diff --git a/include/maat.h b/include/maat.h
index 733a424..190d0ea 100644
--- a/include/maat.h
+++ b/include/maat.h
@@ -74,7 +74,8 @@ typedef void maat_start_callback_t(int update_type, void *u_param);
 typedef void maat_update_callback_t(int table_id, const char *table_line, void *u_para);
 typedef void maat_finish_callback_t(void *u_para);
 
-typedef void maat_ex_new_func_t(int table_id, const char *key, const char *table_line, void **ad, long argl, void *argp);
+typedef void maat_ex_new_func_t(int table_id, const char *key, const char *table_line, 
+                                void **ad, long argl, void *argp);
 typedef void maat_ex_free_func_t(int table_id, void **ad, long argl, void *argp);
 typedef void maat_ex_dup_func_t(int table_id, void **to, void **from, long argl, void *argp);
 
@@ -90,15 +91,23 @@ int maat_options_set_rule_update_checking_interval_ms(struct maat_options *opts,
 int maat_options_set_gc_timeout_ms(struct maat_options *opts, int interval_ms);
 int maat_options_set_instance_name(struct maat_options *opts, const char *instance_name, size_t name_len);
 int maat_options_set_deferred_load_on(struct maat_options *opts);
-int maat_options_set_iris(struct maat_options *opts, const char *full_directory, const char *increment_directory);
+
+int maat_options_set_iris(struct maat_options *opts, const char *full_directory, 
+                          const char *increment_directory);
 int maat_options_set_json_file(struct maat_options *opts, const char *json_filename);
-int maat_options_set_redis(struct maat_options *opts, const char *redis_ip, uint16_t redis_port, int redis_db);
+int maat_options_set_redis(struct maat_options *opts, const char *redis_ip, 
+                           uint16_t redis_port, int redis_db);
+
 int maat_options_set_logger(struct maat_options *opts, void *logger);
 
 /* maat_instance API */
 struct maat *maat_new(struct maat_options *opts, const char *table_info_path);
 void maat_free(struct maat *instance);
 
+/* maat helper API */
+int maat_helper_read_column(const char *table_line, int Nth_column, 
+                            size_t *column_offset, size_t *column_len);
+
 /* maat table API */
 int maat_get_table_id(struct maat *instance, const char *table_name);
 
diff --git a/src/maat_api.c b/src/maat_api.c
index b26b8fd..deb4935 100644
--- a/src/maat_api.c
+++ b/src/maat_api.c
@@ -387,6 +387,12 @@ void maat_free(struct maat *maat_instance)
 	pthread_join(maat_instance->cfg_mon_thread, &ret);
 }
 
+int maat_helper_read_column(const char *table_line, int Nth_column, 
+                            size_t *column_offset, size_t *column_len)
+{
+    return get_column_pos(table_line, Nth_column, column_offset, column_len);
+}
+
 int maat_get_table_id(struct maat *maat_instance, const char *table_name)
 {
     int table_id = -1;
diff --git a/src/maat_compile.c b/src/maat_compile.c
index 163700d..29e078f 100644
--- a/src/maat_compile.c
+++ b/src/maat_compile.c
@@ -722,14 +722,18 @@ int maat_compile_hash_add(struct maat_compile **compile_hash, long long compile_
     HASH_ADD(hh, *compile_hash, compile_id, sizeof(long long), compile);
 	//TODO:mytest need to delete
 #if 0
-	size_t compile_cnt = HASH_COUNT(*compile_hash);
-	struct maat_compile *compile1 = NULL, *tmp_compile1 = NULL;
-	HASH_ITER (hh, *compile_hash, compile1, tmp_compile1) {
-		printf("<maat_compile_hash_add> compile_id:%lu, compile_cnt:%zu\n", 
-                compile1->compile_id, compile_cnt);
-	}
+    if (compile_id == 141)
+    {
+        size_t compile_cnt = HASH_COUNT(*compile_hash);
+        struct maat_compile *compile1 = NULL, *tmp_compile1 = NULL;
+        HASH_ITER(hh, *compile_hash, compile1, tmp_compile1)
+        {
+            printf("<maat_compile_hash_add> compile_id:%lld, compile_cnt:%zu\n",
+                   compile1->compile_id, compile_cnt);
+        }
+    }
 #endif
-	return ret;
+    return ret;
 }
 
 void maat_compile_hash_set(struct maat_compile **compile_hash, long long compile_id,
diff --git a/test/maat_framework_gtest.cpp b/test/maat_framework_gtest.cpp
index f03e661..f9527f9 100644
--- a/test/maat_framework_gtest.cpp
+++ b/test/maat_framework_gtest.cpp
@@ -1259,7 +1259,7 @@ void compile_ex_param_dup(int table_id, void **to, void **from, long argl, void
 	pthread_mutex_unlock(&(from_param->lock));
 	*((struct rule_ex_param**)to) = from_param;
 }
-#if 0
+
 TEST_F(CompileTable, CompileEXData) {
     long long results[ARRAY_SIZE] = {0};
     size_t n_hit_result = 0;
@@ -1301,7 +1301,7 @@ TEST_F(CompileTable, CompileEXData) {
 
 	maat_state_free(&state);
 }
-#endif
+
 TEST_F(CompileTable, CompileRuleUpdate) {
     //9999	0	0	0	0	0	anything	1	1	0.0
     const char *compile_table_name = "COMPILE";
diff --git a/test/table_info.conf b/test/table_info.conf
index 4bf2522..732d215 100644
--- a/test/table_info.conf
+++ b/test/table_info.conf
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
         "table_id":3,
         "table_name":"GROUP2COMPILE_ALIAS",
         "table_type":"group2compile",
-        "associated_compile_table_id":0,
+        "associated_compile_table_id":2,
         "valid_column":3,
         "custom": {
             "group_id":1,