diff --git a/server/AyaNova/Controllers/ReportController.cs b/server/AyaNova/Controllers/ReportController.cs
index f17aa4f0..af07a4b9 100644
--- a/server/AyaNova/Controllers/ReportController.cs
+++ b/server/AyaNova/Controllers/ReportController.cs
@@ -186,18 +186,28 @@ namespace AyaNova.Api.Controllers
         public class ObjectReportDataParameter
         {
             public AyaType ObjectType { get; set; }
-            public long[] ObjectIdArray { get; set; }
+            public long[] SelectedRowIds { get; set; }
+            public string DataListKey { get; set; }
+            public string ListView { get; set; }//optional, if null or empty will use default list view built into DataList
+
         }
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Get data from id list in format used by report designer
         /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="reportDataParam">report id and object id values for object type specified in report template</param>
+        /// <param name="reportDataParam">Data required for report</param>
         /// <param name="apiVersion">From route path</param>
         /// <returns></returns>
         [HttpPost("object-report-data")]
         public async Task<IActionResult> GetReportData([FromBody] ObjectReportDataParameter reportDataParam, ApiVersion apiVersion)
         {
+            /*{
+          public AyaType ObjectType { get; set; }
+            public long[] SelectedRowIds { get; set; }      
+            public string DataListKey { get; set; }      
+            public string ListView { get; set; }//optional, if null or empty will use default list view built into DataList
+
+      }*/
             if (!serverState.IsOpen)
                 return StatusCode(503, new ApiErrorResponse(serverState.ApiErrorCode, null, serverState.Reason));
             ReportBiz biz = ReportBiz.GetBiz(ct, HttpContext);
@@ -205,7 +215,22 @@ namespace AyaNova.Api.Controllers
             if (!ModelState.IsValid)
                 return BadRequest(new ApiErrorResponse(ModelState));
 
-            var reportData = await biz.GetReportData(reportDataParam.ObjectType, reportDataParam.ObjectIdArray);
+            Newtonsoft.Json.Linq.JArray reportData = null;
+            if (reportDataParam.SelectedRowIds.Length > 0)
+            {
+                //pre-selected id values
+                reportData = await biz.GetReportData(reportDataParam.ObjectType, reportDataParam.SelectedRowIds);
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                //get from datalist values
+                //get the list of id's from the data list view               
+                var rowIds = await AyaNova.DataList.DataListFetcher.GetIdListResponseAsync(reportDataParam.DataListKey, reportDataParam.ListView, ct, UserIdFromContext.Id(HttpContext.Items), UserRolesFromContext.Roles(HttpContext.Items), log);
+                //now get the report data
+                reportData = await biz.GetReportData(reportDataParam.ObjectType, rowIds);
+            }
+
+
             if (reportData == null)
                 return BadRequest(new ApiErrorResponse(biz.Errors));
             else
diff --git a/server/AyaNova/DataList/DataListFetcher.cs b/server/AyaNova/DataList/DataListFetcher.cs
index 71762377..dcd6d76f 100644
--- a/server/AyaNova/DataList/DataListFetcher.cs
+++ b/server/AyaNova/DataList/DataListFetcher.cs
@@ -191,6 +191,195 @@ namespace AyaNova.DataList
 
 
 
+            //BUILD THE COLUMNS RETURN PROPERTY JSON FRAGMENT          
+            Newtonsoft.Json.Linq.JArray ColumnsJSON = null;
+
+            ColumnsJSON = DataList.GenerateListColumnsJSONFromListView(ListViewArray);
+
+            return new ApiDataListResponse(rows, totalRecordCount, ColumnsJSON);
+
+        }
+
+
+//Get a list of id's for reporting
+         internal static async Task<long[]> GetIdListResponseAsync(string DataListKey, string ListView, AyContext ct,  long UserId, AuthorizationRoles UserRoles, ILogger log)
+        {
+
+            var DataList = DataListFactory.GetAyaDataList(DataListKey);
+
+            //was the name not found as a list?
+            if (DataList == null)
+            {
+                throw new System.ArgumentOutOfRangeException($"DataList \"{DataListKey}\" specified does not exist");
+            }
+
+            //check rights
+
+            if (!UserRoles.HasAnyFlags(DataList.AllowedRoles))
+                throw new System.UnauthorizedAccessException("User roles insufficient for this datalist");
+
+            //do we need to default the listView?
+            if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(listOptions.ListView))
+            {
+                listOptions.ListView = DataList.DefaultListView;
+            }
+
+            //parse the list view     
+            var ListViewArray = JArray.Parse(listOptions.ListView);
+
+
+            //Get the field key names in a list from the listview
+            List<string> ListViewFieldList = DataList.GetFieldListFromListView(ListViewArray);
+
+            //BUILD THE QUERY                     
+            //SELECT FRAGMENT COLUMNS FROM TEMPLATE               
+            var SelectBuild = DataListSqlSelectBuilder.Build(DataList.FieldDefinitions, ListViewFieldList);
+
+            //FROM CLAUSE             
+            var qFrom = DataList.SQLFrom;
+
+            var qWhere = string.Empty;
+            var qOrderBy = string.Empty;
+
+            //WHERE CLAUSE - FILTER            
+            qWhere = DataListSqlFilterCriteriaBuilder.DataFilterToSQLCriteria(DataList.FieldDefinitions, ListViewArray, UserId);
+
+            //ORDER BY CLAUSE - SORT 
+            //BUILD ORDER BY 
+            qOrderBy = DataListSqlFilterOrderByBuilder.DataFilterToSQLOrderBy(DataList.FieldDefinitions, ListViewArray);
+
+            //LIMIT AND OFFSET CLAUSE - PAGING
+            listOptions.Offset = listOptions.Offset ?? ListOptions.DefaultOffset;
+            listOptions.Limit = listOptions.Limit ?? ListOptions.DefaultLimit;
+            var qLimitOffset = $"LIMIT {listOptions.Limit} OFFSET {listOptions.Offset}";
+
+            //PUT IT ALL TOGETHER
+            string qDataQuery = string.Empty;
+            string qTotalRecordsQuery = string.Empty;
+
+            qDataQuery = $"{SelectBuild.Select} {qFrom} {qWhere} {qOrderBy} {qLimitOffset}".Replace("  ", " ");
+            qTotalRecordsQuery = $"SELECT COUNT(*) {qFrom} {qWhere}".Replace("  ", " ");
+
+            //RETURN OBJECTS                  
+            int returnRowColumnCount = ListViewFieldList.Count();
+            List<List<AyaFieldData>> rows = new List<List<AyaFieldData>>();
+            long totalRecordCount = 0;
+
+            //QUERY THE DB
+            using (var command = ct.Database.GetDbConnection().CreateCommand())
+            {
+                await ct.Database.OpenConnectionAsync();
+
+                //GET DATA RETURN ROWS
+                command.CommandText = qDataQuery;
+                try
+                {
+                    using (var dr = await command.ExecuteReaderAsync())
+                    {
+                        while (dr.Read())
+                        {
+                            List<AyaFieldData> row = new List<AyaFieldData>(returnRowColumnCount);
+
+
+                            //INSERT REMAINING FIELDS FROM TEMPLATE INTO THE RETURN ROWS LIST
+                            foreach (string TemplateField in ListViewFieldList)
+                            {
+
+                                //get the AyaObjectFieldDefinition
+                                AyaDataListFieldDefinition f = DataList.FieldDefinitions.FirstOrDefault(z => z.FieldKey == TemplateField);
+                                if (f.IsCustomField)
+                                {
+
+                                    AyaFieldData AyaField = new AyaFieldData();
+                                    var cust = dr.GetString(SelectBuild.map[f.GetSqlValueColumnName()]);
+                                    if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(cust))
+                                    {
+                                        JObject j = JObject.Parse(cust);
+                                        //convert field name to cust name then get value
+                                        var InternalCustomFieldName = AyaFormFieldDefinitions.TranslateLTCustomFieldToInternalCustomFieldName(TemplateField);
+                                        //Sometimes a custom field is specified but doesn't exist in the collection so don't assume it's there
+                                        // AyaField.v = j[InternalCustomFieldName].Value<object>();
+                                        JToken o = j[InternalCustomFieldName];
+                                        if (o != null)
+                                            AyaField.v = o.Value<object>();
+                                        else
+                                            AyaField.v = null;
+
+                                        row.Add(AyaField);
+                                    }
+
+                                    /*
+                                    TODO: Custom field handling
+                                    GetName works just not with multipart identifiers
+                                    I could force naming by making all fields and AS, or
+                                    I could map the ordinal when generating the Select fields so that I have a map to refer to here
+                                    mapping in advance actually makes a lot of sense, then no more of this fragility of going by pointer index and hoping for the best
+                                    it would just be premapped out.
+
+                                    dr.GetOrdinal(f.SqlValueColumnName)
+    'dr.GetOrdinal(f.SqlValueColumnName)' threw an exception of type 'System.IndexOutOfRangeException'
+    f.SqlValueColumnName
+    "awidget.customfields"
+    dr.GetName(nCurrentColumnPointer)
+    "customfields"
+    dr.GetOrdinal("customfields");
+    5
+
+                                    */
+                                }
+                                else
+                                {
+                                    AyaFieldData AyaField = new AyaFieldData();
+                                    AyaField.v = dr.GetValue(SelectBuild.map[f.GetSqlValueColumnName()]);
+
+                                    if (f.IsRowId)
+                                    {
+                                        AyaField.rid = true;
+                                    }
+                                    else
+                                    {
+                                        AyaField.rid = null;
+                                    }
+
+                                    if (f.SqlIdColumnName != null)
+                                    {
+                                        var ordinal = SelectBuild.map[f.SqlIdColumnName];
+                                        if (!await dr.IsDBNullAsync(ordinal))
+                                            AyaField.i = dr.GetInt64(ordinal);
+
+                                    }
+                                    row.Add(AyaField);
+                                }
+                            }
+                            rows.Add(row);
+                        }
+                    }
+
+                    //GET TOTAL RECORD COUNT
+                    command.CommandText = qTotalRecordsQuery;
+                    using (var dr = await command.ExecuteReaderAsync())
+                    {
+                        if (dr.Read())
+                        {
+                            totalRecordCount = dr.GetInt64(0);
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+                catch (Npgsql.PostgresException e)
+                {
+                    //log out the exception and the query
+                    log.LogInformation("DataList query failed unexpectedly.  Data Query was:");
+                    log.LogInformation(qDataQuery);
+                    log.LogInformation("Count Query was:");
+                    log.LogInformation(qTotalRecordsQuery);
+                    log.LogInformation(e, "DB Exception");
+                    throw new System.Exception("DataListFetcher - Query failed see log");
+
+                }
+            }
+
+
+
             //BUILD THE COLUMNS RETURN PROPERTY JSON FRAGMENT          
             Newtonsoft.Json.Linq.JArray ColumnsJSON = null;
 
diff --git a/server/AyaNova/DataList/ListOptions.cs b/server/AyaNova/DataList/ListOptions.cs
index e7615b8c..cb74d92d 100644
--- a/server/AyaNova/DataList/ListOptions.cs
+++ b/server/AyaNova/DataList/ListOptions.cs
@@ -15,17 +15,12 @@ namespace AyaNova.DataList
 
         [FromBody]       
         public int? Limit { get; set; }
-        
 
         [FromBody, Required]
         public string DataListKey { get; set; }
 
         [FromBody]
         public string ListView { get; set; }//optional, if null or empty will use default list view built into DataList
-
-      
-
-
-    }
+    }   
 
 }
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