diff --git a/server/AyaNova/Controllers/ReportController.cs b/server/AyaNova/Controllers/ReportController.cs
index 4fe6050c..01166891 100644
--- a/server/AyaNova/Controllers/ReportController.cs
+++ b/server/AyaNova/Controllers/ReportController.cs
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ namespace AyaNova.Api.Controllers
         /// <param name="apiVersion">From route path</param>
         /// <returns></returns>
         [HttpPost("data")]
-        public async Task<IActionResult> GetReportData([FromBody] ObjectReportDataParameter reportDataParam, ApiVersion apiVersion)
+        public async Task<IActionResult> GetReportData([FromBody] ReportDataParameter reportDataParam, ApiVersion apiVersion)
         {
             /*{
           public AyaType ObjectType { get; set; }
diff --git a/server/AyaNova/biz/ReportBiz.cs b/server/AyaNova/biz/ReportBiz.cs
index 2ff2db70..022b5e49 100644
--- a/server/AyaNova/biz/ReportBiz.cs
+++ b/server/AyaNova/biz/ReportBiz.cs
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ namespace AyaNova.Biz
         //REPORT DATA
         //Data fetched to return to report designer for Client report design usage
 
-        public async Task<Newtonsoft.Json.Linq.JArray> GetReportData(ObjectReportDataParameter reportDataParam, AuthorizationRoles overrideRoles = AuthorizationRoles.NoRole)
+        public async Task<Newtonsoft.Json.Linq.JArray> GetReportData(ReportDataParameter reportDataParam, AuthorizationRoles overrideRoles = AuthorizationRoles.NoRole)
         {
             var log = AyaNova.Util.ApplicationLogging.CreateLogger("ReportBiz::GetReportData");
             AuthorizationRoles effectiveRoles = CurrentUserRoles;
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ namespace AyaNova.Biz
 
 
             //Get data
-            var ReportData = await GetReportData(new ObjectReportDataParameter() { ObjectType = report.ObjectType, SelectedRowIds = reportParam.SelectedRowIds, DataListKey = reportParam.DataListKey, ListView = reportParam.ListView });
+            var ReportData = await GetReportData(new ReportDataParameter() { ObjectType = report.ObjectType, SelectedRowIds = reportParam.SelectedRowIds, DataListKey = reportParam.DataListKey, ListView = reportParam.ListView });
 
             //initialization
             log.LogDebug("Initializing report system");
@@ -355,11 +355,20 @@ namespace AyaNova.Biz
                     await page.AddScriptTagAsync(new AddTagOptions() { Content = report.JsHelpers });
                     await page.AddStyleTagAsync(new AddTagOptions() { Content = report.Style });
 
-                    var pagecontent = await page.GetContentAsync();
+                    //add Client meta data
+                    var clientMeta = "{}";
+                    if (reportParam.ClientMeta != null)
+                        clientMeta = reportParam.ClientMeta.ToString();
+                  //  await page.AddScriptTagAsync(new AddTagOptions() { Content = $"var ayClientMetaData = {clientMeta}" });
 
+                    //this is how you view the contents of the page
+#if (DEBUG)
+                    var pagecontent = await page.GetContentAsync();
+                    
+#endif
                     //compile and run handlebars template              
-                    // var compileScript = $"let ayReportData=ayPreRender({ReportData});Handlebars.compile(`{report.Template}`)(ayReportData);";
-                    var compileScript = $"Handlebars.compile(`{report.Template}`)({{ayReportData:ayPreRender({ReportData})}});";
+
+                    var compileScript = $"Handlebars.compile(`{report.Template}`)({{ ayReportData:ayPreRender({ReportData}), ayClientMetaData:{clientMeta} }});";
                     var resultHTML = await page.EvaluateExpressionAsync<string>(compileScript);
 
                     //render report as HTML              
diff --git a/server/AyaNova/models/dto/ReportingModels.cs b/server/AyaNova/models/dto/ReportingModels.cs
index d4b88a70..9fea3879 100644
--- a/server/AyaNova/models/dto/ReportingModels.cs
+++ b/server/AyaNova/models/dto/ReportingModels.cs
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 using AyaNova.Biz;
+using Newtonsoft.Json.Linq;
 namespace AyaNova.Models
 {
-    public class ObjectReportDataParameter
+    public class ReportDataParameter
     {
         public AyaType ObjectType { get; set; }
         public long[] SelectedRowIds { get; set; }
@@ -16,16 +17,8 @@ namespace AyaNova.Models
         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
+        public JToken ClientMeta {get;set;}//meta JSON data passed from client, not part of biz object data
     }
 
-    public class RenderedReport
-    {
-        public string MimeType { get; set; }
-        public byte[] RenderedOutput { get; set; }
-        public RenderedReport()
-        {
-            MimeType = "application/pdf";
-            RenderedOutput = null;
-        }
-    }
+
 }
diff --git a/server/AyaNova/resource/rpt/ay-report.js b/server/AyaNova/resource/rpt/ay-report.js
index 7aba3dae..7eba1ec7 100644
--- a/server/AyaNova/resource/rpt/ay-report.js
+++ b/server/AyaNova/resource/rpt/ay-report.js
@@ -6,14 +6,16 @@ function ayRegisterHelpers() {
   Handlebars.registerHelper("aymarkdown", function (astring) {
     return marked(astring, { breaks: true });
   });
+
+  Handlebars.registerHelper("ayJSON", function (obj) {
+    return JSON.stringify(obj, null, 3);
+  });
 }
 
-function ayPreRender(theReportData) {  
+function ayPreRender(theReportData) {
   if (typeof reportPreRender === "function") {
     return reportPreRender(theReportData);
-  }else{
+  } else {
     return theReportData;
   }
 }
-
-