diff --git a/app/models/dialog.rb b/app/models/dialog.rb
index 754b21bea9d..e2ee3ecef9f 100644
--- a/app/models/dialog.rb
+++ b/app/models/dialog.rb
@@ -88,13 +88,19 @@ def validate_field_data
     result
   end
 
-  def init_fields_with_values(values)
-    dialog_field_hash.each do |key, field|
+  def load_values_into_fields(values)
+    dialog_field_hash.each_value do |field|
       field.dialog = self
-      values[key] = field.value
+      field.value = values[field.automate_key_name] || values[field.name]
     end
-    dialog_field_hash.each { |key, field| values[key] = field.initialize_with_values(values) }
-    dialog_field_hash.each { |_key, field| field.update_values(values) }
+  end
+
+  def initialize_value_context(_values)
+    dialog_field_hash.each_value do |field|
+      field.dialog = self
+    end
+
+    dialog_field_hash.each_value(&:initialize_value_context)
   end
 
   def init_fields_with_values_for_request(values)
@@ -112,10 +118,6 @@ def content(target = nil, resource_action = nil, all_attributes = false)
 
     workflow = ResourceActionWorkflow.new({}, User.current_user, resource_action, :target => target)
 
-    workflow.dialog.dialog_fields.each do |dialog_field|
-      # Accessing dialog_field.values forces an update for any values coming from automate
-      dialog_field.values = dialog_field.values
-    end
     DialogSerializer.new.serialize(Array[workflow.dialog], all_attributes)
   end
 
diff --git a/app/models/dialog_field.rb b/app/models/dialog_field.rb
index 5bba2cf2f6e..00b56ca8f5f 100644
--- a/app/models/dialog_field.rb
+++ b/app/models/dialog_field.rb
@@ -91,8 +91,17 @@ def self.field_types
     FIELD_CONTROLS
   end
 
+  def extract_dynamic_values
+    value
+  end
+
+  def initialize_value_context
+    @value = values_from_automate if dynamic && @value.blank?
+  end
+
   def initialize_with_values(dialog_values)
-    @value = value_from_dialog_fields(dialog_values) || default_value
+    # override in subclasses
+    nil
   end
 
   def update_values(_dialog_values)
@@ -122,9 +131,14 @@ def resource
   end
 
   def update_and_serialize_values
+    trigger_automate_value_updates
     DialogFieldSerializer.serialize(self)
   end
 
+  def trigger_automate_value_updates
+    @value = values_from_automate
+  end
+
   def update_dialog_field_responders(id_list)
     dialog_field_responders.destroy_all
 
diff --git a/app/models/dialog_field_check_box.rb b/app/models/dialog_field_check_box.rb
index 3d74a9a3cc1..d73abc63a70 100644
--- a/app/models/dialog_field_check_box.rb
+++ b/app/models/dialog_field_check_box.rb
@@ -5,11 +5,6 @@ def checked?
     value == "t"
   end
 
-  def value
-    @value = values_from_automate if dynamic && @value.blank?
-    @value
-  end
-
   def initial_values
     false
   end
@@ -32,10 +27,6 @@ def refresh_json_value
     {:checked => checked?, :read_only => read_only?, :visible => visible?}
   end
 
-  def trigger_automate_value_updates
-    values_from_automate
-  end
-
   private
 
   def required_value_error?
diff --git a/app/models/dialog_field_date_control.rb b/app/models/dialog_field_date_control.rb
index 4b1983f792e..f9179e0fb42 100644
--- a/app/models/dialog_field_date_control.rb
+++ b/app/models/dialog_field_date_control.rb
@@ -17,9 +17,8 @@ def automate_output_value
   end
 
   def value
-    @value = dynamic ? values_from_automate : default_time if @value.blank?
-
-    Date.parse(@value).strftime("%m/%d/%Y")
+    value_to_parse = @value.presence || default_time
+    Date.parse(value_to_parse).strftime("%m/%d/%Y")
   end
 
   def normalize_automate_values(automate_hash)
@@ -45,10 +44,6 @@ def refresh_json_value
     {:date => Date.parse(@value).strftime("%m/%d/%Y"), :read_only => read_only?, :visible => visible?}
   end
 
-  def trigger_automate_value_updates
-    values_from_automate
-  end
-
   private
 
   def default_time
diff --git a/app/models/dialog_field_date_time_control.rb b/app/models/dialog_field_date_time_control.rb
index e4652745222..c4112c1f772 100644
--- a/app/models/dialog_field_date_time_control.rb
+++ b/app/models/dialog_field_date_time_control.rb
@@ -7,9 +7,8 @@ def automate_output_value
   end
 
   def value
-    @value = dynamic ? values_from_automate : default_time if @value.blank?
-
-    Time.parse(@value).strftime("%m/%d/%Y %H:%M")
+    value_to_parse = @value.presence || default_time
+    Time.zone.parse(value_to_parse).strftime("%m/%d/%Y %H:%M")
   end
 
   def refresh_json_value
diff --git a/app/models/dialog_field_serializer.rb b/app/models/dialog_field_serializer.rb
index 6374a7a9b8b..07472948e3e 100644
--- a/app/models/dialog_field_serializer.rb
+++ b/app/models/dialog_field_serializer.rb
@@ -17,8 +17,7 @@ def serialize(dialog_field, all_attributes = false)
     }
 
     if dialog_field.dynamic?
-      dynamic_values = dialog_field.trigger_automate_value_updates
-      extra_attributes["values"] = dynamic_values
+      extra_attributes["values"] = dialog_field.extract_dynamic_values
     end
 
     if dialog_field.type == "DialogFieldTagControl"
diff --git a/app/models/dialog_field_sorted_item.rb b/app/models/dialog_field_sorted_item.rb
index a1cd01dbee2..2fe62e8e55e 100644
--- a/app/models/dialog_field_sorted_item.rb
+++ b/app/models/dialog_field_sorted_item.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,14 @@
 class DialogFieldSortedItem < DialogField
   AUTOMATE_VALUE_FIELDS = %w(sort_by sort_order data_type default_value required read_only visible description).freeze
 
+  def initialize_value_context
+    if load_values_on_init?
+      raw_values
+    else
+      @raw_values = initial_values
+    end
+  end
+
   def initialize_with_values(dialog_values)
     if load_values_on_init?
       raw_values
@@ -36,6 +44,10 @@ def values
     raw_values
   end
 
+  def extract_dynamic_values
+    @raw_values
+  end
+
   def get_default_value
     trigger_automate_value_updates
     default_value
@@ -75,6 +87,11 @@ def refresh_json_value(checked_value)
     {:refreshed_values => refreshed_values, :checked_value => @value, :read_only => read_only?, :visible => visible?}
   end
 
+  def force_multi_value
+    # override in subclasses
+    nil
+  end
+
   private
 
   def add_nil_option
@@ -95,7 +112,7 @@ def sort_data(data_to_sort)
     data_to_sort
   end
 
-  def determine_selected_default_value
+  def determine_selected_value
     if dynamic? && force_multi_value && !default_value.kind_of?(Array)
       self.default_value = Array.wrap(default_value)
     end
@@ -108,7 +125,7 @@ def raw_values
     reject_extranneous_nil_values unless dynamic?
     @raw_values = sort_data(@raw_values)
     add_nil_option unless dynamic?
-    determine_selected_default_value
+    determine_selected_value
     @raw_values
   end
 
diff --git a/app/models/dialog_field_tag_control.rb b/app/models/dialog_field_tag_control.rb
index b69e8d4bafb..9a8048990b2 100644
--- a/app/models/dialog_field_tag_control.rb
+++ b/app/models/dialog_field_tag_control.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
 class DialogFieldTagControl < DialogFieldSortedItem
+  def initialize_value_context
+    @value = get_default_value
+  end
+
   def initialize_with_values(dialog_values)
     @value = value_from_dialog_fields(dialog_values) || get_default_value
   end
diff --git a/app/models/dialog_field_text_box.rb b/app/models/dialog_field_text_box.rb
index 313f3f82514..c4c220fd6ab 100644
--- a/app/models/dialog_field_text_box.rb
+++ b/app/models/dialog_field_text_box.rb
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ class DialogFieldTextBox < DialogField
   AUTOMATE_VALUE_FIELDS = %w(data_type protected required validator_rule validator_type read_only visible description).freeze
 
   def value
-    @value = values_from_automate if dynamic && @value.blank?
     return nil if @value.nil?
     convert_value_to_type
   end
@@ -70,10 +69,6 @@ def refresh_json_value
     {:text => @value, :read_only => read_only?, :visible => visible?}
   end
 
-  def trigger_automate_value_updates
-    values_from_automate
-  end
-
   private
 
   def convert_value_to_type
diff --git a/app/models/resource_action_workflow.rb b/app/models/resource_action_workflow.rb
index a9b763d0abe..1bb16de97a5 100644
--- a/app/models/resource_action_workflow.rb
+++ b/app/models/resource_action_workflow.rb
@@ -103,8 +103,10 @@ def load_dialog(resource_action, values, options)
       dialog.target_resource = @target
       if options[:display_view_only]
         dialog.init_fields_with_values_for_request(values)
+      elsif options[:refresh]
+        dialog.load_values_into_fields(values)
       else
-        dialog.init_fields_with_values(values)
+        dialog.initialize_value_context(values)
       end
     end
     dialog
diff --git a/spec/models/dialog_field_check_box_spec.rb b/spec/models/dialog_field_check_box_spec.rb
index 7d7f028cceb..281f66bc4f7 100644
--- a/spec/models/dialog_field_check_box_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/dialog_field_check_box_spec.rb
@@ -1,41 +1,4 @@
 describe DialogFieldCheckBox do
-  describe "#value" do
-    let(:dialog_field) { described_class.new(:dynamic => dynamic, :value => value) }
-
-    context "when the dialog field is dynamic" do
-      let(:dynamic) { true }
-
-      context "when the current value is blank" do
-        let(:value) { "" }
-
-        before do
-          allow(DynamicDialogFieldValueProcessor).to receive(:values_from_automate).with(dialog_field).and_return("processor")
-        end
-
-        it "returns the values from the value processor" do
-          expect(dialog_field.value).to eq("processor")
-        end
-      end
-
-      context "when the current value is not blank" do
-        let(:value) { "test" }
-
-        it "returns the current value" do
-          expect(dialog_field.value).to eq("test")
-        end
-      end
-    end
-
-    context "when the dialog field is not dynamic" do
-      let(:dynamic) { false }
-      let(:value) { "test" }
-
-      it "returns the current value" do
-        expect(dialog_field.value).to eq("test")
-      end
-    end
-  end
-
   describe "#checked?" do
     let(:dialog_field) { described_class.new(:value => value) }
 
diff --git a/spec/models/dialog_field_date_control_spec.rb b/spec/models/dialog_field_date_control_spec.rb
index f4bf119797b..6f4555a2512 100644
--- a/spec/models/dialog_field_date_control_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/dialog_field_date_control_spec.rb
@@ -25,25 +25,23 @@
     context "when the value is blank" do
       let(:value) { "" }
 
+      before do
+        allow(described_class).to receive(:server_timezone).and_return("UTC")
+      end
+
       context "when the field is dynamic" do
         let(:dynamic) { true }
 
-        before do
-          allow(DynamicDialogFieldValueProcessor).to receive(:values_from_automate).with(dialog_field).and_return("2015-01-02")
-        end
-
-        it "returns the values from the value processor" do
-          expect(dialog_field.value).to eq("01/02/2015")
+        it "returns tomorrow's date" do
+          Timecop.freeze(Time.new(2015, 1, 2, 0, 0, 0, 0)) do
+            expect(dialog_field.value).to eq("01/03/2015")
+          end
         end
       end
 
       context "when the field is not dynamic" do
         let(:dynamic) { false }
 
-        before do
-          allow(described_class).to receive(:server_timezone).and_return("UTC")
-        end
-
         it "returns tomorrow's date" do
           Timecop.freeze(Time.new(2015, 1, 2, 0, 0, 0, 0)) do
             expect(dialog_field.value).to eq("01/03/2015")
diff --git a/spec/models/dialog_field_date_time_control_spec.rb b/spec/models/dialog_field_date_time_control_spec.rb
index 54fc1e9aba7..e2661bd607b 100644
--- a/spec/models/dialog_field_date_time_control_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/dialog_field_date_time_control_spec.rb
@@ -49,9 +49,10 @@
 
   describe "#automate_output_value" do
     let(:dialog_field) { described_class.new(:value => value) }
+    let(:server) { double("MiqServer", :server_timezone => "UTC") }
 
     before do
-      allow(described_class).to receive(:server_timezone).and_return("UTC")
+      allow(MiqServer).to receive(:my_server).and_return(server)
     end
 
     context "when the dialog_field is blank" do
@@ -83,6 +84,11 @@
 
   describe "#value" do
     let(:dialog_field) { described_class.new(:dynamic => dynamic, :value => value) }
+    let(:server) { double("MiqServer", :server_timezone => "UTC") }
+
+    before do
+      allow(MiqServer).to receive(:my_server).and_return(server)
+    end
 
     context "when the value is not blank" do
       let(:value) { "04/07/2015 00:00" }
@@ -110,23 +116,16 @@
       context "when the field is dynamic" do
         let(:dynamic) { true }
 
-        before do
-          allow(DynamicDialogFieldValueProcessor).to receive(:values_from_automate)
-            .with(dialog_field).and_return("2015-01-02")
-        end
-
-        it "returns the values from the value processor" do
-          expect(dialog_field.value).to eq("01/02/2015 00:00")
+        it "returns tomorrow's date" do
+          Timecop.freeze(Time.utc(2015, 1, 2, 4, 30)) do
+            expect(dialog_field.value).to eq("01/03/2015 04:30")
+          end
         end
       end
 
       context "when the field is not dynamic" do
         let(:dynamic) { false }
 
-        before do
-          allow(described_class).to receive(:server_timezone).and_return("UTC")
-        end
-
         it "returns tomorrow's date" do
           Timecop.freeze(Time.utc(2015, 1, 2, 4, 30)) do
             expect(dialog_field.value).to eq("01/03/2015 04:30")
@@ -138,9 +137,10 @@
 
   describe "#refresh_json_value" do
     let(:dialog_field) { described_class.new(:read_only => true) }
+    let(:server) { double("MiqServer", :server_timezone => "UTC") }
 
     before do
-      allow(described_class).to receive(:server_timezone).and_return("UTC")
+      allow(MiqServer).to receive(:my_server).and_return(server)
       allow(DynamicDialogFieldValueProcessor).to receive(:values_from_automate)
         .with(dialog_field).and_return("2015-02-03T18:50:00Z")
     end
diff --git a/spec/models/dialog_field_serializer_spec.rb b/spec/models/dialog_field_serializer_spec.rb
index f1ca04efa9a..bc0eb9731cb 100644
--- a/spec/models/dialog_field_serializer_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/dialog_field_serializer_spec.rb
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
       let(:dynamic) { true }
 
       before do
-        allow(dialog_field).to receive(:trigger_automate_value_updates).and_return("dynamic values")
+        allow(dialog_field).to receive(:extract_dynamic_values).and_return("dynamic values")
       end
 
       context 'when wanting the excluded set of attributes' do
diff --git a/spec/models/dialog_field_sorted_item_spec.rb b/spec/models/dialog_field_sorted_item_spec.rb
index b3d40561866..b13c03fbb8f 100644
--- a/spec/models/dialog_field_sorted_item_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/dialog_field_sorted_item_spec.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,137 @@
 describe DialogFieldSortedItem do
+  describe "#initialize_value_context" do
+    let(:dialog_field) do
+      described_class.new(
+        :name                => "potato_name",
+        :default_value       => default_value,
+        :dynamic             => true,
+        :load_values_on_init => load_values_on_init,
+        :show_refresh_button => show_refresh_button,
+        :values              => [%w(test test), %w(test2 test2)]
+      )
+    end
+    let(:default_value) { "test2" }
+    let(:automate_values) { [%w(test1 test1), %w(test2 test2), %w(test3 test3)] }
+
+    before do
+      allow(DynamicDialogFieldValueProcessor).to receive(:values_from_automate).and_return(automate_values)
+    end
+
+    context "when show_refresh_button is true" do
+      let(:show_refresh_button) { true }
+
+      context "when load_values_on_init is true" do
+        let(:load_values_on_init) { true }
+
+        context "when the default_value is not included in the list of values" do
+          let(:default_value) { "test4" }
+
+          it "uses the first value as the default" do
+            dialog_field.initialize_value_context
+            expect(dialog_field.default_value).to eq("test1")
+          end
+
+          it "sets the values to what should be returned from automate" do
+            dialog_field.initialize_value_context
+            expect(dialog_field.extract_dynamic_values).to eq(automate_values)
+          end
+        end
+
+        context "when the default_value is included in the list of values" do
+          let(:default_value) { "test2" }
+
+          it "uses the given value as the default" do
+            dialog_field.initialize_value_context
+            expect(dialog_field.default_value).to eq("test2")
+          end
+
+          it "sets the values to what should be returned from automate" do
+            dialog_field.initialize_value_context
+            expect(dialog_field.extract_dynamic_values).to eq(automate_values)
+          end
+        end
+      end
+
+      context "when load_values_on_init is false" do
+        let(:load_values_on_init) { false }
+        let(:dialog_values) { "potato" }
+
+        it "sets the raw values to the initial values" do
+          dialog_field.initialize_value_context
+          expect(dialog_field.instance_variable_get(:@raw_values)).to eq([[nil, "<None>"]])
+        end
+      end
+    end
+
+    context "when show_refresh_button is false" do
+      let(:show_refresh_button) { false }
+
+      context "when load_values_on_init is true" do
+        let(:load_values_on_init) { true }
+
+        context "when the default_value is not included in the list of values" do
+          let(:default_value) { "test4" }
+
+          it "uses the first value as the default" do
+            dialog_field.initialize_value_context
+            expect(dialog_field.default_value).to eq("test1")
+          end
+
+          it "sets the values to what should be returned from automate" do
+            dialog_field.initialize_value_context
+            expect(dialog_field.extract_dynamic_values).to eq(automate_values)
+          end
+        end
+
+        context "when the default_value is included in the list of values" do
+          let(:default_value) { "test2" }
+
+          it "uses the given value as the default" do
+            dialog_field.initialize_value_context
+            expect(dialog_field.default_value).to eq("test2")
+          end
+
+          it "sets the values to what should be returned from automate" do
+            dialog_field.initialize_value_context
+            expect(dialog_field.extract_dynamic_values).to eq(automate_values)
+          end
+        end
+      end
+
+      context "when load_values_on_init is false" do
+        let(:load_values_on_init) { false }
+
+        context "when the default_value is not included in the list of values" do
+          let(:default_value) { "test4" }
+
+          it "uses the first value as the default" do
+            dialog_field.initialize_value_context
+            expect(dialog_field.default_value).to eq("test1")
+          end
+
+          it "sets the values to what should be returned from automate" do
+            dialog_field.initialize_value_context
+            expect(dialog_field.extract_dynamic_values).to eq(automate_values)
+          end
+        end
+
+        context "when the default_value is included in the list of values" do
+          let(:default_value) { "test2" }
+
+          it "uses the given value as the default" do
+            dialog_field.initialize_value_context
+            expect(dialog_field.default_value).to eq("test2")
+          end
+
+          it "sets the values to what should be returned from automate" do
+            dialog_field.initialize_value_context
+            expect(dialog_field.extract_dynamic_values).to eq(automate_values)
+          end
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
   describe "#initialize_with_values" do
     let(:dialog_field) do
       described_class.new(
diff --git a/spec/models/dialog_field_spec.rb b/spec/models/dialog_field_spec.rb
index f99f90ef62a..a04e2aef64b 100644
--- a/spec/models/dialog_field_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/dialog_field_spec.rb
@@ -106,38 +106,45 @@
         end
       end
     end
+  end
 
-    describe "#initialize_with_values" do
-      it "uses #automate_key_name for extracting initial dialog values" do
-        dialog_value = "dummy dialog value"
-        @df.initialize_with_values(@df.automate_key_name => dialog_value)
-        expect(@df.value).to eq(dialog_value)
-      end
+  describe "#initialize_value_context" do
+    let(:field) { described_class.new(:dynamic => dynamic, :value => value) }
 
-      it "initializes to nil with no initial value and no default value" do
-        initial_dialog_values = {}
-        @df.initialize_with_values(initial_dialog_values)
-        expect(@df.value).to be_nil
-      end
+    context "when the field is dynamic" do
+      let(:dynamic) { true }
+
+      context "when the value is blank" do
+        let(:value) { "" }
+        let(:automate_value) { "some value from automate" }
+
+        before do
+          allow(DynamicDialogFieldValueProcessor).to receive(:values_from_automate).and_return(automate_value)
+        end
 
-      it "initializes to the default value with no initial value and a default value" do
-        initial_dialog_values = {}
-        @df.default_value = "default_test"
-        @df.initialize_with_values(initial_dialog_values)
-        expect(@df.value).to eq("default_test")
+        it "sets the value to the automate value" do
+          field.initialize_value_context
+          expect(field.instance_variable_get(:@value)).to eq("some value from automate")
+        end
       end
 
-      it "initializes to the dialog value with a dialog value and no default value" do
-        initial_dialog_values = {@df.automate_key_name => "test"}
-        @df.initialize_with_values(initial_dialog_values)
-        expect(@df.value).to eq("test")
+      context "when the value is not blank" do
+        let(:value) { "not blank" }
+
+        it "does not adjust the value" do
+          field.initialize_value_context
+          expect(field.instance_variable_get(:@value)).to eq("not blank")
+        end
       end
+    end
+
+    context "when the field is not dynamic" do
+      let(:dynamic) { false }
+      let(:value) { "not dynamic" }
 
-      it "initializes to the dialog value with a dialog value and a default value" do
-        initial_dialog_values = {@df.automate_key_name => "test"}
-        @df.default_value = "default_test"
-        @df.initialize_with_values(initial_dialog_values)
-        expect(@df.value).to eq("test")
+      it "does not adjust the value" do
+        field.initialize_value_context
+        expect(field.instance_variable_get(:@value)).to eq("not dynamic")
       end
     end
   end
@@ -167,10 +174,14 @@
 
     before do
       allow(DialogFieldSerializer).to receive(:serialize).with(dialog_field)
+      allow(DynamicDialogFieldValueProcessor).to receive(:values_from_automate).with(dialog_field).and_return(
+        "automate values"
+      )
     end
 
-    it "serializes the dialog field" do
-      expect(DialogFieldSerializer).to receive(:serialize).with(dialog_field)
+    it "triggers an automate value update and then serializes the field" do
+      expect(DynamicDialogFieldValueProcessor).to receive(:values_from_automate).with(dialog_field).ordered
+      expect(DialogFieldSerializer).to receive(:serialize).with(dialog_field).ordered
       dialog_field.update_and_serialize_values
     end
   end
diff --git a/spec/models/dialog_field_text_box_spec.rb b/spec/models/dialog_field_text_box_spec.rb
index d25d403219a..4223771ae26 100644
--- a/spec/models/dialog_field_text_box_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/dialog_field_text_box_spec.rb
@@ -20,15 +20,6 @@
       @df.protected = true
       expect(@df).to be_protected
     end
-
-    describe "#initialize_with_values" do
-      it "decrypts protected automate dialog values" do
-        password = "test"
-        @df.protected = true
-        @df.initialize_with_values(@df.automate_key_name => MiqPassword.encrypt(password))
-        expect(@df.value).to eq(password)
-      end
-    end
   end
 
   context "dialog field text box without protected field" do
@@ -176,92 +167,43 @@
   end
 
   describe "#value" do
-    let(:dialog_field) { described_class.new(:dynamic => dynamic, :value => value, :data_type => data_type) }
-
-    context "when the dialog field is dynamic" do
-      let(:dynamic) { true }
+    let(:dialog_field) { described_class.new(:value => value, :data_type => data_type) }
 
-      context "when the dialog field has a value already" do
-        let(:value) { "test" }
-
-        context "when the data type is integer" do
-          let(:data_type) { "integer" }
-
-          it "converts the data into an integer" do
-            expect(dialog_field.value).to eq(0)
-          end
-        end
+    context "when the value is nil" do
+      let(:value) { nil }
 
-        context "when the data type is string" do
-          let(:data_type) { "string" }
+      context "when the data_type is integer" do
+        let(:data_type) { "integer" }
 
-          it "returns the current value" do
-            expect(dialog_field.value).to eq("test")
-          end
+        it "returns nil" do
+          expect(dialog_field.value).to be_nil
         end
       end
 
-      context "when the dialog field does not have a value" do
-        let(:value) { "" }
-
-        before do
-          allow(DynamicDialogFieldValueProcessor).to receive(:values_from_automate).with(dialog_field).and_return("processor")
-        end
-
-        context "when the data type is an integer" do
-          let(:data_type) { "integer" }
-
-          it "converts the data into an integer" do
-            expect(dialog_field.value).to eq(0)
-          end
-        end
-
-        context "when the data type is a string" do
-          let(:data_type) { "string" }
+      context "when the data_type is string" do
+        let(:data_type) { "string" }
 
-          it "returns the values from the value processor" do
-            expect(dialog_field.value).to eq("processor")
-          end
+        it "returns nil" do
+          expect(dialog_field.value).to be_nil
         end
       end
     end
 
-    context "when the dialog field is not dynamic" do
-      let(:dynamic) { false }
+    context "when the value is not nil" do
+      let(:value) { "test" }
 
-      context "when the data type is integer" do
+      context "when the data_type is integer" do
         let(:data_type) { "integer" }
 
-        context "when the value is nil" do
-          let(:value) { nil }
-
-          it "returns nil" do
-            expect(dialog_field.value).to eq(nil)
-          end
-        end
-
-        context "when the value is not nil" do
-          let(:value) { "test" }
-
-          it "converts the data into an integer" do
-            expect(dialog_field.value).to eq(0)
-          end
-        end
-
-        context "when there is no value" do
-          let(:value) { nil }
-
-          it "does not convert nil value to zero" do
-            expect(dialog_field.value).to be_nil
-          end
+        it "returns an integer converted value" do
+          expect(dialog_field.value).to eq(0)
         end
       end
 
-      context "when the data type is string" do
+      context "when the data_type is string" do
         let(:data_type) { "string" }
-        let(:value) { "test" }
 
-        it "returns the current value" do
+        it "returns the string" do
           expect(dialog_field.value).to eq("test")
         end
       end
diff --git a/spec/models/resource_action_workflow_spec.rb b/spec/models/resource_action_workflow_spec.rb
index 7e4e81b7320..5a5b11100db 100644
--- a/spec/models/resource_action_workflow_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/resource_action_workflow_spec.rb
@@ -31,14 +31,6 @@
       expect(@wf.dialog.id).to eq(@dialog.id)
     end
 
-    it "load default_value" do
-      @dialog_field.update_attribute(:default_value, "testing default")
-      @wf = ResourceActionWorkflow.new({}, admin, @resource_action)
-      expect(@wf.value(@dialog_field.name)).to eq("testing default")
-      df = @wf.dialog_field(@dialog_field.name)
-      expect(df.value).to eq("testing default")
-    end
-
     it "field_name_exists?" do
       expect(@dialog.field_name_exist?('field_1')).to  be_truthy
       expect(@dialog.field_name_exist?('field_11')).to be_falsey
@@ -121,17 +113,17 @@
     let(:resource_action) { instance_double("ResourceAction", :id => 123, :dialog => dialog) }
     let(:dialog) { instance_double("Dialog", :id => 321) }
     let(:values) { "the values" }
-    let(:options) { {:display_view_only => display_view_only} }
 
     before do
       allow(ResourceAction).to receive(:find).and_return(resource_action)
-      allow(dialog).to receive(:init_fields_with_values).with(values)
+      allow(dialog).to receive(:load_values_into_fields).with(values)
+      allow(dialog).to receive(:initialize_value_context).with(values)
       allow(dialog).to receive(:init_fields_with_values_for_request).with(values)
       allow(dialog).to receive(:target_resource=)
     end
 
     context "when the options set display_view_only to true" do
-      let(:display_view_only) { true }
+      let(:options) { {:display_view_only => true} }
 
       it "calls init_fields_with_values_for_request" do
         expect(dialog).to receive(:init_fields_with_values_for_request).with(values)
@@ -139,11 +131,20 @@
       end
     end
 
-    context "when the options set display_view_only to false" do
-      let(:display_view_only) { false }
+    context "when the options are set to a refresh request" do
+      let(:options) { {:refresh => true} }
+
+      it "loads the values into fields" do
+        expect(dialog).to receive(:load_values_into_fields).with(values)
+        ResourceActionWorkflow.new(values, nil, resource_action, options)
+      end
+    end
+
+    context "when neither display_view_only nor refresh are true" do
+      let(:options) { {} }
 
-      it "calls init_fields_with_values" do
-        expect(dialog).to receive(:init_fields_with_values).with(values)
+      it "initializes the value context" do
+        expect(dialog).to receive(:initialize_value_context).with(values)
         ResourceActionWorkflow.new(values, nil, resource_action, options)
       end
     end