diff --git a/src/adapters/postgres/cohort-adapter.ts b/src/adapters/postgres/cohort-adapter.ts
index 8f23cf6e..fa61072a 100644
--- a/src/adapters/postgres/cohort-adapter.ts
+++ b/src/adapters/postgres/cohort-adapter.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import { CohortCreateDto } from "src/cohort/dto/cohort-create.dto";
 import { CohortUpdateDto } from "src/cohort/dto/cohort-update.dto";
 import { FieldValuesDto } from "src/fields/dto/field-values.dto";
 import { FieldValuesUpdateDto } from "src/fields/dto/field-values-update.dto";
-import { IsNull, Not, Repository, getConnection, getRepository } from "typeorm";
+import { IsNull, Not, Repository, getConnection, getRepository, In } from "typeorm";
 import { Cohort } from "src/cohort/entities/cohort.entity";
 import { Fields } from "src/fields/entities/fields.entity";
 import { InjectRepository } from "@nestjs/typeorm";
@@ -487,24 +487,8 @@ export class PostgresCohortService {
         });
       }
 
-      if (whereClause['userId'] && !isUUID(whereClause['userId'])) {
-        return APIResponse.error(
-          response,
-          apiId,
-          `Invalid User ID format. It must be a valid UUID`,
-          `Invalid userId`,
-          (HttpStatus.BAD_REQUEST)
-        )
-      }
-
-      if (whereClause['cohortId'] && !isUUID(whereClause['cohortId'])) {
-        return APIResponse.error(
-          response,
-          apiId,
-          `Invalid Cohort ID format. It must be a valid UUID`,
-          `Invalid cohortID`,
-          (HttpStatus.BAD_REQUEST)
-        )
+      if (whereClause['parentId']) {
+        whereClause['parentId'] = In(whereClause['parentId']);
       }
 
       let results = {
@@ -557,20 +541,21 @@ export class PostgresCohortService {
 
           let customFieldsData = await this.getCohortDataWithCustomfield(data.cohortId);
           cohortAllData['customFields'] = customFieldsData
-          results.cohortDetails.push({ cohortData: cohortAllData });
+          results.cohortDetails.push(cohortAllData);
         }
       } else {
         const [data, totalcount] = await this.cohortRepository.findAndCount({
           where: whereClause,
           skip: offset
         });
+
         const cohortData = data.slice(offset, offset + (limit));
         count = totalcount;
 
         for (let data of cohortData) {
           let customFieldsData = await this.getCohortDataWithCustomfield(data.cohortId, data.type);
           data['customFields'] = customFieldsData || [];
-          results.cohortDetails.push({ cohortData: data })
+          results.cohortDetails.push(data)
         }
       }
 
diff --git a/src/cohort/cohort.controller.ts b/src/cohort/cohort.controller.ts
index 0907e458..123fd077 100644
--- a/src/cohort/cohort.controller.ts
+++ b/src/cohort/cohort.controller.ts
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ export class CohortController {
   @UseFilters(new AllExceptionsFilter(APIID.COHORT_LIST))
   @Post("/search")
   @ApiBasicAuth("access-token")
-  @ApiBody({ type: CohortSearchDto })
+  // @ApiBody({ type: CohortSearchDto })
   @ApiOkResponse({ description: "Cohort list" })
   @ApiBadRequestResponse({ description: "Bad request." })
   @ApiInternalServerErrorResponse({ description: "Internal Server Error." })
diff --git a/src/cohort/dto/cohort-search.dto.ts b/src/cohort/dto/cohort-search.dto.ts
index a59b14fd..35c28dd2 100644
--- a/src/cohort/dto/cohort-search.dto.ts
+++ b/src/cohort/dto/cohort-search.dto.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 import { ApiProperty, ApiPropertyOptional } from "@nestjs/swagger";
-import { IsBoolean, IsNotEmpty, IsNumber, IsNumberString, IsObject, IsOptional, IsString, IsUUID, ValidationArguments, ValidationOptions, registerDecorator } from "class-validator";
+import { IsArray, IsBoolean, IsNotEmpty, IsNumber, IsNumberString, IsObject, IsOptional, IsString, IsUUID, ValidationArguments, ValidationOptions, registerDecorator } from "class-validator";
 import { CohortDto } from "./cohort.dto";
 import { Expose } from "class-transformer";
 
-export class setFilters {
+export class filtersProperty {
   //userIdBy
   @ApiProperty({
     type: String,
@@ -40,17 +40,18 @@ export class setFilters {
   @IsNotEmpty()
   name?: string;
 
-  //name
+  //parentId
   @ApiProperty({
-    type: String,
+    type: [String],
     description: "Parent Id",
-    default: "",
+    default: [],
   })
   @Expose()
   @IsOptional()
-  @IsString()
-  @IsNotEmpty()
-  parentId?: string;
+  @IsArray()
+  @IsNotEmpty({ each: true })
+  @IsUUID(undefined, { each: true })
+  parentId?: string[];
 }
 
 export class CohortSearchDto {
@@ -69,11 +70,11 @@ export class CohortSearchDto {
   page: number;
 
   @ApiProperty({
-    type: setFilters,
+    type: filtersProperty,
     description: "Filters",
   })
   @IsObject()
-  filters: setFilters;
+  filters: filtersProperty;
 
   constructor(partial: Partial<CohortSearchDto>) {
     Object.assign(this, partial);