diff --git a/modules/server/package.json b/modules/server/package.json
index 8bc6edd0e..08c5469d2 100644
--- a/modules/server/package.json
+++ b/modules/server/package.json
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@
 		"start:prod": "ts-node index.ts",
 		"test": "jest",
 		"test:watch": "jest --watch",
-		"watch": "npm run cleanDist && npm run build -- --watch"
+		"watch": "npm run cleanDist && npm run build -- --watch",
+		"typeCheck": "tsc --noEmit"
 	},
 	"repository": {
 		"type": "git",
diff --git a/modules/server/src/network/errors.ts b/modules/server/src/network/errors.ts
index e46f79a87..af1dbc248 100644
--- a/modules/server/src/network/errors.ts
+++ b/modules/server/src/network/errors.ts
@@ -4,3 +4,24 @@ export class NetworkAggregationError extends Error {
 		this.name = 'NetworkAggregationError';
 	}
 }
+
+type ErrorWithMessage = {
+	message: string;
+};
+
+const isErrorWithMessage = (error: unknown): error is ErrorWithMessage => {
+	return (
+		typeof error === 'object' &&
+		error !== null &&
+		'message' in error &&
+		typeof (error as Error).message === 'string'
+	);
+};
+
+const getErrorMessage = (error: unknown): string => {
+	if (isErrorWithMessage(error)) {
+		return error.message;
+	} else {
+		return 'Unknown error';
+	}
+};
diff --git a/modules/server/src/network/gql.ts b/modules/server/src/network/gql.ts
index 5e59756cc..32cf831c5 100644
--- a/modules/server/src/network/gql.ts
+++ b/modules/server/src/network/gql.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import axios, { AxiosRequestConfig } from 'axios';
 import { ASTNode, print } from 'graphql';
+import { GQLFieldType } from './queries';
 
 /**
  * Creates a graphql query string with variables for use in a POST request
@@ -46,3 +47,8 @@ export const fetchGql = ({
 
 	return axios(axiosOptions);
 };
+
+export const normalizeGqlField = (gqlField: GQLFieldType): { name: string; type: string } => {
+	const fieldType = gqlField.type.name;
+	return { name: gqlField.name, type: fieldType };
+};
diff --git a/modules/server/src/network/index.ts b/modules/server/src/network/index.ts
index e2c3d536e..3be628bc8 100644
--- a/modules/server/src/network/index.ts
+++ b/modules/server/src/network/index.ts
@@ -18,15 +18,15 @@ export const createSchemaFromNetworkConfig = async ({
 }: {
 	networkConfigs: NetworkConfig[];
 }) => {
-	const networkFields = await fetchAllNodeAggregations({
+	const nodeConfig = await fetchAllNodeAggregations({
 		networkConfigs,
 	});
 
-	const networkFieldTypes = getAllFieldTypes(networkFields, SUPPORTED_AGGREGATIONS_LIST);
+	const networkFieldTypes = getAllFieldTypes(nodeConfig, SUPPORTED_AGGREGATIONS_LIST);
 
 	const typeDefs = createTypeDefs(networkFieldTypes);
 
-	const resolvers = createResolvers(networkConfigs);
+	const resolvers = createResolvers(nodeConfig);
 
 	const networkSchema = makeExecutableSchema({ typeDefs, resolvers });
 
diff --git a/modules/server/src/network/resolvers/aggregations.ts b/modules/server/src/network/resolvers/aggregations.ts
index 8bf13d18a..e1a190a0f 100644
--- a/modules/server/src/network/resolvers/aggregations.ts
+++ b/modules/server/src/network/resolvers/aggregations.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import { fetchGql } from '../gql';
 import { failure, isSuccess, Result, Success, success } from '../httpResponses';
 import { Hits } from '../types/hits';
 import { NetworkConfig } from '../types/setup';
-import { AllAggregations } from '../types/types';
+import { AllAggregations, NodeConfig } from '../types/types';
 import { ASTtoString, RequestedFieldsMap } from '../util';
 import { CONNECTION_STATUS, NetworkNode } from './networkNode';
 
@@ -58,7 +58,6 @@ type NetworkQuery = {
 
 /**
  * Converts info field object into string
- *
  * @param requestedFields
  *
  * @example
@@ -102,11 +101,24 @@ export const createNodeQueryString = (
 	return gqlString;
 };
 
-const createNetworkQuery = (
-	documentName: string,
+export const createNetworkQuery = (
+	config: NodeConfig,
 	requestedFields: RequestedFieldsMap,
 ): DocumentNode => {
-	const gqlString = createNodeQueryString(documentName, requestedFields);
+	const availableFields = config.aggregations;
+	const documentName = config.documentName;
+
+	// ensure requested field is available to query on node
+	const fieldsToRequest = Object.keys(requestedFields).reduce((acc, requestedFieldKey) => {
+		const field = requestedFields[requestedFieldKey];
+		if (availableFields.some((field) => field.name === requestedFieldKey)) {
+			return { ...acc, [requestedFieldKey]: field };
+		} else {
+			return acc;
+		}
+	}, {});
+
+	const gqlString = createNodeQueryString(documentName, fieldsToRequest);
 
 	/*
 	 * convert string to AST object to use as query
@@ -119,6 +131,7 @@ const createNetworkQuery = (
 		return gqlQuery;
 	} catch (err) {
 		console.error('invalid gql', err);
+		throw Error('Query creation failed');
 	}
 };
 
@@ -132,37 +145,45 @@ type SuccessResponse = { [k: string]: { hits: Hits; aggregations: AllAggregation
  * @returns
  */
 export const aggregationPipeline = async (
-	configs: NetworkConfig[],
+	configs: NodeConfig[],
 	requestedAggregationFields: RequestedFieldsMap,
 ) => {
 	const nodeInfo: NetworkNode[] = [];
 
-	const totalAgg = new AggregationAccumulator(requestedAggregationFields);
+	const totalAgg = new AggregationAccumulator();
 
 	const aggregationResultPromises = configs.map(async (config) => {
-		const gqlQuery = createNetworkQuery(config.documentName, requestedAggregationFields);
-		const response = await fetchData<SuccessResponse>({ url: config.graphqlUrl, gqlQuery });
-
 		const nodeName = config.displayName;
-
-		if (isSuccess(response)) {
-			const documentName = config.documentName;
-			const aggregationData = response.data[documentName]?.aggregations || {};
-			const hitsData = response.data[documentName]?.hits || { total: 0 };
-
-			totalAgg.resolve(aggregationData);
-			nodeInfo.push({
-				name: nodeName,
-				hits: hitsData.total,
-				status: CONNECTION_STATUS.OK,
-				errors: '',
-			});
-		} else {
+		const nodeAvailableAggregations = config.aggregations;
+
+		try {
+			const gqlQuery = createNetworkQuery(config, requestedAggregationFields);
+			const response = await fetchData<SuccessResponse>({ url: config.graphqlUrl, gqlQuery });
+
+			if (isSuccess(response)) {
+				const documentName = config.documentName;
+				const aggregationData = response.data[documentName]?.aggregations || {};
+				const hitsData = response.data[documentName]?.hits || { total: 0 };
+
+				totalAgg.resolve(aggregationData);
+				nodeInfo.push({
+					name: nodeName,
+					hits: hitsData.total,
+					status: CONNECTION_STATUS.OK,
+					errors: '',
+					aggregations: nodeAvailableAggregations,
+				});
+			} else {
+				throw Error(`Request failed for node: ${nodeName}`);
+			}
+		} catch (error) {
+			const message = getErrorMessage(error);
 			nodeInfo.push({
 				name: nodeName,
 				hits: 0,
 				status: CONNECTION_STATUS.ERROR,
-				errors: response?.message || 'Error',
+				errors: message,
+				aggregations: nodeAvailableAggregations,
 			});
 		}
 	});
diff --git a/modules/server/src/network/resolvers/index.ts b/modules/server/src/network/resolvers/index.ts
index 5d56515f5..97a8deca3 100644
--- a/modules/server/src/network/resolvers/index.ts
+++ b/modules/server/src/network/resolvers/index.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 import { type GraphQLResolveInfo } from 'graphql';
+import { NetworkFields } from '../setup/fields';
 import { NetworkConfig } from '../types/setup';
+import { NodeConfig } from '../types/types';
 import { resolveInfoToMap } from '../util';
 import { aggregationPipeline } from './aggregations';
 import { NetworkNode } from './networkNode';
@@ -20,7 +22,7 @@ export type NetworkSearchRoot = {
  * @param networkFieldTypes
  * @returns
  */
-export const createResolvers = (configs: NetworkConfig[]) => {
+export const createResolvers = (configs: NodeConfig[]) => {
 	return {
 		Query: {
 			network: async (
diff --git a/modules/server/src/network/resolvers/networkNode.ts b/modules/server/src/network/resolvers/networkNode.ts
index 84acb0f03..1c7b34db4 100644
--- a/modules/server/src/network/resolvers/networkNode.ts
+++ b/modules/server/src/network/resolvers/networkNode.ts
@@ -12,4 +12,5 @@ export type NetworkNode = {
 	hits: number;
 	status: keyof typeof CONNECTION_STATUS;
 	errors: string;
+	aggregations: { name: string; type: string }[];
 };
diff --git a/modules/server/src/network/setup/fields.ts b/modules/server/src/network/setup/fields.ts
index 09d60e7a8..911245a95 100644
--- a/modules/server/src/network/setup/fields.ts
+++ b/modules/server/src/network/setup/fields.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { SupportedAggregation } from '../common';
 import { GQLFieldType } from '../queries';
 import {
 	NetworkFieldType,
+	NodeConfig,
 	SupportedAggregations,
 	SupportedNetworkFieldType,
 	UnsupportedAggregations,
@@ -23,7 +24,7 @@ const isSupportedType = (
  * @returns { supportedAggregations: [], unsupportedAggregations: [] }
  */
 export const getFieldTypes = (
-	fields: GQLFieldType[],
+	fields: NodeConfig['aggregations'],
 	supportedAggregationsList: SupportedAggregation[],
 ) => {
 	const fieldTypes = fields.reduce(
@@ -34,17 +35,15 @@ export const getFieldTypes = (
 			},
 			field,
 		) => {
-			const fieldType = field.type.name;
-			const fieldObject = { name: field.name, type: fieldType };
-			if (isSupportedType(fieldObject, supportedAggregationsList)) {
+			if (isSupportedType(field, supportedAggregationsList)) {
 				return {
 					...aggregations,
-					supportedAggregations: aggregations.supportedAggregations.concat(fieldObject),
+					supportedAggregations: aggregations.supportedAggregations.concat(field),
 				};
 			} else {
 				return {
 					...aggregations,
-					unsupportedAggregations: aggregations.unsupportedAggregations.concat(fieldObject),
+					unsupportedAggregations: aggregations.unsupportedAggregations.concat(field),
 				};
 			}
 		},
@@ -58,12 +57,12 @@ export const getFieldTypes = (
 };
 
 export const getAllFieldTypes = (
-	networkFields: NetworkFields[],
+	nodeConfigs: NodeConfig[],
 	supportedTypes: SupportedAggregation[],
 ) => {
-	const nodeFieldTypes = networkFields.map((networkField) => {
+	const nodeFieldTypes = nodeConfigs.map((config) => {
 		const { supportedAggregations, unsupportedAggregations } = getFieldTypes(
-			networkField.fields,
+			config.aggregations,
 			supportedTypes,
 		);
 
diff --git a/modules/server/src/network/setup/query.ts b/modules/server/src/network/setup/query.ts
index c16682d25..fc9472e0c 100644
--- a/modules/server/src/network/setup/query.ts
+++ b/modules/server/src/network/setup/query.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 import { NetworkAggregationError } from '../errors';
-import { fetchGql } from '../gql';
+import { fetchGql, normalizeGqlField } from '../gql';
 import { gqlAggregationTypeQuery, GQLTypeQueryResponse } from '../queries';
 import { NetworkConfig } from '../types/setup';
+import { NodeConfig } from '../types/types';
 import { fulfilledPromiseFilter } from '../util';
-import { NetworkFields } from './fields';
 
 type NetworkQueryResult = PromiseFulfilledResult<{
 	config: NetworkConfig;
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ export const fetchAllNodeAggregations = async ({
 	networkConfigs,
 }: {
 	networkConfigs: NetworkConfig[];
-}): Promise<NetworkFields[]> => {
+}): Promise<NodeConfig[]> => {
 	// query remote connection types
 	const networkQueryPromises = networkConfigs.map(async (config) => {
 		const gqlResponse = await fetchNodeAggregations(config);
@@ -76,15 +76,16 @@ export const fetchAllNodeAggregations = async ({
 
 	const networkQueries = await Promise.allSettled(networkQueryPromises);
 
-	const nodeAggregations = networkQueries
+	const nodeConfigs = networkQueries
 		.filter(fulfilledPromiseFilter<NetworkQueryResult>)
 		.map((networkResult) => {
 			const { config, gqlResponse } = networkResult.value;
 			const fields = gqlResponse.__type.fields;
-			return { name: config.displayName, fields };
+			const aggregations = fields.map(normalizeGqlField);
+			return { ...config, aggregations };
 		});
 
 	console.log('\nSuccessfully fetched node schemas\n');
 
-	return nodeAggregations;
+	return nodeConfigs;
 };
diff --git a/modules/server/src/network/typeDefs/aggregations.ts b/modules/server/src/network/typeDefs/aggregations.ts
index ac0e17e52..83a219cca 100644
--- a/modules/server/src/network/typeDefs/aggregations.ts
+++ b/modules/server/src/network/typeDefs/aggregations.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { GraphQLInt, GraphQLList, GraphQLObjectType, GraphQLSchema, GraphQLString } from 'graphql';
-import { SupportedNetworkFieldType } from '../types';
+import { SupportedNetworkFieldType } from '../types/types';
 import { singleToNetworkAggregationMap } from './networkAggregations';
 
 /**
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import { singleToNetworkAggregationMap } from './networkAggregations';
  * @example
  * { name: "donor_age", type: "NumericAggregations" } => { donor_age: { type: "NetworkNumericAggregations" } }
  */
-const convertToGQLObjectType = (networkFieldTypes) => {
+const convertToGQLObjectType = (networkFieldTypes: SupportedNetworkFieldType[]) => {
 	return networkFieldTypes.reduce((allFields, currentField) => {
 		const field = {
 			[currentField.name]: { type: singleToNetworkAggregationMap.get(currentField.type) },
@@ -39,6 +39,14 @@ export const createNetworkAggregationTypeDefs = (
 		fields: allFields,
 	});
 
+	const aggregationList = new GraphQLObjectType({
+		name: 'aggregations',
+		fields: {
+			name: { type: GraphQLString },
+			type: { type: GraphQLString },
+		},
+	});
+
 	const remoteConnectionType = new GraphQLObjectType({
 		name: 'RemoteConnection',
 		fields: {
@@ -46,6 +54,7 @@ export const createNetworkAggregationTypeDefs = (
 			hits: { type: GraphQLInt },
 			status: { type: GraphQLString },
 			errors: { type: GraphQLString },
+			aggregations: { type: new GraphQLList(aggregationList) },
 		},
 	});
 
diff --git a/modules/server/src/network/types/types.ts b/modules/server/src/network/types/types.ts
index 3f144bd7e..a0a2571a9 100644
--- a/modules/server/src/network/types/types.ts
+++ b/modules/server/src/network/types/types.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { ObjectValues } from '@/utils/types';
 import { SupportedAggregation } from '../common';
 import { CONNECTION_STATUS } from '../resolvers/networkNode';
 import { Aggregations, Bucket, NumericAggregations } from './aggregations';
+import { NetworkConfig } from './setup';
 
 // environment config
 export type NetworkAggregationConfigInput = {
@@ -33,3 +34,5 @@ export type NetworkAggregation = {
 	bucket_count: number;
 	buckets: Bucket[];
 };
+
+export type NodeConfig = NetworkConfig & { aggregations: { name: string; type: string }[] };