()
                 }}
-                leftHeader={<TransferHeader>{leftHeader}</TransferHeader>}
-                rightHeader={<TransferHeader>{rightHeader}</TransferHeader>}
-                leftFooter={
-                    leftFooter ?? (
-                        <DefaultTransferLeftFooter
-                            onRefreshClick={modelTransferHandle.current.refetch}
-                            newLink={newLink}
-                        />
-                    )
-                }
+                leftHeader={leftHeader}
+                rightHeader={rightHeader}
+                leftFooter={leftFooter}
                 rightFooter={rightFooter}
+                filterPlaceholder={filterPlaceholder}
+                filterPlaceholderPicked={filterPlaceholderPicked}
                 query={query}
-                height={'350px'}
-                optionsWidth="500px"
-                selectedWidth="500px"
-                enableOrderChange={true}
             />
         </Field>
     )
 }
-
-const TransferHeader = ({ children }: { children: React.ReactNode }) => {
-    if (typeof children === 'string') {
-        return <div className={css.modelTransferHeader}>{children}</div>
-    }
-    return <>{children}</>
-}
-
-const DefaultTransferLeftFooter = ({
-    onRefreshClick,
-    newLink,
-}: {
-    onRefreshClick: () => void
-    newLink: string
-}) => {
-    return (
-        <ButtonStrip className={css.modelTransferFooter}>
-            <Button small onClick={onRefreshClick}>
-                {i18n.t('Refresh list')}
-            </Button>
-
-            <LinkButton small href={newLink} target="_blank">
-                {i18n.t('Add new')}
-            </LinkButton>
-        </ButtonStrip>
-    )
-}
diff --git a/src/types/models.ts b/src/types/models.ts
index 0b0f35a1..87702648 100644
--- a/src/types/models.ts
+++ b/src/types/models.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
 // generated by https://github.com/Birkbjo/dhis2-open-api-ts
 export type * from './generated'
 export * from './systemSettings'
+
+export type DisplayableModel = {
+    id: string
+    displayName: string
+}