diff --git a/openpype/hosts/maya/plugins/publish/collect_arnold_scene_source.py b/openpype/hosts/maya/plugins/publish/collect_arnold_scene_source.py
index f160a3a0c5..1bacd80f11 100644
--- a/openpype/hosts/maya/plugins/publish/collect_arnold_scene_source.py
+++ b/openpype/hosts/maya/plugins/publish/collect_arnold_scene_source.py
@@ -25,11 +25,18 @@ class CollectArnoldSceneSource(pyblish.api.InstancePlugin):
                 members = cmds.ls(members, long=True)
                 children = get_all_children(members)
                 instance.data["contentMembers"] = children
+                # TODO: include another instance.data for content members
+                instance.data["contentMembersTransform"] = members
                 self.log.debug("content members: {}".format(children))
+                self.log.debug("content members Transform : {}".format(members))
             elif objset.endswith("proxy_SET"):
-                set_members = get_all_children(cmds.ls(members, long=True))
+                proxy_members = cmds.ls(members, long=True)
+                set_members = get_all_children(proxy_members)
                 instance.data["proxy"] = set_members
+                instance.data["proxyTransform"] = proxy_members
+                # TODO: include another instance.data for proxy
                 self.log.debug("proxy members: {}".format(set_members))
+                self.log.debug("proxy members Transform: {}".format(proxy_members))
 
         # Use camera in object set if present else default to render globals
         # camera.
diff --git a/openpype/hosts/maya/plugins/publish/extract_arnold_scene_source.py b/openpype/hosts/maya/plugins/publish/extract_arnold_scene_source.py
index 14bcc71da6..9ed475e20f 100644
--- a/openpype/hosts/maya/plugins/publish/extract_arnold_scene_source.py
+++ b/openpype/hosts/maya/plugins/publish/extract_arnold_scene_source.py
@@ -69,9 +69,10 @@ class ExtractArnoldSceneSource(publish.Extractor):
             "camera": instance.data["camera"],
             "mask": mask
         }
-
+        # TODO: dont use instance.data["contentMembers"]
+        # but use the new instance.data["contentMemberTransforms"]
         filenames, nodes_by_id = self._extract(
-            instance.data["contentMembers"], attribute_data, kwargs
+            instance.data["contentMembersTransform"], attribute_data, kwargs
         )
 
         if "representations" not in instance.data:
@@ -109,8 +110,10 @@ class ExtractArnoldSceneSource(publish.Extractor):
             return
 
         kwargs["filename"] = file_path.replace(".ass", "_proxy.ass")
+        # TODO: dont use instance.data["proxy"]
+        # but use the new instance.data["proxyTransforms"]
         filenames, _ = self._extract(
-            instance.data["proxy"], attribute_data, kwargs
+            instance.data["proxyTransform"], attribute_data, kwargs
         )
 
         representation = {
@@ -187,7 +190,7 @@ class ExtractArnoldSceneSource(publish.Extractor):
                     self.log.info(
                         "Extracting ass sequence with: {}".format(kwargs)
                     )
-
+                    # arnoldExportAss -selected needs an active selection or a list of objects
                     exported_files = cmds.arnoldExportAss(**kwargs)
 
                     for file in exported_files: