Issue is in your BoatTile controller. When you set params at the point of firing the event, you need to set it as an id not an object type. Example, ({ onBoatClick : function(component, event, helper) { var BoatClick = component.getEvent("boatSelect"); var boatId = component.get("v.boat").Id; BoatClick.setParam("boatId" : boatId); BoatClick.fire(); } })