diff --git a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/reports/guided_reports_start.tt b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/reports/guided_reports_start.tt
index 45f3789c20..f41d21bef6 100644
--- a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/reports/guided_reports_start.tt
+++ b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/reports/guided_reports_start.tt
@@ -737,7 +737,7 @@ canned reports and writing custom SQL reports.</p>
             <input type="hidden" name="recordtype" value="biblio" />
             <input type="hidden" name="op" value="list" />
             [% # Preserve the whitespace of the following textarea in order to format the values correctly %]
-            <textarea style="display:none" name="recordnumber_list" id="recordnumber_list">[% FOREACH result IN results %][% FOREACH cells IN result.cells %][% place = loop.index %][% IF header_row.$place.cell == 'biblionumber' %][% SET batch_biblionumbers = 1 %]
+            <textarea style="display:none" name="recordnumber_list" id="recordnumber_list">[% FOREACH result IN results %][% FOREACH cells IN result.cells %][% place = loop.index %][% IF header_row.$place.cell == 'biblionumber' || header_types.item(header_row.$place.cell) == 'biblionumber' %][% SET batch_biblionumbers = 1 %]
 [% cells.cell | html %][% END %][% END %][% END %]</textarea>
         </form>
 
@@ -745,7 +745,7 @@ canned reports and writing custom SQL reports.</p>
             <input type="hidden" name="recordtype" value="biblio" />
             <input type="hidden" name="op" value="list" />
             [% # Preserve the whitespace of the following textarea in order to format the values correctly %]
-            <textarea style="display:none" name="recordnumber_list" id="recordnumber_list">[% FOREACH result IN results %][% FOREACH cells IN result.cells %][% place = loop.index %][% IF header_row.$place.cell == 'biblionumber' %][% SET batch_biblionumbers = 1 %]
+            <textarea style="display:none" name="recordnumber_list" id="recordnumber_list">[% FOREACH result IN results %][% FOREACH cells IN result.cells %][% place = loop.index %][% IF header_row.$place.cell == 'biblionumber' || header_types.item(header_row.$place.cell) == 'biblionumber' %][% SET batch_biblionumbers = 1 %]
 [% cells.cell | html %][% END %][% END %][% END %]</textarea>
         </form>
 
@@ -754,7 +754,7 @@ canned reports and writing custom SQL reports.</p>
             [% FOREACH result IN results %]
                 [% FOREACH cells IN result.cells %]
                     [% place = loop.index %]
-                    [% IF header_row.$place.cell == 'itemnumber' %]
+                    [% IF header_row.$place.cell == 'itemnumber' || header_types.item(header_row.$place.cell) == 'itemnumber'  %]
                         [% SET batch_itemnumbers = 1 %]
                         <input type="hidden" name="[% header_row.$place.cell | html %]" value="[% cells.cell | html %]" />
                     [% END %]
@@ -768,7 +768,7 @@ canned reports and writing custom SQL reports.</p>
             [% FOREACH result IN results %]
                 [% FOREACH cells IN result.cells %]
                     [% place = loop.index %]
-                    [% IF header_row.$place.cell == 'itemnumber' %]
+                    [% IF header_row.$place.cell == 'itemnumber' || header_types.item(header_row.$place.cell) == 'itemnumber'  %]
                         [% SET batch_itemnumbers = 1 %]
                         <input type="hidden" name="[% header_row.$place.cell | html %]" value="[% cells.cell | html %]" />
                     [% END %]
@@ -780,7 +780,7 @@ canned reports and writing custom SQL reports.</p>
             [% FOREACH result IN results %]
                 [% FOREACH cells IN result.cells %]
                     [% place = loop.index %]
-                    [% IF header_row.$place.cell == 'biblionumber' %]
+                    [% IF header_row.$place.cell == 'biblionumber' || header_types.item(header_row.$place.cell) == 'biblionumber' %]
                         [% SET batch_biblionumbers = 1 %]
                         <input type="hidden" class="bib_to_list" name="biblionumber" value="[% cells.cell | html %]" />
                     [% END %]
@@ -791,7 +791,7 @@ canned reports and writing custom SQL reports.</p>
         <form method="POST" action="/cgi-bin/koha/tools/modborrowers.pl" id="batch_patron_modification">
             <input type="hidden" name="op" value="show" />
             [% # Preserve the whitespace of the following textarea in order to format the values correctly %]
-            <textarea style="display:none" name="cardnumberlist" id="cardnumberlist">[% FOREACH result IN results %][% FOREACH cells IN result.cells %][% place = loop.index %][% IF header_row.$place.cell == 'cardnumber' %][% SET batch_cardnumbers = 1 %]
+            <textarea style="display:none" name="cardnumberlist" id="cardnumberlist">[% FOREACH result IN results %][% FOREACH cells IN result.cells %][% place = loop.index %][% IF header_row.$place.cell == 'cardnumber' || header_types.item(header_row.$place.cell) == 'cardnumber' %][% SET batch_cardnumbers = 1 %]
 [% cells.cell | html %][% END %][% END %][% END %]</textarea>
         </form>
 
@@ -804,7 +804,7 @@ canned reports and writing custom SQL reports.</p>
                     </button>
                     <ul class="dropdown-menu" aria-labelledby="batch_mod_menu">
                         [% FOREACH header_ro IN header_row %]
-                            [% IF header_ro.cell == 'biblionumber' %]
+                            [% IF header_ro.cell == 'biblionumber' || header_types.item( header_ro.cell ) == 'biblionumber' %]
                                 <li class="dropdown-header">Bibliographic records</li>
                                 <li>
                                     <a href="#" data-submit="batch_record_modification" data-toggle="tooltip" data-placement="right" title="Send visible records to batch record modification" class="batch_op send_to_record_mod">Batch record modification</a>
@@ -816,7 +816,7 @@ canned reports and writing custom SQL reports.</p>
                                     <a href="#" data-submit="batch_add_to_list" data-toggle="tooltip" data-placement="right" title="Send visible records to a list" class="batch_op send_to_list">Add to list</a>
                                 </li>
                             [% END %]
-                            [% IF header_ro.cell == 'itemnumber' %]
+                            [% IF header_ro.cell == 'itemnumber' || header_types.item( header_ro.cell ) == 'itemnumber' %]
                                 [% IF ( batch_biblionumbers ) %]
                                     <li role="separator" class="divider"></li>
                                 [% END %]
@@ -828,7 +828,7 @@ canned reports and writing custom SQL reports.</p>
                                     <a href="#" data-submit="batch_item_deletion" data-toggle="tooltip" data-placement="right" title="Send visible items to batch item deletion" class="batch_op send_to_item_del">Batch item deletion</a>
                                 </li>
                             [% END %]
-                            [% IF header_ro.cell == 'cardnumber' %]
+                            [% IF header_ro.cell == 'cardnumber' || header_types.item( header_ro.cell ) == 'cardnumber' %]
                                 [% IF ( batch_biblionumbers || batch_itemnumbers ) %]
                                     <li role="separator" class="divider"></li>
                                 [% END %]
diff --git a/opac/svc/report b/opac/svc/report
index b7c91794e6..dac74277db 100755
--- a/opac/svc/report
+++ b/opac/svc/report
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ unless ($json_text) {
 
     # convert SQL parameters to placeholders
     $sql =~ s/(<<.*?>>)/\?/g;
+    $sql =~ s/\[\[(.*?)\|(.*?)\]\]/$1 AS $2/g;
 
     my ( $sth, $errors ) =
       execute_query( $sql, $offset, $limit, \@sql_params, $report_id );
diff --git a/reports/guided_reports.pl b/reports/guided_reports.pl
index 0926419488..3c43de071f 100755
--- a/reports/guided_reports.pl
+++ b/reports/guided_reports.pl
@@ -825,7 +825,8 @@ elsif ($phase eq 'Run this report'){
                             'reports'      => $report_id,
                             );
         } else {
-            my $sql = get_prepped_report( $sql, \@param_names, \@sql_params);
+            my ($sql,$header_types) = get_prepped_report( $sql, \@param_names, \@sql_params);
+            $template->param(header_types => $header_types);
             my ( $sth, $errors ) = execute_query( $sql, $offset, $limit, undef, $report_id );
             my ($sth2, $errors2) = execute_query($sql);
             my $total = nb_rows($sql) || 0;
@@ -1076,6 +1077,17 @@ sub create_non_existing_group_and_subgroup {
 # pass $sth and sql_params, get back an executable query
 sub get_prepped_report {
     my ($sql, $param_names, $sql_params ) = @_;
+
+    # First we split out the placeholders
+    my @split = split /\[\[|\]\]/,$sql;
+    my $headers;
+    for(my $i=0;$i<$#split/2;$i++){ #The placeholders are always the odd elements of the array
+        my ($type,$name) = split /\|/,$split[$i*2+1]; # We split them on '|'
+        $headers->{$name} = $type; # Store as a lookup for the template
+        $split[$i*2+1] =~ s/(\||\?|\.|\*|\(|\)|\%)/\\$1/g; #Quote any special characters so we can replace the placeholders
+        $sql =~ s/\[\[$split[$i*2+1]\]\]/$type AS $name/; # Remove placeholders from SQL
+    }
+
     my %lookup;
     @lookup{@$param_names} = @$sql_params;
     my @split = split /<<|>>/,$sql;
@@ -1090,5 +1102,5 @@ sub get_prepped_report {
         $quoted = C4::Context->dbh->quote($quoted);
         $sql =~ s/<<$split[$i*2+1]>>/$quoted/;
     }
-    return $sql;
+    return $sql,$headers;
 }
diff --git a/svc/report b/svc/report
index 8718dc4517..d16485d4c0 100755
--- a/svc/report
+++ b/svc/report
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ unless ($json_text) {
 
     # convert SQL parameters to placeholders
     $sql =~ s/(<<.*?>>)/\?/g;
+    $sql =~ s/\[\[(.*?)\|(.*?)\]\]/$1 AS $2/g;
 
     my ( $sth, $errors ) = execute_query( $sql, $offset, $limit, \@sql_params, $report_id );
     if ($sth) {