server/AyaNova/DataList/AyaDataList.cs

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Text;
+using AyaNova.Models;
 using AyaNova.Biz;
 using Newtonsoft.Json.Linq;
 using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
@@ -33,10 +34,13 @@ namespace AyaNova.DataList
         public Dictionary<string, string> DefaultSortBy { get; set; }
 
         //set defaults if not provided in listOptions
-        public void SetListOptionDefaultsIfNecessary(DataListOptions listOptions)
+        public void SetListOptionDefaultsIfNecessary(DataListBase listOptions)
         {
-            if (listOptions.Columns.Count == 0)
-                listOptions.Columns = DefaultColumns;
+            if(listOptions is DataListTableOptions){//if this doesn't work then just ditch this method in favor of local code, it's not really saving much 
+                 if (((DataListTableOptions)listOptions).Columns.Count == 0)
+                ((DataListTableOptions)listOptions).Columns = DefaultColumns;
+            }
+           
             if (listOptions.SortBy.Count == 0)
                 listOptions.SortBy = DefaultSortBy;
         }