diff --git a/src/domain/usecases/DownloadTemplateUseCase.ts b/src/domain/usecases/DownloadTemplateUseCase.ts
index b4f06e86..bda3db39 100644
--- a/src/domain/usecases/DownloadTemplateUseCase.ts
+++ b/src/domain/usecases/DownloadTemplateUseCase.ts
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import { UsersRepository } from "../repositories/UsersRepository";
 import { buildAllPossiblePeriods } from "../../webapp/utils/periods";
 import { applyFilter } from "../entities/TemplateFilter";
 import { DataElementDisaggregationsMappingRepository } from "../repositories/DataElementDisaggregationsMappingRepository";
+import { getCaptureOrgUnitIdsForDataForm } from "./utils/orgUnits";
 
 export interface DownloadTemplateProps {
     type: DataFormType;
@@ -95,12 +96,17 @@ export class DownloadTemplateUseCase implements UseCase {
         const element = await getElement(api, type, id);
         const name = element.displayName ?? element.name;
 
+        const orgUnitIds =
+            _.isEmpty(orgUnits) && settings.orgUnitSelection === "import"
+                ? getCaptureOrgUnitIdsForDataForm(element.organisationUnits, currentUser.orgUnits)
+                : orgUnits;
+
         async function getGenerateFile(maxTeiRows?: number) {
             const result = await getElementMetadata({
                 api,
                 element,
                 downloadRelationships,
-                orgUnitIds: orgUnits,
+                orgUnitIds,
                 startDate: startDate?.toDate(),
                 endDate: endDate?.toDate(),
                 populateStartDate: populateStartDate?.toDate(),
diff --git a/src/domain/usecases/utils/__tests__/orgUnits.spec.ts b/src/domain/usecases/utils/__tests__/orgUnits.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..50dc6a33
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/domain/usecases/utils/__tests__/orgUnits.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+import { OrgUnit } from "../../../entities/OrgUnit";
+import { getCaptureOrgUnitIdsForDataForm } from "../orgUnits";
+
+function buildOrgUnit(id: string, path: string): OrgUnit {
+    return { id, path, name: id, level: path.split("/").length - 1 };
+}
+
+describe("getCaptureOrgUnitIdsForDataForm", () => {
+    it("returns empty when the data form org unit is a parent of the user org units", () => {
+        const dataFormOrgUnits = [{ id: "global", path: "/global" }];
+        const userOrgUnits = [buildOrgUnit("spain", "/global/spain"), buildOrgUnit("albania", "/global/albania")];
+
+        const result = getCaptureOrgUnitIdsForDataForm(dataFormOrgUnits, userOrgUnits);
+
+        expect(result).toEqual([]);
+    });
+
+    it("returns the data form org units when the user has a parent org unit", () => {
+        const dataFormOrgUnits = [
+            { id: "spain", path: "/global/spain" },
+            { id: "albania", path: "/global/albania" },
+        ];
+        const userOrgUnits = [buildOrgUnit("global", "/global")];
+
+        const result = getCaptureOrgUnitIdsForDataForm(dataFormOrgUnits, userOrgUnits);
+
+        expect(result).toEqual(["spain", "albania"]);
+    });
+
+    it("returns the data form org unit when the user has the exact same org unit", () => {
+        const dataFormOrgUnits = [{ id: "spain", path: "/global/spain" }];
+        const userOrgUnits = [buildOrgUnit("spain", "/global/spain")];
+
+        const result = getCaptureOrgUnitIdsForDataForm(dataFormOrgUnits, userOrgUnits);
+
+        expect(result).toEqual(["spain"]);
+    });
+
+    it("only returns the data form org units the user has access to", () => {
+        const dataFormOrgUnits = [
+            { id: "spain", path: "/global/spain" },
+            { id: "france", path: "/global/france" },
+        ];
+        const userOrgUnits = [buildOrgUnit("spain", "/global/spain")];
+
+        const result = getCaptureOrgUnitIdsForDataForm(dataFormOrgUnits, userOrgUnits);
+
+        expect(result).toEqual(["spain"]);
+    });
+
+    it("does not match org units with similar path prefixes that are not ancestors", () => {
+        const dataFormOrgUnits = [{ id: "spain2", path: "/global/spain2" }];
+        const userOrgUnits = [buildOrgUnit("spain", "/global/spain")];
+
+        const result = getCaptureOrgUnitIdsForDataForm(dataFormOrgUnits, userOrgUnits);
+
+        expect(result).toEqual([]);
+    });
+
+    it("returns empty when the user has no org units", () => {
+        const dataFormOrgUnits = [{ id: "spain", path: "/global/spain" }];
+
+        const result = getCaptureOrgUnitIdsForDataForm(dataFormOrgUnits, []);
+
+        expect(result).toEqual([]);
+    });
+});
diff --git a/src/domain/usecases/utils/orgUnits.ts b/src/domain/usecases/utils/orgUnits.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..aba4be59
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/domain/usecases/utils/orgUnits.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+import { OrgUnit } from "../../entities/OrgUnit";
+import { Id, Ref } from "../../entities/ReferenceObject";
+
+/* Return the org units of the data form (dataSet/program) the current user can capture data for,
+   either directly or through a parent org unit (matched by path). */
+export function getCaptureOrgUnitIdsForDataForm(
+    dataFormOrgUnits: Array<Ref & { path: string }>,
+    userOrgUnits: OrgUnit[]
+): Id[] {
+    return dataFormOrgUnits
+        .filter(dataFormOrgUnit =>
+            userOrgUnits.some(
+                userOrgUnit =>
+                    dataFormOrgUnit.path === userOrgUnit.path ||
+                    dataFormOrgUnit.path.startsWith(`${userOrgUnit.path}/`)
+            )
+        )
+        .map(orgUnit => orgUnit.id);
+}
diff --git a/src/webapp/components/template-selector/TemplateSelector.tsx b/src/webapp/components/template-selector/TemplateSelector.tsx
index 9fc4a918..ecc755dd 100644
--- a/src/webapp/components/template-selector/TemplateSelector.tsx
+++ b/src/webapp/components/template-selector/TemplateSelector.tsx
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ export const TemplateSelector = ({
         {
             startDate: moment().add("-1", "year").startOf("year"),
             endDate: moment().add("-1", "year").endOf("year"),
-            relationshipsOuFilter: "SELECTED",
+            relationshipsOuFilter: settings.orgUnitSelection === "import" ? "CAPTURE" : "SELECTED",
             populate: false,
             downloadRelationships: true,
             filterTEIEnrollmentDate: false,
diff --git a/src/webapp/pages/download-template/DownloadTemplatePage.tsx b/src/webapp/pages/download-template/DownloadTemplatePage.tsx
index f983004f..ec629730 100644
--- a/src/webapp/pages/download-template/DownloadTemplatePage.tsx
+++ b/src/webapp/pages/download-template/DownloadTemplatePage.tsx
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ export default function DownloadTemplatePage({ settings, themes, customTemplates
             template;
 
         if (
+            type === "trackerPrograms" &&
+            populate &&
             (template.relationshipsOuFilter === "SELECTED" ||
                 template.relationshipsOuFilter === "CHILDREN" ||
                 template.relationshipsOuFilter === "DESCENDANTS") &&