diff --git a/platform/commonUI/edit/src/EditRepresenter.js b/platform/commonUI/edit/src/EditRepresenter.js
index 6cf40aadd2..bf3dfc721b 100644
--- a/platform/commonUI/edit/src/EditRepresenter.js
+++ b/platform/commonUI/edit/src/EditRepresenter.js
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ define(
             // Handle a specific representation of a specific domain object
             function represent(representation, representedObject) {
                 // Track the key, to know which view configuration to save to.
-                key = representation.key;
+                key = (representation || {}).key;
                 // Track the represented object
                 domainObject = representedObject;
 
diff --git a/platform/core/src/models/PersistedModelProvider.js b/platform/core/src/models/PersistedModelProvider.js
index 8b49f6b538..88ec5afee7 100644
--- a/platform/core/src/models/PersistedModelProvider.js
+++ b/platform/core/src/models/PersistedModelProvider.js
@@ -21,7 +21,9 @@ define(
          */
         function PersistedModelProvider(persistenceService, $q, SPACE) {
             function promiseModels(ids) {
-                return $q.all(ids.map(function (id) {
+                return $q.all(ids.filter(function (id) {
+                    return id.indexOf(":") === -1;
+                }).map(function (id) {
                     return persistenceService.readObject(SPACE, id);
                 })).then(function (models) {
                     var result = {};