infraActiveRequest = infraActiveRequestLookup(requestId);
 
-        try {
-            requestProcessingData = requestsDbClient.getExternalRequestProcessingDataBySoRequestId(requestId);
-        } catch (Exception e) {
-            logger.error("Exception occurred while communicating with RequestDb during requestProcessingData lookup ",
-                    e);
-            ErrorLoggerInfo errorLoggerInfo =
-                    new ErrorLoggerInfo.Builder(MessageEnum.APIH_DB_ACCESS_EXC, ErrorCode.AvailabilityError).build();
+        if (isRequestProcessingDataRequired(format)) {
+            try {
+                requestProcessingData = requestsDbClient.getExternalRequestProcessingDataBySoRequestId(requestId);
+            } catch (Exception e) {
+                logger.error(
+                        "Exception occurred while communicating with RequestDb during requestProcessingData lookup ",
+                        e);
+                ErrorLoggerInfo errorLoggerInfo =
+                        new ErrorLoggerInfo.Builder(MessageEnum.APIH_DB_ACCESS_EXC, ErrorCode.AvailabilityError)
+                                .build();
 
-            ValidateException validateException = new ValidateException.Builder(
-                    "Exception occurred while communicating with RequestDb during requestProcessingData lookup",
-                    HttpStatus.SC_NOT_FOUND, ErrorNumbers.NO_COMMUNICATION_TO_REQUESTS_DB).cause(e)
-                            .errorInfo(errorLoggerInfo).build();
+                ValidateException validateException = new ValidateException.Builder(
+                        "Exception occurred while communicating with RequestDb during requestProcessingData lookup",
+                        HttpStatus.SC_NOT_FOUND, ErrorNumbers.NO_COMMUNICATION_TO_REQUESTS_DB).cause(e)
+                                .errorInfo(errorLoggerInfo).build();
 
-            throw validateException;
+                throw validateException;
+            }
         }
 
         Request request = mapInfraActiveRequestToRequest(infraActiveRequest, includeCloudRequest, format);
 
-        if (!requestProcessingData.isEmpty()) {
+        if (null != requestProcessingData && !requestProcessingData.isEmpty()) {
             request.setRequestProcessingData(mapRequestProcessingData(requestProcessingData));
         }
         request.setRequestId(requestId);
         orchestrationList = new GetOrchestrationListResponse();
         List<RequestList> requestLists = new ArrayList<>();
 
+
         for (InfraActiveRequests infraActive : activeRequests) {
-            List<RequestProcessingData> requestProcessingData =
-                    requestsDbClient.getRequestProcessingDataBySoRequestId(infraActive.getRequestId());
             RequestList requestList = new RequestList();
             Request request = mapInfraActiveRequestToRequest(infraActive, includeCloudRequest, format);
 
-            if (!requestProcessingData.isEmpty()) {
-                request.setRequestProcessingData(mapRequestProcessingData(requestProcessingData));
+            if (isRequestProcessingDataRequired(format)) {
+                List<RequestProcessingData> requestProcessingData =
+                        requestsDbClient.getRequestProcessingDataBySoRequestId(infraActive.getRequestId());
+                if (null != requestProcessingData && !requestProcessingData.isEmpty()) {
+                    request.setRequestProcessingData(mapRequestProcessingData(requestProcessingData));
+                }
             }
+
             requestList.setRequest(request);
             requestLists.add(requestList);
         }
         return addedRequestProcessingData;
     }
 
+    protected boolean isRequestProcessingDataRequired(String format) {
+        if (StringUtils.isNotEmpty(format) && format.equalsIgnoreCase(OrchestrationRequestFormat.SIMPLE.name())) {
+            return false;
+        } else {
+            return true;
+        }
+    }
+
     protected InfraActiveRequests infraActiveRequestLookup(String requestId) throws ApiException {
         InfraActiveRequests infraActiveRequest = null;
         try {
 
 import org.springframework.web.util.UriComponentsBuilder;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonParseException;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.type.TypeReference;
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.DeserializationFeature;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonMappingException;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
 
         assertNotNull(response.getBody().getRequest().getFinishTime());
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void getOrchestrationRequestSimpleTest() throws Exception {
+        setupTestGetOrchestrationRequest();
+        // TEST VALID REQUEST
+        GetOrchestrationResponse testResponse = new GetOrchestrationResponse();
+
+        Request request = ORCHESTRATION_LIST.getRequestList().get(1).getRequest();
+        request.setRequestProcessingData(null);
+        testResponse.setRequest(request);
+
+        String testRequestId = request.getRequestId();
+        HttpHeaders headers = new HttpHeaders();
+        headers.set("Accept", MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON);
+        headers.set("Content-Type", MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON);
+        HttpEntity<Request> entity = new HttpEntity<Request>(null, headers);
+        UriComponentsBuilder builder = UriComponentsBuilder
+                .fromHttpUrl(createURLWithPort("/onap/so/infra/orchestrationRequests/v7/" + testRequestId))
+                .queryParam("format", "simple");
+
+        ResponseEntity<GetOrchestrationResponse> response =
+                restTemplate.exchange(builder.toUriString(), HttpMethod.GET, entity, GetOrchestrationResponse.class);
+
+        assertEquals(Response.Status.OK.getStatusCode(), response.getStatusCode().value());
+        assertThat(response.getBody(), sameBeanAs(testResponse).ignoring("request.startTime")
+                .ignoring("request.finishTime").ignoring("request.requestStatus.timeStamp"));
+        assertEquals("application/json", response.getHeaders().get(HttpHeaders.CONTENT_TYPE).get(0));
+        assertEquals("0", response.getHeaders().get("X-MinorVersion").get(0));
+        assertEquals("0", response.getHeaders().get("X-PatchVersion").get(0));
+        assertEquals("7.0.0", response.getHeaders().get("X-LatestVersion").get(0));
+        assertEquals("00032ab7-1a18-42e5-965d-8ea592502018", response.getHeaders().get("X-TransactionID").get(0));
+        assertNotNull(response.getBody().getRequest().getFinishTime());
+    }
+
     @Test
     public void testGetOrchestrationRequestInstanceGroup() throws Exception {
         setupTestGetOrchestrationRequestInstanceGroup();
         assertThat(actualProcessingData, sameBeanAs(expectedDataList));
     }
 
+
     public void setupTestGetOrchestrationRequest() throws Exception {
         // For testGetOrchestrationRequest
         wireMockServer.stubFor(any(urlPathEqualTo("/infraActiveRequests/00032ab7-1a18-42e5-965d-8ea592502018"))