diff --git a/src/main/java/ch/psi/daq/queryrest/QueryRestApplication.java b/src/main/java/ch/psi/daq/queryrest/QueryRestApplication.java
index b79dd7d..b8c1bb2 100644
--- a/src/main/java/ch/psi/daq/queryrest/QueryRestApplication.java
+++ b/src/main/java/ch/psi/daq/queryrest/QueryRestApplication.java
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 package ch.psi.daq.queryrest;
 
 import org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication;
+import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.EnableAutoConfiguration;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.SpringBootApplication;
+import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.data.cassandra.CassandraDataAutoConfiguration;
 import org.springframework.boot.builder.SpringApplicationBuilder;
 import org.springframework.boot.context.web.SpringBootServletInitializer;
 
@@ -10,6 +12,9 @@ import org.springframework.boot.context.web.SpringBootServletInitializer;
  * wires all the @RestController annotated classes.
  */
 @SpringBootApplication
+@EnableAutoConfiguration(exclude={ 
+      CassandraDataAutoConfiguration.class
+})
 public class QueryRestApplication extends SpringBootServletInitializer {
 
    public static void main(final String[] args) {
diff --git a/src/main/resources/logback-server.xml b/src/main/resources/logback-server.xml
index 7eadf52..1dc8209 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/logback-server.xml
+++ b/src/main/resources/logback-server.xml
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ appender reference in the root level section below.
 
 <configuration scan="true">
   <jmxConfigurator />
+  
   <shutdownHook class="ch.qos.logback.core.hook.DelayingShutdownHook"/>
 
   <!-- DEBUGLOG rolling file appender to debug.log (all levels) -->
@@ -61,4 +62,4 @@ appender reference in the root level section below.
   <logger name="ch.psi.daq.query" level="DEBUG"/>
   <logger name="ch.psi.daq.cassandralocal" level="DEBUG"/>
   <logger name="ch.psi.daq.daqlocal" level="DEBUG"/>
-</configuration>
+</configuration>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/test/java/ch/psi/daq/test/queryrest/DaqWebMvcConfig.java b/src/test/java/ch/psi/daq/test/queryrest/DaqWebMvcConfig.java
index 3ffcded..8667e28 100644
--- a/src/test/java/ch/psi/daq/test/queryrest/DaqWebMvcConfig.java
+++ b/src/test/java/ch/psi/daq/test/queryrest/DaqWebMvcConfig.java
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ public class DaqWebMvcConfig extends WebMvcConfigurationSupport {
    
    @Bean
    @Lazy
-   public CassandraTestAdmin cassandraTestAdmin() {
+   public CassandraTestAdmin testAdmin() {
       return new CassandraTestAdminImpl();
    }
    
diff --git a/src/test/java/ch/psi/daq/test/queryrest/controller/QueryRestControllerCsvTest.java b/src/test/java/ch/psi/daq/test/queryrest/controller/QueryRestControllerCsvTest.java
index e1cba45..1b8bf14 100644
--- a/src/test/java/ch/psi/daq/test/queryrest/controller/QueryRestControllerCsvTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/ch/psi/daq/test/queryrest/controller/QueryRestControllerCsvTest.java
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ import ch.psi.daq.test.queryrest.AbstractDaqRestTest;
 public class QueryRestControllerCsvTest extends AbstractDaqRestTest {
 
    @Resource
-   private CassandraTestAdmin cassandraTestAdmin;
+   private CassandraTestAdmin testAdmin;
 
    @Resource
    private CassandraDataGen dataGen;
diff --git a/src/test/java/ch/psi/daq/test/queryrest/controller/QueryRestControllerJsonTest.java b/src/test/java/ch/psi/daq/test/queryrest/controller/QueryRestControllerJsonTest.java
index b05d262..f8afe18 100644
--- a/src/test/java/ch/psi/daq/test/queryrest/controller/QueryRestControllerJsonTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/ch/psi/daq/test/queryrest/controller/QueryRestControllerJsonTest.java
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ import ch.psi.daq.test.queryrest.AbstractDaqRestTest;
 public class QueryRestControllerJsonTest extends AbstractDaqRestTest {
 
    @Resource
-   private CassandraTestAdmin cassandraTestAdmin;
+   private CassandraTestAdmin testAdmin;
 
    @Resource
    private CassandraDataGen dataGen;
diff --git a/src/test/java/ch/psi/daq/test/queryrest/query/DummyArchiverApplianceReader.java b/src/test/java/ch/psi/daq/test/queryrest/query/DummyArchiverApplianceReader.java
index 1f5d0fe..9ab6dd2 100644
--- a/src/test/java/ch/psi/daq/test/queryrest/query/DummyArchiverApplianceReader.java
+++ b/src/test/java/ch/psi/daq/test/queryrest/query/DummyArchiverApplianceReader.java
@@ -8,18 +8,23 @@ import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 import java.util.stream.LongStream;
 import java.util.stream.Stream;
 
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.ArrayUtils;
+
 import com.google.common.collect.Lists;
 
 import ch.psi.daq.common.ordering.Ordering;
 import ch.psi.daq.common.time.TimeUtils;
 import ch.psi.daq.domain.DataEvent;
 import ch.psi.daq.domain.cassandra.ChannelEvent;
+import ch.psi.daq.domain.cassandra.FieldNames;
+import ch.psi.daq.domain.cassandra.utils.TablePropertiesUtils;
 import ch.psi.daq.domain.reader.Backend;
 import ch.psi.daq.domain.reader.DataReader;
 
 public class DummyArchiverApplianceReader implements DataReader {
    public static final String ARCHIVER_TEST_CHANNEL = "ArchiverTestChannel_";
 
+   private static final int KEYSPACE = 1;
    public static final String TEST_CHANNEL_1 = "ArchiverChannel_1";
    public static final String TEST_CHANNEL_2 = "ArchiverChannel_2";
    private List<String> channels = Lists.newArrayList(TEST_CHANNEL_1, TEST_CHANNEL_2);
@@ -49,30 +54,33 @@ public class DummyArchiverApplianceReader implements DataReader {
    @Override
    public Stream<? extends DataEvent> getEventStream(String channel, long startPulseId, long endPulseId,
          Ordering ordering, boolean aggregateValues, String... columns) {
-      return getElements(channel, startPulseId, endPulseId);
+      return getDummyEventStream(channel, startPulseId, endPulseId, columns);
    }
 
    @Override
    public Stream<? extends DataEvent> getEventStream(String channel, BigDecimal startTime, BigDecimal endTime,
          Ordering ordering, boolean aggregateValues, String... columns) {
-      return getElements(channel, TimeUtils.getMillis(startTime) / 10, TimeUtils.getMillis(endTime) / 10);
+      return getDummyEventStream(channel, TimeUtils.getMillis(startTime) / 10, TimeUtils.getMillis(endTime) / 10);
    }
 
-   protected Stream<? extends DataEvent> getElements(String channel, long start, long end) {
-      String channelLower = channel.toLowerCase();
+   private Stream<? extends DataEvent> getDummyEventStream(String channelParam, long startIndex, long endIndex, String... columns) {
+      String channelLower = channelParam.toLowerCase();
+      String channel = (columns == null || columns.length == 0 || ArrayUtils.contains(columns, FieldNames.FIELD_CHANNEL)) ? channelParam : null; 
 
-      Stream<? extends DataEvent> eventStream = LongStream.rangeClosed(start, end).mapToObj(i -> {
-         BigDecimal time = TimeUtils.getTimeFromMillis(i * 10, 0);
+      Stream<? extends DataEvent> eventStream = LongStream.rangeClosed(startIndex, endIndex).mapToObj(i -> {
+         BigDecimal iocTime = (columns == null || columns.length == 0 || ArrayUtils.contains(columns, FieldNames.FIELD_IOC_TIME)) ? TimeUtils.getTimeFromMillis(i * 10, 0) : TablePropertiesUtils.DEFAULT_VALUE_DECIMAL;
+         BigDecimal globalTime = (columns == null || columns.length == 0 || ArrayUtils.contains(columns, FieldNames.FIELD_GLOBAL_TIME)) ? TimeUtils.getTimeFromMillis(i * 10, 0) : TablePropertiesUtils.DEFAULT_VALUE_DECIMAL;
+         long pulseId = (columns == null || columns.length == 0 || ArrayUtils.contains(columns, FieldNames.FIELD_PULSE_ID)) ? i : TablePropertiesUtils.DEFAULT_VALUE_BIGINT_PRIMITIVE;
 
          if (channelLower.contains("waveform")) {
             long[] value = random.longs(2048).toArray();
             value[0] = i;
             return new ChannelEvent(
                   channel,
-                  time,
-                  i,
-                  time,
-                  1,
+                  iocTime,
+                  pulseId,
+                  globalTime,
+                  KEYSPACE,
                   value
             );
 
@@ -84,20 +92,20 @@ public class DummyArchiverApplianceReader implements DataReader {
             value[0] = i;
             return new ChannelEvent(
                   channel,
-                  time,
-                  i,
-                  time,
-                  1,
+                  iocTime,
+                  pulseId,
+                  globalTime,
+                  KEYSPACE,
                   value,
                   shape
             );
          } else {
             return new ChannelEvent(
                   channel,
-                  time,
-                  i,
-                  time,
-                  1,
+                  iocTime,
+                  pulseId,
+                  globalTime,
+                  KEYSPACE,
                   i
             );
          }
diff --git a/src/test/java/ch/psi/daq/test/queryrest/query/DummyCassandraReader.java b/src/test/java/ch/psi/daq/test/queryrest/query/DummyCassandraReader.java
index 6ad1035..69500c6 100644
--- a/src/test/java/ch/psi/daq/test/queryrest/query/DummyCassandraReader.java
+++ b/src/test/java/ch/psi/daq/test/queryrest/query/DummyCassandraReader.java
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 import java.util.stream.LongStream;
 import java.util.stream.Stream;
 
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.ArrayUtils;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
@@ -26,12 +27,14 @@ import ch.psi.daq.common.time.TimeUtils;
 import ch.psi.daq.domain.DataEvent;
 import ch.psi.daq.domain.cassandra.ChannelConfiguration;
 import ch.psi.daq.domain.cassandra.ChannelEvent;
+import ch.psi.daq.domain.cassandra.FieldNames;
 import ch.psi.daq.domain.cassandra.MetaPulseId;
 import ch.psi.daq.domain.cassandra.query.PulseIdRangeQuery;
 import ch.psi.daq.domain.cassandra.query.TimeRangeQuery;
 import ch.psi.daq.domain.cassandra.querying.ChannelEventQuery;
 import ch.psi.daq.domain.cassandra.querying.MetaChannelEvent;
 import ch.psi.daq.domain.cassandra.querying.EventQuery;
+import ch.psi.daq.domain.cassandra.utils.TablePropertiesUtils;
 import ch.psi.daq.domain.reader.Backend;
 
 public class DummyCassandraReader implements CassandraReader {
@@ -102,7 +105,7 @@ public class DummyCassandraReader implements CassandraReader {
    @Override
    public Stream<? extends DataEvent> getEventStream(String channel, long startPulseId, long endPulseId,
          Ordering ordering, boolean aggregateValues, String... columns) {
-      return getDummyEventStream(channel, startPulseId, endPulseId);
+      return getDummyEventStream(channel, startPulseId, endPulseId, columns);
    }
 
    /**
@@ -111,7 +114,7 @@ public class DummyCassandraReader implements CassandraReader {
    @Override
    public Stream<? extends DataEvent> getEventStream(String channel, BigDecimal startTime, BigDecimal endTime,
          Ordering ordering, boolean aggregateValues, String... columns) {
-      return getDummyEventStream(channel, TimeUtils.getMillis(startTime) / 10, TimeUtils.getMillis(endTime) / 10);
+      return getDummyEventStream(channel, TimeUtils.getMillis(startTime) / 10, TimeUtils.getMillis(endTime) / 10, columns);
    }
 
    /**
@@ -136,7 +139,7 @@ public class DummyCassandraReader implements CassandraReader {
    @Override
    public Stream<ChannelEvent> getEventStream(PulseIdRangeQuery query) {
       Stream<ChannelEvent> dummyEventStream =
-            getDummyEventStream(query.getChannel(), query.getStartPulseId(), query.getEndPulseId())
+            getDummyEventStream(query.getChannel(), query.getStartPulseId(), query.getEndPulseId(), query.getEventColumns())
                   .map(ce -> {
                      return (ChannelEvent) ce;
                   });
@@ -150,7 +153,7 @@ public class DummyCassandraReader implements CassandraReader {
    @Override
    public Stream<ChannelEvent> getEventStream(TimeRangeQuery query) {
       Stream<ChannelEvent> dummyEventStream =
-            getDummyEventStream(query.getChannel(), query.getStartMillis() / 10, query.getEndMillis() / 10)
+            getDummyEventStream(query.getChannel(), query.getStartMillis() / 10, query.getEndMillis() / 10, query.getEventColumns())
                   .map(ce -> {
                      return (ChannelEvent) ce;
                   });
@@ -158,20 +161,23 @@ public class DummyCassandraReader implements CassandraReader {
    }
 
 
-   private Stream<? extends DataEvent> getDummyEventStream(String channel, long startIndex, long endIndex) {
-      String channelLower = channel.toLowerCase();
+   private Stream<? extends DataEvent> getDummyEventStream(String channelParam, long startIndex, long endIndex, String... columns) {
+      String channelLower = channelParam.toLowerCase();
+      String channel = (columns == null || columns.length == 0 || ArrayUtils.contains(columns, FieldNames.FIELD_CHANNEL)) ? channelParam : null; 
 
       Stream<? extends DataEvent> eventStream = LongStream.rangeClosed(startIndex, endIndex).mapToObj(i -> {
-         BigDecimal time = TimeUtils.getTimeFromMillis(i * 10, 0);
+         BigDecimal iocTime = (columns == null || columns.length == 0 || ArrayUtils.contains(columns, FieldNames.FIELD_IOC_TIME)) ? TimeUtils.getTimeFromMillis(i * 10, 0) : TablePropertiesUtils.DEFAULT_VALUE_DECIMAL;
+         BigDecimal globalTime = (columns == null || columns.length == 0 || ArrayUtils.contains(columns, FieldNames.FIELD_GLOBAL_TIME)) ? TimeUtils.getTimeFromMillis(i * 10, 0) : TablePropertiesUtils.DEFAULT_VALUE_DECIMAL;
+         long pulseId = (columns == null || columns.length == 0 || ArrayUtils.contains(columns, FieldNames.FIELD_PULSE_ID)) ? i : TablePropertiesUtils.DEFAULT_VALUE_BIGINT_PRIMITIVE;
 
          if (channelLower.contains("waveform")) {
             long[] value = random.longs(2048).toArray();
             value[0] = i;
             return new ChannelEvent(
                   channel,
-                  time,
-                  i,
-                  time,
+                  iocTime,
+                  pulseId,
+                  globalTime,
                   KEYSPACE,
                   value
             );
@@ -184,9 +190,9 @@ public class DummyCassandraReader implements CassandraReader {
             value[0] = i;
             return new ChannelEvent(
                   channel,
-                  time,
-                  i,
-                  time,
+                  iocTime,
+                  pulseId,
+                  globalTime,
                   KEYSPACE,
                   value,
                   shape
@@ -194,9 +200,9 @@ public class DummyCassandraReader implements CassandraReader {
          } else {
             return new ChannelEvent(
                   channel,
-                  time,
-                  i,
-                  time,
+                  iocTime,
+                  pulseId,
+                  globalTime,
                   KEYSPACE,
                   i
             );
@@ -206,8 +212,8 @@ public class DummyCassandraReader implements CassandraReader {
       return eventStream;
    }
 
-   private List<? extends DataEvent> getDummyEvents(String channel, long startIndex, long endIndex) {
-      return getDummyEventStream(channel, startIndex, endIndex).collect(Collectors.toList());
+   private List<? extends DataEvent> getDummyEvents(String channel, long startIndex, long endIndex, String...columns) {
+      return getDummyEventStream(channel, startIndex, endIndex, columns).collect(Collectors.toList());
    }
 
    /**
@@ -234,7 +240,7 @@ public class DummyCassandraReader implements CassandraReader {
    @Override
    public ChannelEvent getEvent(MetaChannelEvent queryInfo, String... columns) {
       if (queryInfo.getPulseId() > 0) {
-         return (ChannelEvent) getDummyEvents(queryInfo.getChannel(), queryInfo.getPulseId(), queryInfo.getPulseId())
+         return (ChannelEvent) getDummyEvents(queryInfo.getChannel(), queryInfo.getPulseId(), queryInfo.getPulseId(), columns)
                .get(0);
       }
       return (ChannelEvent) getDummyEvents(queryInfo.getChannel(), queryInfo.getGlobalMillis() / 10,
diff --git a/src/test/resources/logback-test.xml b/src/test/resources/logback-test.xml
index c525fc7..435bf5d 100644
--- a/src/test/resources/logback-test.xml
+++ b/src/test/resources/logback-test.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<configuration scan="true">
+<configuration>
+    <jmxConfigurator />
+    
 	<appender name="consoleAppender" class="ch.qos.logback.core.ConsoleAppender">
 		<encoder>
 			<Pattern>.%d{yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.SSS} [%thread] %-5level %logger{36} - %msg %n