Examples are generally directed towards managing paginated data. A server receives a page-to-identifier query from a client. The page-to-identifier query includes an identifier of a selected object instance. The server generates an ordered list of object instances corresponding to at least one ordering criteria paginated into a set of pages. The server identifies a page in the set of pages including the selected instance to form a results page. The results page includes the selected instance. The server returns the results page to the client.