diff --git a/packages/server/src/api/controllers/table/tests/utils.spec.ts b/packages/server/src/api/controllers/table/tests/utils.spec.ts
index ef143100a4..957cf51ecd 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/api/controllers/table/tests/utils.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/api/controllers/table/tests/utils.spec.ts
@@ -59,5 +59,39 @@ describe("utils", () => {
         ])
       })
     })
+
+    it("can import data without a specific user performing the action", async () => {
+      await config.doInContext(config.appId, async () => {
+        const table = await config.createTable({
+          name: "table",
+          type: "table",
+          schema: {
+            autoId: {
+              name: "autoId",
+              type: FieldType.NUMBER,
+              subtype: AutoFieldSubTypes.AUTO_ID,
+              autocolumn: true,
+              constraints: {
+                type: FieldType.NUMBER,
+                presence: true,
+              },
+            },
+            name: {
+              name: "name",
+              type: FieldType.STRING,
+              constraints: {
+                type: FieldType.STRING,
+                presence: true,
+              },
+            },
+          },
+        })
+
+        const data = [{ name: "Alice" }, { name: "Bob" }, { name: "Claire" }]
+
+        const result = importToRows(data, table)
+        expect(result).toHaveLength(3)
+      })
+    })
   })
 })
diff --git a/packages/server/src/api/controllers/table/utils.ts b/packages/server/src/api/controllers/table/utils.ts
index 337b8fc5ed..cf1883c083 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/api/controllers/table/utils.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/api/controllers/table/utils.ts
@@ -105,7 +105,11 @@ export function makeSureTableUpToDate(table: any, tableToSave: any) {
   return tableToSave
 }
 
-export function importToRows(data: any[], table: Table, user: ContextUser) {
+export function importToRows(
+  data: any[],
+  table: Table,
+  user: ContextUser | null = null
+) {
   let finalData: any = []
   for (let i = 0; i < data.length; i++) {
     let row = data[i]
diff --git a/packages/server/src/db/defaultData/datasource_bb_default.ts b/packages/server/src/db/defaultData/datasource_bb_default.ts
index 516783ed31..6ffbf601c8 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/db/defaultData/datasource_bb_default.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/db/defaultData/datasource_bb_default.ts
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ function syncLastIds(table: Table, rowCount: number) {
   })
 }
 
-function tableImport(table: Table, data: Row) {
+function tableImport(table: Table, data: Row[]) {
   const cloneTable = cloneDeep(table)
   const rowDocs = importToRows(data, cloneTable)
   syncLastIds(cloneTable, rowDocs.length)
diff --git a/packages/server/src/utilities/rowProcessor/index.ts b/packages/server/src/utilities/rowProcessor/index.ts
index 9e1029fa1a..a5bb352eeb 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/utilities/rowProcessor/index.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/utilities/rowProcessor/index.ts
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ export function coerce(row: any, type: string) {
  * @returns {object} the row which has been prepared to be written to the DB.
  */
 export function inputProcessing(
-  user: ContextUser,
+  user: ContextUser | null,
   table: Table,
   row: Row,
   opts?: AutoColumnProcessingOpts