diff --git a/common/src/main/java/org/openecomp/mso/serviceinstancebeans/RequestParameters.java b/common/src/main/java/org/openecomp/mso/serviceinstancebeans/RequestParameters.java
index 45ca91f..06d5328 100644
--- a/common/src/main/java/org/openecomp/mso/serviceinstancebeans/RequestParameters.java
+++ b/common/src/main/java/org/openecomp/mso/serviceinstancebeans/RequestParameters.java
@@ -51,6 +51,8 @@
 	private Boolean rebuildVolumeGroups;
 	@JsonProperty("payload")
 	private String payload;
+	@JsonProperty("controllerType")
+	private String controllerType;
 
 	public String getSubscriptionServiceType() {
 		return subscriptionServiceType;
@@ -132,13 +134,19 @@
 		this.payload = value;
 	}
 	
+	public String getControllerType() {
+		return controllerType;
+	}
+
+	public void setControllerType(String controllerType) {
+		this.controllerType = controllerType;
+	}
+
 	@Override
 	public String toString() {
-		return "RequestParameters [subscriptionServiceType="
-				+ subscriptionServiceType + ", userParams=" + userParams
-				+ ", aLaCarte=" + aLaCarte + ", autoBuildVfModules="
-				+ autoBuildVfModules + ", usePreload="
-				+ usePreload + ", rebuildVolumeGroups="
-				+ rebuildVolumeGroups + ", payload=" + payload + "]";
+		return "RequestParameters [subscriptionServiceType=" + subscriptionServiceType + ", userParams=" + userParams
+				+ ", aLaCarte=" + aLaCarte + ", autoBuildVfModules=" + autoBuildVfModules + ", cascadeDelete="
+				+ cascadeDelete + ", usePreload=" + usePreload + ", rebuildVolumeGroups=" + rebuildVolumeGroups
+				+ ", payload=" + payload + ", controllerType=" + controllerType + "]";
 	}
 }
diff --git a/mso-api-handlers/mso-api-handler-infra/src/test/resources/UserParams.json b/mso-api-handlers/mso-api-handler-infra/src/test/resources/UserParams.json
index d0613fc..0fc5355 100644
--- a/mso-api-handlers/mso-api-handler-infra/src/test/resources/UserParams.json
+++ b/mso-api-handlers/mso-api-handler-infra/src/test/resources/UserParams.json
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@
 	}],
 	"requestParameters": {
 		"usePreload": true,
+		"controllerType": "appc",
 		"userParams": [{
 		"name": "vlc_sctp_b_route_prefixes",
 		"value": [