diff --git a/config/install/views.view.activities.yml b/config/install/views.view.activities.yml
index 2816491..1919165 100644
--- a/config/install/views.view.activities.yml
+++ b/config/install/views.view.activities.yml
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ dependencies:
   config:
     - user.role.authenticated
   module:
+    - datetime
     - opencase_entities
     - user
 id: activities
@@ -69,6 +70,72 @@ display:
       row:
         type: fields
       fields:
+        activity_date_time:
+          id: activity_date_time
+          table: oc_activity_field_data
+          field: activity_date_time
+          relationship: none
+          group_type: group
+          admin_label: ''
+          label: 'Date and time'
+          exclude: false
+          alter:
+            alter_text: false
+            text: ''
+            make_link: false
+            path: ''
+            absolute: false
+            external: false
+            replace_spaces: false
+            path_case: none
+            trim_whitespace: false
+            alt: ''
+            rel: ''
+            link_class: ''
+            prefix: ''
+            suffix: ''
+            target: ''
+            nl2br: false
+            max_length: 0
+            word_boundary: true
+            ellipsis: true
+            more_link: false
+            more_link_text: ''
+            more_link_path: ''
+            strip_tags: false
+            trim: false
+            preserve_tags: ''
+            html: false
+          element_type: ''
+          element_class: ''
+          element_label_type: ''
+          element_label_class: ''
+          element_label_colon: true
+          element_wrapper_type: ''
+          element_wrapper_class: ''
+          element_default_classes: true
+          empty: ''
+          hide_empty: false
+          empty_zero: false
+          hide_alter_empty: true
+          click_sort_column: value
+          type: datetime_custom
+          settings:
+            timezone_override: ''
+            date_format: 'd/m/Y - H:i'
+          group_column: value
+          group_columns: {  }
+          group_rows: true
+          delta_limit: 0
+          delta_offset: 0
+          delta_reversed: false
+          delta_first_last: false
+          multi_type: separator
+          separator: ', '
+          field_api_classes: false
+          entity_type: oc_activity
+          entity_field: activity_date_time
+          plugin_id: field
         name:
           id: name
           table: oc_activity_field_data
@@ -263,73 +330,6 @@ display:
           entity_type: oc_activity
           entity_field: description
           plugin_id: field
-        created:
-          id: created
-          table: oc_activity_field_data
-          field: created
-          relationship: none
-          group_type: group
-          admin_label: ''
-          label: Created
-          exclude: false
-          alter:
-            alter_text: false
-            text: ''
-            make_link: false
-            path: ''
-            absolute: false
-            external: false
-            replace_spaces: false
-            path_case: none
-            trim_whitespace: false
-            alt: ''
-            rel: ''
-            link_class: ''
-            prefix: ''
-            suffix: ''
-            target: ''
-            nl2br: false
-            max_length: 0
-            word_boundary: true
-            ellipsis: true
-            more_link: false
-            more_link_text: ''
-            more_link_path: ''
-            strip_tags: false
-            trim: false
-            preserve_tags: ''
-            html: false
-          element_type: ''
-          element_class: ''
-          element_label_type: ''
-          element_label_class: ''
-          element_label_colon: true
-          element_wrapper_type: ''
-          element_wrapper_class: ''
-          element_default_classes: true
-          empty: ''
-          hide_empty: false
-          empty_zero: false
-          hide_alter_empty: true
-          click_sort_column: value
-          type: timestamp
-          settings:
-            date_format: short
-            custom_date_format: ''
-            timezone: ''
-          group_column: value
-          group_columns: {  }
-          group_rows: true
-          delta_limit: 0
-          delta_offset: 0
-          delta_reversed: false
-          delta_first_last: false
-          multi_type: separator
-          separator: ', '
-          field_api_classes: false
-          entity_type: oc_activity
-          entity_field: created
-          plugin_id: field
         view_oc_activity:
           id: view_oc_activity
           table: oc_activity
diff --git a/config/install/views.view.cases.yml b/config/install/views.view.cases.yml
index 0631ddf..ba38d4a 100644
--- a/config/install/views.view.cases.yml
+++ b/config/install/views.view.cases.yml
@@ -477,7 +477,7 @@ display:
           admin_label: ''
           empty: true
           tokenize: false
-          content: "<p>Either there are no cases involving this person, or you do not have access to them.</p>\n"
+          content: "<p>Either there are no cases involving this person, or you do not have access to them.</p> <p>To create a case, use the sidebar menu to the right</p>"
           plugin_id: text_custom
       relationships: {  }
       arguments:
@@ -584,7 +584,7 @@ display:
           admin_label: ''
           empty: true
           tokenize: false
-          content: "<h1>No cases found</h1>\n<p>You do not have access to any existing cases.</p>\n<p>To <b>add a new case</b>, first search for the person you want to add a case to. If they are not on the system yet you can add them using the <b>Add actors</b> menu in the left sidebar.</p>\n"
+          content: "<h1>No cases found</h1>\n<p>You do not have access to any existing cases.</p>\n<p>To <b>add a new case</b>, first search for the person you want to create a case for, using the search bar at the top right of the screen. If they are not on the system yet, add them using the <b>Add People</b> tab.</p>\n"
           plugin_id: text_custom
     cache_metadata:
       max-age: -1
diff --git a/modules/opencase_default_reporting/config/optional/search_api.index.opencase_reporting_cases.yml b/modules/opencase_default_reporting/config/install/search_api.index.opencase_reporting_cases.yml
similarity index 100%
rename from modules/opencase_default_reporting/config/optional/search_api.index.opencase_reporting_cases.yml
rename to modules/opencase_default_reporting/config/install/search_api.index.opencase_reporting_cases.yml
diff --git a/modules/opencase_default_reporting/config/optional/search_api.index.opencase_reporting_clients.yml b/modules/opencase_default_reporting/config/install/search_api.index.opencase_reporting_clients.yml
similarity index 100%
rename from modules/opencase_default_reporting/config/optional/search_api.index.opencase_reporting_clients.yml
rename to modules/opencase_default_reporting/config/install/search_api.index.opencase_reporting_clients.yml
diff --git a/modules/opencase_default_reporting/config/optional/search_api.index.opencase_reporting_volunteers.yml b/modules/opencase_default_reporting/config/install/search_api.index.opencase_reporting_volunteers.yml
similarity index 100%
rename from modules/opencase_default_reporting/config/optional/search_api.index.opencase_reporting_volunteers.yml
rename to modules/opencase_default_reporting/config/install/search_api.index.opencase_reporting_volunteers.yml
diff --git a/modules/opencase_default_reporting/opencase_default_reporting.module b/modules/opencase_default_reporting/opencase_default_reporting.module
index 00fb435..c1861c0 100644
--- a/modules/opencase_default_reporting/opencase_default_reporting.module
+++ b/modules/opencase_default_reporting/opencase_default_reporting.module
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@
 
 function opencase_default_reporting_uninstall() {
   $configs = [
-//    'search_api.index.opencase_reporting_cases',
-//    'search_api.index.opencase_reporting_clients',
-//    'search_api.index.opencase_reporting_volunteers',
+    'search_api.index.opencase_reporting_cases',
+    'search_api.index.opencase_reporting_clients',
+    'search_api.index.opencase_reporting_volunteers',
     'block.block.facet_asylum_status',
     'block.block.facet_created',
     'block.block.facet_disability',
diff --git a/modules/opencase_entities/opencase_entities.install b/modules/opencase_entities/opencase_entities.install
index 5209e2c..9fb0966 100644
--- a/modules/opencase_entities/opencase_entities.install
+++ b/modules/opencase_entities/opencase_entities.install
@@ -8,10 +8,7 @@ function opencase_entities_update_8003() {
       ->setLabel(t('Date and time'))
       ->setDescription(t('When the activity started.'))
       ->setRevisionable(TRUE)
-      ->setSettings([
-        'datetime_type' => 'date'
-      ])
-      ->setDefaultValue('2000-01-01')
+      ->setDefaultValueCallback('Drupal\opencase_entities\Entity\OCActivity::currentDateTime')
       ->setDisplayOptions('view', [
         'type' => 'datetime_default',
         'settings' => [
diff --git a/modules/opencase_entities/src/Entity/OCActivity.php b/modules/opencase_entities/src/Entity/OCActivity.php
index e8849d0..aa2a824 100644
--- a/modules/opencase_entities/src/Entity/OCActivity.php
+++ b/modules/opencase_entities/src/Entity/OCActivity.php
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ use Drupal\Core\Entity\RevisionableInterface;
 use Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityChangedTrait;
 use Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityTypeInterface;
 use Drupal\user\UserInterface;
+use Drupal\datetime\Plugin\Field\FieldType\DateTimeItem;
+use Drupal\Core\Datetime\DrupalDateTime;
 
 /**
  * Defines the Activity entity.
@@ -81,6 +83,12 @@ class OCActivity extends RevisionableContentEntityBase implements OCActivityInte
     return array(\Drupal::request()->query->get('case_id'));
   }
 
+  public static function currentDateTime() {
+    $current_time = DrupalDateTime::createFromTimestamp(time());
+    $formatted = $current_time->format(DateTimeItem::DATETIME_STORAGE_FORMAT);
+    \Drupal::logger("nr_debug")->notice($formatted);
+    return $formatted;
+  }
   /**
    * {@inheritdoc}
    */
@@ -212,12 +220,10 @@ class OCActivity extends RevisionableContentEntityBase implements OCActivityInte
 
     $fields['activity_date_time'] = BaseFieldDefinition::create('datetime')
       ->setLabel(t('Date and time'))
-      ->setDescription(t('When the activity started.'))
+      ->setDescription('')
       ->setRevisionable(TRUE)
-      ->setSettings([
-        'datetime_type' => 'date'
-      ])
-      ->setDefaultValue('2000-01-01')
+      ->setRequired(TRUE)
+      ->setDefaultValueCallback('Drupal\opencase_entities\Entity\OCActivity::currentDateTime')
       ->setDisplayOptions('view', [
         'label' => 'above',
         'type' => 'datetime_default',
diff --git a/modules/opencase_search/opencase_search.info.yml b/modules/opencase_search/opencase_search.info.yml
index 07bb6de..cd4cb0d 100644
--- a/modules/opencase_search/opencase_search.info.yml
+++ b/modules/opencase_search/opencase_search.info.yml
@@ -6,4 +6,3 @@ package: 'OpenCase'
 dependencies:
   - search_api
   - search_api_db
-  - opencase