diff --git a/open-metadata-implementation/access-services/governance-engine/governance-engine-server/src/main/java/org/odpi/openmetadata/accessservices/governanceengine/server/handlers/GovernedAssetHandler.java b/open-metadata-implementation/access-services/governance-engine/governance-engine-server/src/main/java/org/odpi/openmetadata/accessservices/governanceengine/server/handlers/GovernedAssetHandler.java
index 8117f6bf36f..846bea00aaf 100644
--- a/open-metadata-implementation/access-services/governance-engine/governance-engine-server/src/main/java/org/odpi/openmetadata/accessservices/governanceengine/server/handlers/GovernedAssetHandler.java
+++ b/open-metadata-implementation/access-services/governance-engine/governance-engine-server/src/main/java/org/odpi/openmetadata/accessservices/governanceengine/server/handlers/GovernedAssetHandler.java
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 import org.odpi.openmetadata.accessservices.governanceengine.api.ffdc.exceptions.*;
 import org.odpi.openmetadata.accessservices.governanceengine.api.objects.GovernanceClassificationUsage;
 import org.odpi.openmetadata.accessservices.governanceengine.api.objects.GovernedAsset;
+import org.odpi.openmetadata.accessservices.governanceengine.server.util.PropertyUtils;
 import org.odpi.openmetadata.repositoryservices.connectors.stores.metadatacollectionstore.OMRSMetadataCollection;
 import org.odpi.openmetadata.repositoryservices.connectors.stores.metadatacollectionstore.properties.instances.*;
 import org.odpi.openmetadata.repositoryservices.connectors.stores.metadatacollectionstore.properties.typedefs.TypeDef;
@@ -236,7 +237,9 @@ private void addClassificationInfoToEntry(GovernedAsset entry, EntityDetail enti
                     ip.entrySet().stream().forEach(props -> {
                         // TODO Mapping of types between OMRS and Ranger should be abstracted
                         // TODO Mapping of alpha name is fragile - temporary for initial debug
-                        m.put(props.getKey(), props.getValue().toString());
+                        //m.put(props.getKey(), props.getValue().toString());
+                        m.put(props.getKey(), PropertyUtils.getStringForPropertyValue(props.getValue()));
+
                     });
                 }
             }
diff --git a/open-metadata-implementation/access-services/governance-engine/governance-engine-server/src/main/java/org/odpi/openmetadata/accessservices/governanceengine/server/util/PropertyUtils.java b/open-metadata-implementation/access-services/governance-engine/governance-engine-server/src/main/java/org/odpi/openmetadata/accessservices/governanceengine/server/util/PropertyUtils.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..bba0cd9fdc0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/open-metadata-implementation/access-services/governance-engine/governance-engine-server/src/main/java/org/odpi/openmetadata/accessservices/governanceengine/server/util/PropertyUtils.java
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 */
+package org.odpi.openmetadata.accessservices.governanceengine.server.util;
+
+
+import org.odpi.openmetadata.repositoryservices.connectors.stores.metadatacollectionstore.properties.instances.EnumPropertyValue;
+import org.odpi.openmetadata.repositoryservices.connectors.stores.metadatacollectionstore.properties.instances.InstancePropertyValue;
+import org.odpi.openmetadata.repositoryservices.connectors.stores.metadatacollectionstore.properties.instances.PrimitivePropertyValue;
+import org.odpi.openmetadata.repositoryservices.connectors.stores.metadatacollectionstore.properties.typedefs.PrimitiveDefCategory;
+
+public class PropertyUtils {
+
+        public static String getStringForPropertyValue(InstancePropertyValue ipv) {
+
+            // First deal with primitive types
+            if (ipv instanceof PrimitivePropertyValue) {
+                PrimitiveDefCategory primtype =
+                        ((PrimitivePropertyValue) ipv).getPrimitiveDefCategory();
+                switch (primtype) {
+                    // case may be unnecessary since all of these types we expect .toString() to work 'sensibly' but leaving
+                    // for future decoding options
+                    case OM_PRIMITIVE_TYPE_STRING:
+                        return (String) ((PrimitivePropertyValue) ipv).getPrimitiveValue();
+                    case OM_PRIMITIVE_TYPE_INT:
+                    case OM_PRIMITIVE_TYPE_BIGDECIMAL:
+                    case OM_PRIMITIVE_TYPE_BIGINTEGER:
+                    case OM_PRIMITIVE_TYPE_BOOLEAN:
+                    case OM_PRIMITIVE_TYPE_BYTE:
+                    case OM_PRIMITIVE_TYPE_CHAR:
+                    case OM_PRIMITIVE_TYPE_DATE:
+                    case OM_PRIMITIVE_TYPE_DOUBLE:
+                    case OM_PRIMITIVE_TYPE_FLOAT:
+                    case OM_PRIMITIVE_TYPE_LONG:
+                    case OM_PRIMITIVE_TYPE_SHORT:
+                        // For these primitive types we will just use tostring
+                        return ((PrimitivePropertyValue)ipv).getPrimitiveValue().toString();
+                    case OM_PRIMITIVE_TYPE_UNKNOWN:
+                    default:
+                        // We don't know how to convert to string, so will ignore / leave as null
+                        return "";
+                }
+
+            } else
+            {
+                if (ipv instanceof EnumPropertyValue) {
+                    return ((EnumPropertyValue) ipv).getSymbolicName();
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    // We WILL NOT decode ArrayPropertyValue, InstancePropertyValueMock, MapPropertyValue,
+                    // StructPropertyValue
+                    return "";
+                }
+            }
+
+        }
+
+
+}