server/AyaNova/Controllers/ReportController.cs

@@ -185,9 +185,12 @@ namespace AyaNova.Api.Controllers
                     return Ok(ApiOkResponse.Response(reportData));
             }
             catch (ReportRenderTimeOutException)
-            {
+            {               
                 log.LogInformation($"GetReportData timeout data list key: {selectedRequest.DataListKey}, record count:{selectedRequest.SelectedRowIds.LongLength}, user:{UserNameFromContext.Name(HttpContext.Items)} ");
-                return Ok(ApiOkResponse.Response(new { timeout = true, timeoutconfig = ServerBootConfig.AYANOVA_REPORT_RENDERING_TIMEOUT }));
+              //note: this route is called by the report designer to get a limited subset of records so we should never see this error but including it for completeness
+              //report designer should show this as a general error  
+                return BadRequest(new ApiErrorResponse(ApiErrorCode.INVALID_OPERATION, null, "timeout - select fewer records"));
+               
             }
         }