server/AyaNova/DataList/DataListFetcher.cs

@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ namespace AyaNova.DataList
                 }
             }
 
-            retList.Reverse();
+            //retList.Reverse();
             return retList.ToArray();
 
         }

server/AyaNova/biz/IReportAbleObject.cs

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ namespace AyaNova.Biz
         //Get items indicated in id list in report format
         //called by ReportBiz rendering code
         Task<JArray> GetReportData(long[] idList);
+        const int REPORT_DATA_BATCH_SIZE = 100;
 
     }
 

server/AyaNova/biz/WidgetBiz.cs

@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ namespace AyaNova.Biz
 {
     internal class WidgetBiz : BizObject, IJobObject, ISearchAbleObject, IReportAbleObject
     {
+        
+
         internal WidgetBiz(AyContext dbcontext, long currentUserId, long userTranslationId, AuthorizationRoles UserRoles)
         {
             ct = dbcontext;
@@ -284,17 +286,21 @@ namespace AyaNova.Biz
 
 
         public async Task<JArray> GetReportData(long[] idList)
-        {
+        {           
             JArray j = new JArray();
             while (idList.Any())
             {
-                var batch = idList.Take(100);
-                idList = idList.Skip(100).ToArray();
-                var res = await ct.Widget.Where(z => batch.Contains(z.Id)).ToArrayAsync();
-                foreach(Widget w in res){
+                var batch = idList.Take(IReportAbleObject.REPORT_DATA_BATCH_SIZE);
+                idList = idList.Skip(IReportAbleObject.REPORT_DATA_BATCH_SIZE).ToArray();
+                //query for this batch, comes back in db natural order unfortunately
+                var batchResults = await ct.Widget.Where(z => batch.Contains(z.Id)).ToArrayAsync();
+                //order the results back into original
+                var orderedList = from id in batch join z in batchResults on id equals z.Id select z;
+                foreach (Widget w in orderedList)
+                {
                     j.Add(JObject.FromObject(w));
-                }
-            }          
+                }               
+            }
             return j;
         }