diff --git a/src/python/dm/daq_web_service/cli/daqWebServiceSessionCli.py b/src/python/dm/daq_web_service/cli/daqWebServiceSessionCli.py
index c7f02f28ada895d08374af4f8118bb8e0cbbf19f..e2e74172d576b65fb5480dc92654034390ae8e6f 100755
--- a/src/python/dm/daq_web_service/cli/daqWebServiceSessionCli.py
+++ b/src/python/dm/daq_web_service/cli/daqWebServiceSessionCli.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 
+import os
 from dm.common.cli.dmRestSessionCli import DmRestSessionCli
 from dm.common.utility.osUtility import OsUtility
 from dm.common.utility.configurationManager import ConfigurationManager
@@ -7,6 +8,7 @@ from dm.common.utility.configurationManager import ConfigurationManager
 class DaqWebServiceSessionCli(DmRestSessionCli):
     """ DM DAQ web service session cli class. """
 
+    DM_FILE_SERVER_URL_ENV_VAR = 'DM_FILE_SERVER_URL'
     DEFAULT_SESSION_CACHE_FILE = OsUtility.getUserHomeDir() + '/.dm/.daq.session.cache'
 
     def __init__(self, validArgCount=0):
@@ -19,3 +21,17 @@ class DaqWebServiceSessionCli(DmRestSessionCli):
     def getDefaultServicePort(self):
         return ConfigurationManager.getInstance().getDaqWebServicePort()
 
+    def getId(self):
+        return self.options.id
+
+    def getExperimentName(self):
+        return self.options.experimentName
+
+    def getDataDirectory(self):
+        dataDirectory = self.options.dataDirectory
+        # Make sure data directory already does not have url scheme
+        if dataDirectory and dataDirectory.find('://') < 0:
+            fileServerUrl = os.environ.get(self.DM_FILE_SERVER_URL_ENV_VAR, '')
+            dataDirectory = '%s%s' % (fileServerUrl, dataDirectory)
+        return dataDirectory
+
diff --git a/src/python/dm/daq_web_service/cli/startDaqCli.py b/src/python/dm/daq_web_service/cli/startDaqCli.py
index aac21b57b5bf0eb80271612c4e44d732bd783650..ea7cf18d615c97c70ea1d41ffd8db6d5dfecd7ab 100755
--- a/src/python/dm/daq_web_service/cli/startDaqCli.py
+++ b/src/python/dm/daq_web_service/cli/startDaqCli.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ class StartDaqCli(DaqWebServiceSessionCli):
     def __init__(self):
         DaqWebServiceSessionCli.__init__(self, validArgCount=self.ANY_NUMBER_OF_POSITIONAL_ARGS)
         self.addOption('', '--experiment', dest='experimentName', help='Experiment name.')
-        self.addOption('', '--data-directory', dest='dataDirectory', help='Experiment data directory.')
+        self.addOption('', '--data-directory', dest='dataDirectory', help='Experiment data directory. If specified string does not already contain file server URL, value of the %s environment variable will be prepended to it.' % self.DM_FILE_SERVER_URL_ENV_VAR)
 
     def checkArgs(self):
         if self.options.experimentName is None:
@@ -16,12 +16,6 @@ class StartDaqCli(DaqWebServiceSessionCli):
         if self.options.dataDirectory is None:
             raise InvalidRequest('Experiment data directory must be provided.')
 
-    def getExperimentName(self):
-        return self.options.experimentName
-
-    def getDataDirectory(self):
-        return self.options.dataDirectory
-
     def runCommand(self):
         self.parseArgs(usage="""
     dm-start-daq --experiment=EXPERIMENTNAME --data-directory=DATADIRECTORY
@@ -30,7 +24,7 @@ class StartDaqCli(DaqWebServiceSessionCli):
 Description:
     Starts DAQ for a given experiment. Specified data directory will be 
     monitored for data files. All provided key/value pairs will be passed to 
-    file processing plugins. 
+    file processing plugins.
         """)
         self.checkArgs()
         api = ExperimentRestApi(self.getLoginUsername(), self.getLoginPassword(), self.getServiceHost(), self.getServicePort(), self.getServiceProtocol())
diff --git a/src/python/dm/daq_web_service/cli/stopDaqCli.py b/src/python/dm/daq_web_service/cli/stopDaqCli.py
index 6310a316fb070652d474ae98ea29e3f4417fc630..98bf9d7248a538974328232f7e22c95288205f8a 100755
--- a/src/python/dm/daq_web_service/cli/stopDaqCli.py
+++ b/src/python/dm/daq_web_service/cli/stopDaqCli.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ class StopDaqCli(DaqWebServiceSessionCli):
     def __init__(self):
         DaqWebServiceSessionCli.__init__(self)
         self.addOption('', '--experiment', dest='experimentName', help='Experiment name.')
-        self.addOption('', '--data-directory', dest='dataDirectory', help='Experiment data directory.')
+        self.addOption('', '--data-directory', dest='dataDirectory', help='Experiment data directory. If specified string does not already contain file server URL, value of the %s environment variable will be prepended to it.' % self.DM_FILE_SERVER_URL_ENV_VAR)
 
     def checkArgs(self):
         if self.options.experimentName is None:
@@ -16,12 +16,6 @@ class StopDaqCli(DaqWebServiceSessionCli):
         if self.options.dataDirectory is None:
             raise InvalidRequest('Experiment data directory must be provided.')
 
-    def getExperimentName(self):
-        return self.options.experimentName
-
-    def getDataDirectory(self):
-        return self.options.dataDirectory
-
     def runCommand(self):
         self.parseArgs(usage="""
     dm-stop-daq --experiment=EXPERIMENTNAME --data-directory=DATADIRECTORY
diff --git a/src/python/dm/daq_web_service/cli/uploadCli.py b/src/python/dm/daq_web_service/cli/uploadCli.py
index 0b62bb03c14730f8dcd42b8ae28bb1ee686f5958..80f5c3caa3ef07482eb7bcc8fc62505b32d9edc9 100755
--- a/src/python/dm/daq_web_service/cli/uploadCli.py
+++ b/src/python/dm/daq_web_service/cli/uploadCli.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ class UploadCli(DaqWebServiceSessionCli):
     def __init__(self):
         DaqWebServiceSessionCli.__init__(self, validArgCount=self.ANY_NUMBER_OF_POSITIONAL_ARGS)
         self.addOption('', '--experiment', dest='experimentName', help='Experiment name.')
-        self.addOption('', '--data-directory', dest='dataDirectory', help='Experiment data directory.')
+        self.addOption('', '--data-directory', dest='dataDirectory', help='Experiment data directory. If specified string does not already contain file server URL, value of the %s environment variable will be prepended to it.' % self.DM_FILE_SERVER_URL_ENV_VAR)
 
     def checkArgs(self):
         if self.options.experimentName is None:
@@ -16,12 +16,6 @@ class UploadCli(DaqWebServiceSessionCli):
         if self.options.dataDirectory is None:
             raise InvalidRequest('Experiment data directory must be provided.')
 
-    def getExperimentName(self):
-        return self.options.experimentName
-
-    def getDataDirectory(self):
-        return self.options.dataDirectory
-
     def runCommand(self):
         self.parseArgs(usage="""
     dm-upload --experiment=EXPERIMENTNAME --data-directory=DATADIRECTORY