diff --git a/heat_dashboard/static/dashboard/project/heat_dashboard/template_generator/js/components/modal-node.controller.js b/heat_dashboard/static/dashboard/project/heat_dashboard/template_generator/js/components/modal-node.controller.js
index 6d41a416..7e1eb45b 100644
--- a/heat_dashboard/static/dashboard/project/heat_dashboard/template_generator/js/components/modal-node.controller.js
+++ b/heat_dashboard/static/dashboard/project/heat_dashboard/template_generator/js/components/modal-node.controller.js
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@
                                 connected_options[property] = [];
                             }
                             connected_options[property].push({
-                                value: hotgenUtils.get_resource_string(hotgenStates.get_label_by_uuid(node.id)),
+                                value: { 'get_resource': hotgenStates.get_label_by_uuid(node.id) },
                                 id: node.id,
                                 resource_type: node.title,
                                 edge: edge
diff --git a/heat_dashboard/static/dashboard/project/heat_dashboard/template_generator/js/components/modal-template.controller.js b/heat_dashboard/static/dashboard/project/heat_dashboard/template_generator/js/components/modal-template.controller.js
index 3691d62d..f744d4e5 100644
--- a/heat_dashboard/static/dashboard/project/heat_dashboard/template_generator/js/components/modal-template.controller.js
+++ b/heat_dashboard/static/dashboard/project/heat_dashboard/template_generator/js/components/modal-template.controller.js
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@
                             var output_key = resource_name + '_' + output_detail[idx].property;
                             outputs_root[output_key] = {
                                 description: 'The ' + output_detail[idx].property + ' of ' + resource_name +'.',
-                                value: '{ get_attr: ['+resource_name+', '+output_detail[idx].property+'] }',
+                                value: { 'get_attr': [resource_name, output_detail[idx].property] },
                             };
                         }
 
diff --git a/heat_dashboard/static/dashboard/project/heat_dashboard/template_generator/js/components/utils.module.js b/heat_dashboard/static/dashboard/project/heat_dashboard/template_generator/js/components/utils.module.js
index 30ac74eb..fb7d12bf 100644
--- a/heat_dashboard/static/dashboard/project/heat_dashboard/template_generator/js/components/utils.module.js
+++ b/heat_dashboard/static/dashboard/project/heat_dashboard/template_generator/js/components/utils.module.js
@@ -94,9 +94,6 @@
             }
         }])
         .factory('hotgenUtils', function(){
-            var get_resource_string = function(identity){
-                return '{ get_resource: '+identity+' }';
-            }
             var filter_and_return_get_resource_element = function(array, property){
                 var return_val = [];
                 var idx = array.length-1;
@@ -201,7 +198,8 @@
             }
             var strip_property = function check_property(resource_data, property){
 
-                if (resource_data[property] == null || resource_data[property] == ''){
+                // remove empty properties or private Angular properties (start with $$)
+                if (resource_data[property] == null || resource_data[property] == '' || property.lastIndexOf("$$",0) === 0){
                     delete resource_data[property];
                 } else if (resource_data[property].constructor && resource_data[property].constructor == Object){
                     extract_dict(resource_data[property]);
@@ -217,7 +215,6 @@
             }
 
             return {
-                get_resource_string: get_resource_string,
                 escape_characters: escape_characters,
                 extract_keyvalue: extract_keyvalue,
                 extract_list_of_keyvalue: extract_list_of_keyvalue,
diff --git a/heat_dashboard/static/dashboard/project/heat_dashboard/template_generator/js/components/utils.module.spec.js b/heat_dashboard/static/dashboard/project/heat_dashboard/template_generator/js/components/utils.module.spec.js
index d67e669b..2f7cb79e 100644
--- a/heat_dashboard/static/dashboard/project/heat_dashboard/template_generator/js/components/utils.module.spec.js
+++ b/heat_dashboard/static/dashboard/project/heat_dashboard/template_generator/js/components/utils.module.spec.js
@@ -169,12 +169,6 @@
             expect(hotgenUtils).toBeDefined();
         });
 
-        it('should return string contains get_resource', function(){
-            var returnValue = hotgenUtils.get_resource_string('identity');
-
-            expect(returnValue).toEqual('{ get_resource: identity }');
-        });
-
         it('should filter elements', function(){
             var property = 'name';
             var array = ['ignore me', 1, '{ get_resource: find me }',