diff --git a/src/app/modules/data/data-facets.provider.spec.ts b/src/app/modules/data/data-facets.provider.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1fffaab2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/modules/data/data-facets.provider.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,122 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2018, 2019 StApps
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free
+ * Software Foundation, version 3.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for
+ * more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
+ * this program. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+import {TestBed} from '@angular/core/testing';
+import {SCFacet, SCThing} from '@openstapps/core';
+import {sampleAggregations} from '../../_helpers/data/sampleConfiguration';
+import {sampleThingsMap} from '../../_helpers/data/sampleThings';
+import {DataFacetsProvider} from './data-facets.provider';
+import {DataModule} from './data.module';
+import {DataProvider} from './data.provider';
+import {StAppsWebHttpClient} from './stapps-web-http-client.provider';
+
+describe('DataProvider', () => {
+  let dataFacetsProvider: DataFacetsProvider;
+  const sampleFacets: SCFacet[] = [
+    {
+      buckets: [{education: 4}, {learn: 3}, {computer: 3}],
+      field: 'categories',
+    },
+    {
+      buckets: [{'Major One': 1}, {'Major Two': 2}, {'Major Three': 1}],
+      field: 'majors',
+    },
+    {
+      buckets: [{building: 3}, {room: 7}],
+      field: 'type',
+    },
+  ];
+
+  const sampleFacetsMap: {[key: string]: {[key: string]: number}} = {
+    categories: {education: 4, learn: 3, computer: 3},
+    majors: {'Major One': 1, 'Major Two': 2, 'Major Three': 1},
+    type: {building: 3, room: 7},
+  };
+
+  const sampleItems: SCThing[] = [
+    ...sampleThingsMap.building,
+    ...sampleThingsMap.person,
+    ...sampleThingsMap.room,
+    ...sampleThingsMap['academic event'],
+  ];
+
+  const sampleBuckets: Array<{[key: string]: number}> = [{foo: 1}, {bar: 2}, {'foo bar': 3}];
+  const sampleBucketsMap: {[key: string]: number} = {foo: 1, bar: 2, 'foo bar': 3};
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    TestBed.configureTestingModule({
+      imports: [DataModule],
+      providers: [
+        DataProvider,
+        StAppsWebHttpClient,
+      ],
+    });
+    dataFacetsProvider = TestBed.get(DataFacetsProvider);
+  });
+
+  it('should add buckets properly', () => {
+    let bucketsMap: {[key: string]: number} = {};
+    bucketsMap = dataFacetsProvider.addBuckets(bucketsMap, ['foo']);
+    expect(bucketsMap).toEqual({foo: 1});
+
+    bucketsMap = dataFacetsProvider.addBuckets(bucketsMap, ['foo']);
+    expect(bucketsMap).toEqual({foo: 2});
+
+    bucketsMap = dataFacetsProvider.addBuckets(bucketsMap, ['bar']);
+    expect(bucketsMap).toEqual({foo: 2, bar: 1});
+  });
+
+  it('should convert buckets to buckets map', () => {
+    expect(dataFacetsProvider.bucketsToMap(sampleBuckets)).toEqual(sampleBucketsMap);
+  });
+
+  it('should convert buckets map into buckets', () => {
+    expect(dataFacetsProvider.mapToBuckets(sampleBucketsMap)).toEqual(sampleBuckets);
+  });
+
+  it('should convert facets into a facets map', () => {
+    expect(dataFacetsProvider.facetsToMap(sampleFacets)).toEqual(sampleFacetsMap);
+  });
+
+  it('should convert facets map into facets', () => {
+    expect(dataFacetsProvider.mapToFacets(sampleFacetsMap)).toEqual(sampleFacets);
+  });
+
+  it('should extract facets (and append them if needed) from the data', () => {
+    const sampleCombinedFacets: SCFacet[] = [
+      {
+        buckets: [{computer: 3}, {course: 1}, {education: 5}, {learn: 3}, {library: 1}, {practicum: 1}],
+        field: 'categories',
+      },
+      {
+        buckets: [{'Major One': 2}, {'Major Two': 4}, {'Major Three': 2}],
+        field: 'majors',
+      },
+      {
+        buckets: [{building: 4}, {'academic event': 2}, {person: 2}, {room: 8}],
+        field: 'type',
+      },
+    ];
+    const checkEqual = (expected: SCFacet[], actual: SCFacet[]) => {
+      const expectedMap = dataFacetsProvider.facetsToMap(expected);
+      const actualMap = dataFacetsProvider.facetsToMap(actual);
+      Object.keys(actualMap).forEach((key) => {
+        Object.keys(actualMap[key]).forEach((subKey) => {
+          expect(actualMap[key][subKey]).toBe(expectedMap[key][subKey]);
+        });
+      });
+    };
+    checkEqual(dataFacetsProvider.extractFacets(sampleItems, sampleAggregations, sampleFacets), sampleCombinedFacets);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/app/modules/data/data-facets.provider.ts b/src/app/modules/data/data-facets.provider.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..452e6ef6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/modules/data/data-facets.provider.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,152 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2018, 2019 StApps
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free
+ * Software Foundation, version 3.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for
+ * more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
+ * this program. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+import {Injectable} from '@angular/core';
+import {SCBackendAggregationConfiguration, SCFacet, SCThing} from '@openstapps/core';
+
+@Injectable()
+export class DataFacetsProvider {
+  // tslint:disable-next-line:no-empty
+  constructor() {
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Adds buckets to a map of buckets (e.g. if a buckets array is [{foo: 1}, {bar: 3}],
+   * its bucketsMap is {foo: 1, bar: 3}), if a field 'bar' is added to it it becomes:
+   * {foo: 1, bar: 4}
+   *
+   * @param bucketsMap Buckets array transformed into a map
+   * @param fields A field that should be added to buckets (its map)
+   */
+  addBuckets(bucketsMap: {[key: string]: number}, fields: string[]): {[key: string]: number} {
+    fields.forEach((field) => {
+      if (typeof bucketsMap[field] !== 'undefined') {
+        bucketsMap[field] = bucketsMap[field] + 1;
+      } else {
+        bucketsMap[field] = 1;
+      }
+    });
+    return bucketsMap;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Converts a buckets array to a map
+   *
+   * @param buckets Buckets from a facet
+   */
+  bucketsToMap(buckets: Array<{[key: string]: number}>): {[key: string]: number} {
+    const bucketsMap: {[key: string]: number} = {};
+    buckets.forEach((bucket) => {
+      for (const key in bucket) {
+        if (bucket.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
+          bucketsMap[key] = bucket[key];
+        }
+      }
+    });
+    return bucketsMap;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Converts a buckets map into buckets array (as it is inside of a facet)
+   *
+   * @param bucketsMap A map from a buckets array
+   */
+  mapToBuckets(bucketsMap: {[key: string]: number}): Array<{[key: string]: number}> {
+    const buckets: Array<{[key: string]: number}> = [];
+    for (const key in bucketsMap) {
+      if (bucketsMap.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
+        const bucket: {[key: string]: number} = {};
+        bucket[key] = bucketsMap[key];
+        buckets.push(bucket);
+      }
+    }
+    return buckets;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Converts facets array into a map (for quicker operations with facets)
+   *
+   * @param facets Array of facets
+   */
+  facetsToMap(facets: SCFacet[]): {[key: string]: {[key: string]: number}} {
+    const facetsMap: {[key: string]: {[key: string]: number}} = {};
+    facets.forEach((facet) => {
+      facetsMap[facet.field] = this.bucketsToMap(facet.buckets);
+    });
+    return facetsMap;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Converts facets map into an array of facets (as they are provided by backend)
+   *
+   * @param facetsMap A map from facets array
+   */
+  mapToFacets(facetsMap: {[key: string]: {[key: string]: number}}): SCFacet[] {
+    const facets: SCFacet[] = [];
+    for (const key in facetsMap) {
+      if (facetsMap.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
+        const facet: SCFacet = {buckets: [], field: ''};
+        facet.field = key;
+        facet.buckets = this.mapToBuckets(facetsMap[key]);
+        facets.push(facet);
+      }
+    }
+    return facets;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Extract facets from data items, optionally combine them with a list of existing facets
+   *
+   * @param items Items to extract facets from
+   * @param aggregations Aggregations configuration(s) from backend
+   * @param facets Existing facets to be combined with the facets from the items
+   */
+  extractFacets(
+    items: SCThing[],
+    aggregations: SCBackendAggregationConfiguration[],
+    facets: SCFacet[] = []): SCFacet[] {
+    if (items.length === 0) {
+      if (facets.length === 0) {
+        return [];
+      } else {
+        return facets;
+      }
+    }
+    const combinedFacets: SCFacet[] = facets;
+    const combinedFacetsMap: {[key: string]: {[key: string]: number}} = this.facetsToMap(combinedFacets);
+    (items as any[]).forEach((item) => {
+      aggregations.forEach((aggregation) => {
+        let fieldValues: string | string[] = item[aggregation.fieldName];
+        if (typeof fieldValues === 'undefined') {
+          return;
+        }
+        if (typeof fieldValues === 'string') {
+          fieldValues = [fieldValues];
+        }
+        if (typeof aggregation.onlyOnTypes === 'undefined') {
+          combinedFacetsMap[aggregation.fieldName] = this.addBuckets(
+            combinedFacetsMap[aggregation.fieldName] || {},
+            fieldValues,
+          );
+        } else if (aggregation.onlyOnTypes.indexOf(item.type) !== -1) {
+          combinedFacetsMap[aggregation.fieldName] = this.addBuckets(
+            combinedFacetsMap[aggregation.fieldName] || {},
+            fieldValues,
+          );
+        }
+      });
+    });
+    return this.mapToFacets(combinedFacetsMap);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/app/modules/data/data.module.ts b/src/app/modules/data/data.module.ts
index 44b17a5a..3501f798 100644
--- a/src/app/modules/data/data.module.ts
+++ b/src/app/modules/data/data.module.ts
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import {FormsModule} from '@angular/forms';
 import {IonicModule} from '@ionic/angular';
 import {TranslateModule} from '@ngx-translate/core';
 import {StorageModule} from '../storage/storage.module';
+import {DataFacetsProvider} from './data-facets.provider';
 import {DataRoutingModule} from './data-routing.module';
 import {DataProvider} from './data.provider';
 import {DataDetailComponent} from './detail/data-detail.component';
@@ -55,6 +56,7 @@ import {EventListItemComponent} from './types/event/event-list-item.component';
   ],
   providers: [
     DataProvider,
+    DataFacetsProvider,
     StAppsWebHttpClient,
   ],
 })
diff --git a/src/app/modules/data/data.provider.spec.ts b/src/app/modules/data/data.provider.spec.ts
index b842763a..ca2dbc1d 100644
--- a/src/app/modules/data/data.provider.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/modules/data/data.provider.spec.ts
@@ -14,8 +14,9 @@
  */
 import {TestBed} from '@angular/core/testing';
 import {Client} from '@openstapps/api/lib/client';
-import {SCMessage, SCSaveableThing, SCSearchQuery, SCSearchResponse,
-  SCSearchValueFilter, SCThing, SCThingOriginType, SCThings, SCThingType} from '@openstapps/core';
+import {SCDish, SCMessage, SCSaveableThing, SCSearchQuery,
+  SCSearchResponse, SCSearchValueFilter, SCThing, SCThingOriginType, SCThings, SCThingType} from '@openstapps/core';
+import {sampleThingsMap} from '../../_helpers/data/sampleThings';
 import {StorageProvider} from '../storage/storage.provider';
 import {DataModule} from './data.module';
 import {DataProvider, DataScope} from './data.provider';
@@ -24,31 +25,9 @@ import {StAppsWebHttpClient} from './stapps-web-http-client.provider';
 describe('DataProvider', () => {
   let dataProvider: DataProvider;
   let storageProvider: StorageProvider;
+  const sampleThing: SCMessage = sampleThingsMap.message[0] as SCMessage;
   const sampleResponse: SCSearchResponse = {
-    data: [
-      {
-        categories: ['main dish'],
-        name: 'foo dish',
-        origin: {
-          indexed: '12345',
-          name: 'bar',
-          type: SCThingOriginType.Remote,
-        },
-        type: SCThingType.Dish,
-        uid: '123',
-      },
-      {
-        categories: ['dessert'],
-        name: 'foo dessert',
-        origin: {
-          indexed: '12345',
-          name: 'bar',
-          type: SCThingOriginType.Remote,
-        },
-        type: SCThingType.Dish,
-        uid: '123',
-      },
-    ],
+    data: sampleThingsMap.dish as SCDish[],
     facets: [
       {
         buckets: [],
@@ -75,18 +54,6 @@ describe('DataProvider', () => {
     filter: sampleFilter,
   };
 
-  const sampleThing: SCMessage = {
-    audiences: ['students'],
-    message: 'Foo Message',
-    name: 'foo',
-    origin: {
-      indexed: 'SOME-DATE',
-      name: 'some name',
-      type: SCThingOriginType.Remote,
-    },
-    type: SCThingType.Message,
-    uid: '123',
-  };
   const sampleSavable: SCSaveableThing<SCThings> = {
     data: sampleThing,
     name: sampleThing.name,
@@ -97,7 +64,7 @@ describe('DataProvider', () => {
     type: SCThingType.Message,
     uid: sampleThing.uid,
   };
-  const otherSampleThing: SCMessage = {...sampleThing, uid: '456', name: 'bar'};
+  const otherSampleThing: SCMessage = {...sampleThing, uid: 'message-456', name: 'bar'};
 
   beforeEach(async () => {
     TestBed.configureTestingModule({
diff --git a/src/app/modules/data/detail/data-detail.component.spec.ts b/src/app/modules/data/detail/data-detail.component.spec.ts
index 6d4e3a44..b2c4c242 100644
--- a/src/app/modules/data/detail/data-detail.component.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/modules/data/detail/data-detail.component.spec.ts
@@ -16,12 +16,12 @@ import {CUSTOM_ELEMENTS_SCHEMA} from '@angular/core';
 import {async, ComponentFixture, TestBed} from '@angular/core/testing';
 import {ActivatedRoute, RouterModule} from '@angular/router';
 import {IonRefresher} from '@ionic/angular';
-import {SCMessage, SCThingOriginType, SCThingType} from '@openstapps/core';
+import {TranslateFakeLoader, TranslateLoader, TranslateModule} from '@ngx-translate/core';
+import {sampleThingsMap} from '../../../_helpers/data/sampleThings';
 import {DataRoutingModule} from '../data-routing.module';
 import {DataModule} from '../data.module';
 import {DataProvider} from '../data.provider';
 import {DataDetailComponent} from './data-detail.component';
-import {TranslateModule, TranslateLoader, TranslateFakeLoader} from '@ngx-translate/core';
 
 describe('DataDetailComponent', () => {
   let comp: DataDetailComponent;
@@ -29,25 +29,13 @@ describe('DataDetailComponent', () => {
   let detailPage: HTMLElement;
   let dataProvider: DataProvider;
   let refresher: IonRefresher;
+  const sampleThing = sampleThingsMap.message[0];
 
   // @Component({ selector: 'stapps-data-list-item', template: '' })
   // class DataListItemComponent {
     //   @Input() item;
     // }
 
-  const sampleThing: SCMessage = {
-      audiences: ['students'],
-      message: 'Foo Message',
-      name: 'foo',
-      origin: {
-        indexed: 'SOME-DATE',
-      name: 'some name',
-      type: SCThingOriginType.Remote,
-    },
-    type: SCThingType.Message,
-    uid: '123',
-  };
-
   const fakeActivatedRoute = {
     snapshot: {
       paramMap: {
diff --git a/src/app/modules/data/list/data-list.component.ts b/src/app/modules/data/list/data-list.component.ts
index c26bf020..6da72370 100644
--- a/src/app/modules/data/list/data-list.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/modules/data/list/data-list.component.ts
@@ -36,8 +36,11 @@ export class DataListComponent {
 
   loading: HTMLIonLoadingElement;
 
-  // tslint:disable-next-line:max-line-length
-  constructor(private loadingController: LoadingController, private alertController: AlertController, dataProvider: DataProvider) {
+  constructor(
+    private loadingController: LoadingController,
+    private alertController: AlertController,
+    dataProvider: DataProvider,
+    ) {
     this.dataProvider = dataProvider;
     this.queryChanged
       .pipe(
@@ -84,15 +87,13 @@ export class DataListComponent {
     });
   }
 
-  async loadMore(event: any): Promise<any> {
+  async loadMore(event: any): Promise<void> {
     this.from += this.size;
     await this.fetchItems();
     event.target.complete();
-    return;
   }
 
   search(query: string) {
     this.queryChanged.next(query);
   }
-
 }