diff --git a/packages/builder/src/pages/builder/app/[application]/data/datasource/[datasourceId]/_components/panels/Tables/CreateExternalTableModal.svelte b/packages/builder/src/pages/builder/app/[application]/data/datasource/[datasourceId]/_components/panels/Tables/CreateExternalTableModal.svelte
index 129b975309..b5a8dfc8ac 100644
--- a/packages/builder/src/pages/builder/app/[application]/data/datasource/[datasourceId]/_components/panels/Tables/CreateExternalTableModal.svelte
+++ b/packages/builder/src/pages/builder/app/[application]/data/datasource/[datasourceId]/_components/panels/Tables/CreateExternalTableModal.svelte
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
       sourceType: DB_TYPE_EXTERNAL,
       schema: {
         id: {
+          name: "id",
           autocolumn: true,
           type: "number",
         },
diff --git a/packages/server/src/api/controllers/table/index.ts b/packages/server/src/api/controllers/table/index.ts
index efe1a88e4a..2f2f93bffe 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/api/controllers/table/index.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/api/controllers/table/index.ts
@@ -71,19 +71,20 @@ export async function fetch(ctx: UserCtx<void, FetchTablesResponse>) {
 
   const datasources = await sdk.datasources.getExternalDatasources()
 
-  const external = datasources.flatMap(datasource => {
+  const external: Table[] = []
+  for (const datasource of datasources) {
     let entities = datasource.entities
     if (entities) {
-      return Object.values(entities).map<Table>((entity: Table) => ({
-        ...entity,
-        sourceType: TableSourceType.EXTERNAL,
-        sourceId: datasource._id!,
-        sql: isSQL(datasource),
-      }))
-    } else {
-      return []
+      for (const entity of Object.values(entities)) {
+        external.push({
+          ...(await processTable(entity)),
+          sourceType: TableSourceType.EXTERNAL,
+          sourceId: datasource._id!,
+          sql: isSQL(datasource),
+        })
+      }
     }
-  })
+  }
 
   const result: FetchTablesResponse = []
   for (const table of [...internal, ...external]) {
diff --git a/packages/server/src/sdk/app/tables/getters.ts b/packages/server/src/sdk/app/tables/getters.ts
index 5ff000fe12..280fb5378a 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/sdk/app/tables/getters.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/sdk/app/tables/getters.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,13 @@ export async function processTable(table: Table): Promise<Table> {
   if (!table) {
     return table
   }
+
+  table = { ...table }
   if (table._id && isExternalTableID(table._id)) {
+    // Old created external tables via Budibase might have a missing field name breaking some UI such as filters
+    if (table.schema["id"] && !table.schema["id"].name) {
+      table.schema["id"].name = "id"
+    }
     return {
       ...table,
       type: "table",