diff --git a/dev/tests/verification/Resources/ActionGroupUsingNestedArgument.txt b/dev/tests/verification/Resources/ActionGroupUsingNestedArgument.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b978a3188
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev/tests/verification/Resources/ActionGroupUsingNestedArgument.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+<?php
+namespace Magento\AcceptanceTest\_default\Backend;
+
+use Magento\FunctionalTestingFramework\AcceptanceTester;
+use Magento\FunctionalTestingFramework\DataGenerator\Handlers\DataObjectHandler;
+use Magento\FunctionalTestingFramework\DataGenerator\Persist\DataPersistenceHandler;
+use Magento\FunctionalTestingFramework\DataGenerator\Objects\EntityDataObject;
+use \Codeception\Util\Locator;
+use Yandex\Allure\Adapter\Annotation\Features;
+use Yandex\Allure\Adapter\Annotation\Stories;
+use Yandex\Allure\Adapter\Annotation\Title;
+use Yandex\Allure\Adapter\Annotation\Description;
+use Yandex\Allure\Adapter\Annotation\Parameter;
+use Yandex\Allure\Adapter\Annotation\Severity;
+use Yandex\Allure\Adapter\Model\SeverityLevel;
+use Yandex\Allure\Adapter\Annotation\TestCaseId;
+
+/**
+ */
+class ActionGroupUsingNestedArgumentCest
+{
+	/**
+	 * @Parameter(name = "AcceptanceTester", value="$I")
+	 * @param AcceptanceTester $I
+	 * @return void
+	 * @throws \Exception
+	 */
+	public function ActionGroupUsingNestedArgument(AcceptanceTester $I)
+	{
+		$grabProductsActionGroup = $I->grabMultiple("selector");
+		$I->assertCount(99, $grabProductsActionGroup);
+	}
+}
diff --git a/dev/tests/verification/TestModule/ActionGroup/BasicActionGroup.xml b/dev/tests/verification/TestModule/ActionGroup/BasicActionGroup.xml
index 1fec39772..94e7a6b60 100644
--- a/dev/tests/verification/TestModule/ActionGroup/BasicActionGroup.xml
+++ b/dev/tests/verification/TestModule/ActionGroup/BasicActionGroup.xml
@@ -48,4 +48,15 @@
         </arguments>
         <see selector="{{SampleSection.oneParamElement(someArgument)}}" userInput="{{someArgument}}" stepKey="see1" />
     </actionGroup>
+
+    <actionGroup name="actionGroupWithNestedArgument">
+        <arguments>
+            <argument name="count" defaultValue="10" type="string"/>
+        </arguments>
+        <grabMultiple selector="selector" stepKey="grabProducts"/>
+        <assertCount stepKey="assertCount">
+            <expectedResult type="int">{{count}}</expectedResult>
+            <actualResult type="variable">grabProducts</actualResult>
+        </assertCount>
+    </actionGroup>
 </actionGroups>
diff --git a/dev/tests/verification/TestModule/Test/ActionGroupTest.xml b/dev/tests/verification/TestModule/Test/ActionGroupTest.xml
index 72617c858..94b9e74dd 100644
--- a/dev/tests/verification/TestModule/Test/ActionGroupTest.xml
+++ b/dev/tests/verification/TestModule/Test/ActionGroupTest.xml
@@ -114,4 +114,10 @@
     <test name="ActionGroupWithStepKeyReferences">
         <actionGroup ref="FunctionActionGroupWithStepKeyReferences" stepKey="actionGroup"/>
     </test>
+
+    <test name="ActionGroupUsingNestedArgument">
+        <actionGroup ref="actionGroupWithNestedArgument" stepKey="actionGroup">
+            <argument name="count" value="99"/>
+        </actionGroup>
+    </test>
 </tests>
diff --git a/dev/tests/verification/Tests/ActionGroupGenerationTest.php b/dev/tests/verification/Tests/ActionGroupGenerationTest.php
index e62ea24a5..a26e9ad87 100644
--- a/dev/tests/verification/Tests/ActionGroupGenerationTest.php
+++ b/dev/tests/verification/Tests/ActionGroupGenerationTest.php
@@ -107,4 +107,15 @@ public function testActionGroupWithStepKeyReferences()
     {
         $this->generateAndCompareTest('ActionGroupWithStepKeyReferences');
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Test generation of a test referencing an action group that uses stepKey references (grabFrom/CreateData)
+     *
+     * @throws \Exception
+     * @throws \Magento\FunctionalTestingFramework\Exceptions\TestReferenceException
+     */
+    public function testActionGroupWithNestedArgument()
+    {
+        $this->generateAndCompareTest('ActionGroupUsingNestedArgument');
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/Magento/FunctionalTestingFramework/Test/Objects/ActionGroupObject.php b/src/Magento/FunctionalTestingFramework/Test/Objects/ActionGroupObject.php
index 90be0a643..fdef1107e 100644
--- a/src/Magento/FunctionalTestingFramework/Test/Objects/ActionGroupObject.php
+++ b/src/Magento/FunctionalTestingFramework/Test/Objects/ActionGroupObject.php
@@ -125,33 +125,15 @@ private function getResolvedActionsWithArgs($arguments, $actionReferenceKey)
     {
         $resolvedActions = [];
 
-        // $regexPattern match on:   $matches[0] {{section.element(arg.field)}}
-        // $matches[1] = section.element
-        // $matches[2] = arg.field
-        $regexPattern = '/{{([\w.\[\]]+)\(*([\w.$\',\s\[\]]+)*\)*}}/';
-
         foreach ($this->parsedActions as $action) {
             $varAttributes = array_intersect($this->varAttributes, array_keys($action->getCustomActionAttributes()));
             $newActionAttributes = [];
 
             if (!empty($varAttributes)) {
-                // 1 check to see if we have pertinent var
-                foreach ($varAttributes as $varAttribute) {
-                    $attributeValue = $action->getCustomActionAttributes()[$varAttribute];
-                    preg_match_all($regexPattern, $attributeValue, $matches);
-                    if (empty($matches[0])) {
-                        continue;
-                    }
-
-                    //get rid of full match {{arg.field(arg.field)}}
-                    array_shift($matches);
-
-                    $newActionAttributes[$varAttribute] = $this->replaceAttributeArguments(
-                        $arguments,
-                        $attributeValue,
-                        $matches
-                    );
-                }
+                $newActionAttributes = $this->resolveAttributesWithArguments(
+                    $arguments,
+                    $action->getCustomActionAttributes()
+                );
             }
 
             // we append the action reference key to any linked action and the action's merge key as the user might
@@ -159,7 +141,7 @@ private function getResolvedActionsWithArgs($arguments, $actionReferenceKey)
             $resolvedActions[$action->getStepKey() . ucfirst($actionReferenceKey)] = new ActionObject(
                 $action->getStepKey() . ucfirst($actionReferenceKey),
                 $action->getType(),
-                array_merge($action->getCustomActionAttributes(), $newActionAttributes),
+                array_replace_recursive($action->getCustomActionAttributes(), $newActionAttributes),
                 $action->getLinkedAction() == null ? null : $action->getLinkedAction() . ucfirst($actionReferenceKey),
                 $action->getOrderOffset(),
                 [self::ACTION_GROUP_ORIGIN_NAME => $this->name,
@@ -170,6 +152,50 @@ private function getResolvedActionsWithArgs($arguments, $actionReferenceKey)
         return $resolvedActions;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Resolves all references to arguments in attributes, and subAttributes.
+     * @param array $arguments
+     * @param array $attributes
+     * @return array
+     */
+    private function resolveAttributesWithArguments($arguments, $attributes)
+    {
+        // $regexPattern match on:   $matches[0] {{section.element(arg.field)}}
+        // $matches[1] = section.element
+        // $matches[2] = arg.field
+        $regexPattern = '/{{([\w.\[\]]+)\(*([\w.$\',\s\[\]]+)*\)*}}/';
+
+        $newActionAttributes = [];
+        foreach ($attributes as $attributeKey => $attributeValue) {
+
+            if (is_array($attributeValue)) {
+                // attributes with child elements are parsed as an array, need make recursive call to resolve children
+                $newActionAttributes[$attributeKey] = $this->resolveAttributesWithArguments(
+                    $arguments,
+                    $attributeValue
+                );
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            preg_match_all($regexPattern, $attributeValue, $matches);
+
+            if (empty($matches[0])) {
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            //get rid of full match {{arg.field(arg.field)}}
+            array_shift($matches);
+
+            $newActionAttributes[$attributeKey] = $this->replaceAttributeArguments(
+                $arguments,
+                $attributeValue,
+                $matches
+            );
+        }
+        return $newActionAttributes;
+
+    }
+
     /**
      * Function that takes an array of replacement arguments, and matches them with args in an actionGroup's attribute.
      * Determines if the replacement arguments are persisted data, and replaces them accordingly.
diff --git a/src/Magento/FunctionalTestingFramework/Test/Objects/ActionObject.php b/src/Magento/FunctionalTestingFramework/Test/Objects/ActionObject.php
index 84f073c04..9a55755cc 100644
--- a/src/Magento/FunctionalTestingFramework/Test/Objects/ActionObject.php
+++ b/src/Magento/FunctionalTestingFramework/Test/Objects/ActionObject.php
@@ -21,7 +21,16 @@
 class ActionObject
 {
     const __ENV = "_ENV";
-    const DATA_ENABLED_ATTRIBUTES = ["userInput", "parameterArray", "expected", "actual", "x", "y"];
+    const DATA_ENABLED_ATTRIBUTES = [
+        "userInput",
+        "parameterArray",
+        "expected",
+        "actual",
+        "x",
+        "y",
+        "expectedResult",
+        "actualResult"
+    ];
     const SELECTOR_ENABLED_ATTRIBUTES = [
         'selector',
         'dependentSelector',