diff --git a/server/AyaNova/Controllers/EventLogController.cs b/server/AyaNova/Controllers/EventLogController.cs
index dfb10d28..7624265f 100644
--- a/server/AyaNova/Controllers/EventLogController.cs
+++ b/server/AyaNova/Controllers/EventLogController.cs
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ namespace AyaNova.Api.Controllers
         }
 
 
-      
+
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Get event log for object and date range specified
@@ -66,12 +66,8 @@ namespace AyaNova.Api.Controllers
                 return StatusCode(401, new ApiNotAuthorizedResponse());
             }
 
-            var result = await EventLogProcessor.GetLogForObject(opt.AyId, UserLocaleIdFromContext.LocaleId(HttpContext.Items), ct);
-
-            //Log
-            EventLogProcessor.AddEntry(new Event(UserIdFromContext.Id(HttpContext.Items), 0, AyaType.Metrics, AyaEvent.Retrieved), ct);
-
-            return Content(result);
+            var result = await EventLogProcessor.GetLogForObject(opt, ct);
+            return Ok(new ApiOkResponse(result));
         }
 
 
@@ -106,12 +102,9 @@ namespace AyaNova.Api.Controllers
                 return StatusCode(401, new ApiNotAuthorizedResponse());
             }
 
-            var result = await EventLogProcessor.GetLogForUser(opt.AyId, UserLocaleIdFromContext.LocaleId(HttpContext.Items), ct);
+            var result = await EventLogProcessor.GetLogForUser(opt, ct);
 
-            //Log
-            EventLogProcessor.AddEntry(new Event(UserId, 0, AyaType.Metrics, AyaEvent.Retrieved), ct);
-
-            return Content(result);
+             return Ok(new ApiOkResponse(result));
         }
 
 
@@ -127,10 +120,32 @@ namespace AyaNova.Api.Controllers
             [FromQuery]
             public long AyId { get; set; }
             [FromQuery]
-            public DateTime StartDate { get; set; }
+            public DateTime? StartDate { get; set; }
             [FromQuery]
-            public DateTime EndDate { get; set; }
+            public DateTime? EndDate { get; set; }
         }
 
+
+
+        public sealed class ObjectEventLogItem
+        {
+            //DateTime, UserId, Event, Textra           
+            public DateTime Date { get; set; }
+            public long UserId { get; set; }
+            public AyaEvent Event { get; set; }
+            public string Textra { get; set; }
+        }
+
+        public sealed class UserEventLogItem
+        {
+            //DateTime, ObjectType, ObjectId, Event, Textra       
+            public DateTime Date { get; set; }
+            public AyaType Type { get; set; }
+            public long ObjectId { get; set; }
+            public AyaEvent Event { get; set; }
+            public string Textra { get; set; }
+        }
+
+
     }//eoc
 }//eons
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/server/AyaNova/biz/EventLogProcessor.cs b/server/AyaNova/biz/EventLogProcessor.cs
index 4e3b9ad7..8d1b6629 100644
--- a/server/AyaNova/biz/EventLogProcessor.cs
+++ b/server/AyaNova/biz/EventLogProcessor.cs
@@ -47,26 +47,44 @@ namespace AyaNova.Biz
         /// <summary>
         /// Get the event log for a specified object
         /// </summary>
-        internal static async Task<string> GetLogForObject(long ayId, DateTime StartDate, DateTime EndDate, AyContext ct)
+        internal static async Task<AyaNova.Api.Controllers.EventLogController.ObjectEventLogItem[]> GetLogForObject(AyaNova.Api.Controllers.EventLogController.EventLogOptions opt, AyContext ct)
         {
-            var items = await ct.Event
-                                .Where(m => m.AyId == ayId)
-                                .OrderBy(m => m.Created)
-                                .ToListAsync();
+            //This is also an example of conditional where statements 
 
-            if (items.Count == 0)
+            //Set up the query
+            var q = ct.Event.Select(m => m);
+
+
+            q = q.Where(m => m.AyId == opt.AyId);
+
+            if (opt.StartDate != null)
+                q = q.Where(m => m.Created > opt.StartDate);
+
+            if (opt.EndDate != null)
+                q = q.Where(m => m.Created < opt.EndDate);
+
+            q = q.OrderBy(m => m.Created);
+
+            //Execute the query
+            var EventItems = await q.ToArrayAsync();
+
+            //convert the Event array to the correct return type array
+            var ret = EventItems.Select(m => new AyaNova.Api.Controllers.EventLogController.ObjectEventLogItem()
             {
-                return "";
-            }
+                Date = m.Created,
+                UserId = m.OwnerId,
+                Event = m.AyEvent,
+                Textra = m.Textra
+            }).ToArray();
 
-          
-           
-
-          
+            return ret;
 
         }
 
-        internal static Task<string> GetLogForUser(long ayId, long userLocaleId, AyContext ct)
+
+
+
+        internal static Task<string> GetLogForUser(AyaNova.Api.Controllers.EventLogController.EventLogOptions opt, AyContext ct)
         {
             throw new NotImplementedException();
         }
@@ -75,7 +93,7 @@ namespace AyaNova.Biz
 
         internal static string BuildLogEntry(bool userFormat, Event ev, List<KeyValuePair<string, string>> lt)
         {
-            StringBuilder S=new StringBuilder();
+            StringBuilder S = new StringBuilder();
 
             //Object format:
             //DateTime, UserId, ActionNumber, Textra
@@ -84,11 +102,13 @@ namespace AyaNova.Biz
             //DateTime, ObjectType, ObjectId, ActionNumber, Textra
 
             ev
-           
-            switch(ev.AyEvent){
+
+
+            switch (ev.AyEvent)
+            {
                 case AyaEvent.Created:
 
-                break;
+                    break;
             }
 
             return ":";