From 646c2c0a4ca089923a9c7f81e5b6a979579893dc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Paul Talbot <paul.talbot@inl.gov>
Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2022 11:07:41 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] vargroups in rrr dataobjects (#1823)

---
 ravenframework/BaseClasses/BaseEntity.py                       | 3 ++-
 .../framework/CodeInterfaceTests/RAVEN/ROM/ext_dataobjects.xml | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/ravenframework/BaseClasses/BaseEntity.py b/ravenframework/BaseClasses/BaseEntity.py
index c873b79b5b..b39b1a30b7 100644
--- a/ravenframework/BaseClasses/BaseEntity.py
+++ b/ravenframework/BaseClasses/BaseEntity.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 Split from original BaseClasses.py module
 """
 
-from ..utils import mathUtils
+from ..utils import mathUtils, xmlUtils
 from .BaseType import BaseType
 
 class BaseEntity(BaseType):
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ def readXML(self, xmlNode, variableGroups=None, globalAttributes=None):
       @ Out, None
     """
     self.variableGroups = variableGroups if variableGroups is not None else {}
+    xmlUtils.replaceVariableGroups(xmlNode, self.variableGroups)
     if 'name' in xmlNode.attrib.keys():
       self.name = xmlNode.attrib['name']
     else:
diff --git a/tests/framework/CodeInterfaceTests/RAVEN/ROM/ext_dataobjects.xml b/tests/framework/CodeInterfaceTests/RAVEN/ROM/ext_dataobjects.xml
index 547f6d322b..b47d460661 100644
--- a/tests/framework/CodeInterfaceTests/RAVEN/ROM/ext_dataobjects.xml
+++ b/tests/framework/CodeInterfaceTests/RAVEN/ROM/ext_dataobjects.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 		<!--Output>CladTempThreshold</Output-->
 	</PointSet>
 	<HistorySet name="outputMontecarloRomHS">
-			<Input>DeltaTimeScramToAux,DG1recoveryTime</Input>
+			<Input>GRO_targets</Input>
 			<Output>CladTempThreshold,time</Output>
 	</HistorySet>
 	<PointSet name="outputMontecarloRomND">