diff --git a/.vscode/launch.json b/.vscode/launch.json
index fcc80a75..b77f3b95 100644
--- a/.vscode/launch.json
+++ b/.vscode/launch.json
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
         "AYANOVA_FOLDER_USER_FILES": "c:\\temp\\RavenTestData\\userfiles",
         "AYANOVA_FOLDER_BACKUP_FILES": "c:\\temp\\RavenTestData\\backupfiles",
         "AYANOVA_FOLDER_TEMPORARY_SERVER_FILES": "c:\\temp\\RavenTestData\\tempfiles",
-        "AYANOVA_SERVER_TEST_MODE": "true",
+        "AYANOVA_SERVER_TEST_MODE": "false",
         "AYANOVA_SERVER_TEST_MODE_SEEDLEVEL": "small",
         "AYANOVA_SERVER_TEST_MODE_TZ_OFFSET": "-7",
         "AYANOVA_BACKUP_PG_DUMP_PATH": "C:\\data\\code\\postgres_13\\bin\\"
diff --git a/server/AyaNova/Controllers/WorkOrderController.cs b/server/AyaNova/Controllers/WorkOrderController.cs
index a4a7798a..c6eaacc2 100644
--- a/server/AyaNova/Controllers/WorkOrderController.cs
+++ b/server/AyaNova/Controllers/WorkOrderController.cs
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
 using AyaNova.Models;
 using AyaNova.Api.ControllerHelpers;
 using AyaNova.Biz;
-
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
+using System.Linq;
 
 namespace AyaNova.Api.Controllers
 {
@@ -181,6 +182,31 @@ namespace AyaNova.Api.Controllers
 
 
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Get WorkOrder id from work order serial number
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="number"></param>
+        /// <returns>WorkOrder</returns>
+        [HttpGet("id-from-number/{number}")]
+        public async Task<IActionResult> GetWorkOrderIdFromNumber([FromRoute] long number)
+        {
+            if (!serverState.IsOpen)
+                return StatusCode(503, new ApiErrorResponse(serverState.ApiErrorCode, null, serverState.Reason));
+
+            if (!Authorized.HasReadFullRole(HttpContext.Items, AyaType.WorkOrder))
+                return StatusCode(403, new ApiNotAuthorizedResponse());
+            if (!ModelState.IsValid)
+                return BadRequest(new ApiErrorResponse(ModelState));
+            var o = await ct.WorkOrder.AsNoTracking()
+               .Where(z => z.Serial == number)
+               .Select(z => z.Id)
+               .SingleOrDefaultAsync();
+            if (o == 0) return NotFound(new ApiErrorResponse(ApiErrorCode.NOT_FOUND));
+            return Ok(ApiOkResponse.Response(o));
+        }
+
+
+
         // /// <summary>
         // /// Change existing work order's Contract
         // /// applies new Contract and returns complete updated work order
diff --git a/server/AyaNova/biz/WorkOrderBiz.cs b/server/AyaNova/biz/WorkOrderBiz.cs
index 82ed3a65..b7fe5bf4 100644
--- a/server/AyaNova/biz/WorkOrderBiz.cs
+++ b/server/AyaNova/biz/WorkOrderBiz.cs
@@ -557,6 +557,20 @@ namespace AyaNova.Biz
         }
 
 
+
+        // ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+        // //GET WORKORDER ID FOR WORK ORDER NUMBER
+        // //    
+        // internal static async Task<long> GetWorkOrderIdForNumberAsync(long woNumber, AyContext ct)
+        // {          
+        //    return await ct.WorkOrder.AsNoTracking()
+        //        .Where(z => z.Serial == woNumber)
+        //        .Select(z => z.Id)
+        //        .SingleOrDefaultAsync();
+        // }
+
+
+
         ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
         //SEARCH
         //