Index: branches/features/taskProcedureRework/grails-app/services/AssetService.groovy
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--- branches/features/taskProcedureRework/grails-app/services/AssetService.groovy	(revision 786)
+++ branches/features/taskProcedureRework/grails-app/services/AssetService.groovy	(revision 787)
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@
     * @returns A list of the assemblies.
     */
-    def getAssemblies(Asset asset) {
+    def getAssemblies(asset) {
         def assemblies = []
+        if(!(asset instanceof Asset))
+            return assemblies
         // Database efficiency:
         // The asset is configured to batch fetch assetSubItems which
Index: branches/features/taskProcedureRework/grails-app/views/shared/_assetTreeCompact.gsp
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--- branches/features/taskProcedureRework/grails-app/views/shared/_assetTreeCompact.gsp	(revision 786)
+++ branches/features/taskProcedureRework/grails-app/views/shared/_assetTreeCompact.gsp	(revision 787)
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
+
+<%--  Fetch to prevent lazy initialization error.  --%>
+<% assetInstance = Asset.read(assetInstance?.id)%>
 
 <div class="static_tree" >
-    ${assetInstance.encodeAsHTML()}
+    ${assetInstance?.encodeAsHTML()}
     <ul>
-    <g:each var="assetSubItem1" in="${assetInstance.assetSubItems.sort { p1, p2 -> p1.name.compareToIgnoreCase(p2.name) } }">
+    <g:each var="assetSubItem1" in="${assetInstance?.assetSubItems?.sort { p1, p2 -> p1.name.compareToIgnoreCase(p2.name) } }">
         <li>
             ${assetSubItem1?.encodeAsHTML()}