diff --git a/flink-cdc-composer/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/cdc/composer/flink/translator/TransformTranslator.java b/flink-cdc-composer/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/cdc/composer/flink/translator/TransformTranslator.java
index 7235f2b67..3e7634147 100644
--- a/flink-cdc-composer/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/cdc/composer/flink/translator/TransformTranslator.java
+++ b/flink-cdc-composer/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/cdc/composer/flink/translator/TransformTranslator.java
@@ -44,15 +44,13 @@ public class TransformTranslator {
         PreTransformOperator.Builder preTransformFunctionBuilder =
                 PreTransformOperator.newBuilder();
         for (TransformDef transform : transforms) {
-            if (transform.isValidProjection()) {
-                preTransformFunctionBuilder.addTransform(
-                        transform.getSourceTable(),
-                        transform.getProjection().orElse(null),
-                        transform.getFilter().orElse(null),
-                        transform.getPrimaryKeys(),
-                        transform.getPartitionKeys(),
-                        transform.getTableOptions());
-            }
+            preTransformFunctionBuilder.addTransform(
+                    transform.getSourceTable(),
+                    transform.getProjection().orElse(null),
+                    transform.getFilter().orElse(null),
+                    transform.getPrimaryKeys(),
+                    transform.getPartitionKeys(),
+                    transform.getTableOptions());
         }
         preTransformFunctionBuilder.addUdfFunctions(
                 udfFunctions.stream()
diff --git a/flink-cdc-composer/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/cdc/composer/flink/FlinkPipelineTransformITCase.java b/flink-cdc-composer/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/cdc/composer/flink/FlinkPipelineTransformITCase.java
index ebec5e160..e16a2745b 100644
--- a/flink-cdc-composer/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/cdc/composer/flink/FlinkPipelineTransformITCase.java
+++ b/flink-cdc-composer/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/cdc/composer/flink/FlinkPipelineTransformITCase.java
@@ -287,7 +287,6 @@ class FlinkPipelineTransformITCase {
      */
     @ParameterizedTest
     @EnumSource
-    @Disabled("This doesn't work until FLINK-35982 got fixed.")
     void testMetadataInfoWithoutChangingSchema(ValuesDataSink.SinkApi sinkApi) throws Exception {
         runGenericTransformTest(
                 sinkApi,
@@ -299,13 +298,13 @@ class FlinkPipelineTransformITCase {
                                 "id,name",
                                 "id",
                                 "replication_num=1,bucket=17",
-                                "Just a Transform Block")),
+                                "A Transform Block without projection or filter")),
                 Arrays.asList(
                         "CreateTableEvent{tableId=default_namespace.default_schema.mytable1, schema=columns={`id` INT,`name` STRING,`age` INT}, primaryKeys=id;name, partitionKeys=id, options=({bucket=17, replication_num=1})}",
                         "DataChangeEvent{tableId=default_namespace.default_schema.mytable1, before=[], after=[1, Alice, 18], op=INSERT, meta=()}",
                         "DataChangeEvent{tableId=default_namespace.default_schema.mytable1, before=[], after=[2, Bob, 20], op=INSERT, meta=()}",
                         "DataChangeEvent{tableId=default_namespace.default_schema.mytable1, before=[2, Bob, 20], after=[2, Bob, 30], op=UPDATE, meta=()}",
-                        "CreateTableEvent{tableId=default_namespace.default_schema.mytable2, schema=columns={`id` BIGINT,`name` STRING,`age` TINYINT,`description` STRING}, primaryKeys=id;name, partitionKeys=id, options=({bucket=17, replication_num=1})}",
+                        "CreateTableEvent{tableId=default_namespace.default_schema.mytable2, schema=columns={`id` BIGINT,`name` VARCHAR(255),`age` TINYINT,`description` STRING}, primaryKeys=id;name, partitionKeys=id, options=({bucket=17, replication_num=1})}",
                         "DataChangeEvent{tableId=default_namespace.default_schema.mytable2, before=[], after=[3, Carol, 15, student], op=INSERT, meta=()}",
                         "DataChangeEvent{tableId=default_namespace.default_schema.mytable2, before=[], after=[4, Derrida, 25, student], op=INSERT, meta=()}",
                         "DataChangeEvent{tableId=default_namespace.default_schema.mytable2, before=[4, Derrida, 25, student], after=[], op=DELETE, meta=()}"));
@@ -506,7 +505,7 @@ class FlinkPipelineTransformITCase {
                                         + "LOWER(name) AS col4, "
                                         + "TRIM(name) AS col5, "
                                         + "REGEXP_REPLACE(name, 'Al|Bo', '**') AS col6, "
-                                        + "SUBSTR(name, 0, 1) AS col7, "
+                                        + "SUBSTR(name, 1, 1) AS col7, "
                                         + "SUBSTR(name, 2, 1) AS col8, "
                                         + "SUBSTR(name, 3) AS col9, "
                                         + "CONCAT(name, ' - ', CAST(id AS VARCHAR)) AS col10",
@@ -517,13 +516,13 @@ class FlinkPipelineTransformITCase {
                                 null)),
                 Arrays.asList(
                         "CreateTableEvent{tableId=default_namespace.default_schema.mytable1, schema=columns={`id` INT,`name` STRING,`age` INT,`col1` STRING,`col2` INT,`col3` STRING,`col4` STRING,`col5` STRING,`col6` STRING,`col7` STRING,`col8` STRING,`col9` STRING,`col10` STRING}, primaryKeys=id, options=()}",
-                        "DataChangeEvent{tableId=default_namespace.default_schema.mytable1, before=[], after=[1, Alice, 18, Dear Alice, 5, ALICE, alice, Alice, **ice, A, i, ce, Alice - 1], op=INSERT, meta=()}",
-                        "DataChangeEvent{tableId=default_namespace.default_schema.mytable1, before=[], after=[2, Bob, 20, Dear Bob, 3, BOB, bob, Bob, **b, B, b, , Bob - 2], op=INSERT, meta=()}",
-                        "DataChangeEvent{tableId=default_namespace.default_schema.mytable1, before=[2, Bob, 20, Dear Bob, 3, BOB, bob, Bob, **b, B, b, , Bob - 2], after=[2, Bob, 30, Dear Bob, 3, BOB, bob, Bob, **b, B, b, , Bob - 2], op=UPDATE, meta=()}",
+                        "DataChangeEvent{tableId=default_namespace.default_schema.mytable1, before=[], after=[1, Alice, 18, Dear Alice, 5, ALICE, alice, Alice, **ice, A, l, ice, Alice - 1], op=INSERT, meta=()}",
+                        "DataChangeEvent{tableId=default_namespace.default_schema.mytable1, before=[], after=[2, Bob, 20, Dear Bob, 3, BOB, bob, Bob, **b, B, o, b, Bob - 2], op=INSERT, meta=()}",
+                        "DataChangeEvent{tableId=default_namespace.default_schema.mytable1, before=[2, Bob, 20, Dear Bob, 3, BOB, bob, Bob, **b, B, o, b, Bob - 2], after=[2, Bob, 30, Dear Bob, 3, BOB, bob, Bob, **b, B, o, b, Bob - 2], op=UPDATE, meta=()}",
                         "CreateTableEvent{tableId=default_namespace.default_schema.mytable2, schema=columns={`id` BIGINT,`name` VARCHAR(255),`age` TINYINT,`description` STRING,`col1` STRING,`col2` INT,`col3` STRING,`col4` STRING,`col5` STRING,`col6` STRING,`col7` STRING,`col8` STRING,`col9` STRING,`col10` STRING}, primaryKeys=id, options=()}",
-                        "DataChangeEvent{tableId=default_namespace.default_schema.mytable2, before=[], after=[3, Carol, 15, student, Dear Carol, 5, CAROL, carol, Carol, Carol, C, r, ol, Carol - 3], op=INSERT, meta=()}",
-                        "DataChangeEvent{tableId=default_namespace.default_schema.mytable2, before=[], after=[4, Derrida, 25, student, Dear Derrida, 7, DERRIDA, derrida, Derrida, Derrida, D, r, rida, Derrida - 4], op=INSERT, meta=()}",
-                        "DataChangeEvent{tableId=default_namespace.default_schema.mytable2, before=[4, Derrida, 25, student, Dear Derrida, 7, DERRIDA, derrida, Derrida, Derrida, D, r, rida, Derrida - 4], after=[], op=DELETE, meta=()}"));
+                        "DataChangeEvent{tableId=default_namespace.default_schema.mytable2, before=[], after=[3, Carol, 15, student, Dear Carol, 5, CAROL, carol, Carol, Carol, C, a, rol, Carol - 3], op=INSERT, meta=()}",
+                        "DataChangeEvent{tableId=default_namespace.default_schema.mytable2, before=[], after=[4, Derrida, 25, student, Dear Derrida, 7, DERRIDA, derrida, Derrida, Derrida, D, e, rrida, Derrida - 4], op=INSERT, meta=()}",
+                        "DataChangeEvent{tableId=default_namespace.default_schema.mytable2, before=[4, Derrida, 25, student, Dear Derrida, 7, DERRIDA, derrida, Derrida, Derrida, D, e, rrida, Derrida - 4], after=[], op=DELETE, meta=()}"));
     }
 
     @ParameterizedTest