diff --git a/ayanova/src/components/data-table.vue b/ayanova/src/components/data-table.vue
index 03c6ad90..000d620f 100644
--- a/ayanova/src/components/data-table.vue
+++ b/ayanova/src/components/data-table.vue
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
     <gz-error :errorBoxMessage="formState.errorBoxMessage"></gz-error>
     <v-card>
       {{ dataTablePagingOptions }}
-
+      {{ headers }}
       <v-card-title>
         <v-select
           v-model="listViewId"
@@ -464,8 +464,8 @@ export default {
 
         if (sortHasChanged && !this.loading) {
           //update sort at server and then allow get data
-          console.log("1 calling api method");
-          //this would normally never fail and no return data is required here
+
+          //no return data is required here
           //because getdatafromapi will have the data to refresh the sort of the view anyway
           //so it's fire and forget
           await window.$gz.api.post("data-list-column-view/sort", {
@@ -476,7 +476,7 @@ export default {
             sortDesc: this.dataTablePagingOptions.sortDesc
           });
         }
-        console.log("2 About to call getdata from api");
+
         //has changed something important so refetch and put a pin in last paging settings for next time
         this.getDataFromApi();
         this.lastDataTablePagingOptions = this.dataTablePagingOptions;
@@ -517,6 +517,27 @@ export default {
       });
     },
     setSortIndicatorsFromDataListResponse(rsort) {
+      let sortBy = [];
+      let sortDesc = [];
+      if (rsort != null) {
+        Object.keys(rsort).forEach((key, index) => {
+          //Pull column header name "value" from "fk"matching "key" here  from this.headers columns.c0 etc here from this.headers see above method
+          sortBy.push(this.headers.find(z => z.fk == key).value);
+
+          //if not null then push into the sortBy array
+          let sort = rsort[key];
+          if (sort == "-") {
+            sortDesc.push(true);
+          } else {
+            sortDesc.push(false);
+          }
+          // console.log(`${key}: ${rsort[key]}`);
+        });
+      }
+      //vm.selected = [...preSelected];
+      this.dataTablePagingOptions.sortBy = [...sortBy];
+      this.dataTablePagingOptions.sortDesc = [...sortDesc];
+      console.log("setsortindicator:", { sortBy: sortBy, sortDesc: sortDesc });
       // {
       // 	"sortBy": {
       // 		"customername": "-",
@@ -524,6 +545,10 @@ export default {
       // 		"customeremail": "-"
       // 	}
       // }
+      //to this
+      //
+      //this.dataTablePagingOptions.sortDesc
+      //{ "page": 1, "itemsPerPage": 10, "sortBy": [ "columns.c0", "columns.c1", "columns.c2" ], "sortDesc": [ false, false, true ], "groupBy": [], "groupDesc": [], "mustSort": false, "multiSort": true }
     },
     refresh() {
       this.getDataFromApi();