diff --git a/vid-webpack-master/src/app/drawingBoard/service-planning/objectsToTree/models/collectionResource/collectionResource.model.info.ts b/vid-webpack-master/src/app/drawingBoard/service-planning/objectsToTree/models/collectionResource/collectionResource.model.info.ts
index c469be5..c9c718f 100644
--- a/vid-webpack-master/src/app/drawingBoard/service-planning/objectsToTree/models/collectionResource/collectionResource.model.info.ts
+++ b/vid-webpack-master/src/app/drawingBoard/service-planning/objectsToTree/models/collectionResource/collectionResource.model.info.ts
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@
   updateDynamicInputsDataFromModel = (currentModel): any => [];
 
   getModel = (collectionResourceModelId: string, instance: CollectionResourceInstance, serviceHierarchy): CollectionResourceModel => {
-    const originalModelName = instance.originalName ? instance.originalName : collectionResourceModelId;
-    return new CollectionResourceModel(this._sharedTreeService.modelByIdentifier(serviceHierarchy, this.name, originalModelName));
+    const uniqueIdOrName = this._sharedTreeService.modelUniqueNameOrId(instance);
+    return new CollectionResourceModel(this._sharedTreeService.modelByIdentifiers(serviceHierarchy, this.name, uniqueIdOrName, collectionResourceModelId));
   };
 
 
diff --git a/vid-webpack-master/src/app/drawingBoard/service-planning/objectsToTree/models/configuration/configuration.model.info.ts b/vid-webpack-master/src/app/drawingBoard/service-planning/objectsToTree/models/configuration/configuration.model.info.ts
index f7b7df7..31c4439 100644
--- a/vid-webpack-master/src/app/drawingBoard/service-planning/objectsToTree/models/configuration/configuration.model.info.ts
+++ b/vid-webpack-master/src/app/drawingBoard/service-planning/objectsToTree/models/configuration/configuration.model.info.ts
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
    * @param serviceHierarchy - serviceHierarchy
    ************************************************************/
   getModel = (configurationModelId : string, serviceHierarchy) : any =>{
-    const model = this._sharedTreeService.modelByIdentifier(serviceHierarchy, this.name, configurationModelId);
+    const model = this._sharedTreeService.modelByIdentifiers(serviceHierarchy, this.name, configurationModelId);
     if (!_.isNil(model)) {
       return model;
     }
diff --git a/vid-webpack-master/src/app/drawingBoard/service-planning/objectsToTree/models/network/network.model.info.ts b/vid-webpack-master/src/app/drawingBoard/service-planning/objectsToTree/models/network/network.model.info.ts
index 7979b5a..ae28fc2 100644
--- a/vid-webpack-master/src/app/drawingBoard/service-planning/objectsToTree/models/network/network.model.info.ts
+++ b/vid-webpack-master/src/app/drawingBoard/service-planning/objectsToTree/models/network/network.model.info.ts
@@ -71,9 +71,9 @@
    * @param serviceHierarchy - serviceHierarchy
    ************************************************************/
   getModel = (networkModelId: string, instance: NetworkInstance, serviceHierarchy): NetworkModel => {
-    const originalModelName = instance.originalName ? instance.originalName : networkModelId;
+    const uniqueIdOrName = this._sharedTreeService.modelUniqueNameOrId(instance);
     return new NetworkModel(
-      this._sharedTreeService.modelByIdentifier(serviceHierarchy, this.name, originalModelName),
+      this._sharedTreeService.modelByIdentifiers(serviceHierarchy, this.name, uniqueIdOrName, networkModelId),
       this._featureFlagsService.getAllFlags());
   };
 
diff --git a/vid-webpack-master/src/app/drawingBoard/service-planning/objectsToTree/models/pnf/pnf.model.info.ts b/vid-webpack-master/src/app/drawingBoard/service-planning/objectsToTree/models/pnf/pnf.model.info.ts
index 6debcd6..b875515 100644
--- a/vid-webpack-master/src/app/drawingBoard/service-planning/objectsToTree/models/pnf/pnf.model.info.ts
+++ b/vid-webpack-master/src/app/drawingBoard/service-planning/objectsToTree/models/pnf/pnf.model.info.ts
@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@
   }
 
   getModel = (pnfModelId: string, instance: PnfInstance, serviceHierarchy): PNFModel => {
-    const originalModelName = instance.originalName ? instance.originalName : pnfModelId;
-    return new PNFModel(this._sharedTreeService.modelByIdentifier(serviceHierarchy, this.name, originalModelName));
+    const uniqueIdOrName = this._sharedTreeService.modelUniqueNameOrId(instance);
+    return new PNFModel(this._sharedTreeService.modelByIdentifiers(serviceHierarchy, this.name, uniqueIdOrName, pnfModelId));
   };
 
   getNextLevelObject(): any { return null;  }
diff --git a/vid-webpack-master/src/app/drawingBoard/service-planning/objectsToTree/models/relatedVnfMember/relatedVnfMember.info.model.ts b/vid-webpack-master/src/app/drawingBoard/service-planning/objectsToTree/models/relatedVnfMember/relatedVnfMember.info.model.ts
index 20d1f59..f31a3b2 100644
--- a/vid-webpack-master/src/app/drawingBoard/service-planning/objectsToTree/models/relatedVnfMember/relatedVnfMember.info.model.ts
+++ b/vid-webpack-master/src/app/drawingBoard/service-planning/objectsToTree/models/relatedVnfMember/relatedVnfMember.info.model.ts
@@ -54,8 +54,8 @@
    * @param serviceHierarchy - serviceHierarchy
    ************************************************************/
   getModel = (vnfModelId: string, instance: VnfInstance, serviceHierarchy): VNFModel => {
-    const originalModelName = instance.originalName ? instance.originalName : vnfModelId;
-    return new VNFModel(this._sharedTreeService.modelByIdentifier(serviceHierarchy, this.name, originalModelName));
+    const uniqueIdOrName = this._sharedTreeService.modelUniqueNameOrId(instance);
+    return new VNFModel(this._sharedTreeService.modelByIdentifiers(serviceHierarchy, this.name, uniqueIdOrName, vnfModelId));
   };
 
 
diff --git a/vid-webpack-master/src/app/drawingBoard/service-planning/objectsToTree/models/vfModule/vfModule.model.info.ts b/vid-webpack-master/src/app/drawingBoard/service-planning/objectsToTree/models/vfModule/vfModule.model.info.ts
index 9886176..dcc6a29 100644
--- a/vid-webpack-master/src/app/drawingBoard/service-planning/objectsToTree/models/vfModule/vfModule.model.info.ts
+++ b/vid-webpack-master/src/app/drawingBoard/service-planning/objectsToTree/models/vfModule/vfModule.model.info.ts
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
    * @param serviceHierarchy - serviceHierarchy
    ************************************************************/
   getModel = (vfModuleModelId: string, instance, serviceHierarchy): Partial<VfModule> => {
-    const model = this._sharedTreeService.modelByIdentifier(serviceHierarchy, this.name, vfModuleModelId);
+    const model = this._sharedTreeService.modelByIdentifiers(serviceHierarchy, this.name, vfModuleModelId);
     if (!_.isNil(model)) {
       return new VfModule(model, this._featureFlagsService.getAllFlags());
     }
diff --git a/vid-webpack-master/src/app/drawingBoard/service-planning/objectsToTree/models/vnf/vnf.model.info.ts b/vid-webpack-master/src/app/drawingBoard/service-planning/objectsToTree/models/vnf/vnf.model.info.ts
index 950e362..b2b7b43 100644
--- a/vid-webpack-master/src/app/drawingBoard/service-planning/objectsToTree/models/vnf/vnf.model.info.ts
+++ b/vid-webpack-master/src/app/drawingBoard/service-planning/objectsToTree/models/vnf/vnf.model.info.ts
@@ -88,13 +88,12 @@
    * @param serviceHierarchy - serviceHierarchy
    ************************************************************/
   getModel = (vnfModelId: string, instance: VnfInstance, serviceHierarchy): VNFModel => {
-    const originalModelName = instance.originalName ? instance.originalName : vnfModelId;
+    const uniqueIdOrName = this._sharedTreeService.modelUniqueNameOrId(instance);
     return new VNFModel(
-      this._sharedTreeService.modelByIdentifier(serviceHierarchy, this.name, originalModelName),
+      this._sharedTreeService.modelByIdentifiers(serviceHierarchy, this.name, uniqueIdOrName, vnfModelId),
       this._featureFlagsService.getAllFlags());
   };
 
-
   /***********************************************************
    * return vnf instance tree node
    * @param instance - vnf instance
diff --git a/vid-webpack-master/src/app/drawingBoard/service-planning/objectsToTree/models/vnfGrouping/vnfGrouping.model.info.ts b/vid-webpack-master/src/app/drawingBoard/service-planning/objectsToTree/models/vnfGrouping/vnfGrouping.model.info.ts
index 2447a06..d89f307 100644
--- a/vid-webpack-master/src/app/drawingBoard/service-planning/objectsToTree/models/vnfGrouping/vnfGrouping.model.info.ts
+++ b/vid-webpack-master/src/app/drawingBoard/service-planning/objectsToTree/models/vnfGrouping/vnfGrouping.model.info.ts
@@ -96,8 +96,8 @@
   }
 
   getModel(modelId: string, instance: any, serviceHierarchy): any {
-    const originalModelName = instance.originalName ? instance.originalName : modelId;
-    return new VnfGroupModel(this._sharedTreeService.modelByIdentifier(serviceHierarchy, this.name, originalModelName));
+    const uniqueIdOrName = this._sharedTreeService.modelUniqueNameOrId(instance);
+    return new VnfGroupModel(this._sharedTreeService.modelByIdentifiers(serviceHierarchy, this.name, uniqueIdOrName, modelId));
   }
 
   hasMissingData(instance, dynamicInputs: any, isEcompGeneratedNaming: boolean): boolean {
diff --git a/vid-webpack-master/src/app/drawingBoard/service-planning/objectsToTree/models/vrf/vrf.model.info.ts b/vid-webpack-master/src/app/drawingBoard/service-planning/objectsToTree/models/vrf/vrf.model.info.ts
index dacde73..7b7437c 100644
--- a/vid-webpack-master/src/app/drawingBoard/service-planning/objectsToTree/models/vrf/vrf.model.info.ts
+++ b/vid-webpack-master/src/app/drawingBoard/service-planning/objectsToTree/models/vrf/vrf.model.info.ts
@@ -51,8 +51,8 @@
   updateDynamicInputsDataFromModel = (currentModel): any => [];
 
   getModel = (vrfModelId: string, instance: VrfInstance, serviceHierarchy): VrfModel => {
-    const originalModelName = instance.originalName ? instance.originalName : vrfModelId;
-    return new VrfModel(this._sharedTreeService.modelByIdentifier(serviceHierarchy, this.name, originalModelName));
+    const uniqueIdOrName = this._sharedTreeService.modelUniqueNameOrId(instance);
+    return new VrfModel(this._sharedTreeService.modelByIdentifiers(serviceHierarchy, this.name, uniqueIdOrName, vrfModelId));
   };
 
 
diff --git a/vid-webpack-master/src/app/drawingBoard/service-planning/objectsToTree/shared.tree.service.spec.ts b/vid-webpack-master/src/app/drawingBoard/service-planning/objectsToTree/shared.tree.service.spec.ts
index d7697d6..b4c5836 100644
--- a/vid-webpack-master/src/app/drawingBoard/service-planning/objectsToTree/shared.tree.service.spec.ts
+++ b/vid-webpack-master/src/app/drawingBoard/service-planning/objectsToTree/shared.tree.service.spec.ts
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@
     let serviceModelFromHierarchy =
       getStore().service.serviceHierarchy["1a80c596-27e5-4ca9-b5bb-e03a7fd4c0fd"];
 
-    expect(service.modelByIdentifier(serviceModelFromHierarchy, modelTypeName, modelUniqueIdOrName))
+    expect(service.modelByIdentifiers(serviceModelFromHierarchy, modelTypeName, modelUniqueIdOrName))
       .toHaveProperty("modelCustomizationName", expectedModelCustomizationName);
   });
 
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@
     let serviceModelFromHierarchy =
       getStore().service.serviceHierarchy["1a80c596-27e5-4ca9-b5bb-e03a7fd4c0fd"];
 
-    expect(service.modelByIdentifier(serviceModelFromHierarchy, modelTypeName, modelUniqueIdOrName))
+    expect(service.modelByIdentifiers(serviceModelFromHierarchy, modelTypeName, modelUniqueIdOrName))
       .toBeUndefined();
   });
 
diff --git a/vid-webpack-master/src/app/drawingBoard/service-planning/objectsToTree/shared.tree.service.ts b/vid-webpack-master/src/app/drawingBoard/service-planning/objectsToTree/shared.tree.service.ts
index 669f9b6..d60bbd3 100644
--- a/vid-webpack-master/src/app/drawingBoard/service-planning/objectsToTree/shared.tree.service.ts
+++ b/vid-webpack-master/src/app/drawingBoard/service-planning/objectsToTree/shared.tree.service.ts
@@ -54,23 +54,39 @@
       : (nodeInstance.modelInfo.modelCustomizationId || nodeInstance.modelInfo.modelInvariantId);
   };
 
+  modelUniqueNameOrId = (instance): string =>
+    instance.originalName ? instance.originalName : this.modelUniqueId(instance);
+
   /**
    * Finds a model inside a full service model
    * @param serviceModelFromHierarchy
    * @param modelTypeName "vnfs" | "networks" | "vfModules" | "collectionResources" | ...
-   * @param modelUniqueIdOrName Either an entry name (i.e. "originalName"), modelCustomizationId or modelInvariantId.
+   * @param modelUniqueNameOrId Either an entry name (i.e. "originalName"), modelCustomizationId or modelInvariantId.
    *                      Note that modelInvariantId will work only where model lacks a modelCustomizationId.
+   * @param modeName An optional entry name (i.e. "originalName"); will not try to use as id
    */
-  modelByIdentifier = (serviceModelFromHierarchy, modelTypeName: string, modelUniqueIdOrName: string): any => {
-    if (_.isNil(serviceModelFromHierarchy)) return undefined;
+  modelByIdentifiers = (serviceModelFromHierarchy, modelTypeName: string, modelUniqueNameOrId: string, modeName?: string): any => {
+    const logErrorAndReturnUndefined = () =>
+      console.info(`modelByIdentifiers: could not find a model matching query`, {
+        modelTypeName, modelUniqueNameOrId, modeName, serviceModelFromHierarchy
+      });
+
+    if (_.isNil(serviceModelFromHierarchy)) return logErrorAndReturnUndefined();
 
     const modelsOfType = serviceModelFromHierarchy[modelTypeName];
-    if (_.isNil(modelsOfType)) return undefined;
+    if (_.isNil(modelsOfType)) return logErrorAndReturnUndefined();
 
-    const modelIfModelIdentifierIsEntryName = modelsOfType[modelUniqueIdOrName];
-    return _.isNil(modelIfModelIdentifierIsEntryName)
-      ? _.find(modelsOfType, o => (o.customizationUuid || o.invariantUuid) === modelUniqueIdOrName)
-      : modelIfModelIdentifierIsEntryName;
+    const modelIfModelIdentifierIsEntryName = modelsOfType[modelUniqueNameOrId];
+    const modelIfModeNameExists = _.isNil(modeName) ? null : modelsOfType[modeName];
+
+    if (!_.isNil(modelIfModelIdentifierIsEntryName)) {
+      return modelIfModelIdentifierIsEntryName;
+    } else if (!_.isNil(modelIfModeNameExists)) {
+      return modelIfModeNameExists;
+    } else {
+      // try modelUniqueNameOrId as an id
+      return _.find(modelsOfType, o => (o.customizationUuid || o.invariantUuid) === modelUniqueNameOrId) || logErrorAndReturnUndefined()
+    }
   };
 
   hasMissingData(instance, dynamicInputs: any, isEcompGeneratedNaming: boolean, requiredFields: string[]): boolean {
diff --git a/vid-webpack-master/src/app/shared/components/genericForm/formControlsServices/vfModuleGenerator/vfModule.control.generator.ts b/vid-webpack-master/src/app/shared/components/genericForm/formControlsServices/vfModuleGenerator/vfModule.control.generator.ts
index 5189af0..7021815 100644
--- a/vid-webpack-master/src/app/shared/components/genericForm/formControlsServices/vfModuleGenerator/vfModule.control.generator.ts
+++ b/vid-webpack-master/src/app/shared/components/genericForm/formControlsServices/vfModuleGenerator/vfModule.control.generator.ts
@@ -94,10 +94,10 @@
   }
 
   private newVNFModel(serviceId: string, vnf: VnfInstance) {
-    const vnfModelName: string = vnf.originalName;
+    const vnfModelName: string = this._sharedTreeService.modelUniqueNameOrId(vnf);
 
     const serviceModelFromHierarchy = this.store.getState().service.serviceHierarchy[serviceId];
-    const model = this._sharedTreeService.modelByIdentifier(serviceModelFromHierarchy, "vnfs", vnfModelName);
+    const model = this._sharedTreeService.modelByIdentifiers(serviceModelFromHierarchy, "vnfs", vnfModelName);
     return new VNFModel(model);
   }