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/client/src/components/app/container/GridContainer.svelte b/packages/client/src/components/app/container/GridContainer.svelte
index 4dc75f3513..696b65abcd 100644
--- a/packages/client/src/components/app/container/GridContainer.svelte
+++ b/packages/client/src/components/app/container/GridContainer.svelte
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
   import { GridRowHeight, GridColumns } from "constants"
   import { memo } from "@budibase/frontend-core"
 
+  export let onClick
+
   const component = getContext("component")
   const { styleable, builderStore } = getContext("sdk")
   const context = getContext("context")
@@ -121,15 +123,19 @@
   })
 </script>
 
+<!-- svelte-ignore a11y-no-static-element-interactions -->
+<!-- svelte-ignore a11y-click-events-have-key-events -->
 <div
   bind:this={ref}
   class="grid"
   class:mobile
+  class:clickable={!!onClick}
   bind:clientWidth={width}
   bind:clientHeight={height}
   use:styleable={$styles}
   data-cols={GridColumns}
   data-col-size={colSize}
+  on:click={onClick}
 >
   {#if inBuilder}
     <div class="underlay">
@@ -176,6 +182,9 @@
   .placeholder.first-col {
     border-left: 1px solid var(--spectrum-global-color-gray-900);
   }
+  .clickable {
+    cursor: pointer;
+  }
 
   /* Highlight grid lines when resizing children */
   :global(.grid.highlight > .underlay) {
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/api/routes/tests/row.spec.ts b/packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/row.spec.ts
index 6490b4770a..2717a1b7d5 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/row.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/row.spec.ts
@@ -789,6 +789,39 @@ describe.each([
         })
       })
 
+      describe("multi-user column", () => {
+        beforeAll(async () => {
+          table = await config.api.table.save(
+            saveTableRequest({
+              schema: {
+                users: {
+                  name: "users",
+                  type: FieldType.BB_REFERENCE,
+                  subtype: BBReferenceFieldSubType.USER,
+                  default: ["{{ [Current User]._id }}"],
+                },
+              },
+            })
+          )
+        })
+
+        it("creates a new row with a default value successfully", async () => {
+          const row = await config.api.row.save(table._id!, {})
+          expect(row.users).toHaveLength(1)
+          expect(row.users[0]._id).toEqual(config.getUser()._id)
+        })
+
+        it("does not use default value if value specified", async () => {
+          const id = `us_${utils.newid()}`
+          await config.createUser({ _id: id })
+          const row = await config.api.row.save(table._id!, {
+            users: [id],
+          })
+          expect(row.users).toHaveLength(1)
+          expect(row.users[0]._id).toEqual(id)
+        })
+      })
+
       describe("bindings", () => {
         describe("string column", () => {
           beforeAll(async () => {
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",
diff --git a/packages/server/src/utilities/rowProcessor/index.ts b/packages/server/src/utilities/rowProcessor/index.ts
index e63750bff9..dd17bc9ba6 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/utilities/rowProcessor/index.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/utilities/rowProcessor/index.ts
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ import {
   PROTECTED_EXTERNAL_COLUMNS,
   PROTECTED_INTERNAL_COLUMNS,
 } from "@budibase/shared-core"
-import { processString } from "@budibase/string-templates"
+import { processStringSync } from "@budibase/string-templates"
 import {
   getTableFromSource,
   isUserMetadataTable,
@@ -134,10 +134,15 @@ async function processDefaultValues(table: Table, row: Row) {
 
   for (const [key, schema] of Object.entries(table.schema)) {
     if ("default" in schema && schema.default != null && row[key] == null) {
-      const processed =
-        typeof schema.default === "string"
-          ? await processString(schema.default, ctx)
-          : schema.default
+      let processed: string | string[]
+      if (Array.isArray(schema.default)) {
+        processed = schema.default.map(val => processStringSync(val, ctx))
+      } else if (typeof schema.default === "string") {
+        processed = processStringSync(schema.default, ctx)
+      } else {
+        processed = schema.default
+      }
+
       try {
         row[key] = coerce(processed, schema.type)
       } catch (err: any) {
diff --git a/packages/shared-core/src/table.ts b/packages/shared-core/src/table.ts
index 677b1e2357..e81e8266cc 100644
--- a/packages/shared-core/src/table.ts
+++ b/packages/shared-core/src/table.ts
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ const allowDefaultColumnByType: Record<FieldType, boolean> = {
   [FieldType.ATTACHMENT_SINGLE]: false,
   [FieldType.SIGNATURE_SINGLE]: false,
   [FieldType.LINK]: false,
-  [FieldType.BB_REFERENCE]: false,
+  [FieldType.BB_REFERENCE]: true,
   [FieldType.BB_REFERENCE_SINGLE]: true,
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/types/src/documents/app/table/schema.ts b/packages/types/src/documents/app/table/schema.ts
index f5bb081fd5..b98a0a3d4a 100644
--- a/packages/types/src/documents/app/table/schema.ts
+++ b/packages/types/src/documents/app/table/schema.ts
@@ -121,6 +121,7 @@ export interface BBReferenceFieldMetadata
   type: FieldType.BB_REFERENCE
   subtype: BBReferenceFieldSubType
   relationshipType?: RelationshipType
+  default?: string[]
 }
 export interface BBReferenceSingleFieldMetadata
   extends Omit<BaseFieldSchema, "subtype"> {