diff --git a/k6-tests/README.md b/k6-tests/README.md
index 0fdebcf..9a385e1 100644
--- a/k6-tests/README.md
+++ b/k6-tests/README.md
@@ -4,8 +4,7 @@
 k6 tests are written in JavaScript.
 
 ## k6 installation
-Follow the instructions in the [k6 installation guide](https://grafana.com/docs/k6/latest/set-up/install-k6/)
-to get started.
+Follow the instructions in the [build from source guide](https://github.com/mostafa/xk6-kafka) to get started.
 
 ## Running the k6 test suites
 Simply run the main script. (The script assumes k6 and docker-compose have been installed).
diff --git a/k6-tests/ncmp/common/passthrough-crud.js b/k6-tests/ncmp/common/passthrough-crud.js
index 43a215f..76bda4e 100644
--- a/k6-tests/ncmp/common/passthrough-crud.js
+++ b/k6-tests/ncmp/common/passthrough-crud.js
@@ -19,7 +19,12 @@
  */
 
 import http from 'k6/http';
-import { NCMP_BASE_URL, CONTENT_TYPE_JSON_PARAM, getRandomCmHandleId } from './utils.js';
+import {
+    CONTENT_TYPE_JSON_PARAM,
+    getRandomCmHandleId,
+    NCMP_BASE_URL,
+    TOPIC_DATA_OPERATIONS_BATCH_READ
+} from './utils.js';
 
 export function passthroughRead() {
     const cmHandleId = getRandomCmHandleId();
@@ -40,3 +45,21 @@
     const response = http.post(url, JSON.stringify(body), CONTENT_TYPE_JSON_PARAM);
     return response;
 }
+
+export function batchRead(cmHandleIds) {
+    const url = `${NCMP_BASE_URL}/ncmp/v1/data?topic=${TOPIC_DATA_OPERATIONS_BATCH_READ}`
+    const  payload = {
+        "operations": [
+            {
+                "resourceIdentifier": "parent/child",
+                "targetIds": cmHandleIds,
+                "datastore": "ncmp-datastore:passthrough-operational",
+                "options": "(fields=schemas/schema)",
+                "operationId": "12",
+                "operation": "read"
+            }
+        ]
+    };
+    const response = http.post(url, JSON.stringify(payload), CONTENT_TYPE_JSON_PARAM);
+    return response;
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/k6-tests/ncmp/common/utils.js b/k6-tests/ncmp/common/utils.js
index 0f3b8d9..f24edc5 100644
--- a/k6-tests/ncmp/common/utils.js
+++ b/k6-tests/ncmp/common/utils.js
@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@
 export const READ_DATA_FOR_CM_HANDLE_DELAY_MS = 300; // must have same value as in docker-compose.yml
 export const WRITE_DATA_FOR_CM_HANDLE_DELAY_MS = 670; // must have same value as in docker-compose.yml
 export const CONTENT_TYPE_JSON_PARAM = { headers: {'Content-Type': 'application/json'} };
+export const DATA_OPERATION_READ_BATCH_SIZE = 200;
+export const TOPIC_DATA_OPERATIONS_BATCH_READ = 'topic-data-operations-batch-read';
+export const KAFKA_BOOTSTRAP_SERVERS = ['localhost:9092'];
 
 export function recordTimeInSeconds(functionToExecute) {
     const startTimeInMillis = Date.now();
@@ -65,6 +68,7 @@
         makeSummaryCsvLine('5b', 'NCMP overhead for Synchronous single CM-handle pass-through read', 'milliseconds', 'ncmp_overhead_passthrough_read', data, options),
         makeSummaryCsvLine('6a', 'Synchronous single CM-handle pass-through write', 'requests/second', 'http_reqs{scenario:passthrough_write}', data, options),
         makeSummaryCsvLine('6b', 'NCMP overhead for Synchronous single CM-handle pass-through write', 'milliseconds', 'ncmp_overhead_passthrough_write', data, options),
+        makeSummaryCsvLine('7', 'Data operations batch read', 'events/second', 'data_operations_batch_read_cmhandles_per_second', data, options),
     ];
     return summaryCsvLines.join('\n') + '\n';
 }
diff --git a/k6-tests/ncmp/ncmp-kpi.js b/k6-tests/ncmp/ncmp-kpi.js
index 96c6263..9bafff9 100644
--- a/k6-tests/ncmp/ncmp-kpi.js
+++ b/k6-tests/ncmp/ncmp-kpi.js
@@ -20,16 +20,28 @@
 
 import { check } from 'k6';
 import { Gauge, Trend } from 'k6/metrics';
-import { TOTAL_CM_HANDLES, READ_DATA_FOR_CM_HANDLE_DELAY_MS, WRITE_DATA_FOR_CM_HANDLE_DELAY_MS,
-         makeCustomSummaryReport, recordTimeInSeconds } from './common/utils.js';
+import {
+    TOTAL_CM_HANDLES, READ_DATA_FOR_CM_HANDLE_DELAY_MS, WRITE_DATA_FOR_CM_HANDLE_DELAY_MS,
+    makeCustomSummaryReport, recordTimeInSeconds, makeBatchOfCmHandleIds, DATA_OPERATION_READ_BATCH_SIZE,
+    TOPIC_DATA_OPERATIONS_BATCH_READ, KAFKA_BOOTSTRAP_SERVERS
+} from './common/utils.js';
 import { registerAllCmHandles, deregisterAllCmHandles } from './common/cmhandle-crud.js';
 import { executeCmHandleSearch, executeCmHandleIdSearch } from './common/search-base.js';
-import { passthroughRead, passthroughWrite } from './common/passthrough-crud.js';
+import { passthroughRead, passthroughWrite, batchRead } from './common/passthrough-crud.js';
+import {
+    Reader,
+} from 'k6/x/kafka';
 
 let cmHandlesCreatedPerSecondGauge = new Gauge('cmhandles_created_per_second');
 let cmHandlesDeletedPerSecondGauge = new Gauge('cmhandles_deleted_per_second');
 let passthroughReadNcmpOverheadTrend = new Trend('ncmp_overhead_passthrough_read');
 let passthroughWriteNcmpOverheadTrend = new Trend('ncmp_overhead_passthrough_write');
+let dataOperationsBatchReadCmHandlePerSecondTrend = new Trend('data_operations_batch_read_cmhandles_per_second');
+
+const reader = new Reader({
+    brokers: KAFKA_BOOTSTRAP_SERVERS,
+    topic: TOPIC_DATA_OPERATIONS_BATCH_READ,
+});
 
 const DURATION = '15m';
 
@@ -61,6 +73,22 @@
             vus: 3,
             duration: DURATION,
         },
+        data_operation_send_async_http_request: {
+            executor: 'constant-arrival-rate',
+            exec: 'data_operation_send_async_http_request',
+            duration: DURATION,
+            rate: 1,
+            timeUnit: '1s',
+            preAllocatedVUs: 1,
+        },
+        data_operation_async_batch_read: {
+            executor: 'constant-arrival-rate',
+            exec: 'data_operation_async_batch_read',
+            duration: DURATION,
+            rate: 1,
+            timeUnit: '1s',
+            preAllocatedVUs: 1,
+        }
     },
     thresholds: {
         'cmhandles_created_per_second': ['value >= 22'],
@@ -75,6 +103,9 @@
         'http_req_failed{scenario:cm_search_module}': ['rate == 0'],
         'http_req_failed{scenario:passthrough_read}': ['rate == 0'],
         'http_req_failed{scenario:passthrough_write}': ['rate == 0'],
+        'http_req_failed{scenario:data_operation_send_async_http_request}': ['rate == 0'],
+        'kafka_reader_error_count{scenario:data_operation_consume_kafka_responses}': ['count == 0'],
+        'data_operations_batch_read_cmhandles_per_second': ['avg >= 150'],
     },
 };
 
@@ -114,6 +145,22 @@
     check(JSON.parse(response.body), { 'module search returned expected CM-handles': (arr) => arr.length === TOTAL_CM_HANDLES });
 }
 
+export function data_operation_send_async_http_request() {
+    const nextBatchOfCmHandleIds = makeBatchOfCmHandleIds(DATA_OPERATION_READ_BATCH_SIZE,1);
+    const response = batchRead(nextBatchOfCmHandleIds)
+    check(response, { 'data operation batch read status equals 200': (r) => r.status === 200 });
+}
+
+export function data_operation_async_batch_read() {
+    try {
+        let messages = reader.consume({ limit: DATA_OPERATION_READ_BATCH_SIZE });
+        dataOperationsBatchReadCmHandlePerSecondTrend.add(messages.length);
+    } catch (error) {
+        dataOperationsBatchReadCmHandlePerSecondTrend.add(0);
+        console.error(error);
+    }
+}
+
 export function handleSummary(data) {
     return {
         stdout: makeCustomSummaryReport(data, options),