diff --git a/server/AyaNova/Controllers/PickListController.cs b/server/AyaNova/Controllers/PickListController.cs
index 9a7a03e6..7ca73a17 100644
--- a/server/AyaNova/Controllers/PickListController.cs
+++ b/server/AyaNova/Controllers/PickListController.cs
@@ -55,11 +55,11 @@ namespace AyaNova.Api.Controllers
         /// Independantely of this, if an addition space separated string that begins with two consecutive periods is encountered that will be considered a separate match to the TAGS collection of each object
         /// So a tag query might be entered as "..zon some" which would match all tags LIKE 'zon' and template fields LIKE 'some'</param>
         /// <param name="inactive">Include inactive objects in the returned list </param>
-        /// <param name="preId">Return only one item (for pre-selected items on forms) </param>
+        /// <param name="preIds">Return only specific items (for pre-selected items on forms) </param>
         /// <param name="variant">Some lists optionally take a variant string, e.g. User type "inside","outside" etc </param>
         /// <returns>Filtered list</returns>
         [HttpGet("list")]
-        public async Task<IActionResult> GetList([FromQuery] AyaType ayaType, [FromQuery] string query, [FromQuery] bool inactive, [FromQuery] long? preId, [FromQuery] string variant)
+        public async Task<IActionResult> GetList([FromQuery] AyaType ayaType, [FromQuery] string query, [FromQuery] bool inactive, [FromQuery] long[] preIds, [FromQuery] string variant)
         {
             if (serverState.IsClosed)
                 return StatusCode(503, new ApiErrorResponse(serverState.ApiErrorCode, null, serverState.Reason));
@@ -82,9 +82,8 @@ namespace AyaNova.Api.Controllers
             //Instantiate the business object handler
             PickListBiz biz = PickListBiz.GetBiz(ct, HttpContext);
 
-            if (preId == null)
-                preId = 0;
-            var o = await biz.GetPickListAsync(PickList, query, inactive, (long)preId, variant, log);
+          
+            var o = await biz.GetPickListAsync(PickList, query, inactive, preIds, variant, log);
             if (o == null)
                 return BadRequest(new ApiErrorResponse(biz.Errors));
             else
diff --git a/server/AyaNova/PickList/PickListFetcher.cs b/server/AyaNova/PickList/PickListFetcher.cs
index 1860d890..6ddcd80e 100644
--- a/server/AyaNova/PickList/PickListFetcher.cs
+++ b/server/AyaNova/PickList/PickListFetcher.cs
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ namespace AyaNova.PickList
     internal static class PickListFetcher
     {
         internal static async Task<List<NameIdActiveItem>> GetResponseAsync(IAyaPickList PickList, string autoCompleteQuery,
-        string tagSpecificQuery, bool includeInactive, long preId, string variant, AyContext ct, ILogger log)
+        string tagSpecificQuery, bool includeInactive, long[] preIds, string variant, AyContext ct, ILogger log)
         {
 
             //Sort out effective Template
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ namespace AyaNova.PickList
             List<string> TemplateColumnNames = PickList.GetFieldListFromTemplate(jTemplate);
 
             //BUILD THE QUERY  
-            var q = PickListSqlBuilder.Build(PickList, TemplateColumnNames, autoCompleteQuery, tagSpecificQuery, includeInactive, preId, variant);
+            var q = PickListSqlBuilder.Build(PickList, TemplateColumnNames, autoCompleteQuery, tagSpecificQuery, includeInactive, preIds, variant);
 
             //RETURN OBJECTS  
             var ret = new List<NameIdActiveItem>();
diff --git a/server/AyaNova/PickList/PickListSqlBuilder.cs b/server/AyaNova/PickList/PickListSqlBuilder.cs
index 9829257e..ba4e6758 100644
--- a/server/AyaNova/PickList/PickListSqlBuilder.cs
+++ b/server/AyaNova/PickList/PickListSqlBuilder.cs
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ namespace AyaNova.PickList
         const int MAXIMUM_RESULT_COUNT = 100;
 
         //Build the query for a picklist request
-        internal static string Build(IAyaPickList pickList, List<string> templateColumnNames, string autoCompleteQuery, string tagSpecificQuery, bool IncludeInactive, long preId, string variant)
+        internal static string Build(IAyaPickList pickList, List<string> templateColumnNames, string autoCompleteQuery, string tagSpecificQuery, bool IncludeInactive, long[] preIds, string variant)
         {
 
             //determine this in advance as it will be used in a loop later
@@ -62,9 +62,12 @@ namespace AyaNova.PickList
 
 
 
-            if (preId != 0)
+            if (preIds.Length > 0)
             {
-                PredefinedOnlyWhereFragment = rowIdColumn.SqlIdColumnName + " = " + preId.ToString();
+                //select id,name from acustomer where id in(1,3,5,7)
+                //string.Join(",", arr)
+                // PredefinedOnlyWhereFragment = rowIdColumn.SqlIdColumnName + " = " + preId.ToString();
+                PredefinedOnlyWhereFragment = $"{rowIdColumn.SqlIdColumnName} in ({string.Join(",", preIds)})";
             }
 
 
diff --git a/server/AyaNova/biz/PickListBiz.cs b/server/AyaNova/biz/PickListBiz.cs
index 123badaa..ff22f8db 100644
--- a/server/AyaNova/biz/PickListBiz.cs
+++ b/server/AyaNova/biz/PickListBiz.cs
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ namespace AyaNova.Biz
 
 
         //get picklist 
-        internal async Task<List<NameIdActiveItem>> GetPickListAsync(IAyaPickList PickList, string query, bool inactive, long preId, string variant, ILogger log)
+        internal async Task<List<NameIdActiveItem>> GetPickListAsync(IAyaPickList PickList, string query, bool inactive, long[] preIds, string variant, ILogger log)
         {
 
             //Crack and validate the query part set a broken rule if not valid and return null
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ namespace AyaNova.Biz
             }
 
             //Autocomplete and tagonly query terms now set for consumption by PickListFetcher, ready to fetch...
-            List<NameIdActiveItem> items = await PickListFetcher.GetResponseAsync(PickList, AutoCompleteQuery, TagSpecificQuery, inactive, preId,variant, ct, log);
+            List<NameIdActiveItem> items = await PickListFetcher.GetResponseAsync(PickList, AutoCompleteQuery, TagSpecificQuery, inactive, preIds,variant, ct, log);
             return items;
         }