diff --git a/models-interactions/model-actors/actor.cds/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/controlloop/actor/cds/CdsActorServiceProvider.java b/models-interactions/model-actors/actor.cds/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/controlloop/actor/cds/CdsActorServiceProvider.java
index aaf07ac..1ad184e 100644
--- a/models-interactions/model-actors/actor.cds/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/controlloop/actor/cds/CdsActorServiceProvider.java
+++ b/models-interactions/model-actors/actor.cds/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/controlloop/actor/cds/CdsActorServiceProvider.java
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Optional;
+import java.util.UUID;
 import java.util.concurrent.CountDownLatch;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicReference;
@@ -42,7 +43,7 @@
 import org.onap.policy.cds.properties.CdsServerProperties;
 import org.onap.policy.controlloop.ControlLoopOperation;
 import org.onap.policy.controlloop.VirtualControlLoopEvent;
-import org.onap.policy.controlloop.actor.cds.beans.ConfigDeployRequest;
+import org.onap.policy.controlloop.actor.cds.beans.CdsActionRequest;
 import org.onap.policy.controlloop.actor.cds.constants.CdsActorConstants;
 import org.onap.policy.controlloop.actorserviceprovider.spi.Actor;
 import org.onap.policy.controlloop.policy.Policy;
@@ -112,8 +113,10 @@
         String cbaActionName = policy.getRecipe();
 
         // Embed payload from policy to ConfigDeployRequest object, serialize and inject into grpc request.
-        ConfigDeployRequest request = new ConfigDeployRequest();
+        CdsActionRequest request = new CdsActionRequest();
         request.setConfigDeployProperties(payload);
+        request.setActionName(cbaActionName);
+        request.setResolutionKey(UUID.randomUUID().toString());
 
         // Inject AAI properties into payload map. Offer flexibility to the usecase
         // implementation to inject whatever AAI parameters are of interest to them.
diff --git a/models-interactions/model-actors/actor.cds/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/controlloop/actor/cds/beans/ConfigDeployRequest.java b/models-interactions/model-actors/actor.cds/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/controlloop/actor/cds/beans/CdsActionRequest.java
similarity index 61%
rename from models-interactions/model-actors/actor.cds/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/controlloop/actor/cds/beans/ConfigDeployRequest.java
rename to models-interactions/model-actors/actor.cds/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/controlloop/actor/cds/beans/CdsActionRequest.java
index f33f226..8aac67b 100644
--- a/models-interactions/model-actors/actor.cds/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/controlloop/actor/cds/beans/ConfigDeployRequest.java
+++ b/models-interactions/model-actors/actor.cds/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/controlloop/actor/cds/beans/CdsActionRequest.java
@@ -18,26 +18,41 @@
 
 package org.onap.policy.controlloop.actor.cds.beans;
 
-import com.google.gson.Gson;
 import com.google.gson.annotations.SerializedName;
 import java.util.Map;
 import lombok.Getter;
 import lombok.Setter;
+import org.onap.policy.common.utils.coder.Coder;
+import org.onap.policy.common.utils.coder.CoderException;
+import org.onap.policy.common.utils.coder.StandardCoder;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
 @Getter
 @Setter
-public class ConfigDeployRequest {
+public class CdsActionRequest {
 
-    private static final Gson GSON = new Gson();
+    private static final Logger LOGGER = LoggerFactory.getLogger(CdsActionRequest.class);
+    private static final Coder CODER = new StandardCoder();
 
-    @SerializedName("config-deploy-properties")
+    @SerializedName("policy-payload")
     private Map<String, String> configDeployProperties;
 
     @SerializedName("aai-properties")
     private Map<String, String> aaiProperties;
 
+    @SerializedName("resolution-key")
+    private String resolutionKey;
+
+    private transient String actionName;
+
     @Override
     public String toString() {
-        return "{\"config-deploy-request\":" + GSON.toJson(this) + '}';
+        try {
+            return "{" + "\"" + actionName + "-request\":" + CODER.encode(this) + '}';
+        } catch (CoderException e) {
+            LOGGER.error("Failure serializing CdsActionRequest object: ", e);
+            return "";
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/models-interactions/model-actors/actor.cds/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/controlloop/actor/cds/CdsActorServiceProviderTest.java b/models-interactions/model-actors/actor.cds/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/controlloop/actor/cds/CdsActorServiceProviderTest.java
index 65fd602..0152521 100644
--- a/models-interactions/model-actors/actor.cds/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/controlloop/actor/cds/CdsActorServiceProviderTest.java
+++ b/models-interactions/model-actors/actor.cds/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/controlloop/actor/cds/CdsActorServiceProviderTest.java
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
 
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableMap;
+import com.google.protobuf.Struct;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Optional;
@@ -63,6 +64,7 @@
     private static final String CDS_BLUEPRINT_VERSION = "1.0.0";
     private static final UUID REQUEST_ID = UUID.randomUUID();
     private static final String SUBREQUEST_ID = "123456";
+    private static final String CDS_RECIPE = "test-cds-recipe";
 
     @Rule
     public ExpectedException exceptionRule = ExpectedException.none();
@@ -90,7 +92,7 @@
             }
         };
         policy.setPayload(payloadMap);
-        policy.setRecipe("CDS");
+        policy.setRecipe(CDS_RECIPE);
 
         // Setup the CDS properties
         cdsProps = new CdsServerProperties();
@@ -124,7 +126,7 @@
     }
 
     @Test
-    public void testConstructRequest() {
+    public void testConstructRequestWhenMissingCdsParamsInPolicyPayload() {
         policy.setPayload(new HashMap<>());
         Optional<ExecutionServiceInput> cdsRequestOpt = cdsActor
             .constructRequest(onset, operation, policy, aaiParams);
@@ -133,7 +135,7 @@
     }
 
     @Test
-    public void testConstructRequestWhenMissingCdsParamsInPolicyPayload() {
+    public void testConstructRequest() {
         Optional<ExecutionServiceInput> cdsRequestOpt = cdsActor
             .constructRequest(onset, operation, policy, aaiParams);
 
@@ -146,10 +148,12 @@
         assertEquals(commonHeader.getSubRequestId(), SUBREQUEST_ID);
 
         assertTrue(cdsRequest.hasPayload());
+        Struct cdsPayload = cdsRequest.getPayload();
+        assertTrue(cdsPayload.containsFields(CDS_RECIPE + "-request"));
 
         assertTrue(cdsRequest.hasActionIdentifiers());
         ActionIdentifiers actionIdentifiers = cdsRequest.getActionIdentifiers();
-        assertEquals(actionIdentifiers.getActionName(), CdsActorConstants.CDS_ACTOR);
+        assertEquals(actionIdentifiers.getActionName(), CDS_RECIPE);
         assertEquals(actionIdentifiers.getBlueprintName(), CDS_BLUEPRINT_NAME);
         assertEquals(actionIdentifiers.getBlueprintVersion(), CDS_BLUEPRINT_VERSION);
     }