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	"card-ref": ["/ran-network:nearrtric/nearrtric/gnbdufunction:gnbdu/nrcelldu[idnrcelldu='15289']"],
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Issues:

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ODL does not recognize the instance-identifier value is an xpath and parses as data which is saved in the db

1. actually I think its CPS that handles this? If this is the case then how is CPS suppose to know that this is an instance identifier and not another node.

Resolution

This bug has been kept as a bug as it shows a fault where CPS is not conforming to yang modelling. In order for this bug to be resolved, CPS needs to support instance-identifiers. 

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