=== modified file 'dhis-2/dhis-services/dhis-service-analytics/src/main/java/org/hisp/dhis/analytics/AnalyticsService.java'
--- dhis-2/dhis-services/dhis-service-analytics/src/main/java/org/hisp/dhis/analytics/AnalyticsService.java	2014-09-29 16:10:58 +0000
+++ dhis-2/dhis-services/dhis-service-analytics/src/main/java/org/hisp/dhis/analytics/AnalyticsService.java	2014-10-27 18:50:54 +0000
@@ -174,6 +174,15 @@
     DataQueryParams getFromAnalyticalObject( AnalyticalObject object, I18nFormat format );
     
     /**
+     * Creates a list of DimensionalObject from the given set of dimension params.
+     * 
+     * @param dimensionParams the dimension URL params.
+     * @param format the i18n format.
+     * @return a list of DimensionalObject.
+     */
+    List<DimensionalObject> getDimensionalObjects( Set<String> dimensionParams, I18nFormat format );
+    
+    /**
      * Returns a list of persisted DimensionalObjects generated from the given 
      * dimension identifier and list of dimension options. The dx dimension
      * will be exploded into concrete in|de|ds object identifiers and returned

=== modified file 'dhis-2/dhis-services/dhis-service-analytics/src/main/java/org/hisp/dhis/analytics/data/DefaultAnalyticsService.java'
--- dhis-2/dhis-services/dhis-service-analytics/src/main/java/org/hisp/dhis/analytics/data/DefaultAnalyticsService.java	2014-10-16 14:51:51 +0000
+++ dhis-2/dhis-services/dhis-service-analytics/src/main/java/org/hisp/dhis/analytics/data/DefaultAnalyticsService.java	2014-10-27 18:50:54 +0000
@@ -800,30 +800,12 @@
 
         if ( dimensionParams != null && !dimensionParams.isEmpty() )
         {
-            for ( String param : dimensionParams )
-            {
-                String dimension = DimensionalObjectUtils.getDimensionFromParam( param );
-                List<String> options = DimensionalObjectUtils.getDimensionItemsFromParam( param );
-
-                if ( dimension != null && options != null )
-                {
-                    params.getDimensions().addAll( getDimension( dimension, options, null, format, false ) );
-                }
-            }
+            params.getDimensions().addAll( getDimensionalObjects( dimensionParams, format ) );
         }
 
         if ( filterParams != null && !filterParams.isEmpty() )
         {
-            for ( String param : filterParams )
-            {
-                String dimension = DimensionalObjectUtils.getDimensionFromParam( param );
-                List<String> options = DimensionalObjectUtils.getDimensionItemsFromParam( param );
-
-                if ( dimension != null && options != null )
-                {
-                    params.getFilters().addAll( getDimension( dimension, options, null, format, false ) );
-                }
-            }
+            params.getFilters().addAll( getDimensionalObjects( filterParams, format ) );
         }
 
         if ( measureCriteria != null && !measureCriteria.isEmpty() )
@@ -871,6 +853,28 @@
         return params;
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public List<DimensionalObject> getDimensionalObjects( Set<String> dimensionParams, I18nFormat format )
+    {
+        List<DimensionalObject> list = new ArrayList<>();
+        
+        if ( dimensionParams != null )
+        {
+            for ( String param : dimensionParams )
+            {
+                String dimension = DimensionalObjectUtils.getDimensionFromParam( param );
+                List<String> options = DimensionalObjectUtils.getDimensionItemsFromParam( param );
+
+                if ( dimension != null && options != null )
+                {
+                    list.addAll( getDimension( dimension, options, null, format, false ) );
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        
+        return list;
+    }
+    
     // TODO verify that current user can read each dimension and dimension item
     // TODO optimize so that org unit levels + boundary are used in query instead of fetching all org units one by one
 

=== modified file 'dhis-2/dhis-services/dhis-service-analytics/src/main/java/org/hisp/dhis/analytics/data/MockAnalyticsService.java'
--- dhis-2/dhis-services/dhis-service-analytics/src/main/java/org/hisp/dhis/analytics/data/MockAnalyticsService.java	2014-09-29 16:10:58 +0000
+++ dhis-2/dhis-services/dhis-service-analytics/src/main/java/org/hisp/dhis/analytics/data/MockAnalyticsService.java	2014-10-27 18:50:54 +0000
@@ -93,6 +93,12 @@
     {
         throw new NotImplementedException();
     }
+    
+    @Override
+    public List<DimensionalObject> getDimensionalObjects( Set<String> dimensionParams, I18nFormat format )
+    {
+        throw new NotImplementedException();        
+    }
 
     @Override
     public List<DimensionalObject> getDimension( String dimension, List<String> items, Date relativePeriodDate,