diff --git a/all.sas b/all.sas
index c41afe3..361d499 100644
--- a/all.sas
+++ b/all.sas
@@ -15566,7 +15566,7 @@ data _null_;
   put ' ';
   put '%mend mf_getuser; ';
   put '%macro mm_webout(action,ds,dslabel=,fref=_webout,fmt=N,missing=NULL ';
-  put '  ,showmeta=N,maxobs=MAX ';
+  put '  ,showmeta=N,maxobs=MAX,workobs=0 ';
   put '); ';
   put '%global _webin_file_count _webin_fileref1 _webin_name1 _program _debug ';
   put '  sasjs_tables; ';
@@ -15639,8 +15639,8 @@ data _null_;
   put '%else %if &action=CLOSE %then %do; ';
   put '  /* To avoid issues with _webout on EBI we use a temporary file */ ';
   put '  filename _sjsref temp lrecl=131068; ';
-  put '  %if %str(&_debug) ge 131 %then %do; ';
-  put '    /* if debug mode, send back first 10 records of each work table also */ ';
+  put '  %if %str(&workobs) > 0 %then %do; ';
+  put '    /* if debug mode, send back first XX records of each work table also */ ';
   put '    data;run;%let tempds=%scan(&syslast,2,.); ';
   put '    ods output Members=&tempds; ';
   put '    proc datasets library=WORK memtype=data; ';
@@ -15664,7 +15664,9 @@ data _null_;
   put '        put " ""&wt"" : {"; ';
   put '        put ''"nlobs":'' nlobs; ';
   put '        put '',"nvars":'' nvars; ';
-  put '      %mp_jsonout(OBJ,&wt,jref=_sjsref,dslabel=first10rows,showmeta=Y,maxobs=10) ';
+  put '      %mp_jsonout(OBJ,&wt,jref=_sjsref,dslabel=first10rows,showmeta=Y,maxobs=10 ';
+  put '        ,maxobs=&workobs ';
+  put '      ) ';
   put '      data _null_; file _sjsref mod encoding=''utf-8''; ';
   put '        put "}"; ';
   put '    %end; ';
@@ -19125,6 +19127,9 @@ run;
     such as the column formats and types.  The metadata is contained inside an
     object with the same name as the table but prefixed with a dollar sign - ie,
     `,"$tablename":{"formats":{"col1":"$CHAR1"},"types":{"COL1":"C"}}`
+  @param [in] workobs= (0) When set to a positive integer, will create a new
+    output object (WORK) which contains this number of observations from all
+    tables in the WORK library.
   @param [in] maxobs= (MAX) Provide an integer to limit the number of input rows
     that should be converted to output JSON
 
@@ -19140,7 +19145,7 @@ run;
 
 **/
 %macro mm_webout(action,ds,dslabel=,fref=_webout,fmt=N,missing=NULL
-  ,showmeta=N,maxobs=MAX
+  ,showmeta=N,maxobs=MAX,workobs=0
 );
 %global _webin_file_count _webin_fileref1 _webin_name1 _program _debug
   sasjs_tables;
@@ -19213,8 +19218,8 @@ run;
 %else %if &action=CLOSE %then %do;
   /* To avoid issues with _webout on EBI we use a temporary file */
   filename _sjsref temp lrecl=131068;
-  %if %str(&_debug) ge 131 %then %do;
-    /* if debug mode, send back first 10 records of each work table also */
+  %if %str(&workobs) > 0 %then %do;
+    /* if debug mode, send back first XX records of each work table also */
     data;run;%let tempds=%scan(&syslast,2,.);
     ods output Members=&tempds;
     proc datasets library=WORK memtype=data;
@@ -19238,7 +19243,9 @@ run;
         put " ""&wt"" : {";
         put '"nlobs":' nlobs;
         put ',"nvars":' nvars;
-      %mp_jsonout(OBJ,&wt,jref=_sjsref,dslabel=first10rows,showmeta=Y,maxobs=10)
+      %mp_jsonout(OBJ,&wt,jref=_sjsref,dslabel=first10rows,showmeta=Y,maxobs=10
+        ,maxobs=&workobs
+      )
       data _null_; file _sjsref mod encoding='utf-8';
         put "}";
     %end;
@@ -20514,7 +20521,7 @@ data _null_;
   put '%mend mf_getuser; ';
   put ' ';
   put '%macro ms_webout(action,ds,dslabel=,fref=_webout,fmt=N,missing=NULL ';
-  put '  ,showmeta=N,maxobs=MAX ';
+  put '  ,showmeta=N,maxobs=MAX,workobs=0 ';
   put '); ';
   put '%global _webin_file_count _webin_fileref1 _webin_name1 _program _debug ';
   put '  sasjs_tables; ';
@@ -20577,8 +20584,8 @@ data _null_;
   put '  ) ';
   put '%end; ';
   put '%else %if &action=CLOSE %then %do; ';
-  put '  %if %str(&_debug) ge 131 %then %do; ';
-  put '    /* if debug mode, send back first 10 records of each work table also */ ';
+  put '  %if %str(&workobs) > 0 %then %do; ';
+  put '    /* if debug mode, send back first XX records of each work table also */ ';
   put '    data;run;%let tempds=%scan(&syslast,2,.); ';
   put '    ods output Members=&tempds; ';
   put '    proc datasets library=WORK memtype=data; ';
@@ -20603,7 +20610,9 @@ data _null_;
   put '        put " ""&wt"" : {"; ';
   put '        put ''"nlobs":'' nlobs; ';
   put '        put '',"nvars":'' nvars; ';
-  put '      %mp_jsonout(OBJ,&wt,jref=&fref,dslabel=first10rows,showmeta=Y,maxobs=10) ';
+  put '      %mp_jsonout(OBJ,&wt,jref=&fref,dslabel=first10rows,showmeta=Y,maxobs=10 ';
+  put '        ,maxobs=&workobs ';
+  put '      ) ';
   put '      data _null_; file &fref mod encoding=''utf-8'' termstr=lf; ';
   put '        put "}"; ';
   put '    %end; ';
@@ -21488,6 +21497,9 @@ run;
     such as the column formats and types.  The metadata is contained inside an
     object with the same name as the table but prefixed with a dollar sign - ie,
     `,"$tablename":{"formats":{"col1":"$CHAR1"},"types":{"COL1":"C"}}`
+  @param [in] workobs= (0) When set to a positive integer, will create a new
+    output object (WORK) which contains this number of observations from all
+    tables in the WORK library.
   @param [in] maxobs= (MAX) Provide an integer to limit the number of input rows
     that should be converted to output JSON
 
@@ -21506,7 +21518,7 @@ run;
 **/
 
 %macro ms_webout(action,ds,dslabel=,fref=_webout,fmt=N,missing=NULL
-  ,showmeta=N,maxobs=MAX
+  ,showmeta=N,maxobs=MAX,workobs=0
 );
 %global _webin_file_count _webin_fileref1 _webin_name1 _program _debug
   sasjs_tables;
@@ -21569,8 +21581,8 @@ run;
   )
 %end;
 %else %if &action=CLOSE %then %do;
-  %if %str(&_debug) ge 131 %then %do;
-    /* if debug mode, send back first 10 records of each work table also */
+  %if %str(&workobs) > 0 %then %do;
+    /* if debug mode, send back first XX records of each work table also */
     data;run;%let tempds=%scan(&syslast,2,.);
     ods output Members=&tempds;
     proc datasets library=WORK memtype=data;
@@ -21595,7 +21607,9 @@ run;
         put " ""&wt"" : {";
         put '"nlobs":' nlobs;
         put ',"nvars":' nvars;
-      %mp_jsonout(OBJ,&wt,jref=&fref,dslabel=first10rows,showmeta=Y,maxobs=10)
+      %mp_jsonout(OBJ,&wt,jref=&fref,dslabel=first10rows,showmeta=Y,maxobs=10
+        ,maxobs=&workobs
+      )
       data _null_; file &fref mod encoding='utf-8' termstr=lf;
         put "}";
     %end;
@@ -22969,7 +22983,7 @@ data _null_;
   put ' ';
   put '%mend mf_getuser; ';
   put '%macro mv_webout(action,ds,fref=_mvwtemp,dslabel=,fmt=N,stream=Y,missing=NULL ';
-  put '  ,showmeta=N,maxobs=MAX ';
+  put '  ,showmeta=N,maxobs=MAX,workobs=0 ';
   put '); ';
   put '%global _webin_file_count _webin_fileuri _debug _omittextlog _webin_name ';
   put '  sasjs_tables SYS_JES_JOB_URI; ';
@@ -23076,8 +23090,8 @@ data _null_;
   put '    ) ';
   put '%end; ';
   put '%else %if &action=CLOSE %then %do; ';
-  put '  %if %str(&_debug) ge 131 %then %do; ';
-  put '    /* send back first 10 records of each work table for debugging */ ';
+  put '  %if %str(&workobs) > 0 %then %do; ';
+  put '    /* send back first XX records of each work table for debugging */ ';
   put '    data;run;%let tempds=%scan(&syslast,2,.); ';
   put '    ods output Members=&tempds; ';
   put '    proc datasets library=WORK memtype=data; ';
@@ -23100,7 +23114,9 @@ data _null_;
   put '        put " ""&wt"" : {"; ';
   put '        put ''"nlobs":'' nlobs; ';
   put '        put '',"nvars":'' nvars; ';
-  put '      %mp_jsonout(OBJ,&wt,jref=&fref,dslabel=first10rows,showmeta=Y,maxobs=10) ';
+  put '      %mp_jsonout(OBJ,&wt,jref=&fref,dslabel=first10rows,showmeta=Y ';
+  put '        ,maxobs=&workobs ';
+  put '      ) ';
   put '      data _null_; file &fref mod;put "}"; ';
   put '    %end; ';
   put '    data _null_; file &fref mod;put "}";run; ';
@@ -26757,6 +26773,9 @@ filename &fref1 clear;
     `,"$tablename":{"formats":{"col1":"$CHAR1"},"types":{"COL1":"C"}}`
   @param [in] maxobs= (MAX) Provide an integer to limit the number of input rows
     that should be converted to output JSON
+  @param [in] workobs= (0) When set to a positive integer, will create a new
+    output object (WORK) which contains this number of observations from all
+    tables in the WORK library.
 
   <h4> SAS Macros </h4>
   @li mp_jsonout.sas
@@ -26771,7 +26790,7 @@ filename &fref1 clear;
 
 **/
 %macro mv_webout(action,ds,fref=_mvwtemp,dslabel=,fmt=N,stream=Y,missing=NULL
-  ,showmeta=N,maxobs=MAX
+  ,showmeta=N,maxobs=MAX,workobs=0
 );
 %global _webin_file_count _webin_fileuri _debug _omittextlog _webin_name
   sasjs_tables SYS_JES_JOB_URI;
@@ -26878,8 +26897,8 @@ filename &fref1 clear;
     )
 %end;
 %else %if &action=CLOSE %then %do;
-  %if %str(&_debug) ge 131 %then %do;
-    /* send back first 10 records of each work table for debugging */
+  %if %str(&workobs) > 0 %then %do;
+    /* send back first XX records of each work table for debugging */
     data;run;%let tempds=%scan(&syslast,2,.);
     ods output Members=&tempds;
     proc datasets library=WORK memtype=data;
@@ -26902,7 +26921,9 @@ filename &fref1 clear;
         put " ""&wt"" : {";
         put '"nlobs":' nlobs;
         put ',"nvars":' nvars;
-      %mp_jsonout(OBJ,&wt,jref=&fref,dslabel=first10rows,showmeta=Y,maxobs=10)
+      %mp_jsonout(OBJ,&wt,jref=&fref,dslabel=first10rows,showmeta=Y
+        ,maxobs=&workobs
+      )
       data _null_; file &fref mod;put "}";
     %end;
     data _null_; file &fref mod;put "}";run;
diff --git a/meta/mm_createwebservice.sas b/meta/mm_createwebservice.sas
index 47ba7a9..6b8fe10 100644
--- a/meta/mm_createwebservice.sas
+++ b/meta/mm_createwebservice.sas
@@ -447,7 +447,7 @@ data _null_;
   put ' ';
   put '%mend mf_getuser; ';
   put '%macro mm_webout(action,ds,dslabel=,fref=_webout,fmt=N,missing=NULL ';
-  put '  ,showmeta=N,maxobs=MAX ';
+  put '  ,showmeta=N,maxobs=MAX,workobs=0 ';
   put '); ';
   put '%global _webin_file_count _webin_fileref1 _webin_name1 _program _debug ';
   put '  sasjs_tables; ';
@@ -520,8 +520,8 @@ data _null_;
   put '%else %if &action=CLOSE %then %do; ';
   put '  /* To avoid issues with _webout on EBI we use a temporary file */ ';
   put '  filename _sjsref temp lrecl=131068; ';
-  put '  %if %str(&_debug) ge 131 %then %do; ';
-  put '    /* if debug mode, send back first 10 records of each work table also */ ';
+  put '  %if %str(&workobs) > 0 %then %do; ';
+  put '    /* if debug mode, send back first XX records of each work table also */ ';
   put '    data;run;%let tempds=%scan(&syslast,2,.); ';
   put '    ods output Members=&tempds; ';
   put '    proc datasets library=WORK memtype=data; ';
@@ -545,7 +545,9 @@ data _null_;
   put '        put " ""&wt"" : {"; ';
   put '        put ''"nlobs":'' nlobs; ';
   put '        put '',"nvars":'' nvars; ';
-  put '      %mp_jsonout(OBJ,&wt,jref=_sjsref,dslabel=first10rows,showmeta=Y,maxobs=10) ';
+  put '      %mp_jsonout(OBJ,&wt,jref=_sjsref,dslabel=first10rows,showmeta=Y,maxobs=10 ';
+  put '        ,maxobs=&workobs ';
+  put '      ) ';
   put '      data _null_; file _sjsref mod encoding=''utf-8''; ';
   put '        put "}"; ';
   put '    %end; ';
diff --git a/meta/mm_webout.sas b/meta/mm_webout.sas
index 6976b26..7904f86 100644
--- a/meta/mm_webout.sas
+++ b/meta/mm_webout.sas
@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@
     such as the column formats and types.  The metadata is contained inside an
     object with the same name as the table but prefixed with a dollar sign - ie,
     `,"$tablename":{"formats":{"col1":"$CHAR1"},"types":{"COL1":"C"}}`
+  @param [in] workobs= (0) When set to a positive integer, will create a new
+    output object (WORK) which contains this number of observations from all
+    tables in the WORK library.
   @param [in] maxobs= (MAX) Provide an integer to limit the number of input rows
     that should be converted to output JSON
 
@@ -49,7 +52,7 @@
 
 **/
 %macro mm_webout(action,ds,dslabel=,fref=_webout,fmt=N,missing=NULL
-  ,showmeta=N,maxobs=MAX
+  ,showmeta=N,maxobs=MAX,workobs=0
 );
 %global _webin_file_count _webin_fileref1 _webin_name1 _program _debug
   sasjs_tables;
@@ -122,8 +125,8 @@
 %else %if &action=CLOSE %then %do;
   /* To avoid issues with _webout on EBI we use a temporary file */
   filename _sjsref temp lrecl=131068;
-  %if %str(&_debug) ge 131 %then %do;
-    /* if debug mode, send back first 10 records of each work table also */
+  %if %str(&workobs) > 0 %then %do;
+    /* if debug mode, send back first XX records of each work table also */
     data;run;%let tempds=%scan(&syslast,2,.);
     ods output Members=&tempds;
     proc datasets library=WORK memtype=data;
@@ -147,7 +150,9 @@
         put " ""&wt"" : {";
         put '"nlobs":' nlobs;
         put ',"nvars":' nvars;
-      %mp_jsonout(OBJ,&wt,jref=_sjsref,dslabel=first10rows,showmeta=Y,maxobs=10)
+      %mp_jsonout(OBJ,&wt,jref=_sjsref,dslabel=first10rows,showmeta=Y,maxobs=10
+        ,maxobs=&workobs
+      )
       data _null_; file _sjsref mod encoding='utf-8';
         put "}";
     %end;
diff --git a/server/ms_createwebservice.sas b/server/ms_createwebservice.sas
index b61626b..7038fa2 100644
--- a/server/ms_createwebservice.sas
+++ b/server/ms_createwebservice.sas
@@ -449,7 +449,7 @@ data _null_;
   put '%mend mf_getuser; ';
   put ' ';
   put '%macro ms_webout(action,ds,dslabel=,fref=_webout,fmt=N,missing=NULL ';
-  put '  ,showmeta=N,maxobs=MAX ';
+  put '  ,showmeta=N,maxobs=MAX,workobs=0 ';
   put '); ';
   put '%global _webin_file_count _webin_fileref1 _webin_name1 _program _debug ';
   put '  sasjs_tables; ';
@@ -512,8 +512,8 @@ data _null_;
   put '  ) ';
   put '%end; ';
   put '%else %if &action=CLOSE %then %do; ';
-  put '  %if %str(&_debug) ge 131 %then %do; ';
-  put '    /* if debug mode, send back first 10 records of each work table also */ ';
+  put '  %if %str(&workobs) > 0 %then %do; ';
+  put '    /* if debug mode, send back first XX records of each work table also */ ';
   put '    data;run;%let tempds=%scan(&syslast,2,.); ';
   put '    ods output Members=&tempds; ';
   put '    proc datasets library=WORK memtype=data; ';
@@ -538,7 +538,9 @@ data _null_;
   put '        put " ""&wt"" : {"; ';
   put '        put ''"nlobs":'' nlobs; ';
   put '        put '',"nvars":'' nvars; ';
-  put '      %mp_jsonout(OBJ,&wt,jref=&fref,dslabel=first10rows,showmeta=Y,maxobs=10) ';
+  put '      %mp_jsonout(OBJ,&wt,jref=&fref,dslabel=first10rows,showmeta=Y,maxobs=10 ';
+  put '        ,maxobs=&workobs ';
+  put '      ) ';
   put '      data _null_; file &fref mod encoding=''utf-8'' termstr=lf; ';
   put '        put "}"; ';
   put '    %end; ';
diff --git a/server/ms_webout.sas b/server/ms_webout.sas
index 5c158d7..1b44e64 100644
--- a/server/ms_webout.sas
+++ b/server/ms_webout.sas
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@
     such as the column formats and types.  The metadata is contained inside an
     object with the same name as the table but prefixed with a dollar sign - ie,
     `,"$tablename":{"formats":{"col1":"$CHAR1"},"types":{"COL1":"C"}}`
+  @param [in] workobs= (0) When set to a positive integer, will create a new
+    output object (WORK) which contains this number of observations from all
+    tables in the WORK library.
   @param [in] maxobs= (MAX) Provide an integer to limit the number of input rows
     that should be converted to output JSON
 
@@ -49,7 +52,7 @@
 **/
 
 %macro ms_webout(action,ds,dslabel=,fref=_webout,fmt=N,missing=NULL
-  ,showmeta=N,maxobs=MAX
+  ,showmeta=N,maxobs=MAX,workobs=0
 );
 %global _webin_file_count _webin_fileref1 _webin_name1 _program _debug
   sasjs_tables;
@@ -112,8 +115,8 @@
   )
 %end;
 %else %if &action=CLOSE %then %do;
-  %if %str(&_debug) ge 131 %then %do;
-    /* if debug mode, send back first 10 records of each work table also */
+  %if %str(&workobs) > 0 %then %do;
+    /* if debug mode, send back first XX records of each work table also */
     data;run;%let tempds=%scan(&syslast,2,.);
     ods output Members=&tempds;
     proc datasets library=WORK memtype=data;
@@ -138,7 +141,9 @@
         put " ""&wt"" : {";
         put '"nlobs":' nlobs;
         put ',"nvars":' nvars;
-      %mp_jsonout(OBJ,&wt,jref=&fref,dslabel=first10rows,showmeta=Y,maxobs=10)
+      %mp_jsonout(OBJ,&wt,jref=&fref,dslabel=first10rows,showmeta=Y,maxobs=10
+        ,maxobs=&workobs
+      )
       data _null_; file &fref mod encoding='utf-8' termstr=lf;
         put "}";
     %end;
diff --git a/viya/mv_createwebservice.sas b/viya/mv_createwebservice.sas
index cc5cfb0..9766247 100644
--- a/viya/mv_createwebservice.sas
+++ b/viya/mv_createwebservice.sas
@@ -590,7 +590,7 @@ data _null_;
   put ' ';
   put '%mend mf_getuser; ';
   put '%macro mv_webout(action,ds,fref=_mvwtemp,dslabel=,fmt=N,stream=Y,missing=NULL ';
-  put '  ,showmeta=N,maxobs=MAX ';
+  put '  ,showmeta=N,maxobs=MAX,workobs=0 ';
   put '); ';
   put '%global _webin_file_count _webin_fileuri _debug _omittextlog _webin_name ';
   put '  sasjs_tables SYS_JES_JOB_URI; ';
@@ -697,8 +697,8 @@ data _null_;
   put '    ) ';
   put '%end; ';
   put '%else %if &action=CLOSE %then %do; ';
-  put '  %if %str(&_debug) ge 131 %then %do; ';
-  put '    /* send back first 10 records of each work table for debugging */ ';
+  put '  %if %str(&workobs) > 0 %then %do; ';
+  put '    /* send back first XX records of each work table for debugging */ ';
   put '    data;run;%let tempds=%scan(&syslast,2,.); ';
   put '    ods output Members=&tempds; ';
   put '    proc datasets library=WORK memtype=data; ';
@@ -721,7 +721,9 @@ data _null_;
   put '        put " ""&wt"" : {"; ';
   put '        put ''"nlobs":'' nlobs; ';
   put '        put '',"nvars":'' nvars; ';
-  put '      %mp_jsonout(OBJ,&wt,jref=&fref,dslabel=first10rows,showmeta=Y,maxobs=10) ';
+  put '      %mp_jsonout(OBJ,&wt,jref=&fref,dslabel=first10rows,showmeta=Y ';
+  put '        ,maxobs=&workobs ';
+  put '      ) ';
   put '      data _null_; file &fref mod;put "}"; ';
   put '    %end; ';
   put '    data _null_; file &fref mod;put "}";run; ';
diff --git a/viya/mv_webout.sas b/viya/mv_webout.sas
index 02659a8..78611a1 100644
--- a/viya/mv_webout.sas
+++ b/viya/mv_webout.sas
@@ -35,6 +35,9 @@
     `,"$tablename":{"formats":{"col1":"$CHAR1"},"types":{"COL1":"C"}}`
   @param [in] maxobs= (MAX) Provide an integer to limit the number of input rows
     that should be converted to output JSON
+  @param [in] workobs= (0) When set to a positive integer, will create a new
+    output object (WORK) which contains this number of observations from all
+    tables in the WORK library.
 
   <h4> SAS Macros </h4>
   @li mp_jsonout.sas
@@ -49,7 +52,7 @@
 
 **/
 %macro mv_webout(action,ds,fref=_mvwtemp,dslabel=,fmt=N,stream=Y,missing=NULL
-  ,showmeta=N,maxobs=MAX
+  ,showmeta=N,maxobs=MAX,workobs=0
 );
 %global _webin_file_count _webin_fileuri _debug _omittextlog _webin_name
   sasjs_tables SYS_JES_JOB_URI;
@@ -156,8 +159,8 @@
     )
 %end;
 %else %if &action=CLOSE %then %do;
-  %if %str(&_debug) ge 131 %then %do;
-    /* send back first 10 records of each work table for debugging */
+  %if %str(&workobs) > 0 %then %do;
+    /* send back first XX records of each work table for debugging */
     data;run;%let tempds=%scan(&syslast,2,.);
     ods output Members=&tempds;
     proc datasets library=WORK memtype=data;
@@ -180,7 +183,9 @@
         put " ""&wt"" : {";
         put '"nlobs":' nlobs;
         put ',"nvars":' nvars;
-      %mp_jsonout(OBJ,&wt,jref=&fref,dslabel=first10rows,showmeta=Y,maxobs=10)
+      %mp_jsonout(OBJ,&wt,jref=&fref,dslabel=first10rows,showmeta=Y
+        ,maxobs=&workobs
+      )
       data _null_; file &fref mod;put "}";
     %end;
     data _null_; file &fref mod;put "}";run;