diff --git a/datastore_server/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/dss/generic/shared/api/v1/DataStoreApiUrlUtilities.java b/datastore_server/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/dss/generic/shared/api/v1/DataStoreApiUrlUtilities.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..2ec7240120132abef958e21e80b066e786b4da46
--- /dev/null
+++ b/datastore_server/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/dss/generic/shared/api/v1/DataStoreApiUrlUtilities.java
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2010 ETH Zuerich, CISD
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package ch.systemsx.cisd.openbis.dss.generic.shared.api.v1;
+
+import static ch.systemsx.cisd.openbis.generic.shared.GenericSharedConstants.DATA_STORE_SERVER_WEB_APPLICATION_NAME;
+
+import ch.systemsx.cisd.openbis.generic.shared.basic.dto.DataStore;
+
+/**
+ * @author Chandrasekhar Ramakrishnan
+ */
+public class DataStoreApiUrlUtilities
+{
+    /**
+     * Converts the download url to a server url.
+     */
+    public static String getDataStoreUrlFromDataStore(DataStore dataStore)
+    {
+        String datastoreUrl = dataStore.getDownloadUrl();
+        System.out.println("Data store url : " + datastoreUrl);
+        // The url objained form a DataStore object is the *download* url. Convert this to the
+        // datastore URL
+        if (datastoreUrl.endsWith(DATA_STORE_SERVER_WEB_APPLICATION_NAME))
+        {
+            datastoreUrl =
+                    datastoreUrl.substring(0, datastoreUrl.length()
+                            - DATA_STORE_SERVER_WEB_APPLICATION_NAME.length());
+        }
+        if (datastoreUrl.endsWith("/"))
+        {
+            datastoreUrl = datastoreUrl.substring(0, datastoreUrl.length() - 1);
+        }
+
+        return datastoreUrl;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/screening/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/plugin/screening/server/logic/PlateDatasetLoader.java b/screening/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/plugin/screening/server/logic/PlateDatasetLoader.java
index 3629d4b483f020c633f3917513e4b2397eec99a4..e1223a008da360f3174419c90fd5311bb6604802 100644
--- a/screening/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/plugin/screening/server/logic/PlateDatasetLoader.java
+++ b/screening/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/plugin/screening/server/logic/PlateDatasetLoader.java
@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
 package ch.systemsx.cisd.openbis.plugin.screening.server.logic;
 
-import static ch.systemsx.cisd.openbis.generic.shared.GenericSharedConstants.DATA_STORE_SERVER_WEB_APPLICATION_NAME;
-
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.List;
 
 import ch.systemsx.cisd.common.exceptions.UserFailureException;
+import ch.systemsx.cisd.openbis.dss.generic.shared.api.v1.DataStoreApiUrlUtilities;
 import ch.systemsx.cisd.openbis.generic.server.business.bo.datasetlister.IDatasetLister;
 import ch.systemsx.cisd.openbis.generic.server.business.bo.samplelister.ISampleLister;
 import ch.systemsx.cisd.openbis.generic.shared.basic.dto.DataStore;
@@ -230,21 +229,7 @@ class PlateDatasetLoader
 
     protected String getDataStoreUrlFromDataStore(DataStore dataStore)
     {
-        String datastoreUrl = dataStore.getDownloadUrl();
-        // The url objained form a DataStore object is the *download* url. Convert this to the
-        // datastore URL
-        if (datastoreUrl.endsWith(DATA_STORE_SERVER_WEB_APPLICATION_NAME))
-        {
-            datastoreUrl =
-                    datastoreUrl.substring(0, datastoreUrl.length()
-                            - DATA_STORE_SERVER_WEB_APPLICATION_NAME.length());
-        }
-        if (datastoreUrl.endsWith("/"))
-        {
-            datastoreUrl = datastoreUrl.substring(0, datastoreUrl.length() - 1);
-        }
-
-        return datastoreUrl;
+        return DataStoreApiUrlUtilities.getDataStoreUrlFromDataStore(dataStore);
     }
 
     protected static SampleIdentifier createSampleIdentifier(PlateIdentifier plate)