diff --git a/src/blackcore/db/databasereaderconfig.cpp b/src/blackcore/db/databasereaderconfig.cpp
index 918445f5a..a826e1cf5 100644
--- a/src/blackcore/db/databasereaderconfig.cpp
+++ b/src/blackcore/db/databasereaderconfig.cpp
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ namespace BlackCore
         CDatabaseReaderConfigList CDatabaseReaderConfigList::forPilotClient()
         {
             const CTime cacheLifetime(30.0, CTimeUnit::d());
-            const CDbFlags::DataRetrievalMode retrievalFlags = CDbFlags::CacheAndSharedHeaders;
+            const CDbFlags::DataRetrievalMode retrievalFlags = CDbFlags::CacheAndSharedInfo;
             CDbFlags::DataRetrievalMode retrievalFlagsWriting = retrievalFlags;
             retrievalFlagsWriting |= CDbFlags::DbWriting;
 
diff --git a/src/blackmisc/db/dbflags.cpp b/src/blackmisc/db/dbflags.cpp
index bd35f7b6b..6b8f7e27a 100644
--- a/src/blackmisc/db/dbflags.cpp
+++ b/src/blackmisc/db/dbflags.cpp
@@ -51,6 +51,19 @@ namespace BlackMisc
             return list.join(',');
         }
 
+        CDbFlags::DataRetrievalModeFlag CDbFlags::modeToModeFlag(DataRetrievalMode mode)
+        {
+            if (mode == Unspecified) return Unspecified;
+            if (mode == DbReading) return DbReading;
+            if (mode == DbWriting) return DbWriting;
+            if (mode == Shared) return Shared;
+            if (mode == SharedInfoOnly) return SharedInfoOnly;
+            if (mode == Cached) return Cached;
+            if (mode == Canceled) return Canceled;
+            if (mode == Ignore) return Ignore;
+            return Unspecified;
+        }
+
         CDbFlags::DataRetrievalMode CDbFlags::adjustWhenDbIsDown(DataRetrievalMode mode)
         {
             switch (mode)
diff --git a/src/blackmisc/db/dbflags.h b/src/blackmisc/db/dbflags.h
index ccf3d6ac3..c153c2066 100644
--- a/src/blackmisc/db/dbflags.h
+++ b/src/blackmisc/db/dbflags.h
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ namespace BlackMisc
     namespace Db
     {
         /*!
-         * What and state of reading from web services
+         * What and how to read web services
          */
         class BLACKMISC_EXPORT CDbFlags
         {
@@ -31,17 +31,19 @@ namespace BlackMisc
             //! Which data to read, requires corresponding readers
             enum DataRetrievalModeFlag
             {
-                Unspecified            = 0,                  //!< Unspecified
-                DbReading              = 1 << 0,             //!< directly from DB
-                DbWriting              = 1 << 1,             //!< DB writing
-                Shared                 = 1 << 2,             //!< shared directory
-                SharedInfoOnly         = 1 << 3,             //!< shared info file only
-                Cached                 = 1 << 4,             //!< from cache
-                Canceled               = 1 << 5,             //!< canceled DB reading
-                Ignore                 = 1 << 6,             //!< ignore this entity
-                CacheThenDb            = DbReading | Cached, //!< Cache where possible, otherwise DB
-                CacheThenShared        = Shared | Cached,    //!< Cache where possible, otherwise shared
-                CacheAndSharedHeaders  = SharedInfoOnly | Cached
+                Unspecified           = 0,       //!< Unspecified
+                DbReading             = 1 << 0,  //!< directly from DB
+                DbWriting             = 1 << 1,  //!< DB writing
+                Shared                = 1 << 2,  //!< shared directory
+                SharedInfoOnly        = 1 << 3,  //!< shared info file only
+                Cached                = 1 << 4,  //!< from cache
+                Canceled              = 1 << 5,  //!< canceled DB reading
+                Ignore                = 1 << 6,  //!< ignore this entity
+                CacheThenDb           = DbReading | Cached,      //!< Cache where possible, otherwise DB
+                CacheThenShared       = Shared | Cached,         //!< Cache where possible, otherwise shared
+                CacheAndSharedInfo    = SharedInfoOnly | Cached, //!< Cached data plus shared info file
+                DbReadingOrShared     = DbReading | Shared,      //!< read from DB or shared
+                DbReadingOrAnyShared  = DbReading | Shared | SharedInfoOnly //!< read from DB or shared/shared info
             };
             Q_DECLARE_FLAGS(DataRetrievalMode, DataRetrievalModeFlag)
 
@@ -54,6 +56,10 @@ namespace BlackMisc
             //! Convert to string
             static QString flagToString(CDbFlags::DataRetrievalMode mode);
 
+            //! Mode to flag
+            //! \remark any combination results in Unspecified, only single flags are returned
+            static DataRetrievalModeFlag modeToModeFlag(DataRetrievalMode mode);
+
             //! Adjust flag as we already know DB is down
             static DataRetrievalMode adjustWhenDbIsDown(DataRetrievalMode mode);