diff --git a/code/gateway/dataaccess.q b/code/gateway/dataaccess.q
index c414358d6..59e4445c3 100644
--- a/code/gateway/dataaccess.q
+++ b/code/gateway/dataaccess.q
@@ -7,27 +7,18 @@ go:{if[`asc=x[0];:(xasc;x[1])];:(xdesc;x[1])};
 
 // Full generality dataaccess function in the gateway
 getdata:{[o]
-    // Input checking in the gateway
-    reqno:.requests.initlogger[o];
-    o:@[.checkinputs.checkinputs;o;.requests.error[reqno]];
-    // Get the Procs
-    if[not `procs in key o;o[`procs]:attributesrouting[o;partdict[o]]];
-    // Get Default process behavior
-    default:`join`timeout`postback`sublist`getquery`queryoptimisation`postprocessing!(multiprocjoin[o];0Wn;();0W;0b;1b;{:x;});
-    // Use upserting logic to determine behaviour
-    options:default,o;
-    if[`ordering in key o;options[`ordering]: go each options`ordering];
-    o:adjustqueries[o;partdict o];
+    // Format query for multiprocess querying
+    query:preprocessing[o];
     // Execute the queries
-    if[options`getquery;
+    if[query[`options][`getquery];
         $[.gw.call .z.w;
-            :.gw.syncexec[(`.dataaccess.buildquery;o);options[`procs]];
-            :.gw.asyncexec[(`.dataaccess.buildquery;o);options[`procs]]]];
+            :.gw.syncexec[(`.dataaccess.buildquery;query[`o]);query[`options][`procs]];
+            :.gw.asyncexec[(`.dataaccess.buildquery;query[`o]);query[`options][`procs]]]];
     $[.gw.call .z.w;
         //if sync
-        :.gw.syncexecjt[(`getdata;o);options[`procs];returntab[options;;reqno];options[`timeout]];
+        :.gw.syncexecjt[(`getdata;query[`o]);query[`options][`procs];returntab[query[`options];;query[`reqno]];query[`options][`timeout]];
         // if async
-        :.gw.asyncexecjpt[(`getdata;o);options[`procs];returntab[options;;reqno];options[`postback];options[`timeout]]];
+        :.gw.asyncexecjpt[(`getdata;query[`o]);query[`options][`procs];returntab[query[`options];;query`[reqno]];query[`options][`postback];query[`options][`timeout]]];
      };
 
 // Dynamic routing finds all processes with relevant data 
@@ -133,3 +124,19 @@ colstm:{[input]: raze ((count') input[`aggregations]) #' key input[`aggregations
 crossprocmerge:{[input;A](^/)colmerge[;A;]'[colstm[input];$[A[0]~0!A[0];cols A[0];((cols A[0]) where not (cols A[0]) in  cols key A[0])]]};
 
 updategwtabprop:{[]:.gw.syncexec[".checkinputs.tablepropertiesconfig";exec servertype from .gw.servers];}
+
+
+preprocessing:{[o]
+    // Input checking in the gateway
+    reqno:.requests.initlogger[o];
+    o:@[.checkinputs.checkinputs;o;.requests.error[reqno]];
+    // Get the Procs
+    if[not `procs in key o;o[`procs]:attributesrouting[o;partdict[o]]];
+    // Get Default process behavior
+    default:`join`timeout`postback`sublist`getquery`queryoptimisation`postprocessing!(multiprocjoin[o];0Wn;();0W;0b;1b;{:x;});
+    // Use upserting logic to determine behaviour
+    options:default,o;
+    if[`ordering in key o;options[`ordering]:: go each options`ordering];
+    o:adjustqueries[o;partdict o];
+    `o`options`reqno!(o;options;reqno)
+    };
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diff --git a/code/gateway/kxdash.q b/code/gateway/kxdash.q
index d978aa509..fb9844cd1 100644
--- a/code/gateway/kxdash.q
+++ b/code/gateway/kxdash.q
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 \d .kxdash
-enabled:@[value;`enabled;{0b}];
-
 // use this to store the additional params that the kx dashboards seem to send in
 dashparams:`o`w`r`limit!(0;0i;0i;0W)
 
@@ -9,6 +7,17 @@ dashexec:{[q;s;j]
  .gw.asyncexecjpt[(dashremote;q;dashparams);(),s;dashjoin[j];();0Wn]
  }
 
+// Full generality dataaccess function for kx dashboards
+getdata:{[o]
+  // Format query for multiprocess querying
+  query:.dataaccess.preprocessing[o];
+  if[query[`options][`getquery];
+    //Allow functionality of building a query
+    :.gw.asyncexec[(dashremote;(`getdata,query[`o]);dashparams);query[`options][`procs]];];
+    //Execute the query
+    :.gw.asyncexecjpt[(dashremote;(`getdata;query[`o]);dashparams);query[`options][`procs];dashjoin[.dataaccess.returntab[query[`options];;query[`reqno]]];query[`options][`postback];query[`options][`timeout]];
+  }
+
 // execute the request
 // return a dict of status and result, along with the params
 // add a flag to the start of the list to stop dictionaries collapsing
@@ -25,19 +34,17 @@ dashjoin:{[joinfunc;r]
  }
 
 dashps:{
- // check the query coming in meets the format
- $[@[{`f`w`r`x`u~first 1_ value first x};x;0b];
-   // pull out the values we need to return to the dashboards
-   [dashparams::`o`w`r`limit!(last value x 1;x 2;x 3;x[4;0]);
+  // check the query coming in meets the format
+  $[@[{`f`w`r`x`u~first 1_ value first x};x;0b];
+    // pull out the values we need to return to the dashboards
+    [dashparams::`o`w`r`limit!(last value x 1;x 2;x 3;x[4;0]);
     // execute the query part, which must look something like
     // .kxdash.dashexec["select from t";`rdb`hdb;raze]
-    value x[4;1];
-    ];
-   //
-   value x]
+    .gw.ps x[4;1];];
+    // if incoming message is not in kxdash format, treat as normal
+    .gw.ps x]
  }
 
-
 // need this to handle queries that only hit one backend process
 // reformat those responses to look the same
 formatresponse:{[status;sync;result]
@@ -46,16 +53,18 @@ formatresponse:{[status;sync;result]
   :$[res`status;
     (`.dash.rcv_msg;res`w;res`o;res`r;res`result);
     (`.dash.snd_err;res`w;res`r;res`result)]];
- $[not[status]and sync;'result;result]}
-
+ $[not[status]and sync;'result;result]
+ }
 
 init:{
- // KX dashboards are expecting getFunctions to be defined on the process
- .api.getFunctions:@[value;`.api.getFunctions;{{:()}}];
- // Reset format response
- .gw.formatresponse:formatresponse;
- // incorporate dashps into the .z.ps definition
- .z.ps:{x@y;.kxdash.dashps y}@[value;`.z.ps;{{value x}}];
+  //Define the current .z.ps as a new function to be called in dashps
+  .gw.ps:@[value;`.z.ps;{value}];
+  // KX dashboards are expecting getFunctions to be defined on the process
+  .api.getFunctions:@[value;`.api.getFunctions;{{:()}}];
+  // Reset format response
+  .gw.formatresponse:formatresponse;
+  // Redefine .z.ps as dashps to handle incoming queries
+  .z.ps:dashps;
  };
  
-if[enabled;init[]];
+if[enabled;init[]];
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