[Backport] Create empty modelData array to avoid undefined var error

[gelanivishal]

Original Pull Request

#18529

Description

Create empty modelData array to avoid undefined var error further in the function if the change type is not one of the listed cases

Fixed Issues (if relevant)

None

Manual testing scenarios

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• All commits are accompanied by meaningful commit messages
• All new or changed code is covered with unit/integration tests (if applicable)
• All automated tests passed successfully (all builds on Travis CI are green)

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[rodrigowebjump]

Hi @gelanivishal

Thanks for your contribution

[magento-engcom-team]

Hi @rodrigowebjump, thank you for the review.
ENGCOM-3206 has been created to process this Pull Request

[magento-engcom-team]

Hi @gelanivishal. Thank you for your contribution.
We will aim to release these changes as part of 2.2.8.
Please check the release notes for final confirmation.

Please, consider to port this solution to 2.3 release line.
You may use Porting tool to port commits automatically.