diff --git a/resources/i18n/en.json b/resources/i18n/en.json
index 7b3d31c3e0..07f770825d 100644
--- a/resources/i18n/en.json
+++ b/resources/i18n/en.json
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@
           "placeholder": "Subject",
           "head": "Subject"
         },
-        "date": {
+        "dateIssued": {
           "placeholder": "Date",
           "head": "Date"
         }
diff --git a/src/app/+search-page/search-filters/search-filter/search-filter.component.ts b/src/app/+search-page/search-filters/search-filter/search-filter.component.ts
index ddb21236c5..b51a2d70fa 100644
--- a/src/app/+search-page/search-filters/search-filter/search-filter.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/+search-page/search-filters/search-filter/search-filter.component.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import { FacetValue } from '../../search-service/facet-value.model';
 import { SearchFilterService } from './search-filter.service';
 import { Observable } from 'rxjs/Observable';
 import { slide } from '../../../shared/animations/slide';
+import { PaginatedList } from '../../../core/data/paginated-list';
 
 /**
  * This component renders a simple item page.
@@ -22,13 +23,13 @@ import { slide } from '../../../shared/animations/slide';
 
 export class SearchFilterComponent implements OnInit {
   @Input() filter: SearchFilterConfig;
-  filterValues: Observable<RemoteData<FacetValue[]>>;
+  filterValues: Observable<RemoteData<FacetValue[] | PaginatedList<FacetValue>>>;
 
   constructor(private searchService: SearchService, private filterService: SearchFilterService) {
   }
 
   ngOnInit() {
-    this.filterValues = this.searchService.getFacetValuesFor(this.filter.name);
+    this.filterValues = this.searchService.getFacetValuesFor(this.filter.name, '', '');
     const sub = this.filterService.isFilterActive(this.filter.paramName).first().subscribe((isActive) => {
       if (this.filter.isOpenByDefault || isActive) {
         this.initialExpand();
diff --git a/src/app/+search-page/search-service/facet-value.model.ts b/src/app/+search-page/search-service/facet-value.model.ts
index a323970bc7..06eb50bc6b 100644
--- a/src/app/+search-page/search-service/facet-value.model.ts
+++ b/src/app/+search-page/search-service/facet-value.model.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,13 @@
 
+import { autoserialize, autoserializeAs } from 'cerialize';
+
 export class FacetValue {
-
+  @autoserializeAs(String, 'label')
   value: string;
+
+  @autoserialize
   count: number;
+
+  @autoserialize
   search: string;
 }
diff --git a/src/app/+search-page/search-service/search.service.ts b/src/app/+search-page/search-service/search.service.ts
index 66e125bc58..b20d65cf53 100644
--- a/src/app/+search-page/search-service/search.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/+search-page/search-service/search.service.ts
@@ -1,13 +1,14 @@
-import { Inject, Injectable, OnDestroy } from '@angular/core';
+import { Injectable, OnDestroy } from '@angular/core';
 import { ActivatedRoute, NavigationExtras, Router } from '@angular/router';
 import { Observable } from 'rxjs/Observable';
 import { flatMap, map, tap } from 'rxjs/operators';
 import { ViewMode } from '../../+search-page/search-options.model';
-import { GLOBAL_CONFIG } from '../../../config';
-import { GlobalConfig } from '../../../config/global-config.interface';
 import { RemoteDataBuildService } from '../../core/cache/builders/remote-data-build.service';
 import { SortOptions } from '../../core/cache/models/sort-options.model';
-import { SearchSuccessResponse } from '../../core/cache/response-cache.models';
+import {
+  FacetValueMapSuccessResponse, FacetValueSuccessResponse,
+  SearchSuccessResponse
+} from '../../core/cache/response-cache.models';
 import { ResponseCacheEntry } from '../../core/cache/response-cache.reducer';
 import { ResponseCacheService } from '../../core/cache/response-cache.service';
 import { PaginatedList } from '../../core/data/paginated-list';
@@ -33,6 +34,7 @@ import { SearchQueryResponse } from './search-query-response.model';
 import { PageInfo } from '../../core/shared/page-info.model';
 import { getSearchResultFor } from './search-result-element-decorator';
 import { ListableObject } from '../../shared/object-collection/shared/listable-object.model';
+import { FacetResponseParsingService } from '../../core/data/facet-response-parsing.service';
 
 function shuffle(array: any[]) {
   let i = 0;
@@ -49,20 +51,21 @@ function shuffle(array: any[]) {
 }
 
 @Injectable()
-export class SearchService extends HALEndpointService implements OnDestroy {
-  protected linkPath = 'discover/search/objects';
+export class SearchService implements OnDestroy {
+  private searchLinkPath = 'discover/search/objects';
+  private facetLinkPath = 'discover/search/facets';
 
   private sub;
   uiSearchRoute = '/search';
 
   config: SearchFilterConfig[] = [
-    Object.assign(new SearchFilterConfig(),
-      {
-        name: 'scope',
-        type: FilterType.hierarchy,
-        hasFacets: true,
-        isOpenByDefault: true
-      }),
+    // Object.assign(new SearchFilterConfig(),
+    //   {
+    //     name: 'scope',
+    //     type: FilterType.hierarchy,
+    //     hasFacets: true,
+    //     isOpenByDefault: true
+    //   }),
     Object.assign(new SearchFilterConfig(),
       {
         name: 'author',
@@ -72,7 +75,7 @@ export class SearchService extends HALEndpointService implements OnDestroy {
       }),
     Object.assign(new SearchFilterConfig(),
       {
-        name: 'date',
+        name: 'dateIssued',
         type: FilterType.range,
         hasFacets: true,
         isOpenByDefault: false
@@ -92,10 +95,9 @@ export class SearchService extends HALEndpointService implements OnDestroy {
               private route: ActivatedRoute,
               protected responseCache: ResponseCacheService,
               protected requestService: RequestService,
-              @Inject(GLOBAL_CONFIG) protected EnvConfig: GlobalConfig,
               private routeService: RouteService,
-              private rdb: RemoteDataBuildService,) {
-    super();
+              private rdb: RemoteDataBuildService,
+              private halService: HALEndpointService) {
     const pagination: PaginationComponentOptions = new PaginationComponentOptions();
     pagination.id = 'search-results-pagination';
     pagination.currentPage = 1;
@@ -106,7 +108,7 @@ export class SearchService extends HALEndpointService implements OnDestroy {
   }
 
   search(query: string, scopeId?: string, searchOptions?: SearchOptions): Observable<RemoteData<Array<SearchResult<DSpaceObject>> | PaginatedList<SearchResult<DSpaceObject>>>> {
-    const requestObs = this.getEndpoint().pipe(
+    const requestObs = this.halService.getEndpoint(this.searchLinkPath).pipe(
       map((url: string) => {
         const args: string[] = [];
 
@@ -219,35 +221,92 @@ export class SearchService extends HALEndpointService implements OnDestroy {
     ));
   }
 
-  getFacetValuesFor(searchFilterConfigName: string): Observable<RemoteData<FacetValue[]>> {
-    const filterConfig = this.config.find((config: SearchFilterConfig) => config.name === searchFilterConfigName);
-    return this.routeService.getQueryParameterValues(filterConfig.paramName).map((selectedValues: string[]) => {
-        const payload: FacetValue[] = [];
-        const totalFilters = 13;
-        for (let i = 0; i < totalFilters; i++) {
-          const value = searchFilterConfigName + ' ' + (i + 1);
-          if (!selectedValues.includes(value)) {
-            payload.push({
-                value: value,
-                count: Math.floor(Math.random() * 20) + 20 * (totalFilters - i), // make sure first results have the highest (random) count
-                search: (decodeURI(this.router.url) + (this.router.url.includes('?') ? '&' : '?') + filterConfig.paramName + '=' + value)
-              }
-            );
-          }
+  getFacetValuesFor(searchFilterConfigName: string, query: string, scopeId: string): Observable<RemoteData<FacetValue[] | PaginatedList<FacetValue>>> {
+    const requestObs = this.halService.getEndpoint(this.facetLinkPath).pipe(
+      map((url: string) => {
+        const args: string[] = [];
+
+        if (isNotEmpty(query)) {
+          args.push(`query=${query}`);
         }
-        const requestPending = false;
-        const responsePending = false;
-        const isSuccessful = true;
-        const error = undefined;
-        return new RemoteData(
-          requestPending,
-          responsePending,
-          isSuccessful,
-          error,
-          payload
-        )
+
+        if (isNotEmpty(scopeId)) {
+          args.push(`scope=${scopeId}`);
+        }
+
+        if (isNotEmpty(args)) {
+          url = new URLCombiner(url, `?${args.join('&')}`).toString();
+        }
+
+        const request = new GetRequest(this.requestService.generateRequestId(), url);
+        return Object.assign(request, {
+          getResponseParser(): GenericConstructor<ResponseParsingService> {
+            return FacetResponseParsingService;
+          }
+        });
+      }),
+      tap((request: RestRequest) => this.requestService.configure(request)),
+    );
+
+    const requestEntryObs = requestObs.pipe(
+      flatMap((request: RestRequest) => this.requestService.getByHref(request.href))
+    );
+
+    const responseCacheObs = requestObs.pipe(
+      flatMap((request: RestRequest) => this.responseCache.get(request.href))
+    );
+
+    // get search results from response cache
+    const facetValueResponseObs: Observable<FacetValueSuccessResponse> = responseCacheObs.pipe(
+      map((entry: ResponseCacheEntry) => entry.response),
+      map((response: FacetValueMapSuccessResponse) => response.results[searchFilterConfigName])
+    );
+
+    // get search results from response cache
+    const facetValueObs: Observable<FacetValue[]> = facetValueResponseObs.pipe(
+      map((response: FacetValueSuccessResponse) => response.results)
+    );
+
+    const pageInfoObs: Observable<PageInfo> = facetValueResponseObs.pipe(
+      map((response: FacetValueSuccessResponse) => { console.log(response); return response.pageInfo})
+    );
+    const payloadObs = Observable.combineLatest(facetValueObs, pageInfoObs, (facetValue, pageInfo) => {
+      if (hasValue(pageInfo)) {
+        return new PaginatedList(pageInfo, facetValue);
+      } else {
+        return facetValue;
       }
-    )
+    });
+    return this.rdb.toRemoteDataObservable(requestEntryObs, responseCacheObs, payloadObs);
+
+    // const filterConfig = this.config.find((config: SearchFilterConfig) => config.name === searchFilterConfigName);
+    // return this.routeService.getQueryParameterValues(filterConfig.paramName).map((selectedValues: string[]) => {
+    //     const payload: FacetValue[] = [];
+    //     const totalFilters = 13;
+    //     for (let i = 0; i < totalFilters; i++) {
+    //       const value = searchFilterConfigName + ' ' + (i + 1);
+    //       if (!selectedValues.includes(value)) {
+    //         payload.push({
+    //             value: value,
+    //             count: Math.floor(Math.random() * 20) + 20 * (totalFilters - i), // make sure first results have the highest (random) count
+    //             search: (decodeURI(this.router.url) + (this.router.url.includes('?') ? '&' : '?') + filterConfig.paramName + '=' + value)
+    //           }
+    //         );
+    //       }
+    //     }
+    //     const requestPending = false;
+    //     const responsePending = false;
+    //     const isSuccessful = true;
+    //     const error = undefined;
+    //     return new RemoteData(
+    //       requestPending,
+    //       responsePending,
+    //       isSuccessful,
+    //       error,
+    //       payload
+    //     )
+    //   }
+    // )
   }
 
   getViewMode(): Observable<ViewMode> {
diff --git a/src/app/core/browse/browse.service.ts b/src/app/core/browse/browse.service.ts
index 3b283e2d93..a7b7314d54 100644
--- a/src/app/core/browse/browse.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/browse/browse.service.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import { BrowseDefinition } from '../shared/browse-definition.model';
 import { HALEndpointService } from '../shared/hal-endpoint.service';
 
 @Injectable()
-export class BrowseService extends HALEndpointService {
+export class BrowseService {
   protected linkPath = 'browses';
 
   private static toSearchKeyArray(metadatumKey: string): string[] {
@@ -31,13 +31,12 @@ export class BrowseService extends HALEndpointService {
   constructor(
     protected responseCache: ResponseCacheService,
     protected requestService: RequestService,
-    @Inject(GLOBAL_CONFIG) protected EnvConfig: GlobalConfig) {
-    super();
+    protected halService: HALEndpointService) {
   }
 
   getBrowseURLFor(metadatumKey: string, linkPath: string): Observable<string> {
     const searchKeyArray = BrowseService.toSearchKeyArray(metadatumKey);
-    return this.getEndpoint()
+    return this.halService.getEndpoint(linkPath)
       .filter((href: string) => isNotEmpty(href))
       .distinctUntilChanged()
       .map((endpointURL: string) => new BrowseEndpointRequest(this.requestService.generateRequestId(), endpointURL))
diff --git a/src/app/core/cache/response-cache.models.ts b/src/app/core/cache/response-cache.models.ts
index fb9f10ce51..5da328931b 100644
--- a/src/app/core/cache/response-cache.models.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/cache/response-cache.models.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import { RequestError } from '../data/request.models';
 import { PageInfo } from '../shared/page-info.model';
 import { BrowseDefinition } from '../shared/browse-definition.model';
 import { ConfigObject } from '../shared/config/config.model';
+import { FacetValue } from '../../+search-page/search-service/facet-value.model';
 
 /* tslint:disable:max-classes-per-file */
 export class RestResponse {
@@ -32,6 +33,28 @@ export class SearchSuccessResponse extends RestResponse {
   }
 }
 
+export class FacetValueMap {
+  [name: string]: FacetValueSuccessResponse
+}
+
+export class FacetValueSuccessResponse extends RestResponse {
+  constructor(
+    public results: FacetValue[],
+    public statusCode: string,
+    public pageInfo?: PageInfo) {
+    super(true, statusCode);
+  }
+}
+
+export class FacetValueMapSuccessResponse extends RestResponse {
+  constructor(
+    public results: FacetValueMap,
+    public statusCode: string,
+  ) {
+    super(true, statusCode);
+  }
+}
+
 export class EndpointMap {
   [linkPath: string]: string
 }
diff --git a/src/app/core/config/config.service.ts b/src/app/core/config/config.service.ts
index f1750bca84..bb863ad46f 100644
--- a/src/app/core/config/config.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/config/config.service.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,7 @@
-import { Injectable } from '@angular/core';
-
 import { Observable } from 'rxjs/Observable';
 
 import { RequestService } from '../data/request.service';
 import { ResponseCacheService } from '../cache/response-cache.service';
-import { GlobalConfig } from '../../../config/global-config.interface';
 import { ConfigSuccessResponse, ErrorResponse, RestResponse } from '../cache/response-cache.models';
 import { ConfigRequest, FindAllOptions, RestRequest } from '../data/request.models';
 import { ResponseCacheEntry } from '../cache/response-cache.reducer';
@@ -12,13 +9,13 @@ import { hasValue, isNotEmpty } from '../../shared/empty.util';
 import { HALEndpointService } from '../shared/hal-endpoint.service';
 import { ConfigData } from './config-data';
 
-export abstract class ConfigService extends HALEndpointService {
+export abstract class ConfigService {
   protected request: ConfigRequest;
   protected abstract responseCache: ResponseCacheService;
   protected abstract requestService: RequestService;
   protected abstract linkPath: string;
-  protected abstract EnvConfig: GlobalConfig;
   protected abstract browseEndpoint: string;
+  protected abstract halService: HALEndpointService;
 
   protected getConfig(request: RestRequest): Observable<ConfigData> {
     const [successResponse, errorResponse] =  this.responseCache.get(request.href)
@@ -68,7 +65,7 @@ export abstract class ConfigService extends HALEndpointService {
   }
 
   public getConfigAll(): Observable<ConfigData> {
-    return this.getEndpoint()
+    return this.halService.getEndpoint(this.linkPath)
       .filter((href: string) => isNotEmpty(href))
       .distinctUntilChanged()
       .map((endpointURL: string) => new ConfigRequest(this.requestService.generateRequestId(), endpointURL))
@@ -85,7 +82,7 @@ export abstract class ConfigService extends HALEndpointService {
   }
 
   public getConfigByName(name: string): Observable<ConfigData> {
-    return this.getEndpoint()
+    return this.halService.getEndpoint(this.linkPath)
       .map((endpoint: string) => this.getConfigByNameHref(endpoint, name))
       .filter((href: string) => isNotEmpty(href))
       .distinctUntilChanged()
@@ -96,7 +93,7 @@ export abstract class ConfigService extends HALEndpointService {
   }
 
   public getConfigBySearch(options: FindAllOptions = {}): Observable<ConfigData> {
-    return this.getEndpoint()
+    return this.halService.getEndpoint(this.linkPath)
       .map((endpoint: string) => this.getConfigSearchHref(endpoint, options))
       .filter((href: string) => isNotEmpty(href))
       .distinctUntilChanged()
diff --git a/src/app/core/config/submission-definitions-config.service.ts b/src/app/core/config/submission-definitions-config.service.ts
index 9655576e71..6cbe0c55b5 100644
--- a/src/app/core/config/submission-definitions-config.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/config/submission-definitions-config.service.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
-import { Inject, Injectable } from '@angular/core';
+import { Injectable } from '@angular/core';
 
 import { ConfigService } from './config.service';
 import { ResponseCacheService } from '../cache/response-cache.service';
 import { RequestService } from '../data/request.service';
-import { GLOBAL_CONFIG } from '../../../config';
-import { GlobalConfig } from '../../../config/global-config.interface';
+import { HALEndpointService } from '../shared/hal-endpoint.service';
 
 @Injectable()
 export class SubmissionDefinitionsConfigService extends ConfigService {
@@ -14,7 +13,7 @@ export class SubmissionDefinitionsConfigService extends ConfigService {
   constructor(
     protected responseCache: ResponseCacheService,
     protected requestService: RequestService,
-    @Inject(GLOBAL_CONFIG) protected EnvConfig: GlobalConfig) {
+    protected halService: HALEndpointService) {
     super();
   }
 
diff --git a/src/app/core/config/submission-forms-config.service.ts b/src/app/core/config/submission-forms-config.service.ts
index 7209cd0fdf..27eac78218 100644
--- a/src/app/core/config/submission-forms-config.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/config/submission-forms-config.service.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
-import { Inject, Injectable } from '@angular/core';
+import { Injectable } from '@angular/core';
 
 import { ConfigService } from './config.service';
 import { ResponseCacheService } from '../cache/response-cache.service';
 import { RequestService } from '../data/request.service';
-import { GLOBAL_CONFIG } from '../../../config';
-import { GlobalConfig } from '../../../config/global-config.interface';
+import { HALEndpointService } from '../shared/hal-endpoint.service';
 
 @Injectable()
 export class SubmissionFormsConfigService extends ConfigService {
@@ -14,7 +13,7 @@ export class SubmissionFormsConfigService extends ConfigService {
   constructor(
     protected responseCache: ResponseCacheService,
     protected requestService: RequestService,
-    @Inject(GLOBAL_CONFIG) protected EnvConfig: GlobalConfig) {
+    protected halService: HALEndpointService) {
     super();
   }
 
diff --git a/src/app/core/config/submission-sections-config.service.ts b/src/app/core/config/submission-sections-config.service.ts
index 108fc30259..6d4d2ca825 100644
--- a/src/app/core/config/submission-sections-config.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/config/submission-sections-config.service.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
-import { Inject, Injectable } from '@angular/core';
+import { Injectable } from '@angular/core';
 
 import { ConfigService } from './config.service';
 import { ResponseCacheService } from '../cache/response-cache.service';
 import { RequestService } from '../data/request.service';
-import { GLOBAL_CONFIG } from '../../../config';
-import { GlobalConfig } from '../../../config/global-config.interface';
+import { HALEndpointService } from '../shared/hal-endpoint.service';
 
 @Injectable()
 export class SubmissionSectionsConfigService extends ConfigService {
@@ -14,7 +13,7 @@ export class SubmissionSectionsConfigService extends ConfigService {
   constructor(
     protected responseCache: ResponseCacheService,
     protected requestService: RequestService,
-    @Inject(GLOBAL_CONFIG) protected EnvConfig: GlobalConfig) {
+    protected halService: HALEndpointService) {
     super();
   }
 
diff --git a/src/app/core/core.module.ts b/src/app/core/core.module.ts
index 2960918ea7..764e21efba 100644
--- a/src/app/core/core.module.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/core.module.ts
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ import { SubmissionDefinitionsConfigService } from './config/submission-definiti
 import { SubmissionFormsConfigService } from './config/submission-forms-config.service';
 import { SubmissionSectionsConfigService } from './config/submission-sections-config.service';
 import { UUIDService } from './shared/uuid.service';
+import { HALEndpointService } from './shared/hal-endpoint.service';
+import { FacetResponseParsingService } from './data/facet-response-parsing.service';
 
 const IMPORTS = [
   CommonModule,
@@ -61,6 +63,7 @@ const PROVIDERS = [
   CollectionDataService,
   DSOResponseParsingService,
   DSpaceRESTv2Service,
+  HALEndpointService,
   HostWindowService,
   ItemDataService,
   MetadataService,
@@ -70,6 +73,7 @@ const PROVIDERS = [
   RequestService,
   ResponseCacheService,
   EndpointMapResponseParsingService,
+  FacetResponseParsingService,
   DebugResponseParsingService,
   SearchResponseParsingService,
   ServerResponseService,
diff --git a/src/app/core/data/collection-data.service.ts b/src/app/core/data/collection-data.service.ts
index a675b7254d..7d1e463dbe 100644
--- a/src/app/core/data/collection-data.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/data/collection-data.service.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import { Collection } from '../shared/collection.model';
 import { ComColDataService } from './comcol-data.service';
 import { CommunityDataService } from './community-data.service';
 import { RequestService } from './request.service';
+import { HALEndpointService } from '../shared/hal-endpoint.service';
 
 @Injectable()
 export class CollectionDataService extends ComColDataService<NormalizedCollection, Collection> {
@@ -20,9 +21,9 @@ export class CollectionDataService extends ComColDataService<NormalizedCollectio
     protected requestService: RequestService,
     protected rdbService: RemoteDataBuildService,
     protected store: Store<CoreState>,
-    @Inject(GLOBAL_CONFIG) protected EnvConfig: GlobalConfig,
     protected cds: CommunityDataService,
-    protected objectCache: ObjectCacheService
+    protected objectCache: ObjectCacheService,
+    protected halService: HALEndpointService
   ) {
     super();
   }
diff --git a/src/app/core/data/comcol-data.service.ts b/src/app/core/data/comcol-data.service.ts
index 24c019c611..112afa0bc8 100644
--- a/src/app/core/data/comcol-data.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/data/comcol-data.service.ts
@@ -10,10 +10,12 @@ import { CommunityDataService } from './community-data.service';
 import { DataService } from './data.service';
 import { FindByIDRequest } from './request.models';
 import { NormalizedObject } from '../cache/models/normalized-object.model';
+import { HALEndpointService } from '../shared/hal-endpoint.service';
 
 export abstract class ComColDataService<TNormalized extends NormalizedObject, TDomain>  extends DataService<TNormalized, TDomain> {
   protected abstract cds: CommunityDataService;
   protected abstract objectCache: ObjectCacheService;
+  protected abstract halService: HALEndpointService;
 
   /**
    * Get the scoped endpoint URL by fetching the object with
@@ -27,7 +29,7 @@ export abstract class ComColDataService<TNormalized extends NormalizedObject, TD
    */
   public getScopedEndpoint(scopeID: string): Observable<string> {
     if (isEmpty(scopeID)) {
-      return this.getEndpoint();
+      return this.halService.getEndpoint(this.linkPath);
     } else {
       const scopeCommunityHrefObs = this.cds.getEndpoint()
         .flatMap((endpoint: string) => this.cds.getFindByIDHref(endpoint, scopeID))
diff --git a/src/app/core/data/community-data.service.ts b/src/app/core/data/community-data.service.ts
index 4cb44f4296..88ad3a5287 100644
--- a/src/app/core/data/community-data.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/data/community-data.service.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import { CoreState } from '../core.reducers';
 import { Community } from '../shared/community.model';
 import { ComColDataService } from './comcol-data.service';
 import { RequestService } from './request.service';
+import { HALEndpointService } from '../shared/hal-endpoint.service';
 
 @Injectable()
 export class CommunityDataService extends ComColDataService<NormalizedCommunity, Community> {
@@ -21,9 +22,13 @@ export class CommunityDataService extends ComColDataService<NormalizedCommunity,
     protected requestService: RequestService,
     protected rdbService: RemoteDataBuildService,
     protected store: Store<CoreState>,
-    @Inject(GLOBAL_CONFIG) protected EnvConfig: GlobalConfig,
-    protected objectCache: ObjectCacheService
+    protected objectCache: ObjectCacheService,
+    protected halService: HALEndpointService
   ) {
     super();
   }
+
+  getEndpoint() {
+    return this.halService.getEndpoint(this.linkPath);
+  }
 }
diff --git a/src/app/core/data/data.service.ts b/src/app/core/data/data.service.ts
index 1d9d568da3..f532ff05ba 100644
--- a/src/app/core/data/data.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/data/data.service.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,9 @@
 import { Store } from '@ngrx/store';
 import { Observable } from 'rxjs/Observable';
-import { GlobalConfig } from '../../../config';
 import { hasValue, isNotEmpty } from '../../shared/empty.util';
 import { RemoteDataBuildService } from '../cache/builders/remote-data-build.service';
 import { ResponseCacheService } from '../cache/response-cache.service';
 import { CoreState } from '../core.reducers';
-import { GenericConstructor } from '../shared/generic-constructor';
 import { HALEndpointService } from '../shared/hal-endpoint.service';
 import { URLCombiner } from '../url-combiner/url-combiner';
 import { PaginatedList } from './paginated-list';
@@ -14,13 +12,13 @@ import { FindAllOptions, FindAllRequest, FindByIDRequest, GetRequest } from './r
 import { RequestService } from './request.service';
 import { NormalizedObject } from '../cache/models/normalized-object.model';
 
-export abstract class DataService<TNormalized extends NormalizedObject, TDomain> extends HALEndpointService {
+export abstract class DataService<TNormalized extends NormalizedObject, TDomain> {
   protected abstract responseCache: ResponseCacheService;
   protected abstract requestService: RequestService;
   protected abstract rdbService: RemoteDataBuildService;
   protected abstract store: Store<CoreState>;
   protected abstract linkPath: string;
-  protected abstract EnvConfig: GlobalConfig;
+  protected abstract halService: HALEndpointService;
 
   public abstract getScopedEndpoint(scope: string): Observable<string>
 
@@ -55,7 +53,7 @@ export abstract class DataService<TNormalized extends NormalizedObject, TDomain>
   }
 
   findAll(options: FindAllOptions = {}): Observable<RemoteData<PaginatedList<TDomain>>> {
-    const hrefObs = this.getEndpoint().filter((href: string) => isNotEmpty(href))
+    const hrefObs = this.halService.getEndpoint(this.linkPath).filter((href: string) => isNotEmpty(href))
       .flatMap((endpoint: string) => this.getFindAllHref(endpoint, options));
 
     hrefObs
@@ -74,7 +72,7 @@ export abstract class DataService<TNormalized extends NormalizedObject, TDomain>
   }
 
   findById(id: string): Observable<RemoteData<TDomain>> {
-    const hrefObs = this.getEndpoint()
+    const hrefObs = this.halService.getEndpoint(this.linkPath)
       .map((endpoint: string) => this.getFindByIDHref(endpoint, id));
 
     hrefObs
diff --git a/src/app/core/data/facet-response-parsing.service.ts b/src/app/core/data/facet-response-parsing.service.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8295d026a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/core/data/facet-response-parsing.service.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+import { Injectable } from '@angular/core';
+import {
+  FacetValueMap,
+  FacetValueMapSuccessResponse,
+  FacetValueSuccessResponse,
+  RestResponse
+} from '../cache/response-cache.models';
+import { ResponseParsingService } from './parsing.service';
+import { RestRequest } from './request.models';
+import { DSpaceRESTV2Response } from '../dspace-rest-v2/dspace-rest-v2-response.model';
+import { DSpaceRESTv2Serializer } from '../dspace-rest-v2/dspace-rest-v2.serializer';
+import { PageInfo } from '../shared/page-info.model';
+import { isNotEmpty } from '../../shared/empty.util';
+import { FacetValue } from '../../+search-page/search-service/facet-value.model';
+
+@Injectable()
+export class FacetResponseParsingService implements ResponseParsingService {
+  parse(request: RestRequest, data: DSpaceRESTV2Response): RestResponse {
+
+    const payload = data.payload;
+    const facetMap: FacetValueMap = new FacetValueMap();
+
+    const serializer = new DSpaceRESTv2Serializer(FacetValue);
+    payload._embedded.facets.map((facet) => {
+      const values = facet._embedded.values.map((value) => {value.search = value._links.search.href; return value;});
+      const facetValues = serializer.deserializeArray(values);
+      const valuesResponse = new FacetValueSuccessResponse(facetValues, data.statusCode, this.processPageInfo(data.payload.page));
+      facetMap[facet.name] = valuesResponse;
+    });
+
+    return new FacetValueMapSuccessResponse(facetMap, data.statusCode);
+  }
+
+  protected processPageInfo(pageObj: any): PageInfo {
+    if (isNotEmpty(pageObj)) {
+      return new DSpaceRESTv2Serializer(PageInfo).deserialize(pageObj);
+    } else {
+      return undefined;
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/app/core/data/item-data.service.ts b/src/app/core/data/item-data.service.ts
index 0e6fcbfd33..6b0937d8e4 100644
--- a/src/app/core/data/item-data.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/data/item-data.service.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import { URLCombiner } from '../url-combiner/url-combiner';
 
 import { DataService } from './data.service';
 import { RequestService } from './request.service';
+import { HALEndpointService } from '../shared/hal-endpoint.service';
 
 @Injectable()
 export class ItemDataService extends DataService<NormalizedItem, Item> {
@@ -24,15 +25,14 @@ export class ItemDataService extends DataService<NormalizedItem, Item> {
     protected requestService: RequestService,
     protected rdbService: RemoteDataBuildService,
     protected store: Store<CoreState>,
-    @Inject(GLOBAL_CONFIG) protected EnvConfig: GlobalConfig,
-    private bs: BrowseService
-  ) {
+    private bs: BrowseService,
+    protected halService: HALEndpointService) {
     super();
   }
 
   public getScopedEndpoint(scopeID: string): Observable<string> {
     if (isEmpty(scopeID)) {
-      return this.getEndpoint();
+      return this.halService.getEndpoint(this.linkPath);
     } else {
       return this.bs.getBrowseURLFor('dc.date.issued', this.linkPath)
         .filter((href: string) => isNotEmpty(href))
diff --git a/src/app/core/shared/hal-endpoint.service.ts b/src/app/core/shared/hal-endpoint.service.ts
index 743179b23c..b9bb1d587c 100644
--- a/src/app/core/shared/hal-endpoint.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/shared/hal-endpoint.service.ts
@@ -8,13 +8,19 @@ import { EndpointMapRequest } from '../data/request.models';
 import { ResponseCacheEntry } from '../cache/response-cache.reducer';
 import { isEmpty, isNotEmpty } from '../../shared/empty.util';
 import { RESTURLCombiner } from '../url-combiner/rest-url-combiner';
+import { Inject, Injectable } from '@angular/core';
+import { GLOBAL_CONFIG } from '../../../config';
 
-export abstract class HALEndpointService {
-  protected abstract responseCache: ResponseCacheService;
-  protected abstract requestService: RequestService;
-  protected abstract linkPath: string;
-  protected abstract EnvConfig: GlobalConfig;
+@Injectable()
+export class HALEndpointService {
 
+  protected linkPath: string;
+
+  constructor(private responseCache: ResponseCacheService,
+              private requestService: RequestService,
+              @Inject(GLOBAL_CONFIG) private EnvConfig: GlobalConfig) {
+
+  }
   protected getRootHref(): string {
     return new RESTURLCombiner(this.EnvConfig, '/').toString();
   }
@@ -33,8 +39,8 @@ export abstract class HALEndpointService {
       .distinctUntilChanged();
   }
 
-  public getEndpoint(): Observable<string> {
-    return this.getEndpointAt(...this.linkPath.split('/'));
+  public getEndpoint(linkPath: string): Observable<string> {
+    return this.getEndpointAt(...linkPath.split('/'));
   }
 
   private getEndpointAt(...path: string[]): Observable<string> {
@@ -50,10 +56,10 @@ export abstract class HALEndpointService {
     return Observable.of(this.getRootHref()).pipe(...pipeArguments, distinctUntilChanged());
   }
 
-  public isEnabledOnRestApi(): Observable<boolean> {
+  public isEnabledOnRestApi(linkPath: string): Observable<boolean> {
     return this.getRootEndpointMap().pipe(
       // TODO this only works when there's no / in linkPath
-      map((endpointMap: EndpointMap) => isNotEmpty(endpointMap[this.linkPath])),
+      map((endpointMap: EndpointMap) => isNotEmpty(endpointMap[linkPath])),
       startWith(undefined),
       distinctUntilChanged()
     )