diff --git a/com.actionsoft.apps.coe.pal/lib/com.actionsoft.apps.coe.pal.jar b/com.actionsoft.apps.coe.pal/lib/com.actionsoft.apps.coe.pal.jar
index 4b112d22..a033543b 100644
Binary files a/com.actionsoft.apps.coe.pal/lib/com.actionsoft.apps.coe.pal.jar and b/com.actionsoft.apps.coe.pal/lib/com.actionsoft.apps.coe.pal.jar differ
diff --git a/com.actionsoft.apps.coe.pal/src/com/actionsoft/apps/coe/pal/pal/repository/PALRepositoryQueryAPIManager.java b/com.actionsoft.apps.coe.pal/src/com/actionsoft/apps/coe/pal/pal/repository/PALRepositoryQueryAPIManager.java
index 3a21feac..60a4ca84 100755
--- a/com.actionsoft.apps.coe.pal/src/com/actionsoft/apps/coe/pal/pal/repository/PALRepositoryQueryAPIManager.java
+++ b/com.actionsoft.apps.coe.pal/src/com/actionsoft/apps/coe/pal/pal/repository/PALRepositoryQueryAPIManager.java
@@ -3932,7 +3932,10 @@ public class PALRepositoryQueryAPIManager {
                     JSONObject elements = defineObj.getJSONObject("elements");
                     for (String key : elements.keySet()) {
                         JSONObject shapeObj = elements.getJSONObject(key);
-                        if (null != shapeObj && shapeObj.containsKey("dataAttributes")) {
+                        if (shapeObj == null || "linker".equals(shapeObj.getString("name"))) {
+							continue;
+						}
+						if (shapeObj.containsKey("dataAttributes")) {
                             JSONArray dataAttributes = shapeObj.getJSONArray("dataAttributes");
                             for (int i = 0; i < dataAttributes.size(); i++) {
                                 JSONObject dataAttribute = dataAttributes.getJSONObject(i);
@@ -3957,7 +3960,7 @@ public class PALRepositoryQueryAPIManager {
                             }
                         }
 
-                        if (null != shapeObj && shapeObj.containsKey("props")) {
+                        if (shapeObj.containsKey("props")) {
                             JSONObject props = shapeObj.getJSONObject("props");
                             if (null == props) {
                                 continue;