diff --git a/all.sas b/all.sas
index d706dc5..aa7d526 100644
--- a/all.sas
+++ b/all.sas
@@ -20497,7 +20497,7 @@ data _null_;
   put '  sasjs_tables SYS_JES_JOB_URI; ';
   put '%if %index("&_debug",log) %then %let _debug=131; ';
   put ' ';
-  put '%local i tempds; ';
+  put '%local i tempds table; ';
   put '%let action=%upcase(&action); ';
   put ' ';
   put '%if &action=FETCH %then %do; ';
@@ -20512,60 +20512,35 @@ data _null_;
   put '  %end; ';
   put ' ';
   put '  /* if the sasjs_tables param is passed, we expect param based upload */ ';
-  put '  %if %length(&sasjs_tables.XX)>2 %then %do; ';
-  put '    filename _sasjs "%sysfunc(pathname(work))/sasjs.lua"; ';
-  put '    data _null_; ';
-  put '      file _sasjs; ';
-  put '      put ''s=sas.symget("sasjs_tables")''; ';
-  put '      put ''if(s:sub(1,7) == "%nrstr(")''; ';
-  put '      put ''then''; ';
-  put '      put '' tablist=s:sub(8,s:len()-1)''; ';
-  put '      put ''else''; ';
-  put '      put '' tablist=s''; ';
-  put '      put ''end''; ';
-  put '      put ''for i = 1,sas.countw(tablist) ''; ';
-  put '      put ''do ''; ';
-  put '      put ''  tab=sas.scan(tablist,i)''; ';
-  put '      put ''  sasdata=""''; ';
-  put '      put ''  if (sas.symexist("sasjs"..i.."data0")==0)''; ';
-  put '      put ''  then''; ';
-  put '      /* TODO - condense this logic */ ';
-  put '      put ''    s=sas.symget("sasjs"..i.."data")''; ';
-  put '      put ''    if(s:sub(1,7) == "%nrstr(")''; ';
-  put '      put ''    then''; ';
-  put '      put ''      sasdata=s:sub(8,s:len()-1)''; ';
-  put '      put ''    else''; ';
-  put '      put ''      sasdata=s''; ';
-  put '      put ''    end''; ';
-  put '      put ''  else''; ';
-  put '      put ''    for d = 1, sas.symget("sasjs"..i.."data0")''; ';
-  put '      put ''    do''; ';
-  put '      put ''      s=sas.symget("sasjs"..i.."data"..d)''; ';
-  put '      put ''      if(s:sub(1,7) == "%nrstr(")''; ';
-  put '      put ''      then''; ';
-  put '      put ''        sasdata=sasdata..s:sub(8,s:len()-1)''; ';
-  put '      put ''      else''; ';
-  put '      put ''        sasdata=sasdata..s''; ';
-  put '      put ''      end''; ';
-  put '      put ''    end''; ';
-  put '      put ''  end''; ';
-  put '      put ''  file = io.open(sas.pathname("work").."/"..tab..".csv", "a")''; ';
-  put '      put ''  io.output(file)''; ';
-  put '      put ''  io.write(sasdata)''; ';
-  put '      put ''  io.close(file)''; ';
-  put '      put ''end''; ';
-  put '    run; ';
-  put '    %inc _sasjs; ';
+  put '  %if %length(&sasjs_tables.X)>1 %then %do; ';
   put ' ';
-  put '    /* now read in the data */ ';
+  put '    /* convert data from macro variables to datasets */ ';
   put '    %do i=1 %to %sysfunc(countw(&sasjs_tables)); ';
-  put '      %local table; %let table=%scan(&sasjs_tables,&i); ';
+  put '      %let table=%scan(&sasjs_tables,&i,%str( )); ';
+  put '      %if %symexist(sasjs&i.data0)=0 %then %let sasjs&i.data0=1; ';
+  put '      data _null_; ';
+  put '        file "%sysfunc(pathname(work))/&table..csv" recfm=n; ';
+  put '        retain nrflg 0; ';
+  put '        length line $32767; ';
+  put '        do i=1 to &&sasjs&i.data0; ';
+  put '          if &&sasjs&i.data0=1 then line=symget("sasjs&i.data"); ';
+  put '          else line=symget(cats("sasjs&i.data",i)); ';
+  put '          if i=1 and substr(line,1,7)=''%nrstr('' then do; ';
+  put '            nrflg=1; ';
+  put '            line=substr(line,8); ';
+  put '          end; ';
+  put '          if i=&&sasjs&i.data0 and nrflg=1 then do; ';
+  put '            line=substr(line,1,length(line)-1); ';
+  put '          end; ';
+  put '          put line +(-1) @; ';
+  put '        end; ';
+  put '      run; ';
   put '      data _null_; ';
   put '        infile "%sysfunc(pathname(work))/&table..csv" termstr=crlf ; ';
   put '        input; ';
   put '        if _n_=1 then call symputx(''input_statement'',_infile_); ';
   put '        list; ';
-  put '      data &table; ';
+  put '      data work.&table; ';
   put '        infile "%sysfunc(pathname(work))/&table..csv" firstobs=2 dsd ';
   put '          termstr=crlf; ';
   put '        input &input_statement; ';
@@ -24329,7 +24304,7 @@ filename &fref1 clear;
   sasjs_tables SYS_JES_JOB_URI;
 %if %index("&_debug",log) %then %let _debug=131;
 
-%local i tempds;
+%local i tempds table;
 %let action=%upcase(&action);
 
 %if &action=FETCH %then %do;
@@ -24344,60 +24319,35 @@ filename &fref1 clear;
   %end;
 
   /* if the sasjs_tables param is passed, we expect param based upload */
-  %if %length(&sasjs_tables.XX)>2 %then %do;
-    filename _sasjs "%sysfunc(pathname(work))/sasjs.lua";
-    data _null_;
-      file _sasjs;
-      put 's=sas.symget("sasjs_tables")';
-      put 'if(s:sub(1,7) == "%nrstr(")';
-      put 'then';
-      put ' tablist=s:sub(8,s:len()-1)';
-      put 'else';
-      put ' tablist=s';
-      put 'end';
-      put 'for i = 1,sas.countw(tablist) ';
-      put 'do ';
-      put '  tab=sas.scan(tablist,i)';
-      put '  sasdata=""';
-      put '  if (sas.symexist("sasjs"..i.."data0")==0)';
-      put '  then';
-      /* TODO - condense this logic */
-      put '    s=sas.symget("sasjs"..i.."data")';
-      put '    if(s:sub(1,7) == "%nrstr(")';
-      put '    then';
-      put '      sasdata=s:sub(8,s:len()-1)';
-      put '    else';
-      put '      sasdata=s';
-      put '    end';
-      put '  else';
-      put '    for d = 1, sas.symget("sasjs"..i.."data0")';
-      put '    do';
-      put '      s=sas.symget("sasjs"..i.."data"..d)';
-      put '      if(s:sub(1,7) == "%nrstr(")';
-      put '      then';
-      put '        sasdata=sasdata..s:sub(8,s:len()-1)';
-      put '      else';
-      put '        sasdata=sasdata..s';
-      put '      end';
-      put '    end';
-      put '  end';
-      put '  file = io.open(sas.pathname("work").."/"..tab..".csv", "a")';
-      put '  io.output(file)';
-      put '  io.write(sasdata)';
-      put '  io.close(file)';
-      put 'end';
-    run;
-    %inc _sasjs;
+  %if %length(&sasjs_tables.X)>1 %then %do;
 
-    /* now read in the data */
+    /* convert data from macro variables to datasets */
     %do i=1 %to %sysfunc(countw(&sasjs_tables));
-      %local table; %let table=%scan(&sasjs_tables,&i);
+      %let table=%scan(&sasjs_tables,&i,%str( ));
+      %if %symexist(sasjs&i.data0)=0 %then %let sasjs&i.data0=1;
+      data _null_;
+        file "%sysfunc(pathname(work))/&table..csv" recfm=n;
+        retain nrflg 0;
+        length line $32767;
+        do i=1 to &&sasjs&i.data0;
+          if &&sasjs&i.data0=1 then line=symget("sasjs&i.data");
+          else line=symget(cats("sasjs&i.data",i));
+          if i=1 and substr(line,1,7)='%nrstr(' then do;
+            nrflg=1;
+            line=substr(line,8);
+          end;
+          if i=&&sasjs&i.data0 and nrflg=1 then do;
+            line=substr(line,1,length(line)-1);
+          end;
+          put line +(-1) @;
+        end;
+      run;
       data _null_;
         infile "%sysfunc(pathname(work))/&table..csv" termstr=crlf ;
         input;
         if _n_=1 then call symputx('input_statement',_infile_);
         list;
-      data &table;
+      data work.&table;
         infile "%sysfunc(pathname(work))/&table..csv" firstobs=2 dsd
           termstr=crlf;
         input &input_statement;
diff --git a/sasjs/sasjsconfig.json b/sasjs/sasjsconfig.json
index a88f06c..27c72a6 100644
--- a/sasjs/sasjsconfig.json
+++ b/sasjs/sasjsconfig.json
@@ -39,12 +39,6 @@
         "viya",
         "tests/viyaonly"
       ],
-      "programFolders": [],
-      "binaryFolders": [],
-      "deployConfig": {
-        "deployServicePack": true,
-        "deployScripts": []
-      },
       "contextName": "SAS Job Execution compute context"
     },
     {
@@ -71,7 +65,7 @@
     },
     {
       "name": "server",
-      "serverUrl": "https://sas.analytium.co.uk:5000",
+      "serverUrl": "",
       "serverType": "SASJS",
       "httpsAgentOptions": {
         "allowInsecureRequests": false
diff --git a/tests/crossplatform/mp_hashdataset.test.sas b/tests/crossplatform/mp_hashdataset.test.sas
index f08b9cd..72ae0ef 100644
--- a/tests/crossplatform/mp_hashdataset.test.sas
+++ b/tests/crossplatform/mp_hashdataset.test.sas
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
   @brief Testing mp_hashdataset.sas macro
 
   <h4> SAS Macros </h4>
+  @li mf_nobs.sas
   @li mp_hashdataset.sas
   @li mp_assert.sas
   @li mp_assertscope.sas
diff --git a/tests/viyaonly/mv_webout.test.sas b/tests/viyaonly/mv_webout.test.sas
index 2be9b3a..24ce20c 100644
--- a/tests/viyaonly/mv_webout.test.sas
+++ b/tests/viyaonly/mv_webout.test.sas
@@ -1,15 +1,33 @@
 /**
   @file
-  @brief Testing mm_webout macro
+  @brief Testing mv_webout macro
 
   <h4> SAS Macros </h4>
   @li mf_getuniquefileref.sas
   @li mv_webout.sas
   @li mp_assert.sas
+  @li mp_assertdsobs.sas
 
 **/
 
 
+/* testing FETCHing (WEB approach) */
+
+data _null_;
+  call symputx('sasjs1data','area:$char4.'!!'0d0a'x!!'Adak');
+  call symputx('sasjs_tables','areas');
+run;
+%put &=sasjs1data;
+
+%mv_webout(FETCH)
+
+%mp_assertdsobs(work.areas,
+  desc=Test input table has 1 row,
+  test=EQUALS 1,
+  outds=work.test_results
+)
+
+
 %let fref=%mf_getuniquefileref();
 %global _metaperson;
 data some datasets;
@@ -38,4 +56,4 @@ run;
 %mp_assert(
   iftrue=(%str(&checkval)=%str(&sysvlong)),
   desc=Check if the sysvlong value was created
-)
\ No newline at end of file
+)
diff --git a/viya/mv_createwebservice.sas b/viya/mv_createwebservice.sas
index fcb7abf..acbc844 100644
--- a/viya/mv_createwebservice.sas
+++ b/viya/mv_createwebservice.sas
@@ -461,7 +461,7 @@ data _null_;
   put '  sasjs_tables SYS_JES_JOB_URI; ';
   put '%if %index("&_debug",log) %then %let _debug=131; ';
   put ' ';
-  put '%local i tempds; ';
+  put '%local i tempds table; ';
   put '%let action=%upcase(&action); ';
   put ' ';
   put '%if &action=FETCH %then %do; ';
@@ -476,60 +476,35 @@ data _null_;
   put '  %end; ';
   put ' ';
   put '  /* if the sasjs_tables param is passed, we expect param based upload */ ';
-  put '  %if %length(&sasjs_tables.XX)>2 %then %do; ';
-  put '    filename _sasjs "%sysfunc(pathname(work))/sasjs.lua"; ';
-  put '    data _null_; ';
-  put '      file _sasjs; ';
-  put '      put ''s=sas.symget("sasjs_tables")''; ';
-  put '      put ''if(s:sub(1,7) == "%nrstr(")''; ';
-  put '      put ''then''; ';
-  put '      put '' tablist=s:sub(8,s:len()-1)''; ';
-  put '      put ''else''; ';
-  put '      put '' tablist=s''; ';
-  put '      put ''end''; ';
-  put '      put ''for i = 1,sas.countw(tablist) ''; ';
-  put '      put ''do ''; ';
-  put '      put ''  tab=sas.scan(tablist,i)''; ';
-  put '      put ''  sasdata=""''; ';
-  put '      put ''  if (sas.symexist("sasjs"..i.."data0")==0)''; ';
-  put '      put ''  then''; ';
-  put '      /* TODO - condense this logic */ ';
-  put '      put ''    s=sas.symget("sasjs"..i.."data")''; ';
-  put '      put ''    if(s:sub(1,7) == "%nrstr(")''; ';
-  put '      put ''    then''; ';
-  put '      put ''      sasdata=s:sub(8,s:len()-1)''; ';
-  put '      put ''    else''; ';
-  put '      put ''      sasdata=s''; ';
-  put '      put ''    end''; ';
-  put '      put ''  else''; ';
-  put '      put ''    for d = 1, sas.symget("sasjs"..i.."data0")''; ';
-  put '      put ''    do''; ';
-  put '      put ''      s=sas.symget("sasjs"..i.."data"..d)''; ';
-  put '      put ''      if(s:sub(1,7) == "%nrstr(")''; ';
-  put '      put ''      then''; ';
-  put '      put ''        sasdata=sasdata..s:sub(8,s:len()-1)''; ';
-  put '      put ''      else''; ';
-  put '      put ''        sasdata=sasdata..s''; ';
-  put '      put ''      end''; ';
-  put '      put ''    end''; ';
-  put '      put ''  end''; ';
-  put '      put ''  file = io.open(sas.pathname("work").."/"..tab..".csv", "a")''; ';
-  put '      put ''  io.output(file)''; ';
-  put '      put ''  io.write(sasdata)''; ';
-  put '      put ''  io.close(file)''; ';
-  put '      put ''end''; ';
-  put '    run; ';
-  put '    %inc _sasjs; ';
+  put '  %if %length(&sasjs_tables.X)>1 %then %do; ';
   put ' ';
-  put '    /* now read in the data */ ';
+  put '    /* convert data from macro variables to datasets */ ';
   put '    %do i=1 %to %sysfunc(countw(&sasjs_tables)); ';
-  put '      %local table; %let table=%scan(&sasjs_tables,&i); ';
+  put '      %let table=%scan(&sasjs_tables,&i,%str( )); ';
+  put '      %if %symexist(sasjs&i.data0)=0 %then %let sasjs&i.data0=1; ';
+  put '      data _null_; ';
+  put '        file "%sysfunc(pathname(work))/&table..csv" recfm=n; ';
+  put '        retain nrflg 0; ';
+  put '        length line $32767; ';
+  put '        do i=1 to &&sasjs&i.data0; ';
+  put '          if &&sasjs&i.data0=1 then line=symget("sasjs&i.data"); ';
+  put '          else line=symget(cats("sasjs&i.data",i)); ';
+  put '          if i=1 and substr(line,1,7)=''%nrstr('' then do; ';
+  put '            nrflg=1; ';
+  put '            line=substr(line,8); ';
+  put '          end; ';
+  put '          if i=&&sasjs&i.data0 and nrflg=1 then do; ';
+  put '            line=substr(line,1,length(line)-1); ';
+  put '          end; ';
+  put '          put line +(-1) @; ';
+  put '        end; ';
+  put '      run; ';
   put '      data _null_; ';
   put '        infile "%sysfunc(pathname(work))/&table..csv" termstr=crlf ; ';
   put '        input; ';
   put '        if _n_=1 then call symputx(''input_statement'',_infile_); ';
   put '        list; ';
-  put '      data &table; ';
+  put '      data work.&table; ';
   put '        infile "%sysfunc(pathname(work))/&table..csv" firstobs=2 dsd ';
   put '          termstr=crlf; ';
   put '        input &input_statement; ';
diff --git a/viya/mv_webout.sas b/viya/mv_webout.sas
index 7480b4d..20a81c9 100644
--- a/viya/mv_webout.sas
+++ b/viya/mv_webout.sas
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
   sasjs_tables SYS_JES_JOB_URI;
 %if %index("&_debug",log) %then %let _debug=131;
 
-%local i tempds;
+%local i tempds table;
 %let action=%upcase(&action);
 
 %if &action=FETCH %then %do;
@@ -64,60 +64,35 @@
   %end;
 
   /* if the sasjs_tables param is passed, we expect param based upload */
-  %if %length(&sasjs_tables.XX)>2 %then %do;
-    filename _sasjs "%sysfunc(pathname(work))/sasjs.lua";
-    data _null_;
-      file _sasjs;
-      put 's=sas.symget("sasjs_tables")';
-      put 'if(s:sub(1,7) == "%nrstr(")';
-      put 'then';
-      put ' tablist=s:sub(8,s:len()-1)';
-      put 'else';
-      put ' tablist=s';
-      put 'end';
-      put 'for i = 1,sas.countw(tablist) ';
-      put 'do ';
-      put '  tab=sas.scan(tablist,i)';
-      put '  sasdata=""';
-      put '  if (sas.symexist("sasjs"..i.."data0")==0)';
-      put '  then';
-      /* TODO - condense this logic */
-      put '    s=sas.symget("sasjs"..i.."data")';
-      put '    if(s:sub(1,7) == "%nrstr(")';
-      put '    then';
-      put '      sasdata=s:sub(8,s:len()-1)';
-      put '    else';
-      put '      sasdata=s';
-      put '    end';
-      put '  else';
-      put '    for d = 1, sas.symget("sasjs"..i.."data0")';
-      put '    do';
-      put '      s=sas.symget("sasjs"..i.."data"..d)';
-      put '      if(s:sub(1,7) == "%nrstr(")';
-      put '      then';
-      put '        sasdata=sasdata..s:sub(8,s:len()-1)';
-      put '      else';
-      put '        sasdata=sasdata..s';
-      put '      end';
-      put '    end';
-      put '  end';
-      put '  file = io.open(sas.pathname("work").."/"..tab..".csv", "a")';
-      put '  io.output(file)';
-      put '  io.write(sasdata)';
-      put '  io.close(file)';
-      put 'end';
-    run;
-    %inc _sasjs;
+  %if %length(&sasjs_tables.X)>1 %then %do;
 
-    /* now read in the data */
+    /* convert data from macro variables to datasets */
     %do i=1 %to %sysfunc(countw(&sasjs_tables));
-      %local table; %let table=%scan(&sasjs_tables,&i);
+      %let table=%scan(&sasjs_tables,&i,%str( ));
+      %if %symexist(sasjs&i.data0)=0 %then %let sasjs&i.data0=1;
+      data _null_;
+        file "%sysfunc(pathname(work))/&table..csv" recfm=n;
+        retain nrflg 0;
+        length line $32767;
+        do i=1 to &&sasjs&i.data0;
+          if &&sasjs&i.data0=1 then line=symget("sasjs&i.data");
+          else line=symget(cats("sasjs&i.data",i));
+          if i=1 and substr(line,1,7)='%nrstr(' then do;
+            nrflg=1;
+            line=substr(line,8);
+          end;
+          if i=&&sasjs&i.data0 and nrflg=1 then do;
+            line=substr(line,1,length(line)-1);
+          end;
+          put line +(-1) @;
+        end;
+      run;
       data _null_;
         infile "%sysfunc(pathname(work))/&table..csv" termstr=crlf ;
         input;
         if _n_=1 then call symputx('input_statement',_infile_);
         list;
-      data &table;
+      data work.&table;
         infile "%sysfunc(pathname(work))/&table..csv" firstobs=2 dsd
           termstr=crlf;
         input &input_statement;