diff --git a/ArgusCore/src/main/java/com/salesforce/dva/argus/service/schema/AsyncHbaseSchemaService.java b/ArgusCore/src/main/java/com/salesforce/dva/argus/service/schema/AsyncHbaseSchemaService.java
index fed42bcb6..086ed319e 100644
--- a/ArgusCore/src/main/java/com/salesforce/dva/argus/service/schema/AsyncHbaseSchemaService.java
+++ b/ArgusCore/src/main/java/com/salesforce/dva/argus/service/schema/AsyncHbaseSchemaService.java
@@ -345,7 +345,7 @@ private List<MetricSchemaRecord> _getUniqueFastScan(MetricSchemaRecordQuery quer
     	
     	_logger.info("Using FastScan. Will skip rows while scanning.");
     	
-    	final List<MetricSchemaRecord> records = new ArrayList<>();
+    	final Set<MetricSchemaRecord> records = new TreeSet<>();
     	
     	final ScanMetadata metadata = _constructScanMetadata(query);
         String namespace = SchemaService.convertToRegex(query.getNamespace());
@@ -390,7 +390,7 @@ private List<MetricSchemaRecord> _getUniqueFastScan(MetricSchemaRecordQuery quer
         	rows = _getSingleRow(newScanStart, end, filterList, metadata.tableName);
         }
         
-    	return records;
+    	return new ArrayList<>(records);
     }
     
 
diff --git a/ArgusSDK/src/main/java/com/salesforce/dva/argus/sdk/AlertService.java b/ArgusSDK/src/main/java/com/salesforce/dva/argus/sdk/AlertService.java
index c7f59be2d..f9a5b1e0f 100644
--- a/ArgusSDK/src/main/java/com/salesforce/dva/argus/sdk/AlertService.java
+++ b/ArgusSDK/src/main/java/com/salesforce/dva/argus/sdk/AlertService.java
@@ -93,6 +93,14 @@ public List<Alert> getAlerts(boolean includeSharedAlerts) throws IOException, To
         assertValidResponse(response, requestUrl);
         return fromJson(response.getResult(), new TypeReference<List<Alert>>() { });
     }
+    
+    public List<Alert> getAlertsMeta(boolean includeSharedAlerts) throws IOException, TokenExpiredException {
+    	String requestUrl = RESOURCE + "/meta?shared=" + includeSharedAlerts;
+        ArgusResponse response = getClient().executeHttpRequest(ArgusHttpClient.RequestType.GET, requestUrl, null);
+
+        assertValidResponse(response, requestUrl);
+        return fromJson(response.getResult(), new TypeReference<List<Alert>>() { });
+    }
 
     /**
      * Returns the alert for the given ID.
diff --git a/ArgusSDK/src/main/java/com/salesforce/dva/argus/sdk/DashboardService.java b/ArgusSDK/src/main/java/com/salesforce/dva/argus/sdk/DashboardService.java
index c5a586350..3a043a2b0 100644
--- a/ArgusSDK/src/main/java/com/salesforce/dva/argus/sdk/DashboardService.java
+++ b/ArgusSDK/src/main/java/com/salesforce/dva/argus/sdk/DashboardService.java
@@ -149,5 +149,23 @@ public List<Dashboard> getDashboards() throws IOException, TokenExpiredException
         assertValidResponse(response, requestUrl);
         return fromJson(response.getResult(), new TypeReference<List<Dashboard>>() { });
     }
+    
+    /**
+     * Returns the list of dashboards owned by the user. Each Dashboard only contains metadata (id, name, description etc.) about the dashbaord.
+     *
+     * @param	shared	True or false depending on whether shared dashboards must be retrieved along with dashboards owned by the user.
+     *
+     * @return  The list of dashboards owned by the user.
+     *
+     * @throws  IOException  If the server cannot be reached.
+     * @throws  TokenExpiredException   If the token sent along with the request has expired
+     */
+    public List<Dashboard> getDashboardsMeta(boolean shared) throws IOException, TokenExpiredException {
+        String requestUrl = RESOURCE + "/meta?shared=" + shared;
+        ArgusResponse response = getClient().executeHttpRequest(ArgusHttpClient.RequestType.GET, requestUrl, null);
+
+        assertValidResponse(response, requestUrl);
+        return fromJson(response.getResult(), new TypeReference<List<Dashboard>>() { });
+    }
 }
 /* Copyright (c) 2016, Salesforce.com, Inc.  All rights reserved. */
diff --git a/ArgusSDK/src/test/java/com/salesforce/dva/argus/sdk/DashboardServiceTest.java b/ArgusSDK/src/test/java/com/salesforce/dva/argus/sdk/DashboardServiceTest.java
index b24092fdd..d8159460c 100644
--- a/ArgusSDK/src/test/java/com/salesforce/dva/argus/sdk/DashboardServiceTest.java
+++ b/ArgusSDK/src/test/java/com/salesforce/dva/argus/sdk/DashboardServiceTest.java
@@ -85,6 +85,21 @@ public void testGetDashboards() throws IOException, TokenExpiredException {
             assertEquals(expected, result);
         }
     }
+    
+    @Test
+    public void testGetDashboardsMeta() throws IOException, TokenExpiredException {
+    	try(ArgusService argusService = new ArgusService(getMockedClient("/DashboardServiceTest.json"))) {
+            DashboardService batchService = argusService.getDashboardService();
+            List<Dashboard> result = batchService.getDashboardsMeta(false);
+            
+            Dashboard persistedDashboard = _constructPersistedDashboard();
+            persistedDashboard.setContent(null);
+            persistedDashboard.setShared(false);
+            List<Dashboard> expected = Arrays.asList(new Dashboard[] { persistedDashboard });
+
+            assertEquals(expected, result);
+        }
+    }
 
     @Test
     public void testUpdateDashboard() throws IOException, TokenExpiredException {
diff --git a/ArgusSDK/src/test/resources/DashboardServiceTest.json b/ArgusSDK/src/test/resources/DashboardServiceTest.json
index a57637644..313c6c084 100644
--- a/ArgusSDK/src/test/resources/DashboardServiceTest.json
+++ b/ArgusSDK/src/test/resources/DashboardServiceTest.json
@@ -33,4 +33,11 @@
     "status": 200,
     "message": "success",
     "jsonOutput" : "{\"id\":1,\"createdById\":1,\"createdDate\":1472282830936,\"modifiedById\":1,\"modifiedDate\":1472282830936,\"name\":\"TestName\",\"content\":\"UpdatedContent\",\"ownerName\":\"TestOwnerName\",\"shared\":true,\"description\":\"TestDescription\"}"
+},{
+	"type": "GET",
+	"endpoint": "/dashboards/meta?shared=false",
+	"jsonInput": null,
+	"status": 200,
+	"message": "success",
+	"jsonOutput": "[{\"id\":1,\"createdById\":1,\"createdDate\":1472282830936,\"modifiedById\":1,\"modifiedDate\":1472282830936,\"name\":\"TestName\",\"content\":null,\"ownerName\":\"TestOwnerName\",\"shared\":false,\"description\":\"TestDescription\"}]" 
 }]
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