diff --git a/cps-ncmp-service/src/test/groovy/org/onap/cps/ncmp/api/impl/config/embeddedcache/SynchronizationCacheConfigSpec.groovy b/cps-ncmp-service/src/test/groovy/org/onap/cps/ncmp/api/impl/config/embeddedcache/SynchronizationCacheConfigSpec.groovy
index c16d6b6..868ee7a 100644
--- a/cps-ncmp-service/src/test/groovy/org/onap/cps/ncmp/api/impl/config/embeddedcache/SynchronizationCacheConfigSpec.groovy
+++ b/cps-ncmp-service/src/test/groovy/org/onap/cps/ncmp/api/impl/config/embeddedcache/SynchronizationCacheConfigSpec.groovy
@@ -74,17 +74,30 @@
             assert dataSyncSemaphoresConfig.asyncBackupCount == 3
     }
 
-    def 'Time to Live Verify for Module Sync and Data Sync Semaphore'() {
-        when: 'the keys are inserted with a TTL'
-            moduleSyncStartedOnCmHandles.put('testKeyModuleSync', 'toBeExpired' as Object, 1000, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS)
-            dataSyncSemaphores.put('testKeyDataSync', Boolean.TRUE, 1000, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS)
-        then: 'the entries are present in the map'
+    def 'Time to Live Verify for Module Sync Semaphore'() {
+        when: 'the key is inserted with a TTL of 1 second (Hazelcast TTL resolution is seconds!)'
+            moduleSyncStartedOnCmHandles.put('testKeyModuleSync', 'toBeExpired' as Object, 1, TimeUnit.SECONDS)
+        then: 'the entry is present in the map'
             assert moduleSyncStartedOnCmHandles.get('testKeyModuleSync') != null
-            assert dataSyncSemaphores.get('testKeyDataSync') != null
-        and: 'we wait for the key expiration'
-            sleep(1500)
-        and: 'the keys should be expired as TTL elapsed'
-            assert moduleSyncStartedOnCmHandles.get('testKeyModuleSync') == null
-            assert dataSyncSemaphores.get('testKeyDataSync') == null
+        and: 'the entry expires in less then 2 seconds'
+            waitMax2SecondsForKeyExpiration(moduleSyncStartedOnCmHandles, 'testKeyModuleSync')
     }
+
+    def 'Time to Live Verify for Data Sync Semaphore'() {
+        when: 'the key is inserted with a TTL of 1 second'
+            dataSyncSemaphores.put('testKeyDataSync', Boolean.TRUE, 1, TimeUnit.SECONDS)
+        then: 'the entry is present in the map'
+            assert dataSyncSemaphores.get('testKeyDataSync') != null
+        and: 'the entry expires in less then 2 seconds'
+            waitMax2SecondsForKeyExpiration(dataSyncSemaphores, 'testKeyDataSync')
+    }
+
+    def waitMax2SecondsForKeyExpiration(map, key) {
+        def count = 0
+        while ( map.get(key)!=null && ++count <= 20 ) {
+            sleep(100)
+        }
+        return count < 20 // Should have expired in less the 20 x 100ms = 2 seconds!
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/cps-ri/src/main/java/org/onap/cps/spi/entities/FragmentEntityArranger.java b/cps-ri/src/main/java/org/onap/cps/spi/entities/FragmentEntityArranger.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..50187a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cps-ri/src/main/java/org/onap/cps/spi/entities/FragmentEntityArranger.java
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+/*
+ *  ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+ *  Copyright (C) 2022 Nordix Foundation
+ *  ================================================================================
+ *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ *  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ *  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *        http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ *  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ *  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ *  limitations under the License.
+ *
+ *  SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ *  ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.onap.cps.spi.entities;
+
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.HashSet;
+import java.util.Map;
+import lombok.AccessLevel;
+import lombok.NoArgsConstructor;
+
+@NoArgsConstructor(access = AccessLevel.PRIVATE)
+public class FragmentEntityArranger {
+
+    /**
+     * Convert a collection of (related) FragmentExtracts into a FragmentEntity (tree) with descendants.
+     * Multiple top level nodes not yet support. If found only the first top level element is returned
+     *
+     * @param anchorEntity the anchor(entity) all the fragments belong to
+     * @param fragmentExtracts FragmentExtracts to convert
+     * @return a FragmentEntity (tree) with descendants, null if none found.
+     */
+    public static FragmentEntity toFragmentEntityTree(final AnchorEntity anchorEntity,
+                                                      final Collection<FragmentExtract> fragmentExtracts) {
+        final Map<Long, FragmentEntity> fragmentEntityPerId = new HashMap<>();
+        for (final FragmentExtract fragmentExtract : fragmentExtracts) {
+            final FragmentEntity fragmentEntity = toFragmentEntity(anchorEntity, fragmentExtract);
+            fragmentEntityPerId.put(fragmentEntity.getId(), fragmentEntity);
+        }
+        return reuniteChildrenWithTheirParents(fragmentEntityPerId);
+    }
+
+    private static FragmentEntity toFragmentEntity(final AnchorEntity anchorEntity,
+                                                   final FragmentExtract fragmentExtract) {
+        final FragmentEntity fragmentEntity = new FragmentEntity();
+        fragmentEntity.setAnchor(anchorEntity);
+        fragmentEntity.setId(fragmentExtract.getId());
+        fragmentEntity.setXpath(fragmentExtract.getXpath());
+        fragmentEntity.setAttributes(fragmentExtract.getAttributes());
+        fragmentEntity.setParentId(fragmentExtract.getParentId());
+        fragmentEntity.setChildFragments(new HashSet<>());
+        return fragmentEntity;
+    }
+
+    private static FragmentEntity reuniteChildrenWithTheirParents(final Map<Long, FragmentEntity> fragmentEntityPerId) {
+        final Collection<FragmentEntity> fragmentEntitiesWithoutParentInResultSet = new HashSet<>();
+        for (final FragmentEntity fragmentEntity : fragmentEntityPerId.values()) {
+            final FragmentEntity parentFragmentEntity = fragmentEntityPerId.get(fragmentEntity.getParentId());
+            if (parentFragmentEntity == null) {
+                fragmentEntitiesWithoutParentInResultSet.add(fragmentEntity);
+            } else {
+                parentFragmentEntity.getChildFragments().add(fragmentEntity);
+            }
+        }
+        if (fragmentEntitiesWithoutParentInResultSet.iterator().hasNext()) {
+            return fragmentEntitiesWithoutParentInResultSet.iterator().next();
+        }
+        return null;
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/cps-ri/src/main/java/org/onap/cps/spi/entities/FragmentExtract.java b/cps-ri/src/main/java/org/onap/cps/spi/entities/FragmentExtract.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..52c1a60
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cps-ri/src/main/java/org/onap/cps/spi/entities/FragmentExtract.java
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+/*
+ * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+ * Copyright (C) 2022 Nordix Foundation.
+ * ================================================================================
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.onap.cps.spi.entities;
+
+public interface FragmentExtract {
+
+    Long getId();
+
+    Long getAnchorId();
+
+    String getXpath();
+
+    Long getParentId();
+
+    String getAttributes();
+}
diff --git a/cps-ri/src/main/java/org/onap/cps/spi/impl/CpsDataPersistenceServiceImpl.java b/cps-ri/src/main/java/org/onap/cps/spi/impl/CpsDataPersistenceServiceImpl.java
index 06c12a8..2a4a192 100644
--- a/cps-ri/src/main/java/org/onap/cps/spi/impl/CpsDataPersistenceServiceImpl.java
+++ b/cps-ri/src/main/java/org/onap/cps/spi/impl/CpsDataPersistenceServiceImpl.java
@@ -51,6 +51,8 @@
 import org.onap.cps.spi.entities.AnchorEntity;
 import org.onap.cps.spi.entities.DataspaceEntity;
 import org.onap.cps.spi.entities.FragmentEntity;
+import org.onap.cps.spi.entities.FragmentEntityArranger;
+import org.onap.cps.spi.entities.FragmentExtract;
 import org.onap.cps.spi.entities.SchemaSetEntity;
 import org.onap.cps.spi.entities.YangResourceEntity;
 import org.onap.cps.spi.exceptions.AlreadyDefinedException;
@@ -120,7 +122,8 @@
 
     private void addNewChildDataNode(final String dataspaceName, final String anchorName,
                                      final String parentNodeXpath, final DataNode newChild) {
-        final FragmentEntity parentFragmentEntity = getFragmentByXpath(dataspaceName, anchorName, parentNodeXpath);
+        final FragmentEntity parentFragmentEntity =
+            getFragmentWithoutDescendantsByXpath(dataspaceName, anchorName, parentNodeXpath);
         final FragmentEntity newChildAsFragmentEntity =
                 convertToFragmentWithAllDescendants(parentFragmentEntity.getDataspace(),
                         parentFragmentEntity.getAnchor(), newChild);
@@ -135,7 +138,8 @@
 
     private void addChildrenDataNodes(final String dataspaceName, final String anchorName, final String parentNodeXpath,
                                       final Collection<DataNode> newChildren) {
-        final FragmentEntity parentFragmentEntity = getFragmentByXpath(dataspaceName, anchorName, parentNodeXpath);
+        final FragmentEntity parentFragmentEntity =
+            getFragmentWithoutDescendantsByXpath(dataspaceName, anchorName, parentNodeXpath);
         final List<FragmentEntity> fragmentEntities = new ArrayList<>(newChildren.size());
         try {
             newChildren.forEach(newChildAsDataNode -> {
@@ -219,19 +223,25 @@
     @Override
     public DataNode getDataNode(final String dataspaceName, final String anchorName, final String xpath,
                                 final FetchDescendantsOption fetchDescendantsOption) {
-        final FragmentEntity fragmentEntity = getFragmentByXpath(dataspaceName, anchorName, xpath);
+        final FragmentEntity fragmentEntity = getFragmentByXpath(dataspaceName, anchorName, xpath,
+            fetchDescendantsOption);
         final DataNode dataNode = toDataNode(fragmentEntity, fetchDescendantsOption);
         dataNode.setModuleNamePrefix(getRootModuleNamePrefix(fragmentEntity.getAnchor()));
         return dataNode;
     }
 
+    private FragmentEntity getFragmentWithoutDescendantsByXpath(final String dataspaceName,
+                                                                final String anchorName,
+                                                                final String xpath) {
+        return getFragmentByXpath(dataspaceName, anchorName, xpath, FetchDescendantsOption.OMIT_DESCENDANTS);
+    }
+
     private FragmentEntity getFragmentByXpath(final String dataspaceName, final String anchorName,
-                                              final String xpath) {
+                                              final String xpath, final FetchDescendantsOption fetchDescendantsOption) {
         final DataspaceEntity dataspaceEntity = dataspaceRepository.getByName(dataspaceName);
         final AnchorEntity anchorEntity = anchorRepository.getByDataspaceAndName(dataspaceEntity, anchorName);
         if (isRootXpath(xpath)) {
-            return fragmentRepository.findFirstRootByDataspaceAndAnchor(
-                    dataspaceEntity, anchorEntity);
+            return fragmentRepository.findFirstRootByDataspaceAndAnchor(dataspaceEntity, anchorEntity);
         } else {
             final String normalizedXpath;
             try {
@@ -239,9 +249,21 @@
             } catch (final PathParsingException e) {
                 throw new CpsPathException(e.getMessage());
             }
-
-            return fragmentRepository.getByDataspaceAndAnchorAndXpath(
-                    dataspaceEntity, anchorEntity, normalizedXpath);
+            final FragmentEntity fragmentEntity;
+            if (FetchDescendantsOption.OMIT_DESCENDANTS.equals(fetchDescendantsOption)) {
+                fragmentEntity =
+                    fragmentRepository.getByDataspaceAndAnchorAndXpath(dataspaceEntity, anchorEntity, normalizedXpath);
+            } else {
+                final List<FragmentExtract> fragmentExtracts =
+                    fragmentRepository.findByAnchorIdAndParentXpath(anchorEntity.getId(), normalizedXpath);
+                log.debug("Fetched {} fragment entities by anchor {} and cps path {}.",
+                    fragmentExtracts.size(), anchorName, xpath);
+                fragmentEntity = FragmentEntityArranger.toFragmentEntityTree(anchorEntity, fragmentExtracts);
+            }
+            if (fragmentEntity == null) {
+                throw new DataNodeNotFoundException(dataspaceEntity.getName(), anchorEntity.getName(), xpath);
+            }
+            return fragmentEntity;
         }
     }
 
@@ -316,7 +338,7 @@
     }
 
     private String getRootModuleNamePrefix(final AnchorEntity anchorEntity) {
-        final String cachedModuleNamePrefix = getModuleNamePrefixFromCache(anchorEntity);
+        final String cachedModuleNamePrefix = getModuleNamePrefixFromCache(anchorEntity.getName());
         if (cachedModuleNamePrefix != null) {
             return cachedModuleNamePrefix;
         }
@@ -344,9 +366,9 @@
         }
     }
 
-    private String getModuleNamePrefixFromCache(final AnchorEntity anchorEntity) {
-        if (anchorDataCache.containsKey(anchorEntity.getName())) {
-            final AnchorDataCacheEntry anchorDataCacheEntry = anchorDataCache.get(anchorEntity.getName());
+    private String getModuleNamePrefixFromCache(final String anchorName) {
+        if (anchorDataCache.containsKey(anchorName)) {
+            final AnchorDataCacheEntry anchorDataCacheEntry = anchorDataCache.get(anchorName);
             return anchorDataCacheEntry.hasProperty(TOP_LEVEL_MODULE_PREFIX_PROPERTY_NAME)
                     ? anchorDataCacheEntry.getProperty(TOP_LEVEL_MODULE_PREFIX_PROPERTY_NAME).toString() : null;
         }
@@ -366,7 +388,7 @@
     @Override
     public void updateDataLeaves(final String dataspaceName, final String anchorName, final String xpath,
                                  final Map<String, Object> leaves) {
-        final FragmentEntity fragmentEntity = getFragmentByXpath(dataspaceName, anchorName, xpath);
+        final FragmentEntity fragmentEntity = getFragmentWithoutDescendantsByXpath(dataspaceName, anchorName, xpath);
         fragmentEntity.setAttributes(jsonObjectMapper.asJsonString(leaves));
         fragmentRepository.save(fragmentEntity);
     }
@@ -374,7 +396,8 @@
     @Override
     public void updateDataNodeAndDescendants(final String dataspaceName, final String anchorName,
                                              final DataNode dataNode) {
-        final FragmentEntity fragmentEntity = getFragmentByXpath(dataspaceName, anchorName, dataNode.getXpath());
+        final FragmentEntity fragmentEntity =
+            getFragmentWithoutDescendantsByXpath(dataspaceName, anchorName, dataNode.getXpath());
         updateFragmentEntityAndDescendantsWithDataNode(fragmentEntity, dataNode);
         try {
             fragmentRepository.save(fragmentEntity);
@@ -393,7 +416,8 @@
         final Map<DataNode, FragmentEntity> dataNodeFragmentEntityMap = dataNodes.stream()
                 .collect(Collectors.toMap(
                         dataNode -> dataNode,
-                        dataNode -> getFragmentByXpath(dataspaceName, anchorName, dataNode.getXpath())));
+                        dataNode ->
+                            getFragmentWithoutDescendantsByXpath(dataspaceName, anchorName, dataNode.getXpath())));
         dataNodeFragmentEntityMap.forEach(
                 (dataNode, fragmentEntity) -> updateFragmentEntityAndDescendantsWithDataNode(fragmentEntity, dataNode));
         try {
@@ -453,7 +477,8 @@
     @Transactional
     public void replaceListContent(final String dataspaceName, final String anchorName, final String parentNodeXpath,
                                    final Collection<DataNode> newListElements) {
-        final FragmentEntity parentEntity = getFragmentByXpath(dataspaceName, anchorName, parentNodeXpath);
+        final FragmentEntity parentEntity =
+            getFragmentWithoutDescendantsByXpath(dataspaceName, anchorName, parentNodeXpath);
         final String listElementXpathPrefix = getListElementXpathPrefix(newListElements);
         final Map<String, FragmentEntity> existingListElementFragmentEntitiesByXPath =
                 extractListElementFragmentEntitiesByXPath(parentEntity.getChildFragments(), listElementXpathPrefix);
@@ -507,7 +532,7 @@
             } else {
                 parentNodeXpath = targetXpath.substring(0, targetXpath.lastIndexOf('/'));
             }
-            parentFragmentEntity = getFragmentByXpath(dataspaceName, anchorName, parentNodeXpath);
+            parentFragmentEntity = getFragmentWithoutDescendantsByXpath(dataspaceName, anchorName, parentNodeXpath);
             final String lastXpathElement = targetXpath.substring(targetXpath.lastIndexOf('/'));
             final boolean isListElement = REG_EX_PATTERN_FOR_LIST_ELEMENT_KEY_PREDICATE
                     .matcher(lastXpathElement).find();
diff --git a/cps-ri/src/main/java/org/onap/cps/spi/repository/FragmentRepository.java b/cps-ri/src/main/java/org/onap/cps/spi/repository/FragmentRepository.java
index c48c79e..112ebfd 100755
--- a/cps-ri/src/main/java/org/onap/cps/spi/repository/FragmentRepository.java
+++ b/cps-ri/src/main/java/org/onap/cps/spi/repository/FragmentRepository.java
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 import org.onap.cps.spi.entities.AnchorEntity;
 import org.onap.cps.spi.entities.DataspaceEntity;
 import org.onap.cps.spi.entities.FragmentEntity;
+import org.onap.cps.spi.entities.FragmentExtract;
 import org.onap.cps.spi.exceptions.DataNodeNotFoundException;
 import org.springframework.data.jpa.repository.JpaRepository;
 import org.springframework.data.jpa.repository.Modifying;
@@ -69,4 +70,12 @@
     @Modifying
     @Query("DELETE FROM FragmentEntity fe WHERE fe.anchor IN (:anchors)")
     void deleteByAnchorIn(@NotNull @Param("anchors") Collection<AnchorEntity> anchorEntities);
+
+    @Query(value = "SELECT id, anchor_id AS anchorId, xpath, parent_id AS parentId,"
+        + " CAST(attributes AS TEXT) AS attributes"
+        + " FROM FRAGMENT WHERE anchor_id = :anchorId"
+        + " AND ( xpath = :parentXpath OR xpath LIKE CONCAT(:parentXpath,'/%') )",
+           nativeQuery = true)
+    List<FragmentExtract> findByAnchorIdAndParentXpath(@Param("anchorId") int anchorId,
+                                                       @Param("parentXpath") String parentXpath);
 }
diff --git a/cps-ri/src/main/java/org/onap/cps/spi/repository/FragmentRepositoryCpsPathQueryImpl.java b/cps-ri/src/main/java/org/onap/cps/spi/repository/FragmentRepositoryCpsPathQueryImpl.java
index 654c1c0..1d61416 100644
--- a/cps-ri/src/main/java/org/onap/cps/spi/repository/FragmentRepositoryCpsPathQueryImpl.java
+++ b/cps-ri/src/main/java/org/onap/cps/spi/repository/FragmentRepositoryCpsPathQueryImpl.java
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
         if (cpsPathQuery.hasLeafConditions()) {
             sqlStringBuilder.append(" AND attributes @> :leafDataAsJson\\:\\:jsonb");
             queryParameters.put("leafDataAsJson", jsonObjectMapper.asJsonString(
-                    cpsPathQuery.getLeavesData()));
+                cpsPathQuery.getLeavesData()));
         }
 
         addTextFunctionCondition(cpsPathQuery, sqlStringBuilder, queryParameters);
diff --git a/cps-ri/src/test/groovy/org/onap/cps/spi/impl/CpsDataPersistenceServiceIntegrationSpec.groovy b/cps-ri/src/test/groovy/org/onap/cps/spi/impl/CpsDataPersistenceServiceIntegrationSpec.groovy
index 5e15ca7..412c5aa 100755
--- a/cps-ri/src/test/groovy/org/onap/cps/spi/impl/CpsDataPersistenceServiceIntegrationSpec.groovy
+++ b/cps-ri/src/test/groovy/org/onap/cps/spi/impl/CpsDataPersistenceServiceIntegrationSpec.groovy
@@ -531,28 +531,25 @@
     def 'Confirm deletion of #scenario.'() {
         given: 'a valid data node'
             def dataNode
-            def dataNodeXpath
-        when: 'data nodes are deleted'
+        and: 'data nodes are deleted'
             objectUnderTest.deleteDataNode(DATASPACE_NAME, ANCHOR_NAME3, xpathForDeletion)
-        then: 'verify data nodes are removed'
-            try {
-                dataNode = objectUnderTest.getDataNode(DATASPACE_NAME, ANCHOR_NAME3, getDataNodesXpaths, INCLUDE_ALL_DESCENDANTS)
-                dataNodeXpath = dataNode.xpath
-                assert dataNodeXpath == expectedXpaths
-            } catch (DataNodeNotFoundException) {
-                assert dataNodeXpath == expectedXpaths
+        when: 'verify data nodes are removed'
+            objectUnderTest.getDataNode(DATASPACE_NAME, ANCHOR_NAME3, xpathForDeletion, INCLUDE_ALL_DESCENDANTS)
+        then:
+            thrown(DataNodeNotFoundException)
+        and: 'some related object is not deleted'
+            if (xpathSurvivor!=null) {
+                dataNode = objectUnderTest.getDataNode(DATASPACE_NAME, ANCHOR_NAME3, xpathSurvivor, INCLUDE_ALL_DESCENDANTS)
+                assert dataNode.xpath == xpathSurvivor
             }
         where: 'following parameters were used'
-            scenario                                | xpathForDeletion                                   | getDataNodesXpaths                                || expectedXpaths
-            'child of target'                       | '/parent-206/child-206'                            | '/parent-206/child-206'                           || null
-            'child data node, parent still exists'  | '/parent-206/child-206'                            | '/parent-206'                                     || '/parent-206'
-            'list element'                          | '/parent-206/child-206/grand-child-206[@key="A"]'  | '/parent-206/child-206/grand-child-206[@key="A"]' || null
-            'list element, sibling still exists'    | '/parent-206/child-206/grand-child-206[@key="A"]'  | '/parent-206/child-206/grand-child-206[@key="X"]' || "/parent-206/child-206/grand-child-206[@key='X']"
-            'container node'                        | '/parent-206'                                      | '/parent-206'                                     || null
-            'container list node'                   | '/parent-206[@key="A"]'                            | '/parent-206[@key="B"]'                           || "/parent-206[@key='B']"
-            'root node with xpath /'                | '/'                                                | '/'                                               || null
-            'root node with xpath passed as blank'  | ''                                                 | ''                                                || null
-
+            scenario                               | xpathForDeletion                                  || xpathSurvivor
+            'child data node, parent still exists' | '/parent-206/child-206'                           || '/parent-206'
+            'list element, sibling still exists'   | '/parent-206/child-206/grand-child-206[@key="A"]' || "/parent-206/child-206/grand-child-206[@key='X']"
+            'container node'                       | '/parent-206'                                     || null
+            'container list node'                  | '/parent-206[@key="A"]'                           || "/parent-206[@key='B']"
+            'root node with xpath /'               | '/'                                               || null
+            'root node with xpath passed as blank' | ''                                                || null
     }
 
     @Sql([CLEAR_DATA, SET_DATA])
diff --git a/cps-ri/src/test/groovy/org/onap/cps/spi/impl/CpsDataPersistenceServiceSpec.groovy b/cps-ri/src/test/groovy/org/onap/cps/spi/impl/CpsDataPersistenceServiceSpec.groovy
index 3b15b76..b124925 100644
--- a/cps-ri/src/test/groovy/org/onap/cps/spi/impl/CpsDataPersistenceServiceSpec.groovy
+++ b/cps-ri/src/test/groovy/org/onap/cps/spi/impl/CpsDataPersistenceServiceSpec.groovy
@@ -25,8 +25,7 @@
 import org.onap.cps.spi.cache.AnchorDataCacheEntry
 import org.onap.cps.spi.entities.AnchorEntity
 import org.onap.cps.spi.entities.FragmentEntity
-import org.onap.cps.spi.entities.SchemaSetEntity
-import org.onap.cps.spi.entities.YangResourceEntity
+import org.onap.cps.spi.entities.FragmentExtract
 import org.onap.cps.spi.exceptions.ConcurrencyException
 import org.onap.cps.spi.exceptions.DataValidationException
 import org.onap.cps.spi.model.DataNode
@@ -52,25 +51,6 @@
     def objectUnderTest = new CpsDataPersistenceServiceImpl(
             mockDataspaceRepository, mockAnchorRepository, mockFragmentRepository, jsonObjectMapper, mockSessionManager, mockAnchorDataCache)
 
-    @Shared
-    def NEW_RESOURCE_CONTENT = 'module stores {\n' +
-            '    yang-version 1.1;\n' +
-            '    namespace "org:onap:ccsdk:sample";\n' +
-            '\n' +
-            '    prefix book-store;\n' +
-            '\n' +
-            '    revision "2020-09-15" {\n' +
-            '        description\n' +
-            '        "Sample Model";\n' +
-            '    }' +
-            '}'
-
-    @Shared
-    def yangResourceSet = [new YangResourceEntity(moduleName: 'moduleName', content: NEW_RESOURCE_CONTENT,
-            fileName: 'sampleYangResource'
-    )] as Set
-
-
     def 'Handling of StaleStateException (caused by concurrent updates) during update data node and descendants.'() {
         given: 'the fragment repository returns a fragment entity'
             mockFragmentRepository.getByDataspaceAndAnchorAndXpath(*_) >> {
@@ -107,16 +87,12 @@
         and: 'it contains the failed datanodes'
             assert thrown.details.contains('/node2')
             assert thrown.details.contains('/node3')
-
     }
 
+
     def 'Retrieving a data node with a property JSON value of #scenario'() {
-        given: 'a fragment with a property JSON value of #scenario'
-        mockFragmentRepository.getByDataspaceAndAnchorAndXpath(*_) >> {
-            new FragmentEntity(childFragments: Collections.emptySet(),
-                    attributes: "{\"some attribute\": ${dataString}}",
-                    anchor: new AnchorEntity(schemaSet: new SchemaSetEntity(yangResources: yangResourceSet )))
-        }
+        given: 'the db has a fragment with an attribute property JSON value of #scenario'
+            mockFragmentWithJson("{\"some attribute\": ${dataString}}")
         when: 'getting the data node represented by this fragment'
             def dataNode = objectUnderTest.getDataNode('my-dataspace', 'my-anchor',
                     '/parent-01', FetchDescendantsOption.INCLUDE_ALL_DESCENDANTS)
@@ -140,9 +116,7 @@
 
     def 'Retrieving a data node with invalid JSON'() {
         given: 'a fragment with invalid JSON'
-            mockFragmentRepository.getByDataspaceAndAnchorAndXpath(*_) >> {
-                new FragmentEntity(childFragments: Collections.emptySet(), attributes: '{invalid json')
-            }
+            mockFragmentWithJson('{invalid json')
         when: 'getting the data node represented by this fragment'
             objectUnderTest.getDataNode('my-dataspace', 'my-anchor',
                     '/parent-01', FetchDescendantsOption.INCLUDE_ALL_DESCENDANTS)
@@ -214,4 +188,21 @@
         }
         return dataNode
     }
+
+    def mockFragmentWithJson(json) {
+        def anchorName = 'some anchor'
+        def anchorDataCacheEntry = new AnchorDataCacheEntry()
+        anchorDataCacheEntry.setProperty(objectUnderTest.TOP_LEVEL_MODULE_PREFIX_PROPERTY_NAME,  'some prefix')
+        mockAnchorDataCache.containsKey(anchorName) >> true
+        mockAnchorDataCache.get(anchorName) >> anchorDataCacheEntry
+        def mockAnchor = Mock(AnchorEntity)
+        mockAnchor.getId() >> 123
+        mockAnchor.getName() >> anchorName
+        mockAnchorRepository.getByDataspaceAndName(*_) >> mockAnchor
+        def mockFragmentExtract = Mock(FragmentExtract)
+        mockFragmentExtract.getId() >> 456
+        mockFragmentExtract.getAttributes() >> json
+        mockFragmentRepository.findByAnchorIdAndParentXpath(*_) >> [mockFragmentExtract]
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/cps-ri/src/test/groovy/org/onap/cps/spi/impl/CpsToDataNodePerfSpec.groovy b/cps-ri/src/test/groovy/org/onap/cps/spi/impl/CpsToDataNodePerfSpec.groovy
index 5b28028..283be6b 100644
--- a/cps-ri/src/test/groovy/org/onap/cps/spi/impl/CpsToDataNodePerfSpec.groovy
+++ b/cps-ri/src/test/groovy/org/onap/cps/spi/impl/CpsToDataNodePerfSpec.groovy
@@ -22,20 +22,23 @@
 
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.time.StopWatch
 import org.onap.cps.spi.CpsDataPersistenceService
+import org.onap.cps.spi.impl.CpsDataPersistenceServiceImpl
 import org.onap.cps.spi.impl.CpsPersistenceSpecBase
 import org.onap.cps.spi.model.DataNode
 import org.onap.cps.spi.model.DataNodeBuilder
+import org.onap.cps.spi.repository.FragmentRepository
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired
 import org.springframework.test.context.jdbc.Sql
 import static org.onap.cps.spi.FetchDescendantsOption.INCLUDE_ALL_DESCENDANTS
 
 class CpsToDataNodePerfSpec extends CpsPersistenceSpecBase {
 
+    static final String SET_DATA = '/data/fragment.sql'
+
     @Autowired
     CpsDataPersistenceService objectUnderTest
 
-    static final String SET_DATA = '/data/fragment.sql'
-    static final String  XPATH_DATA_NODE_WITH_DESCENDANTS = '/parent-1'
+    def XPATH_DATA_NODE_WITH_DESCENDANTS = '/parent-1'
 
     @Sql([CLEAR_DATA, SET_DATA])
     def 'Get data node by xpath with all descendants with many children'() {
@@ -48,14 +51,13 @@
         when: 'data node is requested with all descendants'
             def readStopWatch = new StopWatch()
             readStopWatch.start()
-            def result = objectUnderTest.getDataNode(
-                DATASPACE_NAME, ANCHOR_NAME1, XPATH_DATA_NODE_WITH_DESCENDANTS, INCLUDE_ALL_DESCENDANTS)
+            def result = objectUnderTest.getDataNode(DATASPACE_NAME, ANCHOR_NAME1, XPATH_DATA_NODE_WITH_DESCENDANTS, INCLUDE_ALL_DESCENDANTS)
             readStopWatch.stop()
             def readDurationInMillis = readStopWatch.getTime()
-        then : 'setup duration is under 8 seconds'
+        then: 'setup duration is under 8 seconds'
             assert setupDurationInMillis < 8000
-        and: 'read duration is under 6 seconds'
-            assert readDurationInMillis < 6000
+        and: 'read duration is under 1500 milliseconds'
+            assert readDurationInMillis < 1500
         and: 'data node is returned with all the descendants populated'
             assert countDataNodes(result) == 1533
     }
@@ -86,4 +88,4 @@
         }
         return nodeCount
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/cps-ri/src/test/resources/application.yml b/cps-ri/src/test/resources/application.yml
index e835b77..4f40aea 100644
--- a/cps-ri/src/test/resources/application.yml
+++ b/cps-ri/src/test/resources/application.yml
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
         enable_lazy_load_no_trans: true
         dialect: org.hibernate.dialect.PostgreSQLDialect
         format_sql: true
+        show_sql: false
 
   datasource:
     url: ${DB_URL}
diff --git a/cps-service/src/main/java/org/onap/cps/spi/CpsDataPersistenceService.java b/cps-service/src/main/java/org/onap/cps/spi/CpsDataPersistenceService.java
index cd0cefc..8d4df20 100644
--- a/cps-service/src/main/java/org/onap/cps/spi/CpsDataPersistenceService.java
+++ b/cps-service/src/main/java/org/onap/cps/spi/CpsDataPersistenceService.java
@@ -89,7 +89,6 @@
     DataNode getDataNode(String dataspaceName, String anchorName, String xpath,
         FetchDescendantsOption fetchDescendantsOption);
 
-
     /**
      * Updates leaves for existing data node.
      *