diff --git a/src/analytics/ruleeng.cc b/src/analytics/ruleeng.cc
index 07c0da9970e..80fd86c7951 100644
--- a/src/analytics/ruleeng.cc
+++ b/src/analytics/ruleeng.cc
@@ -555,12 +555,14 @@ static size_t DomObjectWalk(const pugi::xml_node& parent, const VizMsg *rmsg,
     std::map<std::string, std::string> keymap;
     std::map<std::string, std::string>::iterator it;
     const char *table;
+    const char *nodetype;
     std::string rowkey;
 
     for (pugi::xml_node node = parent.first_child(); node;
          node = node.next_sibling()) {
         table = node.attribute("key").value();
-        if (strcmp(table, "")) {
+        nodetype = node.attribute("type").value();
+        if (strcmp(table, "") && strcmp(nodetype, "")) { //check if Sandesh node has a map attribute; key type of map should not be extracted, only key value of attribute should be extracted 
             rowkey = std::string(node.child_value());
             TXMLProtocol::unescapeXMLControlChars(rowkey);
             it = keymap.find(table);
@@ -829,7 +831,6 @@ bool Ruleeng::rule_execute(const VizMsg *vmsgp, bool uveproc, DbHandler *db,
     const SandeshXMLMessage *sxmsg = 
         static_cast<const SandeshXMLMessage *>(vmsgp->msg);
     const pugi::xml_node &parent(sxmsg->GetMessageNode());
-
     remove_identifier(parent);
 
     handle_object_log(parent, vmsgp, db, header, db_cb);