diff --git a/cps-path-parser/src/main/java/org/onap/cps/cpspath/parser/CpsPathBuilder.java b/cps-path-parser/src/main/java/org/onap/cps/cpspath/parser/CpsPathBuilder.java
index 7183120..3a9d70e 100644
--- a/cps-path-parser/src/main/java/org/onap/cps/cpspath/parser/CpsPathBuilder.java
+++ b/cps-path-parser/src/main/java/org/onap/cps/cpspath/parser/CpsPathBuilder.java
@@ -22,7 +22,9 @@
 
 import static org.onap.cps.cpspath.parser.CpsPathPrefixType.DESCENDANT;
 
+import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import org.onap.cps.cpspath.parser.antlr4.CpsPathBaseListener;
 import org.onap.cps.cpspath.parser.antlr4.CpsPathParser;
@@ -50,6 +52,8 @@
 
     boolean processingAncestorAxis = false;
 
+    private List<String> containerNames = new ArrayList<>();
+
     @Override
     public void exitInvalidPostFix(final CpsPathParser.InvalidPostFixContext ctx) {
         throw new PathParsingException(ctx.getText());
@@ -146,6 +150,7 @@
 
     CpsPathQuery build() {
         cpsPathQuery.setNormalizedXpath(normalizedXpathBuilder.toString());
+        cpsPathQuery.setContainerNames(containerNames);
         return cpsPathQuery;
     }
 
@@ -155,10 +160,12 @@
 
     @Override
     public void exitContainerName(final CpsPathParser.ContainerNameContext ctx) {
+        final String containerName = ctx.getText();
         normalizedXpathBuilder.append("/")
-                .append(ctx.getText());
+                .append(containerName);
+        containerNames.add(containerName);
         if (processingAncestorAxis) {
-            normalizedAncestorPathBuilder.append("/").append(ctx.getText());
+            normalizedAncestorPathBuilder.append("/").append(containerName);
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/cps-path-parser/src/main/java/org/onap/cps/cpspath/parser/CpsPathQuery.java b/cps-path-parser/src/main/java/org/onap/cps/cpspath/parser/CpsPathQuery.java
index a9bd5d8..c9df8df 100644
--- a/cps-path-parser/src/main/java/org/onap/cps/cpspath/parser/CpsPathQuery.java
+++ b/cps-path-parser/src/main/java/org/onap/cps/cpspath/parser/CpsPathQuery.java
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 
 import static org.onap.cps.cpspath.parser.CpsPathPrefixType.ABSOLUTE;
 
+import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import lombok.AccessLevel;
 import lombok.Getter;
@@ -34,6 +35,7 @@
     private String xpathPrefix;
     private String normalizedParentPath;
     private String normalizedXpath;
+    private List<String> containerNames;
     private CpsPathPrefixType cpsPathPrefixType = ABSOLUTE;
     private String descendantName;
     private Map<String, Object> leavesData;
diff --git a/cps-path-parser/src/main/java/org/onap/cps/cpspath/parser/CpsPathUtil.java b/cps-path-parser/src/main/java/org/onap/cps/cpspath/parser/CpsPathUtil.java
index 283463b..60f0e2e 100644
--- a/cps-path-parser/src/main/java/org/onap/cps/cpspath/parser/CpsPathUtil.java
+++ b/cps-path-parser/src/main/java/org/onap/cps/cpspath/parser/CpsPathUtil.java
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 
 import static org.onap.cps.cpspath.parser.CpsPathPrefixType.ABSOLUTE;
 
+import java.util.List;
 import lombok.AccessLevel;
 import lombok.Getter;
 import lombok.NoArgsConstructor;
@@ -60,6 +61,11 @@
         return getCpsPathBuilder(xpathSource).build().getNormalizedParentPath();
     }
 
+    public static String[] getXpathNodeIdSequence(final String xpathSource) {
+        final List<String> containerNames = getCpsPathBuilder(xpathSource).build().getContainerNames();
+        return containerNames.toArray(new String[containerNames.size()]);
+    }
+
 
     /**
      * Returns boolean indicating xpath is an absolute path to a list element.
diff --git a/cps-path-parser/src/test/groovy/org/onap/cps/cpspath/parser/CpsPathUtilSpec.groovy b/cps-path-parser/src/test/groovy/org/onap/cps/cpspath/parser/CpsPathUtilSpec.groovy
index 31c1ed4..d62f337 100644
--- a/cps-path-parser/src/test/groovy/org/onap/cps/cpspath/parser/CpsPathUtilSpec.groovy
+++ b/cps-path-parser/src/test/groovy/org/onap/cps/cpspath/parser/CpsPathUtilSpec.groovy
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
         when: 'xpath with #scenario is parsed'
             def result = CpsPathUtil.getNormalizedXpath(xpath)
         then: 'normalized path uses single quotes for leave values'
-            result == "/parent/child[@common-leaf-name='123']"
+            assert result == "/parent/child[@common-leaf-name='123']"
         where: 'the following xpaths are used'
             scenario        | xpath
             'no quotes'     | '/parent/child[@common-leaf-name=123]'
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
         when: 'a given xpath with #scenario is parsed'
             def result = CpsPathUtil.getNormalizedParentXpath(xpath)
         then: 'the result is the expected parent path'
-            result == expectedParentPath
+            assert result == expectedParentPath
         where: 'the following xpaths are used'
             scenario                         | xpath                                 || expectedParentPath
             'no child'                       | '/parent'                             || ''
@@ -53,6 +53,22 @@
             'parent is list element using "' | '/parent/child[@id="x"]/grandChild'   || "/parent/child[@id='x']"
     }
 
+    def 'Get node ID sequence for given xpath'() {
+        when: 'a given xpath with #scenario is parsed'
+            def result = CpsPathUtil.getXpathNodeIdSequence(xpath)
+        then: 'the result is the expected node ID sequence'
+            assert result == expectedNodeIdSequence
+        where: 'the following xpaths are used'
+            scenario                         | xpath                                 || expectedNodeIdSequence
+            'no child'                       | '/parent'                             || ["parent"]
+            'child and parent'               | '/parent/child'                       || ["parent","child"]
+            'grand child'                    | '/parent/child/grandChild'            || ["parent","child","grandChild"]
+            'parent & top is list element'   | '/parent[@id=1]/child'                || ["parent","child"]
+            'parent is list element'         | '/parent/child[@id=1]/grandChild'     || ["parent","child","grandChild"]
+            'parent is list element with /'  | "/parent/child[@id='a/b']/grandChild" || ["parent","child","grandChild"]
+            'parent is list element with ['  | "/parent/child[@id='a[b']/grandChild" || ["parent","child","grandChild"]
+    }
+
     def 'Recognizing (absolute) xpaths to List elements'() {
         expect: 'check for list returns the correct values'
             assert CpsPathUtil.isPathToListElement(xpath) == expectList
diff --git a/cps-service/pom.xml b/cps-service/pom.xml
index 77f262c..0cefb8f 100644
--- a/cps-service/pom.xml
+++ b/cps-service/pom.xml
@@ -111,6 +111,10 @@
       <artifactId>janino</artifactId>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.onap.cps</groupId>
+      <artifactId>cps-path-parser</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
       <!-- Hazelcast provide Distributed Caches -->
       <groupId>com.hazelcast</groupId>
       <artifactId>hazelcast-spring</artifactId>
diff --git a/cps-service/src/main/java/org/onap/cps/utils/YangUtils.java b/cps-service/src/main/java/org/onap/cps/utils/YangUtils.java
index 9a61579..3ef6c6f 100644
--- a/cps-service/src/main/java/org/onap/cps/utils/YangUtils.java
+++ b/cps-service/src/main/java/org/onap/cps/utils/YangUtils.java
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.StringReader;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
-import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -37,6 +36,8 @@
 import lombok.AccessLevel;
 import lombok.NoArgsConstructor;
 import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
+import org.onap.cps.cpspath.parser.CpsPathUtil;
+import org.onap.cps.cpspath.parser.PathParsingException;
 import org.onap.cps.spi.exceptions.DataValidationException;
 import org.opendaylight.yangtools.yang.common.QName;
 import org.opendaylight.yangtools.yang.data.api.YangInstanceIdentifier;
@@ -60,9 +61,6 @@
 @NoArgsConstructor(access = AccessLevel.PRIVATE)
 public class YangUtils {
 
-    private static final String XPATH_DELIMITER_REGEX = "\\/";
-    private static final String XPATH_NODE_KEY_ATTRIBUTES_REGEX = "\\[.*?\\]";
-
     /**
      * Parses jsonData into Collection of NormalizedNode according to given schema context.
      *
@@ -170,15 +168,12 @@
     }
 
     private static String[] xpathToNodeIdSequence(final String xpath) {
-        final String[] xpathNodeIdSequence = Arrays.stream(xpath
-                        .replaceAll(XPATH_NODE_KEY_ATTRIBUTES_REGEX, "")
-                        .split(XPATH_DELIMITER_REGEX))
-                .filter(identifier -> !identifier.isEmpty())
-                .toArray(String[]::new);
-        if (xpathNodeIdSequence.length < 1) {
-            throw new DataValidationException("Invalid xpath.", "Xpath contains no node identifiers.");
+        try {
+            return CpsPathUtil.getXpathNodeIdSequence(xpath);
+        } catch (final PathParsingException pathParsingException) {
+            throw new DataValidationException(pathParsingException.getMessage(), pathParsingException.getDetails(),
+                    pathParsingException);
         }
-        return xpathNodeIdSequence;
     }
 
     private static Collection<QName> findDataSchemaNodeIdentifiersByXpathNodeIdSequence(
diff --git a/cps-service/src/test/groovy/org/onap/cps/utils/JsonObjectMapperSpec.groovy b/cps-service/src/test/groovy/org/onap/cps/utils/JsonObjectMapperSpec.groovy
index e205a19..b70c437 100644
--- a/cps-service/src/test/groovy/org/onap/cps/utils/JsonObjectMapperSpec.groovy
+++ b/cps-service/src/test/groovy/org/onap/cps/utils/JsonObjectMapperSpec.groovy
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
         then: 'the result is a valid json string (can be parsed)'
             def contentMap = new JsonSlurper().parseText(content)
         and: 'the parsed content is as expected'
-            assert contentMap.'test:bookstore'.'bookstore-name' == 'Chapters'
+            assert contentMap.'test:bookstore'.'bookstore-name' == 'Chapters/Easons'
     }
 
     def 'Map a structured object to json String error.'() {
diff --git a/cps-service/src/test/resources/bookstore.json b/cps-service/src/test/resources/bookstore.json
index d1b8d68..459908b 100644
--- a/cps-service/src/test/resources/bookstore.json
+++ b/cps-service/src/test/resources/bookstore.json
@@ -1,19 +1,19 @@
 {
    "test:bookstore":{
-      "bookstore-name": "Chapters",
+      "bookstore-name": "Chapters/Easons",
       "categories": [
          {
-            "code": "01",
+            "code": "01/1",
             "name": "SciFi",
             "books": [
                {
                   "authors": [
                      "Iain M. Banks"
                   ],
-                  "lang": "en",
+                  "lang": "en/it",
                   "price": "895",
                   "pub_year": "1994",
-                  "title": "Feersum Endjinn"
+                  "title": "Feersum Endjinn/Endjinn Feersum"
                },
                {
                   "authors": [
diff --git a/csit/data/test-tree.json b/csit/data/test-tree.json
index 89d6784..8f4b522 100644
--- a/csit/data/test-tree.json
+++ b/csit/data/test-tree.json
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@
   "test-tree": {
     "branch": [
       {
-        "name": "Left",
+        "name": "LEFT/left",
         "nest": {
-          "name": "Small",
+          "name": "SMALL/small",
           "birds": [
-            "Sparrow",
+            "SPARROW/sparrow",
             "Robin",
             "Finch"
           ]
diff --git a/csit/tests/cps-data/cps-data.robot b/csit/tests/cps-data/cps-data.robot
index 2da2b73..096bd07 100644
--- a/csit/tests/cps-data/cps-data.robot
+++ b/csit/tests/cps-data/cps-data.robot
@@ -44,10 +44,10 @@
 
 Get Data Node by XPath
     ${uri}=             Set Variable        ${basePath}/v1/dataspaces/${dataspaceName}/anchors/${anchorName}/node
-    ${params}=          Create Dictionary   xpath=/test-tree/branch[@name='Left']/nest
+    ${params}=          Create Dictionary   xpath=/test-tree/branch[@name='LEFT/left']/nest
     ${headers}=         Create Dictionary   Authorization=${auth}
     ${response}=        Get On Session      CPS_URL   ${uri}   params=${params}   headers=${headers}   expected_status=200
     ${responseJson}=    Set Variable        ${response.json()['tree:nest']}
-    Should Be Equal As Strings              ${responseJson['name']}   Small
+    Should Be Equal As Strings              ${responseJson['name']}   SMALL/small
 
 
diff --git a/docs/release-notes.rst b/docs/release-notes.rst
index 3221900..9aaf050 100755
--- a/docs/release-notes.rst
+++ b/docs/release-notes.rst
@@ -50,6 +50,8 @@
 3.2.0
    - `CPS-1312 <https://jira.onap.org/browse/CPS-1312>`_  CPS(/NCMP) does not have version control
    - `CPS-1350 <https://jira.onap.org/browse/CPS-1350>`_  [CPS/NCMP] Add Basic Auth to CPS/NCMP OpenAPI Definitions
+   - `CPS-1433 <https://jira.onap.org/browse/CPS-1433>`_  [CPS/NCMP] Fix to allow posting data with '/'
+   - `CPS-1409 <https://jira.onap.org/browse/CPS-1409>`_  [CPS/NCMP] Fix Delete uses case with '/' in path
 
 Known Limitations, Issues and Workarounds
 -----------------------------------------