diff --git a/.github/workflows/budibase_ci.yml b/.github/workflows/budibase_ci.yml
index 9da52f8bc0..6cdfba068b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/budibase_ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/budibase_ci.yml
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ env:
   BRANCH: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.ref }}
   BASE_BRANCH: ${{ github.event.pull_request.base.ref}}
   PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN }}
+  NX_BASE_BRANCH: origin/${{ github.base_ref }}
+  USE_NX_AFFECTED: ${{ github.event_name == 'pull_request' && github.base_ref != 'master'}}
 
 jobs:
   lint:
@@ -25,20 +27,20 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repo and submodules
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
-        if: github.repository == 'Budibase/budibase'
+        if: github.event_name != 'pull_request' || github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name == 'Budibase/budibase'
         with:
           submodules: true
           token: ${{ secrets.PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN || github.token }}
       - name: Checkout repo only
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
-        if: github.repository != 'Budibase/budibase'
+        if: github.event_name == 'pull_request' && github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name != 'Budibase/budibase'
 
-      - name: Use Node.js 14.x
+      - name: Use Node.js 18.x
         uses: actions/setup-node@v3
         with:
-          node-version: 14.x
+          node-version: 18.x
           cache: "yarn"
-      - run: yarn
+      - run: yarn --frozen-lockfile
       - run: yarn lint
 
   build:
@@ -46,45 +48,66 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repo and submodules
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
-        if: github.repository == 'Budibase/budibase'
+        if: github.event_name != 'pull_request' || github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name == 'Budibase/budibase'
         with:
           submodules: true
           token: ${{ secrets.PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN || github.token }}
+          fetch-depth: 0
       - name: Checkout repo only
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
-        if: github.repository != 'Budibase/budibase'
+        if: github.event_name == 'pull_request' && github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name != 'Budibase/budibase'
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
 
-      - name: Use Node.js 14.x
+      - name: Use Node.js 18.x
         uses: actions/setup-node@v3
         with:
-          node-version: 14.x
+          node-version: 18.x
           cache: "yarn"
-      - run: yarn
+      - run: yarn --frozen-lockfile
+
       # Run build all the projects
-      - run: yarn build
+      - name: Build
+        run: |
+          yarn build
       # Check the types of the projects built via esbuild
-      - run: yarn check:types
+      - name: Check types
+        run: |
+          if ${{ env.USE_NX_AFFECTED }}; then
+            yarn check:types --since=${{ env.NX_BASE_BRANCH }}
+          else
+            yarn check:types
+          fi
 
   test-libraries:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repo and submodules
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
-        if: github.repository == 'Budibase/budibase'
+        if: github.event_name != 'pull_request' || github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name == 'Budibase/budibase'
         with:
           submodules: true
           token: ${{ secrets.PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN || github.token }}
+          fetch-depth: 0
       - name: Checkout repo only
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
-        if: github.repository != 'Budibase/budibase'
+        if: github.event_name == 'pull_request' && github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name != 'Budibase/budibase'
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
 
-      - name: Use Node.js 14.x
+      - name: Use Node.js 18.x
         uses: actions/setup-node@v3
         with:
-          node-version: 14.x
+          node-version: 18.x
           cache: "yarn"
-      - run: yarn
-      - run: yarn test --ignore=@budibase/worker --ignore=@budibase/server --ignore=@budibase/pro
+      - run: yarn --frozen-lockfile
+      - name: Test
+        run: |
+          if ${{ env.USE_NX_AFFECTED }}; then
+            yarn test --ignore=@budibase/worker --ignore=@budibase/server --ignore=@budibase/pro --since=${{ env.NX_BASE_BRANCH }}
+          else
+            yarn test --ignore=@budibase/worker --ignore=@budibase/server --ignore=@budibase/pro
+          fi
       - uses: codecov/codecov-action@v3
         with:
           token: ${{ secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN }} # not required for public repos
@@ -96,21 +119,31 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repo and submodules
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
-        if: github.repository == 'Budibase/budibase'
+        if: github.event_name != 'pull_request' || github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name == 'Budibase/budibase'
         with:
           submodules: true
           token: ${{ secrets.PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN || github.token }}
+          fetch-depth: 0
       - name: Checkout repo only
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
-        if: github.repository != 'Budibase/budibase'
+        if: github.event_name == 'pull_request' && github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name != 'Budibase/budibase'
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
 
-      - name: Use Node.js 14.x
+      - name: Use Node.js 18.x
         uses: actions/setup-node@v3
         with:
-          node-version: 14.x
+          node-version: 18.x
           cache: "yarn"
-      - run: yarn
-      - run: yarn test --scope=@budibase/worker --scope=@budibase/server
+      - run: yarn --frozen-lockfile
+      - name: Test worker and server
+        run: |
+          if ${{ env.USE_NX_AFFECTED }}; then
+            yarn test --scope=@budibase/worker --scope=@budibase/server --since=${{ env.NX_BASE_BRANCH }}
+          else
+            yarn test --scope=@budibase/worker --scope=@budibase/server
+          fi
+
       - uses: codecov/codecov-action@v3
         with:
           token: ${{ secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN || github.token }} # not required for public repos
@@ -119,42 +152,49 @@ jobs:
 
   test-pro:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    if: github.repository == 'Budibase/budibase'
+    if: github.event_name != 'pull_request' || github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name == 'Budibase/budibase'
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repo and submodules
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
         with:
           submodules: true
           token: ${{ secrets.PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN || github.token }}
+          fetch-depth: 0
 
-      - name: Use Node.js 14.x
+      - name: Use Node.js 18.x
         uses: actions/setup-node@v3
         with:
-          node-version: 14.x
+          node-version: 18.x
           cache: "yarn"
-      - run: yarn
-      - run: yarn test --scope=@budibase/pro
+      - run: yarn --frozen-lockfile
+      - name: Test
+        run: |
+          if ${{ env.USE_NX_AFFECTED }}; then
+            yarn test --scope=@budibase/pro --since=${{ env.NX_BASE_BRANCH }}
+          else
+            yarn test --scope=@budibase/pro
+          fi
 
   integration-test:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repo and submodules
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
-        if: github.repository == 'Budibase/budibase'
+        if: github.event_name != 'pull_request' || github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name == 'Budibase/budibase'
         with:
           submodules: true
           token: ${{ secrets.PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN || github.token }}
       - name: Checkout repo only
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
-        if: github.repository != 'Budibase/budibase'
+        if: github.event_name == 'pull_request' && github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name != 'Budibase/budibase'
 
-      - name: Use Node.js 14.x
+      - name: Use Node.js 18.x
         uses: actions/setup-node@v3
         with:
-          node-version: 14.x
+          node-version: 18.x
           cache: "yarn"
-      - run: yarn
-      - run: yarn build --projects=@budibase/server,@budibase/worker,@budibase/client
+      - run: yarn --frozen-lockfile
+      - run: yarn build --scope @budibase/server --scope @budibase/worker --scope @budibase/client
       - name: Run tests
         run: |
           cd qa-core
@@ -166,13 +206,12 @@ jobs:
 
   check-pro-submodule:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    if: github.repository == 'Budibase/budibase'
+    if: github.event_name != 'pull_request' || github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name == 'Budibase/budibase'
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repo and submodules
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
         with:
           submodules: true
-          fetch-depth: 0
           token: ${{ secrets.PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN || github.token }}
 
       - name: Check pro commit
diff --git a/.github/workflows/check_unreleased_changes.yml b/.github/workflows/check_unreleased_changes.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d558330545
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/check_unreleased_changes.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+name: check_unreleased_changes
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    branches:
+      - master
+
+jobs:
+  check_unreleased:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Check for unreleased changes
+        env:
+          REPO: "Budibase/budibase"
+          TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }} 
+        run: |
+          RELEASE_TIMESTAMP=$(curl -s -H "Authorization: token $TOKEN" \
+              "https://api.github.com/repos/$REPO/releases/latest" | \
+              jq -r .published_at)
+          COMMIT_TIMESTAMP=$(curl -s -H "Authorization: token $TOKEN" \
+              "https://api.github.com/repos/$REPO/commits/master" | \
+              jq -r .commit.committer.date)
+          RELEASE_SECONDS=$(date --date="$RELEASE_TIMESTAMP" "+%s")
+          COMMIT_SECONDS=$(date --date="$COMMIT_TIMESTAMP" "+%s")
+          if (( COMMIT_SECONDS > RELEASE_SECONDS )); then
+              echo "There are unreleased changes. Please release these changes before merging."
+              exit 1
+          fi
+          echo "No unreleased changes detected."
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-develop.yml b/.github/workflows/release-develop.yml
index 61cb283e28..bd727b7865 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-develop.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-develop.yml
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - uses: actions/setup-node@v1
         with:
-          node-version: 14.x
+          node-version: 18.x
 
       - run: yarn install --frozen-lockfile
       - name: Update versions
diff --git a/.nvmrc b/.nvmrc
index 835d07c442..7950a44576 100644
--- a/.nvmrc
+++ b/.nvmrc
@@ -1 +1 @@
-v14.20.1
+v18.17.0
diff --git a/.tool-versions b/.tool-versions
index 9f2ea77b14..a909d60941 100644
--- a/.tool-versions
+++ b/.tool-versions
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-nodejs 14.21.3
+nodejs 18.17.0
 python 3.10.0
-yarn 1.22.19
\ No newline at end of file
+yarn 1.22.19
diff --git a/.vscode/launch.json b/.vscode/launch.json
index 8cb49d5825..6c0089bb6b 100644
--- a/.vscode/launch.json
+++ b/.vscode/launch.json
@@ -1,42 +1,32 @@
 {
-    // Use IntelliSense to learn about possible attributes.
-    // Hover to view descriptions of existing attributes.
-    // For more information, visit: https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=830387
-    "version": "0.2.0",
-    "configurations": [
-        {
-            "name": "Budibase Server",
-            "type": "node",
-            "request": "launch",
-            "runtimeArgs": [
-                "--nolazy",
-                "-r",
-                "ts-node/register/transpile-only"
-            ],
-            "args": [
-                "${workspaceFolder}/packages/server/src/index.ts"
-            ],
-            "cwd": "${workspaceFolder}/packages/server"
-        },
-        {
-            "name": "Budibase Worker",
-            "type": "node",
-            "request": "launch",
-            "runtimeArgs": [
-                "--nolazy",
-                "-r",
-                "ts-node/register/transpile-only"
-            ],
-            "args": [
-                "${workspaceFolder}/packages/worker/src/index.ts"
-            ],
-            "cwd": "${workspaceFolder}/packages/worker"
-        },
-    ],
-    "compounds": [
-        {
-          "name": "Start Budibase",
-          "configurations": ["Budibase Server", "Budibase Worker"]
-        }
-    ]
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+  // Use IntelliSense to learn about possible attributes.
+  // Hover to view descriptions of existing attributes.
+  // For more information, visit: https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=830387
+  "version": "0.2.0",
+  "configurations": [
+    {
+      "name": "Budibase Server",
+      "type": "node",
+      "request": "launch",
+      "runtimeVersion": "14.20.1",
+      "runtimeArgs": ["--nolazy", "-r", "ts-node/register/transpile-only"],
+      "args": ["${workspaceFolder}/packages/server/src/index.ts"],
+      "cwd": "${workspaceFolder}/packages/server"
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "Budibase Worker",
+      "type": "node",
+      "request": "launch",
+      "runtimeVersion": "14.20.1",
+      "runtimeArgs": ["--nolazy", "-r", "ts-node/register/transpile-only"],
+      "args": ["${workspaceFolder}/packages/worker/src/index.ts"],
+      "cwd": "${workspaceFolder}/packages/worker"
+    }
+  ],
+  "compounds": [
+    {
+      "name": "Start Budibase",
+      "configurations": ["Budibase Server", "Budibase Worker"]
+    }
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/docs/CONTRIBUTING.md b/docs/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 2fb4c36fa8..70f198a84c 100644
--- a/docs/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/docs/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ Component libraries are collections of components as well as the definition of t
 
 #### 1. Prerequisites
 
-- NodeJS version `14.x.x`
+- NodeJS version `18.x.x`
 - Python version `3.x`
 
 ### Using asdf (recommended)
diff --git a/hosting/single/Dockerfile b/hosting/single/Dockerfile
index e43e5ad10c..9fdf2449d1 100644
--- a/hosting/single/Dockerfile
+++ b/hosting/single/Dockerfile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-FROM node:14-slim as build
+FROM node:18-slim as build
 
 # install node-gyp dependencies
-RUN apt-get update && apt-get upgrade -y && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends apt-utils cron g++ make python
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get upgrade -y && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends apt-utils cron g++ make python3
 
 # add pin script
 WORKDIR /
diff --git a/lerna.json b/lerna.json
index 7f64cf74d1..d00419f904 100644
--- a/lerna.json
+++ b/lerna.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  "version": "2.9.25",
+  "version": "2.9.26-alpha.2",
   "npmClient": "yarn",
   "packages": [
     "packages/*"
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index d27af2e27d..4e4befb5f2 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
     "preinstall": "node scripts/syncProPackage.js",
     "setup": "git config submodule.recurse true && git submodule update && node ./hosting/scripts/setup.js && yarn && yarn build && yarn dev",
     "bootstrap": "./scripts/link-dependencies.sh && echo '***BOOTSTRAP ONLY REQUIRED FOR USE WITH ACCOUNT PORTAL***'",
-    "build": "yarn nx run-many -t=build",
+    "build": "lerna run build --stream",
     "build:dev": "lerna run --stream prebuild && yarn nx run-many --target=build --output-style=dynamic --watch --preserveWatchOutput",
     "check:types": "lerna run check:types",
     "backend:bootstrap": "./scripts/scopeBackend.sh && yarn run bootstrap",
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@
     "@budibase/types": "0.0.0"
   },
   "engines": {
-    "node": ">=14.0.0 <15.0.0"
+    "node": ">=18.0.0 <19.0.0"
   },
   "dependencies": {}
 }
diff --git a/packages/backend-core/src/security/permissions.ts b/packages/backend-core/src/security/permissions.ts
index 70dae57ae6..aa0b20a30c 100644
--- a/packages/backend-core/src/security/permissions.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-core/src/security/permissions.ts
@@ -78,7 +78,6 @@ export const BUILTIN_PERMISSIONS = {
     permissions: [
       new Permission(PermissionType.QUERY, PermissionLevel.READ),
       new Permission(PermissionType.TABLE, PermissionLevel.READ),
-      new Permission(PermissionType.VIEW, PermissionLevel.READ),
     ],
   },
   WRITE: {
@@ -87,7 +86,6 @@ export const BUILTIN_PERMISSIONS = {
     permissions: [
       new Permission(PermissionType.QUERY, PermissionLevel.WRITE),
       new Permission(PermissionType.TABLE, PermissionLevel.WRITE),
-      new Permission(PermissionType.VIEW, PermissionLevel.READ),
       new Permission(PermissionType.AUTOMATION, PermissionLevel.EXECUTE),
     ],
   },
@@ -98,7 +96,6 @@ export const BUILTIN_PERMISSIONS = {
       new Permission(PermissionType.TABLE, PermissionLevel.WRITE),
       new Permission(PermissionType.USER, PermissionLevel.READ),
       new Permission(PermissionType.AUTOMATION, PermissionLevel.EXECUTE),
-      new Permission(PermissionType.VIEW, PermissionLevel.READ),
       new Permission(PermissionType.WEBHOOK, PermissionLevel.READ),
     ],
   },
@@ -109,7 +106,6 @@ export const BUILTIN_PERMISSIONS = {
       new Permission(PermissionType.TABLE, PermissionLevel.ADMIN),
       new Permission(PermissionType.USER, PermissionLevel.ADMIN),
       new Permission(PermissionType.AUTOMATION, PermissionLevel.ADMIN),
-      new Permission(PermissionType.VIEW, PermissionLevel.ADMIN),
       new Permission(PermissionType.WEBHOOK, PermissionLevel.READ),
       new Permission(PermissionType.QUERY, PermissionLevel.ADMIN),
     ],
diff --git a/packages/backend-core/tests/core/utilities/testContainerUtils.ts b/packages/backend-core/tests/core/utilities/testContainerUtils.ts
index f6c702f7ef..06bd91392e 100644
--- a/packages/backend-core/tests/core/utilities/testContainerUtils.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-core/tests/core/utilities/testContainerUtils.ts
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ function getRedisConfig() {
 
 export function setupEnv(...envs: any[]) {
   const couch = getCouchConfig(),
-    minio = getCouchConfig(),
+    minio = getMinioConfig(),
     redis = getRedisConfig()
   const configs = [
     { key: "COUCH_DB_PORT", value: couch.port },
diff --git a/packages/builder/src/components/design/settings/controls/ButtonActionEditor/actions/ChangeFormStep.svelte b/packages/builder/src/components/design/settings/controls/ButtonActionEditor/actions/ChangeFormStep.svelte
index ca2df71c6d..81a2119474 100644
--- a/packages/builder/src/components/design/settings/controls/ButtonActionEditor/actions/ChangeFormStep.svelte
+++ b/packages/builder/src/components/design/settings/controls/ButtonActionEditor/actions/ChangeFormStep.svelte
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 <script>
-  import { Select, Label, Stepper } from "@budibase/bbui"
+  import { Select, Label } from "@budibase/bbui"
   import { currentAsset, store } from "builderStore"
   import { getActionProviderComponents } from "builderStore/dataBinding"
   import { onMount } from "svelte"
+  import DrawerBindableInput from "components/common/bindings/DrawerBindableInput.svelte"
 
   export let parameters
+  export let bindings = []
 
   $: actionProviders = getActionProviderComponents(
     $currentAsset,
@@ -51,7 +53,11 @@
   <Select bind:value={parameters.type} options={typeOptions} />
   {#if parameters.type === "specific"}
     <Label small>Number</Label>
-    <Stepper bind:value={parameters.number} />
+    <DrawerBindableInput
+      {bindings}
+      value={parameters.number}
+      on:change={e => (parameters.number = e.detail)}
+    />
   {/if}
 </div>
 
diff --git a/packages/builder/src/components/design/settings/controls/FilterEditor/FilterDrawer.svelte b/packages/builder/src/components/design/settings/controls/FilterEditor/FilterDrawer.svelte
index 4b1ab0d68a..e9f6e5629f 100644
--- a/packages/builder/src/components/design/settings/controls/FilterEditor/FilterDrawer.svelte
+++ b/packages/builder/src/components/design/settings/controls/FilterEditor/FilterDrawer.svelte
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
   import { generate } from "shortid"
   import { LuceneUtils, Constants } from "@budibase/frontend-core"
   import { getFields } from "helpers/searchFields"
-  import { createEventDispatcher } from "svelte"
+  import { createEventDispatcher, onMount } from "svelte"
 
   export let schemaFields
   export let filters = []
@@ -64,6 +64,15 @@
       })
   }
 
+  onMount(() => {
+    parseFilters(filters)
+    rawFilters.forEach(filter => {
+      filter.type =
+        schemaFields.find(field => field.name === filter.field)?.type ||
+        filter.type
+    })
+  })
+
   // Add field key prefixes and a special metadata filter object to indicate
   // whether to use the "match all" or "match any" behaviour
   const enrichFilters = (rawFilters, matchAny) => {
diff --git a/packages/client/manifest.json b/packages/client/manifest.json
index b6a231917c..4c3b432de0 100644
--- a/packages/client/manifest.json
+++ b/packages/client/manifest.json
@@ -2408,6 +2408,13 @@
         "label": "Disabled",
         "key": "disabled",
         "defaultValue": false
+      },
+
+      {
+        "type": "text",
+        "label": "Initial form step",
+        "key": "initialFormStep",
+        "defaultValue": 1
       }
     ],
     "context": [
@@ -2445,6 +2452,7 @@
     "name": "Form Step",
     "icon": "AssetsAdded",
     "hasChildren": true,
+    "requiredAncestors": ["form"],
     "illegalChildren": ["section", "form", "formstep", "formblock"],
     "styles": ["size"],
     "size": {
@@ -2464,6 +2472,7 @@
   "fieldgroup": {
     "name": "Field Group",
     "icon": "Group",
+    "requiredAncestors": ["form"],
     "illegalChildren": ["section"],
     "styles": ["size"],
     "hasChildren": true,
diff --git a/packages/client/src/components/app/forms/Form.svelte b/packages/client/src/components/app/forms/Form.svelte
index 39c9bf4b59..87883fe4b6 100644
--- a/packages/client/src/components/app/forms/Form.svelte
+++ b/packages/client/src/components/app/forms/Form.svelte
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
   export let size
   export let disabled = false
   export let actionType = "Create"
+  export let initialFormStep = 1
 
   // Not exposed as a builder setting. Used internally to disable validation
   // for fields rendered in things like search blocks.
@@ -21,10 +22,18 @@
   const context = getContext("context")
   const { API, fetchDatasourceSchema } = getContext("sdk")
 
+  const getInitialFormStep = () => {
+    const parsedFormStep = parseInt(initialFormStep)
+    if (isNaN(parsedFormStep)) {
+      return 1
+    }
+    return parsedFormStep
+  }
+
   let loaded = false
   let schema
   let table
-  let currentStep = writable(1)
+  let currentStep = writable(getInitialFormStep())
 
   $: fetchSchema(dataSource)
   $: schemaKey = generateSchemaKey(schema)
diff --git a/packages/client/src/components/app/forms/InnerForm.svelte b/packages/client/src/components/app/forms/InnerForm.svelte
index c0b4b2b8a8..b4370993a8 100644
--- a/packages/client/src/components/app/forms/InnerForm.svelte
+++ b/packages/client/src/components/app/forms/InnerForm.svelte
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@
       } else if (type === "first") {
         currentStep.set(1)
       } else if (type === "specific" && number && !isNaN(number)) {
-        currentStep.set(number)
+        currentStep.set(parseInt(number))
       }
     },
     setStep: step => {
diff --git a/packages/pro b/packages/pro
index 02626390cd..9b9c8cc08f 160000
--- a/packages/pro
+++ b/packages/pro
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 02626390cde905a248cb60729968667c9e49fae9
+Subproject commit 9b9c8cc08f271bfc5dd401860f344f6eb336ab35
diff --git a/packages/server/Dockerfile b/packages/server/Dockerfile
index a526538b71..e1b3b208c7 100644
--- a/packages/server/Dockerfile
+++ b/packages/server/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM node:14-slim
+FROM node:18-slim
 
 LABEL com.centurylinklabs.watchtower.lifecycle.pre-check="scripts/watchtower-hooks/pre-check.sh"
 LABEL com.centurylinklabs.watchtower.lifecycle.pre-update="scripts/watchtower-hooks/pre-update.sh"
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ ENV TOP_LEVEL_PATH=/
 
 # handle node-gyp
 RUN apt-get update \
-    && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends g++ make python
+    && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends g++ make python3
 RUN yarn global add pm2
 
 # Install client for oracle datasource
diff --git a/packages/server/package.json b/packages/server/package.json
index 7d0d8f5feb..0baec08436 100644
--- a/packages/server/package.json
+++ b/packages/server/package.json
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@
     "memorystream": "0.3.1",
     "mongodb": "5.7",
     "mssql": "9.1.1",
-    "mysql2": "2.3.3",
+    "mysql2": "3.5.2",
     "node-fetch": "2.6.7",
     "object-sizeof": "2.6.1",
     "open": "8.4.0",
diff --git a/packages/server/scripts/test.sh b/packages/server/scripts/test.sh
index bc21ec53ed..990d534d8c 100644
--- a/packages/server/scripts/test.sh
+++ b/packages/server/scripts/test.sh
@@ -5,8 +5,9 @@ if [[ -n $CI ]]
 then
   # --runInBand performs better in ci where resources are limited
   export NODE_OPTIONS="--max-old-space-size=4096"
-  echo "jest --coverage --runInBand --forceExit --bail"
-  jest --coverage --runInBand --forceExit --bail
+  node ../../node_modules/jest/bin/jest.js --version
+  echo "jest --coverage --maxWorkers=2 --forceExit --workerIdleMemoryLimit=2000MB --bail"
+  jest --coverage --maxWorkers=2 --forceExit --workerIdleMemoryLimit=2000MB --bail
 else
   # --maxWorkers performs better in development
   echo "jest --coverage --maxWorkers=2 --forceExit"
diff --git a/packages/server/src/api/controllers/query/index.ts b/packages/server/src/api/controllers/query/index.ts
index ee8e1bb022..b9a69f3988 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/api/controllers/query/index.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/api/controllers/query/index.ts
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ export async function preview(ctx: any) {
   const query = ctx.request.body
   // preview may not have a queryId as it hasn't been saved, but if it does
   // this stops dynamic variables from calling the same query
-  const { fields, parameters, queryVerb, transformer, queryId } = query
+  const { fields, parameters, queryVerb, transformer, queryId, schema } = query
 
   const authConfigCtx: any = getAuthConfig(ctx)
 
@@ -140,6 +140,7 @@ export async function preview(ctx: any) {
       parameters,
       transformer,
       queryId,
+      schema,
       // have to pass down to the thread runner - can't put into context now
       environmentVariables: envVars,
       ctx: {
@@ -235,6 +236,7 @@ async function execute(
         user: ctx.user,
         auth: { ...authConfigCtx },
       },
+      schema: query.schema,
     }
     const runFn = () => Runner.run(inputs)
 
diff --git a/packages/server/src/api/controllers/row/external.ts b/packages/server/src/api/controllers/row/external.ts
index 3ee4ca6edd..bc4edbd661 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/api/controllers/row/external.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/api/controllers/row/external.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import {
   UserCtx,
 } from "@budibase/types"
 import sdk from "../../../sdk"
+import * as utils from "./utils"
 
 export async function handleRequest(
   operation: Operation,
@@ -43,7 +44,7 @@ export async function handleRequest(
 }
 
 export async function patch(ctx: UserCtx<PatchRowRequest, PatchRowResponse>) {
-  const tableId = ctx.params.tableId
+  const tableId = utils.getTableId(ctx)
   const { _id, ...rowData } = ctx.request.body
 
   const validateResult = await sdk.rows.utils.validate({
@@ -70,7 +71,7 @@ export async function patch(ctx: UserCtx<PatchRowRequest, PatchRowResponse>) {
 
 export async function save(ctx: UserCtx) {
   const inputs = ctx.request.body
-  const tableId = ctx.params.tableId
+  const tableId = utils.getTableId(ctx)
   const validateResult = await sdk.rows.utils.validate({
     row: inputs,
     tableId,
@@ -98,12 +99,12 @@ export async function save(ctx: UserCtx) {
 
 export async function find(ctx: UserCtx) {
   const id = ctx.params.rowId
-  const tableId = ctx.params.tableId
+  const tableId = utils.getTableId(ctx)
   return sdk.rows.external.getRow(tableId, id)
 }
 
 export async function destroy(ctx: UserCtx) {
-  const tableId = ctx.params.tableId
+  const tableId = utils.getTableId(ctx)
   const _id = ctx.request.body._id
   const { row } = (await handleRequest(Operation.DELETE, tableId, {
     id: breakRowIdField(_id),
@@ -114,7 +115,7 @@ export async function destroy(ctx: UserCtx) {
 
 export async function bulkDestroy(ctx: UserCtx) {
   const { rows } = ctx.request.body
-  const tableId = ctx.params.tableId
+  const tableId = utils.getTableId(ctx)
   let promises: Promise<Row[] | { row: Row; table: Table }>[] = []
   for (let row of rows) {
     promises.push(
@@ -130,7 +131,7 @@ export async function bulkDestroy(ctx: UserCtx) {
 
 export async function fetchEnrichedRow(ctx: UserCtx) {
   const id = ctx.params.rowId
-  const tableId = ctx.params.tableId
+  const tableId = utils.getTableId(ctx)
   const { datasourceId, tableName } = breakExternalTableId(tableId)
   const datasource: Datasource = await sdk.datasources.get(datasourceId!)
   if (!tableName) {
diff --git a/packages/server/src/api/controllers/row/index.ts b/packages/server/src/api/controllers/row/index.ts
index 7f6f494621..695e626630 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/api/controllers/row/index.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/api/controllers/row/index.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ import {
   Row,
   PatchRowRequest,
   PatchRowResponse,
+  SearchRowResponse,
+  SearchRowRequest,
+  SearchParams,
 } from "@budibase/types"
 import * as utils from "./utils"
 import { gridSocket } from "../../../websockets"
@@ -197,10 +200,10 @@ export async function destroy(ctx: UserCtx<DeleteRowRequest>) {
   ctx.body = response
 }
 
-export async function search(ctx: any) {
+export async function search(ctx: Ctx<SearchRowRequest, SearchRowResponse>) {
   const tableId = utils.getTableId(ctx)
 
-  const searchParams = {
+  const searchParams: SearchParams = {
     ...ctx.request.body,
     tableId,
   }
diff --git a/packages/server/src/api/controllers/row/internal.ts b/packages/server/src/api/controllers/row/internal.ts
index 2ff1df0933..3432ec80f3 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/api/controllers/row/internal.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/api/controllers/row/internal.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import {
 import { FieldTypes } from "../../../constants"
 import * as utils from "./utils"
 import { cloneDeep } from "lodash/fp"
-import { context, db as dbCore } from "@budibase/backend-core"
+import { context } from "@budibase/backend-core"
 import { finaliseRow, updateRelatedFormula } from "./staticFormula"
 import {
   UserCtx,
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ import {
 import sdk from "../../../sdk"
 
 export async function patch(ctx: UserCtx<PatchRowRequest, PatchRowResponse>) {
+  const tableId = utils.getTableId(ctx)
   const inputs = ctx.request.body
-  const tableId = inputs.tableId
   const isUserTable = tableId === InternalTables.USER_METADATA
   let oldRow
   const dbTable = await sdk.tables.getTable(tableId)
@@ -94,7 +94,8 @@ export async function patch(ctx: UserCtx<PatchRowRequest, PatchRowResponse>) {
 
 export async function save(ctx: UserCtx) {
   let inputs = ctx.request.body
-  inputs.tableId = ctx.params.tableId
+  const tableId = utils.getTableId(ctx)
+  inputs.tableId = tableId
 
   if (!inputs._rev && !inputs._id) {
     inputs._id = generateRowID(inputs.tableId)
@@ -132,20 +133,22 @@ export async function save(ctx: UserCtx) {
 }
 
 export async function find(ctx: UserCtx) {
-  const db = dbCore.getDB(ctx.appId)
-  const table = await sdk.tables.getTable(ctx.params.tableId)
-  let row = await utils.findRow(ctx, ctx.params.tableId, ctx.params.rowId)
+  const tableId = utils.getTableId(ctx),
+    rowId = ctx.params.rowId
+  const table = await sdk.tables.getTable(tableId)
+  let row = await utils.findRow(ctx, tableId, rowId)
   row = await outputProcessing(table, row)
   return row
 }
 
 export async function destroy(ctx: UserCtx) {
   const db = context.getAppDB()
+  const tableId = utils.getTableId(ctx)
   const { _id } = ctx.request.body
   let row = await db.get<Row>(_id)
   let _rev = ctx.request.body._rev || row._rev
 
-  if (row.tableId !== ctx.params.tableId) {
+  if (row.tableId !== tableId) {
     throw "Supplied tableId doesn't match the row's tableId"
   }
   const table = await sdk.tables.getTable(row.tableId)
@@ -163,7 +166,7 @@ export async function destroy(ctx: UserCtx) {
   await updateRelatedFormula(table, row)
 
   let response
-  if (ctx.params.tableId === InternalTables.USER_METADATA) {
+  if (tableId === InternalTables.USER_METADATA) {
     ctx.params = {
       id: _id,
     }
@@ -176,7 +179,7 @@ export async function destroy(ctx: UserCtx) {
 }
 
 export async function bulkDestroy(ctx: UserCtx) {
-  const tableId = ctx.params.tableId
+  const tableId = utils.getTableId(ctx)
   const table = await sdk.tables.getTable(tableId)
   let { rows } = ctx.request.body
 
@@ -216,7 +219,7 @@ export async function bulkDestroy(ctx: UserCtx) {
 
 export async function fetchEnrichedRow(ctx: UserCtx) {
   const db = context.getAppDB()
-  const tableId = ctx.params.tableId
+  const tableId = utils.getTableId(ctx)
   const rowId = ctx.params.rowId
   // need table to work out where links go in row
   let [table, row] = await Promise.all([
diff --git a/packages/server/src/api/controllers/row/utils.ts b/packages/server/src/api/controllers/row/utils.ts
index 6ff90f2b25..e85ec4553c 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/api/controllers/row/utils.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/api/controllers/row/utils.ts
@@ -45,13 +45,20 @@ export async function findRow(ctx: UserCtx, tableId: string, rowId: string) {
 }
 
 export function getTableId(ctx: Ctx) {
-  if (ctx.request.body && ctx.request.body.tableId) {
-    return ctx.request.body.tableId
+  // top priority, use the URL first
+  if (ctx.params?.sourceId) {
+    return ctx.params.sourceId
   }
-  if (ctx.params && ctx.params.tableId) {
+  // now check for old way of specifying table ID
+  if (ctx.params?.tableId) {
     return ctx.params.tableId
   }
-  if (ctx.params && ctx.params.viewName) {
+  // check body for a table ID
+  if (ctx.request.body?.tableId) {
+    return ctx.request.body.tableId
+  }
+  // now check if a specific view name
+  if (ctx.params?.viewName) {
     return ctx.params.viewName
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/server/src/api/controllers/row/views.ts b/packages/server/src/api/controllers/row/views.ts
index c38b7fe56e..c3b716ef88 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/api/controllers/row/views.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/api/controllers/row/views.ts
@@ -1,14 +1,18 @@
 import { quotas } from "@budibase/pro"
 import {
   UserCtx,
-  SearchResponse,
-  SortOrder,
-  SortType,
   ViewV2,
+  SearchRowResponse,
+  SearchViewRowRequest,
+  RequiredKeys,
+  SearchParams,
 } from "@budibase/types"
+import { dataFilters } from "@budibase/shared-core"
 import sdk from "../../../sdk"
 
-export async function searchView(ctx: UserCtx<void, SearchResponse>) {
+export async function searchView(
+  ctx: UserCtx<SearchViewRowRequest, SearchRowResponse>
+) {
   const { viewId } = ctx.params
 
   const view = await sdk.views.get(viewId)
@@ -29,49 +33,35 @@ export async function searchView(ctx: UserCtx<void, SearchResponse>) {
     undefined
 
   ctx.status = 200
-  const result = await quotas.addQuery(
-    () =>
-      sdk.rows.search({
-        tableId: view.tableId,
-        query: view.query || {},
-        fields: viewFields,
-        ...getSortOptions(ctx, view),
-      }),
-    {
-      datasourceId: view.tableId,
-    }
-  )
+
+  const { body } = ctx.request
+  const query = dataFilters.buildLuceneQuery(view.query || [])
+
+  const searchOptions: RequiredKeys<SearchViewRowRequest> &
+    RequiredKeys<Pick<SearchParams, "tableId" | "query" | "fields">> = {
+    tableId: view.tableId,
+    query,
+    fields: viewFields,
+    ...getSortOptions(body, view),
+    limit: body.limit,
+    bookmark: body.bookmark,
+    paginate: body.paginate,
+  }
+
+  const result = await quotas.addQuery(() => sdk.rows.search(searchOptions), {
+    datasourceId: view.tableId,
+  })
 
   result.rows.forEach(r => (r._viewId = view.id))
   ctx.body = result
 }
 
-function getSortOptions(
-  ctx: UserCtx,
-  view: ViewV2
-):
-  | {
-      sort: string
-      sortOrder?: SortOrder
-      sortType?: SortType
-    }
-  | undefined {
-  const { sort_column, sort_order, sort_type } = ctx.query
-  if (Array.isArray(sort_column)) {
-    ctx.throw(400, "sort_column cannot be an array")
-  }
-  if (Array.isArray(sort_order)) {
-    ctx.throw(400, "sort_order cannot be an array")
-  }
-  if (Array.isArray(sort_type)) {
-    ctx.throw(400, "sort_type cannot be an array")
-  }
-
-  if (sort_column) {
+function getSortOptions(request: SearchViewRowRequest, view: ViewV2) {
+  if (request.sort) {
     return {
-      sort: sort_column,
-      sortOrder: sort_order as SortOrder,
-      sortType: sort_type as SortType,
+      sort: request.sort,
+      sortOrder: request.sortOrder,
+      sortType: request.sortType,
     }
   }
   if (view.sort) {
@@ -82,5 +72,9 @@ function getSortOptions(
     }
   }
 
-  return
+  return {
+    sort: undefined,
+    sortOrder: undefined,
+    sortType: undefined,
+  }
 }
diff --git a/packages/server/src/api/controllers/table/external.ts b/packages/server/src/api/controllers/table/external.ts
index eb1eeb7256..327904666d 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/api/controllers/table/external.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/api/controllers/table/external.ts
@@ -22,9 +22,12 @@ import {
   QueryJson,
   RelationshipType,
   RenameColumn,
+  SaveTableRequest,
+  SaveTableResponse,
   Table,
   TableRequest,
   UserCtx,
+  ViewV2,
 } from "@budibase/types"
 import sdk from "../../../sdk"
 import { builderSocket } from "../../../websockets"
@@ -198,8 +201,8 @@ function isRelationshipSetup(column: FieldSchema) {
   return column.foreignKey || column.through
 }
 
-export async function save(ctx: UserCtx) {
-  const inputs: TableRequest = ctx.request.body
+export async function save(ctx: UserCtx<SaveTableRequest, SaveTableResponse>) {
+  const inputs = ctx.request.body
   const renamed = inputs?._rename
   // can't do this right now
   delete inputs.rows
@@ -215,7 +218,7 @@ export async function save(ctx: UserCtx) {
     ...inputs,
   }
 
-  let oldTable
+  let oldTable: Table | undefined
   if (ctx.request.body && ctx.request.body._id) {
     oldTable = await sdk.tables.getTable(ctx.request.body._id)
   }
@@ -224,6 +227,17 @@ export async function save(ctx: UserCtx) {
     ctx.throw(400, "A column type has changed.")
   }
 
+  for (let view in tableToSave.views) {
+    const tableView = tableToSave.views[view]
+    if (!tableView || !sdk.views.isV2(tableView)) continue
+
+    tableToSave.views[view] = sdk.views.syncSchema(
+      oldTable!.views![view] as ViewV2,
+      tableToSave.schema,
+      renamed
+    )
+  }
+
   const db = context.getAppDB()
   const datasource = await sdk.datasources.get(datasourceId)
   if (!datasource.entities) {
diff --git a/packages/server/src/api/controllers/table/index.ts b/packages/server/src/api/controllers/table/index.ts
index 53202d6878..e44ac94881 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/api/controllers/table/index.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/api/controllers/table/index.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ import { isExternalTable, isSQL } from "../../../integrations/utils"
 import { events } from "@budibase/backend-core"
 import {
   FetchTablesResponse,
+  SaveTableResponse,
+  SaveTableRequest,
   Table,
   TableResponse,
   UserCtx,
@@ -60,7 +62,7 @@ export async function find(ctx: UserCtx<void, TableResponse>) {
   ctx.body = sdk.tables.enrichViewSchemas(table)
 }
 
-export async function save(ctx: UserCtx) {
+export async function save(ctx: UserCtx<SaveTableRequest, SaveTableResponse>) {
   const appId = ctx.appId
   const table = ctx.request.body
   const isImport = table.rows
diff --git a/packages/server/src/api/controllers/table/internal.ts b/packages/server/src/api/controllers/table/internal.ts
index 7317d11e18..5f9a01bd0b 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/api/controllers/table/internal.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/api/controllers/table/internal.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,15 @@ import {
   fixAutoColumnSubType,
 } from "../../../utilities/rowProcessor"
 import { runStaticFormulaChecks } from "./bulkFormula"
-import { Table } from "@budibase/types"
+import {
+  SaveTableRequest,
+  SaveTableResponse,
+  Table,
+  TableRequest,
+  UserCtx,
+  ViewStatisticsSchema,
+  ViewV2,
+} from "@budibase/types"
 import { quotas } from "@budibase/pro"
 import isEqual from "lodash/isEqual"
 import { cloneDeep } from "lodash/fp"
@@ -33,10 +41,10 @@ function checkAutoColumns(table: Table, oldTable?: Table) {
   return table
 }
 
-export async function save(ctx: any) {
+export async function save(ctx: UserCtx<SaveTableRequest, SaveTableResponse>) {
   const db = context.getAppDB()
   const { rows, ...rest } = ctx.request.body
-  let tableToSave = {
+  let tableToSave: TableRequest = {
     type: "table",
     _id: generateTableID(),
     views: {},
@@ -44,7 +52,7 @@ export async function save(ctx: any) {
   }
 
   // if the table obj had an _id then it will have been retrieved
-  let oldTable
+  let oldTable: Table | undefined
   if (ctx.request.body && ctx.request.body._id) {
     oldTable = await sdk.tables.getTable(ctx.request.body._id)
   }
@@ -80,7 +88,7 @@ export async function save(ctx: any) {
   let { _rename } = tableToSave
   /* istanbul ignore next */
   if (_rename && _rename.old === _rename.updated) {
-    _rename = null
+    _rename = undefined
     delete tableToSave._rename
   }
 
@@ -97,7 +105,20 @@ export async function save(ctx: any) {
     const tableView = tableToSave.views[view]
     if (!tableView) continue
 
-    if (tableView.schema.group || tableView.schema.field) continue
+    if (sdk.views.isV2(tableView)) {
+      tableToSave.views[view] = sdk.views.syncSchema(
+        oldTable!.views![view] as ViewV2,
+        tableToSave.schema,
+        _rename
+      )
+      continue
+    }
+
+    if (
+      (tableView.schema as ViewStatisticsSchema).group ||
+      tableView.schema.field
+    )
+      continue
     tableView.schema = tableToSave.schema
   }
 
@@ -112,7 +133,7 @@ export async function save(ctx: any) {
       tableToSave._rev = linkResp._rev
     }
   } catch (err) {
-    ctx.throw(400, err)
+    ctx.throw(400, err as string)
   }
 
   // don't perform any updates until relationships have been
diff --git a/packages/server/src/api/controllers/table/utils.ts b/packages/server/src/api/controllers/table/utils.ts
index e1469bb267..0e5b784c66 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/api/controllers/table/utils.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/api/controllers/table/utils.ts
@@ -418,7 +418,7 @@ export function areSwitchableTypes(type1: any, type2: any) {
   return false
 }
 
-export function hasTypeChanged(table: any, oldTable: any) {
+export function hasTypeChanged(table: Table, oldTable: Table | undefined) {
   if (!oldTable) {
     return false
   }
diff --git a/packages/server/src/api/routes/row.ts b/packages/server/src/api/routes/row.ts
index ac0cd2b4a4..a4ac8aa3ee 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/api/routes/row.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/api/routes/row.ts
@@ -4,16 +4,14 @@ import authorized from "../../middleware/authorized"
 import { paramResource, paramSubResource } from "../../middleware/resourceId"
 import { permissions } from "@budibase/backend-core"
 import { internalSearchValidator } from "./utils/validators"
-import noViewData from "../../middleware/noViewData"
 import trimViewRowInfo from "../../middleware/trimViewRowInfo"
-import * as utils from "../../db/utils"
 const { PermissionType, PermissionLevel } = permissions
 
 const router: Router = new Router()
 
 router
   /**
-   * @api {get} /api/:tableId/:rowId/enrich Get an enriched row
+   * @api {get} /api/:sourceId/:rowId/enrich Get an enriched row
    * @apiName Get an enriched row
    * @apiGroup rows
    * @apiPermission table read access
@@ -27,13 +25,13 @@ router
    * @apiSuccess {object} row The response body will be the enriched row.
    */
   .get(
-    "/api/:tableId/:rowId/enrich",
-    paramSubResource("tableId", "rowId"),
+    "/api/:sourceId/:rowId/enrich",
+    paramSubResource("sourceId", "rowId"),
     authorized(PermissionType.TABLE, PermissionLevel.READ),
     rowController.fetchEnrichedRow
   )
   /**
-   * @api {get} /api/:tableId/rows Get all rows in a table
+   * @api {get} /api/:sourceId/rows Get all rows in a table
    * @apiName Get all rows in a table
    * @apiGroup rows
    * @apiPermission table read access
@@ -42,37 +40,37 @@ router
    * due to its lack of support for pagination. With SQL tables this will retrieve up to a limit and then
    * will simply stop.
    *
-   * @apiParam {string} tableId The ID of the table to retrieve all rows within.
+   * @apiParam {string} sourceId The ID of the table to retrieve all rows within.
    *
    * @apiSuccess {object[]} rows The response body will be an array of all rows found.
    */
   .get(
-    "/api/:tableId/rows",
-    paramResource("tableId"),
+    "/api/:sourceId/rows",
+    paramResource("sourceId"),
     authorized(PermissionType.TABLE, PermissionLevel.READ),
     rowController.fetch
   )
   /**
-   * @api {get} /api/:tableId/rows/:rowId Retrieve a single row
+   * @api {get} /api/:sourceId/rows/:rowId Retrieve a single row
    * @apiName Retrieve a single row
    * @apiGroup rows
    * @apiPermission table read access
    * @apiDescription This endpoint retrieves only the specified row. If you wish to retrieve
    * a row by anything other than its _id field, use the search endpoint.
    *
-   * @apiParam {string} tableId The ID of the table to retrieve a row from.
+   * @apiParam {string} sourceId The ID of the table to retrieve a row from.
    * @apiParam {string} rowId The ID of the row to retrieve.
    *
    * @apiSuccess {object} body The response body will be the row that was found.
    */
   .get(
-    "/api/:tableId/rows/:rowId",
-    paramSubResource("tableId", "rowId"),
+    "/api/:sourceId/rows/:rowId",
+    paramSubResource("sourceId", "rowId"),
     authorized(PermissionType.TABLE, PermissionLevel.READ),
     rowController.find
   )
   /**
-   * @api {post} /api/:tableId/search Search for rows in a table
+   * @api {post} /api/:sourceId/search Search for rows in a table
    * @apiName Search for rows in a table
    * @apiGroup rows
    * @apiPermission table read access
@@ -80,7 +78,7 @@ router
    * and data UI in the builder are built atop this. All filtering, sorting and pagination is
    * handled through this, for internal and external (datasource plus, e.g. SQL) tables.
    *
-   * @apiParam {string} tableId The ID of the table to retrieve rows from.
+   * @apiParam {string} sourceId The ID of the table to retrieve rows from.
    *
    * @apiParam (Body) {boolean} [paginate] If pagination is required then this should be set to true,
    * defaults to false.
@@ -135,22 +133,22 @@ router
    * page.
    */
   .post(
-    "/api/:tableId/search",
+    "/api/:sourceId/search",
     internalSearchValidator(),
-    paramResource("tableId"),
+    paramResource("sourceId"),
     authorized(PermissionType.TABLE, PermissionLevel.READ),
     rowController.search
   )
   // DEPRECATED - this is an old API, but for backwards compat it needs to be
   // supported still
   .post(
-    "/api/search/:tableId/rows",
-    paramResource("tableId"),
+    "/api/search/:sourceId/rows",
+    paramResource("sourceId"),
     authorized(PermissionType.TABLE, PermissionLevel.READ),
     rowController.search
   )
   /**
-   * @api {post} /api/:tableId/rows Creates a new row
+   * @api {post} /api/:sourceId/rows Creates a new row
    * @apiName Creates a new row
    * @apiGroup rows
    * @apiPermission table write access
@@ -159,7 +157,7 @@ router
    * links to one. Please note that "_id", "_rev" and "tableId" are fields that are
    * already used by Budibase tables and cannot be used for columns.
    *
-   * @apiParam {string} tableId The ID of the table to save a row to.
+   * @apiParam {string} sourceId The ID of the table to save a row to.
    *
    * @apiParam (Body) {string} [_id] If the row exists already then an ID for the row must be provided.
    * @apiParam (Body) {string} [_rev] If working with an existing row for an internal table its revision
@@ -174,14 +172,14 @@ router
    * @apiSuccess {object} body The contents of the row that was saved will be returned as well.
    */
   .post(
-    "/api/:tableId/rows",
-    paramResource("tableId"),
+    "/api/:sourceId/rows",
+    paramResource("sourceId"),
     authorized(PermissionType.TABLE, PermissionLevel.WRITE),
-    noViewData,
+    trimViewRowInfo,
     rowController.save
   )
   /**
-   * @api {patch} /api/:tableId/rows Updates a row
+   * @api {patch} /api/:sourceId/rows Updates a row
    * @apiName Update a row
    * @apiGroup rows
    * @apiPermission table write access
@@ -189,14 +187,14 @@ router
    * error if an _id isn't provided, it will only function for existing rows.
    */
   .patch(
-    "/api/:tableId/rows",
-    paramResource("tableId"),
+    "/api/:sourceId/rows",
+    paramResource("sourceId"),
     authorized(PermissionType.TABLE, PermissionLevel.WRITE),
-    noViewData,
+    trimViewRowInfo,
     rowController.patch
   )
   /**
-   * @api {post} /api/:tableId/rows/validate Validate inputs for a row
+   * @api {post} /api/:sourceId/rows/validate Validate inputs for a row
    * @apiName Validate inputs for a row
    * @apiGroup rows
    * @apiPermission table write access
@@ -204,7 +202,7 @@ router
    * given the table schema, this will iterate through all the constraints on the table and
    * check if the request body is valid.
    *
-   * @apiParam {string} tableId The ID of the table the row is to be validated for.
+   * @apiParam {string} sourceId The ID of the table the row is to be validated for.
    *
    * @apiParam (Body) {any} [any] Any fields provided in the request body will be tested
    * against the table schema and constraints.
@@ -216,20 +214,20 @@ router
    * the schema.
    */
   .post(
-    "/api/:tableId/rows/validate",
-    paramResource("tableId"),
+    "/api/:sourceId/rows/validate",
+    paramResource("sourceId"),
     authorized(PermissionType.TABLE, PermissionLevel.WRITE),
     rowController.validate
   )
   /**
-   * @api {delete} /api/:tableId/rows Delete rows
+   * @api {delete} /api/:sourceId/rows Delete rows
    * @apiName Delete rows
    * @apiGroup rows
    * @apiPermission table write access
    * @apiDescription This endpoint can delete a single row, or delete them in a bulk
    * fashion.
    *
-   * @apiParam {string} tableId The ID of the table the row is to be deleted from.
+   * @apiParam {string} sourceId The ID of the table the row is to be deleted from.
    *
    * @apiParam (Body) {object[]} [rows] If bulk deletion is desired then provide the rows in this
    * key of the request body that are to be deleted.
@@ -242,117 +240,37 @@ router
    * is the deleted row.
    */
   .delete(
-    "/api/:tableId/rows",
-    paramResource("tableId"),
+    "/api/:sourceId/rows",
+    paramResource("sourceId"),
     authorized(PermissionType.TABLE, PermissionLevel.WRITE),
+    trimViewRowInfo,
     rowController.destroy
   )
 
   /**
-   * @api {post} /api/:tableId/rows/exportRows Export Rows
+   * @api {post} /api/:sourceId/rows/exportRows Export Rows
    * @apiName Export rows
    * @apiGroup rows
    * @apiPermission table write access
    * @apiDescription This API can export a number of provided rows
    *
-   * @apiParam {string} tableId The ID of the table the row is to be deleted from.
+   * @apiParam {string} sourceId The ID of the table the row is to be deleted from.
    *
    * @apiParam (Body) {object[]} [rows] The row IDs which are to be exported
    *
    * @apiSuccess {object[]|object}
    */
   .post(
-    "/api/:tableId/rows/exportRows",
-    paramResource("tableId"),
+    "/api/:sourceId/rows/exportRows",
+    paramResource("sourceId"),
     authorized(PermissionType.TABLE, PermissionLevel.WRITE),
     rowController.exportRows
   )
 
-router
-  .get(
-    "/api/v2/views/:viewId/search",
-    authorized(PermissionType.VIEW, PermissionLevel.READ),
-    rowController.views.searchView
-  )
-  /**
-   * @api {post} /api/:tableId/rows Creates a new row
-   * @apiName Creates a new row
-   * @apiGroup rows
-   * @apiPermission table write access
-   * @apiDescription This API will create a new row based on the supplied body. If the
-   * body includes an "_id" field then it will update an existing row if the field
-   * links to one. Please note that "_id", "_rev" and "tableId" are fields that are
-   * already used by Budibase tables and cannot be used for columns.
-   *
-   * @apiParam {string} tableId The ID of the table to save a row to.
-   *
-   * @apiParam (Body) {string} [_id] If the row exists already then an ID for the row must be provided.
-   * @apiParam (Body) {string} [_rev] If working with an existing row for an internal table its revision
-   * must also be provided.
-   * @apiParam (Body) {string} _viewId The ID of the view should be specified in the row body itself.
-   * @apiParam (Body) {string} tableId The ID of the table should also be specified in the row body itself.
-   * @apiParam (Body) {any} [any] Any field supplied in the body will be assessed to see if it matches
-   * a column in the specified table. All other fields will be dropped and not stored.
-   *
-   * @apiSuccess {string} _id The ID of the row that was just saved, if it was just created this
-   * is the rows new ID.
-   * @apiSuccess {string} [_rev] If saving to an internal table a revision will also be returned.
-   * @apiSuccess {object} body The contents of the row that was saved will be returned as well.
-   */
-  .post(
-    "/api/v2/views/:viewId/rows",
-    paramResource("viewId"),
-    authorized(PermissionType.VIEW, PermissionLevel.WRITE),
-    trimViewRowInfo,
-    rowController.save
-  )
-  /**
-   * @api {patch} /api/v2/views/:viewId/rows/:rowId Updates a row
-   * @apiName Update a row
-   * @apiGroup rows
-   * @apiPermission table write access
-   * @apiDescription This endpoint is identical to the row creation endpoint but instead it will
-   * error if an _id isn't provided, it will only function for existing rows.
-   */
-  .patch(
-    "/api/v2/views/:viewId/rows/:rowId",
-    paramResource("viewId"),
-    authorized(PermissionType.VIEW, PermissionLevel.WRITE),
-    trimViewRowInfo,
-    rowController.patch
-  )
-  /**
-   * @api {delete} /api/v2/views/:viewId/rows Delete rows for a view
-   * @apiName Delete rows for a view
-   * @apiGroup rows
-   * @apiPermission table write access
-   * @apiDescription This endpoint can delete a single row, or delete them in a bulk
-   * fashion.
-   *
-   * @apiParam {string} tableId The ID of the table the row is to be deleted from.
-   *
-   * @apiParam (Body) {object[]} [rows] If bulk deletion is desired then provide the rows in this
-   * key of the request body that are to be deleted.
-   * @apiParam (Body) {string} [_id] If deleting a single row then provide its ID in this field.
-   * @apiParam (Body) {string} [_rev] If deleting a single row from an internal table then provide its
-   * revision here.
-   *
-   * @apiSuccess {object[]|object} body If deleting bulk then the response body will be an array
-   * of the deleted rows, if deleting a single row then the body will contain a "row" property which
-   * is the deleted row.
-   */
-  .delete(
-    "/api/v2/views/:viewId/rows",
-    paramResource("viewId"),
-    authorized(PermissionType.VIEW, PermissionLevel.WRITE),
-    // This is required as the implementation relies on the table id
-    (ctx, next) => {
-      ctx.params.tableId = utils.extractViewInfoFromID(
-        ctx.params.viewId
-      ).tableId
-      return next()
-    },
-    rowController.destroy
-  )
+router.post(
+  "/api/v2/views/:viewId/search",
+  authorized(PermissionType.TABLE, PermissionLevel.READ),
+  rowController.views.searchView
+)
 
 export default router
diff --git a/packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/row.spec.ts b/packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/row.spec.ts
index b986ffb945..8d4c9a91fd 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/row.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/row.spec.ts
@@ -16,16 +16,12 @@ import {
   FieldType,
   SortType,
   SortOrder,
-  DeleteRow,
 } from "@budibase/types"
 import {
   expectAnyInternalColsAttributes,
   generator,
   structures,
 } from "@budibase/backend-core/tests"
-import trimViewRowInfoMiddleware from "../../../middleware/trimViewRowInfo"
-import noViewDataMiddleware from "../../../middleware/noViewData"
-import router from "../row"
 
 describe("/rows", () => {
   let request = setup.getRequest()
@@ -394,26 +390,6 @@ describe("/rows", () => {
       expect(saved.arrayFieldArrayStrKnown).toEqual(["One"])
       expect(saved.optsFieldStrKnown).toEqual("Alpha")
     })
-
-    it("should throw an error when creating a table row with view id data", async () => {
-      const res = await request
-        .post(`/api/${row.tableId}/rows`)
-        .send({ ...row, _viewId: generator.guid() })
-        .set(config.defaultHeaders())
-        .expect("Content-Type", /json/)
-        .expect(400)
-      expect(res.body.message).toEqual(
-        "Table row endpoints cannot contain view info"
-      )
-    })
-
-    it("should setup the noViewData middleware", async () => {
-      const route = router.stack.find(
-        r => r.methods.includes("POST") && r.path === "/api/:tableId/rows"
-      )
-      expect(route).toBeDefined()
-      expect(route?.stack).toContainEqual(noViewDataMiddleware)
-    })
   })
 
   describe("patch", () => {
@@ -463,33 +439,6 @@ describe("/rows", () => {
       await assertRowUsage(rowUsage)
       await assertQueryUsage(queryUsage)
     })
-
-    it("should throw an error when creating a table row with view id data", async () => {
-      const existing = await config.createRow()
-
-      const res = await config.api.row.patch(
-        table._id!,
-        {
-          ...existing,
-          _id: existing._id!,
-          _rev: existing._rev!,
-          tableId: table._id!,
-          _viewId: generator.guid(),
-        },
-        { expectStatus: 400 }
-      )
-      expect(res.body.message).toEqual(
-        "Table row endpoints cannot contain view info"
-      )
-    })
-
-    it("should setup the noViewData middleware", async () => {
-      const route = router.stack.find(
-        r => r.methods.includes("PATCH") && r.path === "/api/:tableId/rows"
-      )
-      expect(route).toBeDefined()
-      expect(route?.stack).toContainEqual(noViewDataMiddleware)
-    })
   })
 
   describe("destroy", () => {
@@ -758,7 +707,7 @@ describe("/rows", () => {
       })
       // the environment needs configured for this
       await setup.switchToSelfHosted(async () => {
-        context.doInAppContext(config.getAppId(), async () => {
+        return context.doInAppContext(config.getAppId(), async () => {
           const enriched = await outputProcessing(table, [row])
           expect((enriched as Row[])[0].attachment[0].url).toBe(
             `/files/signed/prod-budi-app-assets/${config.getProdAppId()}/attachments/${attachmentId}`
@@ -813,252 +762,6 @@ describe("/rows", () => {
     })
   })
 
-  describe("view search", () => {
-    function userTable(): Table {
-      return {
-        name: "user",
-        type: "user",
-        schema: {
-          name: {
-            type: FieldType.STRING,
-            name: "name",
-            constraints: { type: "string" },
-          },
-          age: {
-            type: FieldType.NUMBER,
-            name: "age",
-            constraints: {},
-          },
-        },
-      }
-    }
-
-    it("returns table rows from view", async () => {
-      const table = await config.createTable(userTable())
-      const rows = []
-      for (let i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
-        rows.push(await config.createRow({ tableId: table._id }))
-      }
-
-      const createViewResponse = await config.api.viewV2.create()
-      const response = await config.api.viewV2.search(createViewResponse.id)
-
-      expect(response.body.rows).toHaveLength(10)
-      expect(response.body).toEqual({
-        rows: expect.arrayContaining(rows.map(expect.objectContaining)),
-      })
-    })
-
-    it("searching respects the view filters", async () => {
-      const table = await config.createTable(userTable())
-      const expectedRows = []
-      for (let i = 0; i < 10; i++)
-        await config.createRow({
-          tableId: table._id,
-          name: generator.name(),
-          age: generator.integer({ min: 10, max: 30 }),
-        })
-
-      for (let i = 0; i < 5; i++)
-        expectedRows.push(
-          await config.createRow({
-            tableId: table._id,
-            name: generator.name(),
-            age: 40,
-          })
-        )
-
-      const createViewResponse = await config.api.viewV2.create({
-        query: { equal: { age: 40 } },
-      })
-
-      const response = await config.api.viewV2.search(createViewResponse.id)
-
-      expect(response.body.rows).toHaveLength(5)
-      expect(response.body).toEqual({
-        rows: expect.arrayContaining(expectedRows.map(expect.objectContaining)),
-      })
-    })
-
-    const sortTestOptions: [
-      {
-        field: string
-        order?: SortOrder
-        type?: SortType
-      },
-      string[]
-    ][] = [
-      [
-        {
-          field: "name",
-          order: SortOrder.ASCENDING,
-          type: SortType.STRING,
-        },
-        ["Alice", "Bob", "Charly", "Danny"],
-      ],
-      [
-        {
-          field: "name",
-        },
-        ["Alice", "Bob", "Charly", "Danny"],
-      ],
-      [
-        {
-          field: "name",
-          order: SortOrder.DESCENDING,
-        },
-        ["Danny", "Charly", "Bob", "Alice"],
-      ],
-      [
-        {
-          field: "name",
-          order: SortOrder.DESCENDING,
-          type: SortType.STRING,
-        },
-        ["Danny", "Charly", "Bob", "Alice"],
-      ],
-      [
-        {
-          field: "age",
-          order: SortOrder.ASCENDING,
-          type: SortType.number,
-        },
-        ["Danny", "Alice", "Charly", "Bob"],
-      ],
-      [
-        {
-          field: "age",
-          order: SortOrder.ASCENDING,
-        },
-        ["Danny", "Alice", "Charly", "Bob"],
-      ],
-      [
-        {
-          field: "age",
-          order: SortOrder.DESCENDING,
-        },
-        ["Bob", "Charly", "Alice", "Danny"],
-      ],
-      [
-        {
-          field: "age",
-          order: SortOrder.DESCENDING,
-          type: SortType.number,
-        },
-        ["Bob", "Charly", "Alice", "Danny"],
-      ],
-    ]
-
-    it.each(sortTestOptions)(
-      "allow sorting (%s)",
-      async (sortParams, expected) => {
-        await config.createTable(userTable())
-        const users = [
-          { name: "Alice", age: 25 },
-          { name: "Bob", age: 30 },
-          { name: "Charly", age: 27 },
-          { name: "Danny", age: 15 },
-        ]
-        for (const user of users) {
-          await config.createRow({
-            tableId: config.table!._id,
-            ...user,
-          })
-        }
-
-        const createViewResponse = await config.api.viewV2.create({
-          sort: sortParams,
-        })
-
-        const response = await config.api.viewV2.search(createViewResponse.id)
-
-        expect(response.body.rows).toHaveLength(4)
-        expect(response.body).toEqual({
-          rows: expected.map(name => expect.objectContaining({ name })),
-        })
-      }
-    )
-
-    it.each(sortTestOptions)(
-      "allow override the default view sorting (%s)",
-      async (sortParams, expected) => {
-        await config.createTable(userTable())
-        const users = [
-          { name: "Alice", age: 25 },
-          { name: "Bob", age: 30 },
-          { name: "Charly", age: 27 },
-          { name: "Danny", age: 15 },
-        ]
-        for (const user of users) {
-          await config.createRow({
-            tableId: config.table!._id,
-            ...user,
-          })
-        }
-
-        const createViewResponse = await config.api.viewV2.create({
-          sort: {
-            field: "name",
-            order: SortOrder.ASCENDING,
-            type: SortType.STRING,
-          },
-        })
-
-        const response = await config.api.viewV2.search(createViewResponse.id, {
-          sort: {
-            column: sortParams.field,
-            order: sortParams.order,
-            type: sortParams.type,
-          },
-        })
-
-        expect(response.body.rows).toHaveLength(4)
-        expect(response.body).toEqual({
-          rows: expected.map(name => expect.objectContaining({ name })),
-        })
-      }
-    )
-
-    it("when schema is defined, defined columns and row attributes are returned", async () => {
-      const table = await config.createTable(userTable())
-      const rows = []
-      for (let i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
-        rows.push(
-          await config.createRow({
-            tableId: table._id,
-            name: generator.name(),
-            age: generator.age(),
-          })
-        )
-      }
-
-      const view = await config.api.viewV2.create({
-        schema: { name: {} },
-      })
-      const response = await config.api.viewV2.search(view.id)
-
-      expect(response.body.rows).toHaveLength(10)
-      expect(response.body.rows).toEqual(
-        expect.arrayContaining(
-          rows.map(r => ({
-            ...expectAnyInternalColsAttributes,
-            _viewId: view.id,
-            name: r.name,
-          }))
-        )
-      )
-    })
-
-    it("views without data can be returned", async () => {
-      const table = await config.createTable(userTable())
-
-      const createViewResponse = await config.api.viewV2.create()
-      const response = await config.api.viewV2.search(createViewResponse.id)
-
-      expect(response.body.rows).toHaveLength(0)
-    })
-  })
-
   describe("view 2.0", () => {
     function userTable(): Table {
       return {
@@ -1110,7 +813,7 @@ describe("/rows", () => {
         })
 
         const data = randomRowData()
-        const newRow = await config.api.viewV2.row.create(view.id, {
+        const newRow = await config.api.row.save(view.id, {
           tableId: config.table!._id,
           _viewId: view.id,
           ...data,
@@ -1132,16 +835,6 @@ describe("/rows", () => {
         expect(row.body.age).toBeUndefined()
         expect(row.body.jobTitle).toBeUndefined()
       })
-
-      it("should setup the trimViewRowInfo middleware", async () => {
-        const route = router.stack.find(
-          r =>
-            r.methods.includes("POST") &&
-            r.path === "/api/v2/views/:viewId/rows"
-        )
-        expect(route).toBeDefined()
-        expect(route?.stack).toContainEqual(trimViewRowInfoMiddleware)
-      })
     })
 
     describe("patch", () => {
@@ -1156,13 +849,13 @@ describe("/rows", () => {
           },
         })
 
-        const newRow = await config.api.viewV2.row.create(view.id, {
+        const newRow = await config.api.row.save(view.id, {
           tableId,
           _viewId: view.id,
           ...randomRowData(),
         })
         const newData = randomRowData()
-        await config.api.viewV2.row.update(view.id, newRow._id!, {
+        await config.api.row.patch(view.id, {
           tableId,
           _viewId: view.id,
           _id: newRow._id!,
@@ -1185,16 +878,6 @@ describe("/rows", () => {
         expect(row.body.age).toBeUndefined()
         expect(row.body.jobTitle).toBeUndefined()
       })
-
-      it("should setup the trimViewRowInfo middleware", async () => {
-        const route = router.stack.find(
-          r =>
-            r.methods.includes("PATCH") &&
-            r.path === "/api/v2/views/:viewId/rows/:rowId"
-        )
-        expect(route).toBeDefined()
-        expect(route?.stack).toContainEqual(trimViewRowInfoMiddleware)
-      })
     })
 
     describe("destroy", () => {
@@ -1213,10 +896,7 @@ describe("/rows", () => {
         const rowUsage = await getRowUsage()
         const queryUsage = await getQueryUsage()
 
-        const body: DeleteRow = {
-          _id: createdRow._id!,
-        }
-        await config.api.viewV2.row.delete(view.id, body)
+        await config.api.row.delete(view.id, [createdRow])
 
         await assertRowUsage(rowUsage - 1)
         await assertQueryUsage(queryUsage + 1)
@@ -1245,9 +925,7 @@ describe("/rows", () => {
         const rowUsage = await getRowUsage()
         const queryUsage = await getQueryUsage()
 
-        await config.api.viewV2.row.delete(view.id, {
-          rows: [rows[0], rows[2]],
-        })
+        await config.api.row.delete(view.id, [rows[0], rows[2]])
 
         await assertRowUsage(rowUsage - 2)
         await assertQueryUsage(queryUsage + 1)
@@ -1261,5 +939,327 @@ describe("/rows", () => {
         await config.api.row.get(tableId, rows[1]._id!, { expectStatus: 200 })
       })
     })
+
+    describe("view search", () => {
+      function userTable(): Table {
+        return {
+          name: "user",
+          type: "user",
+          schema: {
+            name: {
+              type: FieldType.STRING,
+              name: "name",
+              constraints: { type: "string" },
+            },
+            age: {
+              type: FieldType.NUMBER,
+              name: "age",
+              constraints: {},
+            },
+          },
+        }
+      }
+
+      it("returns table rows from view", async () => {
+        const table = await config.createTable(userTable())
+        const rows = []
+        for (let i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
+          rows.push(await config.createRow({ tableId: table._id }))
+        }
+
+        const createViewResponse = await config.api.viewV2.create()
+        const response = await config.api.viewV2.search(createViewResponse.id)
+
+        expect(response.body.rows).toHaveLength(10)
+        expect(response.body).toEqual({
+          rows: expect.arrayContaining(rows.map(expect.objectContaining)),
+        })
+      })
+
+      it("searching respects the view filters", async () => {
+        const table = await config.createTable(userTable())
+        const expectedRows = []
+        for (let i = 0; i < 10; i++)
+          await config.createRow({
+            tableId: table._id,
+            name: generator.name(),
+            age: generator.integer({ min: 10, max: 30 }),
+          })
+
+        for (let i = 0; i < 5; i++)
+          expectedRows.push(
+            await config.createRow({
+              tableId: table._id,
+              name: generator.name(),
+              age: 40,
+            })
+          )
+
+        const createViewResponse = await config.api.viewV2.create({
+          query: [{ operator: "equal", field: "age", value: 40 }],
+        })
+
+        const response = await config.api.viewV2.search(createViewResponse.id)
+
+        expect(response.body.rows).toHaveLength(5)
+        expect(response.body).toEqual({
+          rows: expect.arrayContaining(
+            expectedRows.map(expect.objectContaining)
+          ),
+        })
+      })
+
+      const sortTestOptions: [
+        {
+          field: string
+          order?: SortOrder
+          type?: SortType
+        },
+        string[]
+      ][] = [
+        [
+          {
+            field: "name",
+            order: SortOrder.ASCENDING,
+            type: SortType.STRING,
+          },
+          ["Alice", "Bob", "Charly", "Danny"],
+        ],
+        [
+          {
+            field: "name",
+          },
+          ["Alice", "Bob", "Charly", "Danny"],
+        ],
+        [
+          {
+            field: "name",
+            order: SortOrder.DESCENDING,
+          },
+          ["Danny", "Charly", "Bob", "Alice"],
+        ],
+        [
+          {
+            field: "name",
+            order: SortOrder.DESCENDING,
+            type: SortType.STRING,
+          },
+          ["Danny", "Charly", "Bob", "Alice"],
+        ],
+        [
+          {
+            field: "age",
+            order: SortOrder.ASCENDING,
+            type: SortType.number,
+          },
+          ["Danny", "Alice", "Charly", "Bob"],
+        ],
+        [
+          {
+            field: "age",
+            order: SortOrder.ASCENDING,
+          },
+          ["Danny", "Alice", "Charly", "Bob"],
+        ],
+        [
+          {
+            field: "age",
+            order: SortOrder.DESCENDING,
+          },
+          ["Bob", "Charly", "Alice", "Danny"],
+        ],
+        [
+          {
+            field: "age",
+            order: SortOrder.DESCENDING,
+            type: SortType.number,
+          },
+          ["Bob", "Charly", "Alice", "Danny"],
+        ],
+      ]
+
+      it.each(sortTestOptions)(
+        "allow sorting (%s)",
+        async (sortParams, expected) => {
+          await config.createTable(userTable())
+          const users = [
+            { name: "Alice", age: 25 },
+            { name: "Bob", age: 30 },
+            { name: "Charly", age: 27 },
+            { name: "Danny", age: 15 },
+          ]
+          for (const user of users) {
+            await config.createRow({
+              tableId: config.table!._id,
+              ...user,
+            })
+          }
+
+          const createViewResponse = await config.api.viewV2.create({
+            sort: sortParams,
+          })
+
+          const response = await config.api.viewV2.search(createViewResponse.id)
+
+          expect(response.body.rows).toHaveLength(4)
+          expect(response.body).toEqual({
+            rows: expected.map(name => expect.objectContaining({ name })),
+          })
+        }
+      )
+
+      it.each(sortTestOptions)(
+        "allow override the default view sorting (%s)",
+        async (sortParams, expected) => {
+          await config.createTable(userTable())
+          const users = [
+            { name: "Alice", age: 25 },
+            { name: "Bob", age: 30 },
+            { name: "Charly", age: 27 },
+            { name: "Danny", age: 15 },
+          ]
+          for (const user of users) {
+            await config.createRow({
+              tableId: config.table!._id,
+              ...user,
+            })
+          }
+
+          const createViewResponse = await config.api.viewV2.create({
+            sort: {
+              field: "name",
+              order: SortOrder.ASCENDING,
+              type: SortType.STRING,
+            },
+          })
+
+          const response = await config.api.viewV2.search(
+            createViewResponse.id,
+            {
+              sort: sortParams.field,
+              sortOrder: sortParams.order,
+              sortType: sortParams.type,
+            }
+          )
+
+          expect(response.body.rows).toHaveLength(4)
+          expect(response.body).toEqual({
+            rows: expected.map(name => expect.objectContaining({ name })),
+          })
+        }
+      )
+
+      it("when schema is defined, defined columns and row attributes are returned", async () => {
+        const table = await config.createTable(userTable())
+        const rows = []
+        for (let i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
+          rows.push(
+            await config.createRow({
+              tableId: table._id,
+              name: generator.name(),
+              age: generator.age(),
+            })
+          )
+        }
+
+        const view = await config.api.viewV2.create({
+          schema: { name: {} },
+        })
+        const response = await config.api.viewV2.search(view.id)
+
+        expect(response.body.rows).toHaveLength(10)
+        expect(response.body.rows).toEqual(
+          expect.arrayContaining(
+            rows.map(r => ({
+              ...expectAnyInternalColsAttributes,
+              _viewId: view.id,
+              name: r.name,
+            }))
+          )
+        )
+      })
+
+      it("views without data can be returned", async () => {
+        const table = await config.createTable(userTable())
+
+        const createViewResponse = await config.api.viewV2.create()
+        const response = await config.api.viewV2.search(createViewResponse.id)
+
+        expect(response.body.rows).toHaveLength(0)
+      })
+
+      it("respects the limit parameter", async () => {
+        const table = await config.createTable(userTable())
+        const rows = []
+        for (let i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
+          rows.push(await config.createRow({ tableId: table._id }))
+        }
+        const limit = generator.integer({ min: 1, max: 8 })
+
+        const createViewResponse = await config.api.viewV2.create()
+        const response = await config.api.viewV2.search(createViewResponse.id, {
+          limit,
+        })
+
+        expect(response.body.rows).toHaveLength(limit)
+      })
+
+      it("can handle pagination", async () => {
+        const table = await config.createTable(userTable())
+        const rows = []
+        for (let i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
+          rows.push(await config.createRow({ tableId: table._id }))
+        }
+        // rows.sort((a, b) => (a._id! > b._id! ? 1 : -1))
+
+        const createViewResponse = await config.api.viewV2.create()
+        const allRows = (await config.api.viewV2.search(createViewResponse.id))
+          .body.rows
+
+        const firstPageResponse = await config.api.viewV2.search(
+          createViewResponse.id,
+          {
+            paginate: true,
+            limit: 4,
+          }
+        )
+        expect(firstPageResponse.body).toEqual({
+          rows: expect.arrayContaining(allRows.slice(0, 4)),
+          totalRows: 10,
+          hasNextPage: true,
+          bookmark: expect.any(String),
+        })
+
+        const secondPageResponse = await config.api.viewV2.search(
+          createViewResponse.id,
+          {
+            paginate: true,
+            limit: 4,
+            bookmark: firstPageResponse.body.bookmark,
+          }
+        )
+        expect(secondPageResponse.body).toEqual({
+          rows: expect.arrayContaining(allRows.slice(4, 8)),
+          totalRows: 10,
+          hasNextPage: true,
+          bookmark: expect.any(String),
+        })
+
+        const lastPageResponse = await config.api.viewV2.search(
+          createViewResponse.id,
+          {
+            paginate: true,
+            limit: 4,
+            bookmark: secondPageResponse.body.bookmark,
+          }
+        )
+        expect(lastPageResponse.body).toEqual({
+          rows: expect.arrayContaining(allRows.slice(8)),
+          totalRows: 10,
+          hasNextPage: false,
+          bookmark: expect.any(String),
+        })
+      })
+    })
   })
 })
diff --git a/packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/viewV2.spec.ts b/packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/viewV2.spec.ts
index fc97e657c5..e30bc2c0b1 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/viewV2.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/viewV2.spec.ts
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ describe("/v2/views", () => {
         name: generator.name(),
         tableId: config.table!._id!,
         primaryDisplay: generator.word(),
-        query: { allOr: false, equal: { field: "value" } },
+        query: [{ operator: "equal", field: "field", value: "value" }],
         sort: {
           field: "fieldToSort",
           order: SortOrder.DESCENDING,
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ describe("/v2/views", () => {
       const tableId = config.table!._id!
       await config.api.viewV2.update({
         ...view,
-        query: { equal: { newField: "thatValue" } },
+        query: [{ operator: "equal", field: "newField", value: "thatValue" }],
       })
 
       expect(await config.api.table.get(tableId)).toEqual({
@@ -198,7 +198,9 @@ describe("/v2/views", () => {
         views: {
           [view.name]: {
             ...view,
-            query: { equal: { newField: "thatValue" } },
+            query: [
+              { operator: "equal", field: "newField", value: "thatValue" },
+            ],
             schema: expect.anything(),
           },
         },
@@ -216,7 +218,13 @@ describe("/v2/views", () => {
         tableId,
         name: view.name,
         primaryDisplay: generator.word(),
-        query: { equal: { [generator.word()]: generator.word() } },
+        query: [
+          {
+            operator: "equal",
+            field: generator.word(),
+            value: generator.word(),
+          },
+        ],
         sort: {
           field: generator.word(),
           order: SortOrder.DESCENDING,
@@ -285,7 +293,7 @@ describe("/v2/views", () => {
         {
           ...view,
           tableId: generator.guid(),
-          query: { equal: { newField: "thatValue" } },
+          query: [{ operator: "equal", field: "newField", value: "thatValue" }],
         },
         { expectStatus: 404 }
       )
diff --git a/packages/server/src/api/routes/view.ts b/packages/server/src/api/routes/view.ts
index 18c58134b4..07e31fc701 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/api/routes/view.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/api/routes/view.ts
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ router
     "/api/views/:viewName",
     paramResource("viewName"),
     authorized(
-      permissions.PermissionType.VIEW,
+      permissions.PermissionType.TABLE,
       permissions.PermissionLevel.READ
     ),
     rowController.fetchView
diff --git a/packages/server/src/automations/tests/filter.spec.js b/packages/server/src/automations/tests/filter.spec.ts
similarity index 76%
rename from packages/server/src/automations/tests/filter.spec.js
rename to packages/server/src/automations/tests/filter.spec.ts
index 5fa5e0e202..c2c5d13e2d 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/automations/tests/filter.spec.js
+++ b/packages/server/src/automations/tests/filter.spec.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,18 @@
-const setup = require("./utilities")
-const { FilterConditions } = require("../steps/filter")
+import * as setup from "./utilities"
+import { FilterConditions } from "../steps/filter"
 
 describe("test the filter logic", () => {
-  async function checkFilter(field, condition, value, pass = true) {
-    let res = await setup.runStep(setup.actions.FILTER.stepId,
-      { field, condition, value }
-    )
+  async function checkFilter(
+    field: any,
+    condition: string,
+    value: any,
+    pass = true
+  ) {
+    let res = await setup.runStep(setup.actions.FILTER.stepId, {
+      field,
+      condition,
+      value,
+    })
     expect(res.result).toEqual(pass)
     expect(res.success).toEqual(true)
   }
@@ -36,9 +43,9 @@ describe("test the filter logic", () => {
 
   it("check date coercion", async () => {
     await checkFilter(
-      (new Date()).toISOString(),
+      new Date().toISOString(),
       FilterConditions.GREATER_THAN,
-      (new Date(-10000)).toISOString(),
+      new Date(-10000).toISOString(),
       true
     )
   })
diff --git a/packages/server/src/db/utils.ts b/packages/server/src/db/utils.ts
index dda14a9187..abea725707 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/db/utils.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/db/utils.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 import newid from "./newid"
 import { db as dbCore } from "@budibase/backend-core"
+import { DocumentType, VirtualDocumentType } from "@budibase/types"
+export { DocumentType, VirtualDocumentType } from "@budibase/types"
 
 type Optional = string | null
 
@@ -19,7 +21,6 @@ export const BudibaseInternalDB = {
 
 export const SEPARATOR = dbCore.SEPARATOR
 export const StaticDatabases = dbCore.StaticDatabases
-export const DocumentType = dbCore.DocumentType
 export const APP_PREFIX = dbCore.APP_PREFIX
 export const APP_DEV_PREFIX = dbCore.APP_DEV_PREFIX
 export const isDevAppID = dbCore.isDevAppID
@@ -284,10 +285,22 @@ export function getMultiIDParams(ids: string[]) {
  * @returns {string} The new view ID which the view doc can be stored under.
  */
 export function generateViewID(tableId: string) {
-  return `${tableId}${SEPARATOR}${newid()}`
+  return `${
+    VirtualDocumentType.VIEW
+  }${SEPARATOR}${tableId}${SEPARATOR}${newid()}`
+}
+
+export function isViewID(viewId: string) {
+  return viewId?.split(SEPARATOR)[0] === VirtualDocumentType.VIEW
 }
 
 export function extractViewInfoFromID(viewId: string) {
+  if (!isViewID(viewId)) {
+    throw new Error("Unable to extract table ID, is not a view ID")
+  }
+  const split = viewId.split(SEPARATOR)
+  split.shift()
+  viewId = split.join(SEPARATOR)
   const regex = new RegExp(`^(?<tableId>.+)${SEPARATOR}([^${SEPARATOR}]+)$`)
   const res = regex.exec(viewId)
   return {
diff --git a/packages/server/src/integrations/mysql.ts b/packages/server/src/integrations/mysql.ts
index a01f6b71f9..b88162c59a 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/integrations/mysql.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/integrations/mysql.ts
@@ -93,6 +93,21 @@ const SCHEMA: Integration = {
   },
 }
 
+const defaultTypeCasting = function (field: any, next: any) {
+  if (
+    field.type == "DATETIME" ||
+    field.type === "DATE" ||
+    field.type === "TIMESTAMP" ||
+    field.type === "LONGLONG"
+  ) {
+    return field.string()
+  }
+  if (field.type === "BIT" && field.length === 1) {
+    return field.buffer()?.[0]
+  }
+  return next()
+}
+
 export function bindingTypeCoerce(bindings: any[]) {
   for (let i = 0; i < bindings.length; i++) {
     const binding = bindings[i]
@@ -147,21 +162,8 @@ class MySQLIntegration extends Sql implements DatasourcePlus {
     delete config.rejectUnauthorized
     this.config = {
       ...config,
+      typeCast: defaultTypeCasting,
       multipleStatements: true,
-      typeCast: function (field: any, next: any) {
-        if (
-          field.type == "DATETIME" ||
-          field.type === "DATE" ||
-          field.type === "TIMESTAMP" ||
-          field.type === "LONGLONG"
-        ) {
-          return field.string()
-        }
-        if (field.type === "BIT" && field.length === 1) {
-          return field.buffer()?.[0]
-        }
-        return next()
-      },
     }
   }
 
@@ -194,6 +196,37 @@ class MySQLIntegration extends Sql implements DatasourcePlus {
     return `concat(${parts.join(", ")})`
   }
 
+  defineTypeCastingFromSchema(schema: {
+    [key: string]: { name: string; type: string }
+  }): void {
+    if (!schema) {
+      return
+    }
+    this.config.typeCast = function (field: any, next: any) {
+      if (schema[field.name]?.name === field.name) {
+        if (["LONGLONG", "NEWDECIMAL", "DECIMAL"].includes(field.type)) {
+          if (schema[field.name]?.type === "number") {
+            const value = field.string()
+            return value ? Number(value) : null
+          } else {
+            return field.string()
+          }
+        }
+      }
+      if (
+        field.type == "DATETIME" ||
+        field.type === "DATE" ||
+        field.type === "TIMESTAMP"
+      ) {
+        return field.string()
+      }
+      if (field.type === "BIT" && field.length === 1) {
+        return field.buffer()?.[0]
+      }
+      return next()
+    }
+  }
+
   async connect() {
     this.client = await mysql.createConnection(this.config)
   }
@@ -204,7 +237,10 @@ class MySQLIntegration extends Sql implements DatasourcePlus {
 
   async internalQuery(
     query: SqlQuery,
-    opts: { connect?: boolean; disableCoercion?: boolean } = {
+    opts: {
+      connect?: boolean
+      disableCoercion?: boolean
+    } = {
       connect: true,
       disableCoercion: false,
     }
diff --git a/packages/server/src/middleware/noViewData.ts b/packages/server/src/middleware/noViewData.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 809424b6bf..0000000000
--- a/packages/server/src/middleware/noViewData.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-import { Ctx, Row } from "@budibase/types"
-
-export default async (ctx: Ctx<Row>, next: any) => {
-  if (ctx.request.body._viewId) {
-    return ctx.throw(400, "Table row endpoints cannot contain view info")
-  }
-
-  return next()
-}
diff --git a/packages/server/src/middleware/tests/noViewData.spec.ts b/packages/server/src/middleware/tests/noViewData.spec.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 54b0ca8ff8..0000000000
--- a/packages/server/src/middleware/tests/noViewData.spec.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,83 +0,0 @@
-import { generator } from "@budibase/backend-core/tests"
-import { BBRequest, FieldType, Row, Table } from "@budibase/types"
-import { Next } from "koa"
-import * as utils from "../../db/utils"
-import noViewDataMiddleware from "../noViewData"
-
-class TestConfiguration {
-  next: Next
-  throw: jest.Mock<(status: number, message: string) => never>
-  middleware: typeof noViewDataMiddleware
-  params: Record<string, any>
-  request?: Pick<BBRequest<Row>, "body">
-
-  constructor() {
-    this.next = jest.fn()
-    this.throw = jest.fn()
-    this.params = {}
-
-    this.middleware = noViewDataMiddleware
-  }
-
-  executeMiddleware(ctxRequestBody: Row) {
-    this.request = {
-      body: ctxRequestBody,
-    }
-    return this.middleware(
-      {
-        request: this.request as any,
-        throw: this.throw as any,
-        params: this.params,
-      } as any,
-      this.next
-    )
-  }
-
-  afterEach() {
-    jest.clearAllMocks()
-  }
-}
-
-describe("noViewData middleware", () => {
-  let config: TestConfiguration
-
-  beforeEach(() => {
-    config = new TestConfiguration()
-  })
-
-  afterEach(() => {
-    config.afterEach()
-  })
-
-  const getRandomData = () => ({
-    _id: generator.guid(),
-    name: generator.name(),
-    age: generator.age(),
-    address: generator.address(),
-  })
-
-  it("it should pass without view id data", async () => {
-    const data = getRandomData()
-    await config.executeMiddleware({
-      ...data,
-    })
-
-    expect(config.next).toBeCalledTimes(1)
-    expect(config.throw).not.toBeCalled()
-  })
-
-  it("it should throw an error if _viewid is provided", async () => {
-    const data = getRandomData()
-    await config.executeMiddleware({
-      _viewId: generator.guid(),
-      ...data,
-    })
-
-    expect(config.throw).toBeCalledTimes(1)
-    expect(config.throw).toBeCalledWith(
-      400,
-      "Table row endpoints cannot contain view info"
-    )
-    expect(config.next).not.toBeCalled()
-  })
-})
diff --git a/packages/server/src/middleware/tests/trimViewRowInfo.spec.ts b/packages/server/src/middleware/tests/trimViewRowInfo.spec.ts
index 427ac9a608..69d1272df9 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/middleware/tests/trimViewRowInfo.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/middleware/tests/trimViewRowInfo.spec.ts
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ describe("trimViewRowInfo middleware", () => {
     })
 
     expect(config.request?.body).toEqual(data)
-    expect(config.params.tableId).toEqual(table._id)
+    expect(config.params.sourceId).toEqual(table._id)
 
     expect(config.next).toBeCalledTimes(1)
     expect(config.throw).not.toBeCalled()
@@ -143,32 +143,9 @@ describe("trimViewRowInfo middleware", () => {
       name: data.name,
       address: data.address,
     })
-    expect(config.params.tableId).toEqual(table._id)
+    expect(config.params.sourceId).toEqual(table._id)
 
     expect(config.next).toBeCalledTimes(1)
     expect(config.throw).not.toBeCalled()
   })
-
-  it("it should throw an error if no viewid is provided on the body", async () => {
-    const data = getRandomData()
-    await config.executeMiddleware(viewId, {
-      ...data,
-    })
-
-    expect(config.throw).toBeCalledTimes(1)
-    expect(config.throw).toBeCalledWith(400, "_viewId is required")
-    expect(config.next).not.toBeCalled()
-  })
-
-  it("it should throw an error if no viewid is provided on the parameters", async () => {
-    const data = getRandomData()
-    await config.executeMiddleware(undefined as any, {
-      _viewId: viewId,
-      ...data,
-    })
-
-    expect(config.throw).toBeCalledTimes(1)
-    expect(config.throw).toBeCalledWith(400, "viewId path is required")
-    expect(config.next).not.toBeCalled()
-  })
 })
diff --git a/packages/server/src/middleware/trimViewRowInfo.ts b/packages/server/src/middleware/trimViewRowInfo.ts
index 2e3ded27f5..cff9dabd37 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/middleware/trimViewRowInfo.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/middleware/trimViewRowInfo.ts
@@ -3,26 +3,35 @@ import * as utils from "../db/utils"
 import sdk from "../sdk"
 import { db } from "@budibase/backend-core"
 import { Next } from "koa"
+import { getTableId } from "../api/controllers/row/utils"
 
 export default async (ctx: Ctx<Row>, next: Next) => {
   const { body } = ctx.request
-  const { _viewId: viewId } = body
+  let { _viewId: viewId } = body
+
+  const possibleViewId = getTableId(ctx)
+  if (utils.isViewID(possibleViewId)) {
+    viewId = possibleViewId
+  }
+
+  // nothing to do, it is not a view (just a table ID)
   if (!viewId) {
-    return ctx.throw(400, "_viewId is required")
+    return next()
   }
 
-  if (!ctx.params.viewId) {
-    return ctx.throw(400, "viewId path is required")
+  const { tableId } = utils.extractViewInfoFromID(viewId)
+
+  // don't need to trim delete requests
+  if (ctx?.method?.toLowerCase() !== "delete") {
+    const { _viewId, ...trimmedView } = await trimViewFields(
+      viewId,
+      tableId,
+      body
+    )
+    ctx.request.body = trimmedView
   }
 
-  const { tableId } = utils.extractViewInfoFromID(ctx.params.viewId)
-  const { _viewId, ...trimmedView } = await trimViewFields(
-    viewId,
-    tableId,
-    body
-  )
-  ctx.request.body = trimmedView
-  ctx.params.tableId = tableId
+  ctx.params.sourceId = tableId
 
   return next()
 }
diff --git a/packages/server/src/sdk/app/rows/search.ts b/packages/server/src/sdk/app/rows/search.ts
index a523d828f3..4861f473ea 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/sdk/app/rows/search.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/sdk/app/rows/search.ts
@@ -1,23 +1,9 @@
-import { SearchFilters, SortOrder, SortType } from "@budibase/types"
+import { SearchFilters, SearchParams } from "@budibase/types"
 import { isExternalTable } from "../../../integrations/utils"
 import * as internal from "./search/internal"
 import * as external from "./search/external"
 import { Format } from "../../../api/controllers/view/exporters"
 
-export interface SearchParams {
-  tableId: string
-  paginate?: boolean
-  query: SearchFilters
-  bookmark?: string
-  limit?: number
-  sort?: string
-  sortOrder?: SortOrder
-  sortType?: SortType
-  version?: string
-  disableEscaping?: boolean
-  fields?: string[]
-}
-
 export interface ViewParams {
   calculation: string
   group: string
diff --git a/packages/server/src/sdk/app/rows/search/external.ts b/packages/server/src/sdk/app/rows/search/external.ts
index 159f3d84fd..447d1d7d16 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/sdk/app/rows/search/external.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/sdk/app/rows/search/external.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import {
   IncludeRelationship,
   Row,
   SearchFilters,
+  SearchParams,
 } from "@budibase/types"
 import * as exporters from "../../../../api/controllers/view/exporters"
 import sdk from "../../../../sdk"
@@ -13,7 +14,7 @@ import { handleRequest } from "../../../../api/controllers/row/external"
 import { breakExternalTableId } from "../../../../integrations/utils"
 import { cleanExportRows } from "../utils"
 import { utils } from "@budibase/shared-core"
-import { ExportRowsParams, ExportRowsResult, SearchParams } from "../search"
+import { ExportRowsParams, ExportRowsResult } from "../search"
 import { HTTPError, db } from "@budibase/backend-core"
 import pick from "lodash/pick"
 
diff --git a/packages/server/src/sdk/app/rows/search/internal.ts b/packages/server/src/sdk/app/rows/search/internal.ts
index e7f0aadfd6..dfc5b7dcab 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/sdk/app/rows/search/internal.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/sdk/app/rows/search/internal.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import {
 } from "../../../../db/utils"
 import { getGlobalUsersFromMetadata } from "../../../../utilities/global"
 import { outputProcessing } from "../../../../utilities/rowProcessor"
-import { Database, Row, Table } from "@budibase/types"
+import { Database, Row, Table, SearchParams } from "@budibase/types"
 import { cleanExportRows } from "../utils"
 import {
   Format,
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ import {
   getFromMemoryDoc,
 } from "../../../../api/controllers/view/utils"
 import sdk from "../../../../sdk"
-import { ExportRowsParams, ExportRowsResult, SearchParams } from "../search"
+import { ExportRowsParams, ExportRowsResult } from "../search"
 import pick from "lodash/pick"
 
 export async function search(options: SearchParams) {
diff --git a/packages/server/src/sdk/app/rows/search/tests/external.spec.ts b/packages/server/src/sdk/app/rows/search/tests/external.spec.ts
index b24557fd4f..b3bddfbc97 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/sdk/app/rows/search/tests/external.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/sdk/app/rows/search/tests/external.spec.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,15 @@
 import { GenericContainer } from "testcontainers"
 
-import { Datasource, FieldType, Row, SourceName, Table } from "@budibase/types"
+import {
+  Datasource,
+  FieldType,
+  Row,
+  SourceName,
+  Table,
+  SearchParams,
+} from "@budibase/types"
+
 import TestConfiguration from "../../../../../tests/utilities/TestConfiguration"
-import { SearchParams } from "../../search"
 import { search } from "../external"
 import {
   expectAnyExternalColsAttributes,
diff --git a/packages/server/src/sdk/app/rows/search/tests/internal.spec.ts b/packages/server/src/sdk/app/rows/search/tests/internal.spec.ts
index a58c368cea..b3e98a1149 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/sdk/app/rows/search/tests/internal.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/sdk/app/rows/search/tests/internal.spec.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
-import { FieldType, Row, Table } from "@budibase/types"
+import { FieldType, Row, Table, SearchParams } from "@budibase/types"
 import TestConfiguration from "../../../../../tests/utilities/TestConfiguration"
-import { SearchParams } from "../../search"
 import { search } from "../internal"
 import {
   expectAnyInternalColsAttributes,
diff --git a/packages/server/src/sdk/app/views/index.ts b/packages/server/src/sdk/app/views/index.ts
index 7e75f22060..a0776510cc 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/sdk/app/views/index.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/sdk/app/views/index.ts
@@ -1,17 +1,20 @@
-import { HTTPError, context } from "@budibase/backend-core"
-import { FieldSchema, TableSchema, View, ViewV2 } from "@budibase/types"
+import {
+  FieldSchema,
+  RenameColumn,
+  TableSchema,
+  View,
+  ViewV2,
+} from "@budibase/types"
+import { context, HTTPError } from "@budibase/backend-core"
 
 import sdk from "../../../sdk"
 import * as utils from "../../../db/utils"
-import merge from "lodash/merge"
 
 export async function get(viewId: string): Promise<ViewV2 | undefined> {
   const { tableId } = utils.extractViewInfoFromID(viewId)
   const table = await sdk.tables.getTable(tableId)
   const views = Object.values(table.views!)
-  const view = views.find(v => isV2(v) && v.id === viewId) as ViewV2 | undefined
-
-  return view
+  return views.find(v => isV2(v) && v.id === viewId) as ViewV2 | undefined
 }
 
 export async function create(
@@ -106,3 +109,37 @@ export function enrichSchema(view: View | ViewV2, tableSchema: TableSchema) {
     schema: schema,
   }
 }
+
+export function syncSchema(
+  view: ViewV2,
+  schema: TableSchema,
+  renameColumn: RenameColumn | undefined
+): ViewV2 {
+  if (renameColumn) {
+    if (view.columns) {
+      view.columns[view.columns.indexOf(renameColumn.old)] =
+        renameColumn.updated
+    }
+    if (view.schemaUI) {
+      view.schemaUI[renameColumn.updated] = view.schemaUI[renameColumn.old]
+      delete view.schemaUI[renameColumn.old]
+    }
+  }
+
+  if (view.schemaUI) {
+    for (const fieldName of Object.keys(view.schemaUI)) {
+      if (!schema[fieldName]) {
+        delete view.schemaUI[fieldName]
+      }
+    }
+    for (const fieldName of Object.keys(schema)) {
+      if (!view.schemaUI[fieldName]) {
+        view.schemaUI[fieldName] = { visible: false }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  view.columns = view.columns?.filter(x => schema[x])
+
+  return view
+}
diff --git a/packages/server/src/sdk/app/views/tests/views.spec.ts b/packages/server/src/sdk/app/views/tests/views.spec.ts
index 3b1cb84a42..d3d938f9cf 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/sdk/app/views/tests/views.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/sdk/app/views/tests/views.spec.ts
@@ -1,53 +1,54 @@
-import { FieldType, Table, ViewV2 } from "@budibase/types"
+import _ from "lodash"
+import { FieldType, Table, TableSchema, ViewV2 } from "@budibase/types"
 import { generator } from "@budibase/backend-core/tests"
-import { enrichSchema } from ".."
+import { enrichSchema, syncSchema } from ".."
 
 describe("table sdk", () => {
-  describe("enrichViewSchemas", () => {
-    const basicTable: Table = {
-      _id: generator.guid(),
-      name: "TestTable",
-      type: "table",
-      schema: {
-        name: {
-          type: FieldType.STRING,
-          name: "name",
-          visible: true,
-          width: 80,
-          order: 2,
-          constraints: {
-            type: "string",
-          },
-        },
-        description: {
-          type: FieldType.STRING,
-          name: "description",
-          visible: true,
-          width: 200,
-          constraints: {
-            type: "string",
-          },
-        },
-        id: {
-          type: FieldType.NUMBER,
-          name: "id",
-          visible: true,
-          order: 1,
-          constraints: {
-            type: "number",
-          },
-        },
-        hiddenField: {
-          type: FieldType.STRING,
-          name: "hiddenField",
-          visible: false,
-          constraints: {
-            type: "string",
-          },
+  const basicTable: Table = {
+    _id: generator.guid(),
+    name: "TestTable",
+    type: "table",
+    schema: {
+      name: {
+        type: FieldType.STRING,
+        name: "name",
+        visible: true,
+        width: 80,
+        order: 2,
+        constraints: {
+          type: "string",
         },
       },
-    }
+      description: {
+        type: FieldType.STRING,
+        name: "description",
+        visible: true,
+        width: 200,
+        constraints: {
+          type: "string",
+        },
+      },
+      id: {
+        type: FieldType.NUMBER,
+        name: "id",
+        visible: true,
+        order: 1,
+        constraints: {
+          type: "number",
+        },
+      },
+      hiddenField: {
+        type: FieldType.STRING,
+        name: "hiddenField",
+        visible: false,
+        constraints: {
+          type: "string",
+        },
+      },
+    },
+  }
 
+  describe("enrichViewSchemas", () => {
     it("should fetch the default schema if not overriden", async () => {
       const tableId = basicTable._id!
       const view: ViewV2 = {
@@ -280,4 +281,294 @@ describe("table sdk", () => {
       )
     })
   })
+
+  describe("syncSchema", () => {
+    const basicView: ViewV2 = {
+      version: 2,
+      id: generator.guid(),
+      name: generator.guid(),
+      tableId: basicTable._id!,
+    }
+
+    describe("view without schema", () => {
+      it("no table schema changes will not amend the view", () => {
+        const view: ViewV2 = {
+          ...basicView,
+          columns: ["name", "id", "description"],
+        }
+        const result = syncSchema(
+          _.cloneDeep(view),
+          basicTable.schema,
+          undefined
+        )
+        expect(result).toEqual(view)
+      })
+
+      it("adding new columns will not change the view schema", () => {
+        const view: ViewV2 = {
+          ...basicView,
+          columns: ["name", "id", "description"],
+        }
+
+        const newTableSchema = {
+          ...basicTable.schema,
+          newField1: {
+            type: FieldType.STRING,
+            name: "newField1",
+            visible: true,
+          },
+          newField2: {
+            type: FieldType.NUMBER,
+            name: "newField2",
+            visible: false,
+          },
+        }
+
+        const result = syncSchema(_.cloneDeep(view), newTableSchema, undefined)
+        expect(result).toEqual({
+          ...view,
+          schemaUI: undefined,
+        })
+      })
+
+      it("deleting columns will not change the view schema", () => {
+        const view: ViewV2 = {
+          ...basicView,
+          columns: ["name", "id", "description"],
+        }
+        const { name, description, ...newTableSchema } = basicTable.schema
+
+        const result = syncSchema(_.cloneDeep(view), newTableSchema, undefined)
+        expect(result).toEqual({
+          ...view,
+          columns: ["id"],
+          schemaUI: undefined,
+        })
+      })
+
+      it("renaming mapped columns will update the view column mapping", () => {
+        const view: ViewV2 = {
+          ...basicView,
+          columns: ["name", "id", "description"],
+        }
+        const { description, ...newTableSchema } = {
+          ...basicTable.schema,
+          updatedDescription: {
+            ...basicTable.schema.description,
+            name: "updatedDescription",
+          },
+        } as TableSchema
+
+        const result = syncSchema(_.cloneDeep(view), newTableSchema, {
+          old: "description",
+          updated: "updatedDescription",
+        })
+        expect(result).toEqual({
+          ...view,
+          columns: ["name", "id", "updatedDescription"],
+          schemaUI: undefined,
+        })
+      })
+    })
+
+    describe("view with schema", () => {
+      it("no table schema changes will not amend the view", () => {
+        const view: ViewV2 = {
+          ...basicView,
+          columns: ["name", "id", "description"],
+          schemaUI: {
+            name: { visible: true, width: 100 },
+            id: { visible: true, width: 20 },
+            description: { visible: false },
+            hiddenField: { visible: false },
+          },
+        }
+        const result = syncSchema(
+          _.cloneDeep(view),
+          basicTable.schema,
+          undefined
+        )
+        expect(result).toEqual(view)
+      })
+
+      it("adding new columns will add them as not visible to the view", () => {
+        const view: ViewV2 = {
+          ...basicView,
+          columns: ["name", "id", "description"],
+          schemaUI: {
+            name: { visible: true, width: 100 },
+            id: { visible: true, width: 20 },
+            description: { visible: false },
+            hiddenField: { visible: false },
+          },
+        }
+
+        const newTableSchema = {
+          ...basicTable.schema,
+          newField1: {
+            type: FieldType.STRING,
+            name: "newField1",
+            visible: true,
+          },
+          newField2: {
+            type: FieldType.NUMBER,
+            name: "newField2",
+            visible: false,
+          },
+        }
+
+        const result = syncSchema(_.cloneDeep(view), newTableSchema, undefined)
+        expect(result).toEqual({
+          ...view,
+          schemaUI: {
+            ...view.schemaUI,
+            newField1: { visible: false },
+            newField2: { visible: false },
+          },
+        })
+      })
+
+      it("deleting columns will remove them from the UI", () => {
+        const view: ViewV2 = {
+          ...basicView,
+          columns: ["name", "id", "description"],
+          schemaUI: {
+            name: { visible: true, width: 100 },
+            id: { visible: true, width: 20 },
+            description: { visible: false },
+            hiddenField: { visible: false },
+          },
+        }
+        const { name, description, ...newTableSchema } = basicTable.schema
+
+        const result = syncSchema(_.cloneDeep(view), newTableSchema, undefined)
+        expect(result).toEqual({
+          ...view,
+          columns: ["id"],
+          schemaUI: {
+            ...view.schemaUI,
+            name: undefined,
+            description: undefined,
+          },
+        })
+      })
+
+      it("can handle additions and deletions at the same them UI", () => {
+        const view: ViewV2 = {
+          ...basicView,
+          columns: ["name", "id", "description"],
+          schemaUI: {
+            name: { visible: true, width: 100 },
+            id: { visible: true, width: 20 },
+            description: { visible: false },
+            hiddenField: { visible: false },
+          },
+        }
+        const { name, description, ...newTableSchema } = {
+          ...basicTable.schema,
+          newField1: {
+            type: FieldType.STRING,
+            name: "newField1",
+            visible: true,
+          },
+        } as TableSchema
+
+        const result = syncSchema(_.cloneDeep(view), newTableSchema, undefined)
+        expect(result).toEqual({
+          ...view,
+          columns: ["id"],
+          schemaUI: {
+            ...view.schemaUI,
+            name: undefined,
+            description: undefined,
+            newField1: { visible: false },
+          },
+        })
+      })
+
+      it("renaming mapped columns will update the view column mapping and it's schema", () => {
+        const view: ViewV2 = {
+          ...basicView,
+          columns: ["name", "id", "description"],
+          schemaUI: {
+            name: { visible: true },
+            id: { visible: true },
+            description: { visible: true, width: 150, icon: "ic-any" },
+            hiddenField: { visible: false },
+          },
+        }
+        const { description, ...newTableSchema } = {
+          ...basicTable.schema,
+          updatedDescription: {
+            ...basicTable.schema.description,
+            name: "updatedDescription",
+          },
+        } as TableSchema
+
+        const result = syncSchema(_.cloneDeep(view), newTableSchema, {
+          old: "description",
+          updated: "updatedDescription",
+        })
+        expect(result).toEqual({
+          ...view,
+          columns: ["name", "id", "updatedDescription"],
+          schemaUI: {
+            ...view.schemaUI,
+            description: undefined,
+            updatedDescription: { visible: true, width: 150, icon: "ic-any" },
+          },
+        })
+      })
+
+      it("changing no UI schema will not affect the view", () => {
+        const view: ViewV2 = {
+          ...basicView,
+          columns: ["name", "id", "description"],
+          schemaUI: {
+            name: { visible: true, width: 100 },
+            id: { visible: true, width: 20 },
+            description: { visible: false },
+            hiddenField: { visible: false },
+          },
+        }
+        const result = syncSchema(
+          _.cloneDeep(view),
+          {
+            ...basicTable.schema,
+            id: {
+              ...basicTable.schema.id,
+              type: FieldType.NUMBER,
+            },
+          },
+          undefined
+        )
+        expect(result).toEqual(view)
+      })
+
+      it("changing table column UI fields will not affect the view schema", () => {
+        const view: ViewV2 = {
+          ...basicView,
+          columns: ["name", "id", "description"],
+          schemaUI: {
+            name: { visible: true, width: 100 },
+            id: { visible: true, width: 20 },
+            description: { visible: false },
+            hiddenField: { visible: false },
+          },
+        }
+        const result = syncSchema(
+          _.cloneDeep(view),
+          {
+            ...basicTable.schema,
+            id: {
+              ...basicTable.schema.id,
+              visible: !basicTable.schema.id.visible,
+            },
+          },
+          undefined
+        )
+        expect(result).toEqual(view)
+      })
+    })
+  })
 })
diff --git a/packages/server/src/tests/utilities/api/row.ts b/packages/server/src/tests/utilities/api/row.ts
index c7c72368f5..c6ef4606d2 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/tests/utilities/api/row.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/tests/utilities/api/row.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { PatchRowRequest } from "@budibase/types"
+import { PatchRowRequest, SaveRowRequest, Row } from "@budibase/types"
 import TestConfiguration from "../TestConfiguration"
 import { TestAPI } from "./base"
 
@@ -8,12 +8,12 @@ export class RowAPI extends TestAPI {
   }
 
   get = async (
-    tableId: string,
+    sourceId: string,
     rowId: string,
     { expectStatus } = { expectStatus: 200 }
   ) => {
     const request = this.request
-      .get(`/api/${tableId}/rows/${rowId}`)
+      .get(`/api/${sourceId}/rows/${rowId}`)
       .set(this.config.defaultHeaders())
       .expect(expectStatus)
     if (expectStatus !== 404) {
@@ -22,16 +22,43 @@ export class RowAPI extends TestAPI {
     return request
   }
 
+  save = async (
+    sourceId: string,
+    row: SaveRowRequest,
+    { expectStatus } = { expectStatus: 200 }
+  ): Promise<Row> => {
+    const resp = await this.request
+      .post(`/api/${sourceId}/rows`)
+      .send(row)
+      .set(this.config.defaultHeaders())
+      .expect("Content-Type", /json/)
+      .expect(expectStatus)
+    return resp.body as Row
+  }
+
   patch = async (
-    tableId: string,
+    sourceId: string,
     row: PatchRowRequest,
     { expectStatus } = { expectStatus: 200 }
   ) => {
     return this.request
-      .patch(`/api/${tableId}/rows`)
+      .patch(`/api/${sourceId}/rows`)
       .send(row)
       .set(this.config.defaultHeaders())
       .expect("Content-Type", /json/)
       .expect(expectStatus)
   }
+
+  delete = async (
+    sourceId: string,
+    rows: Row[],
+    { expectStatus } = { expectStatus: 200 }
+  ) => {
+    return this.request
+      .delete(`/api/${sourceId}/rows`)
+      .send({ rows })
+      .set(this.config.defaultHeaders())
+      .expect("Content-Type", /json/)
+      .expect(expectStatus)
+  }
 }
diff --git a/packages/server/src/tests/utilities/api/viewV2.ts b/packages/server/src/tests/utilities/api/viewV2.ts
index 5ad2b2d3d7..1520154641 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/tests/utilities/api/viewV2.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/tests/utilities/api/viewV2.ts
@@ -1,13 +1,8 @@
 import {
   CreateViewRequest,
-  SortOrder,
-  SortType,
   UpdateViewRequest,
-  DeleteRowRequest,
-  PatchRowRequest,
-  PatchRowResponse,
-  Row,
   ViewV2,
+  SearchViewRowRequest,
 } from "@budibase/types"
 import TestConfiguration from "../TestConfiguration"
 import { TestAPI } from "./base"
@@ -81,75 +76,14 @@ export class ViewV2API extends TestAPI {
 
   search = async (
     viewId: string,
-    options?: {
-      sort: {
-        column: string
-        order?: SortOrder
-        type?: SortType
-      }
-    },
+    params?: SearchViewRowRequest,
     { expectStatus } = { expectStatus: 200 }
   ) => {
-    const qs: [string, any][] = []
-    if (options?.sort.column) {
-      qs.push(["sort_column", options.sort.column])
-    }
-    if (options?.sort.order) {
-      qs.push(["sort_order", options.sort.order])
-    }
-    if (options?.sort.type) {
-      qs.push(["sort_type", options.sort.type])
-    }
-    let url = `/api/v2/views/${viewId}/search`
-    if (qs.length) {
-      url += "?" + qs.map(q => q.join("=")).join("&")
-    }
     return this.request
-      .get(url)
+      .post(`/api/v2/views/${viewId}/search`)
+      .send(params)
       .set(this.config.defaultHeaders())
       .expect("Content-Type", /json/)
       .expect(expectStatus)
   }
-
-  row = {
-    create: async (
-      viewId: string,
-      row: Row,
-      { expectStatus } = { expectStatus: 200 }
-    ): Promise<Row> => {
-      const result = await this.request
-        .post(`/api/v2/views/${viewId}/rows`)
-        .send(row)
-        .set(this.config.defaultHeaders())
-        .expect("Content-Type", /json/)
-        .expect(expectStatus)
-      return result.body as Row
-    },
-    update: async (
-      viewId: string,
-      rowId: string,
-      row: PatchRowRequest,
-      { expectStatus } = { expectStatus: 200 }
-    ): Promise<PatchRowResponse> => {
-      const result = await this.request
-        .patch(`/api/v2/views/${viewId}/rows/${rowId}`)
-        .send(row)
-        .set(this.config.defaultHeaders())
-        .expect("Content-Type", /json/)
-        .expect(expectStatus)
-      return result.body as PatchRowResponse
-    },
-    delete: async (
-      viewId: string,
-      body: DeleteRowRequest,
-      { expectStatus } = { expectStatus: 200 }
-    ): Promise<any> => {
-      const result = await this.request
-        .delete(`/api/v2/views/${viewId}/rows`)
-        .send(body)
-        .set(this.config.defaultHeaders())
-        .expect(expectStatus)
-      return result.body
-    },
-  }
 }
diff --git a/packages/server/src/threads/definitions.ts b/packages/server/src/threads/definitions.ts
index 21e7ce0b69..dd0891d34a 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/threads/definitions.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/threads/definitions.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,12 @@ export interface QueryEvent {
   queryId: string
   environmentVariables?: Record<string, string>
   ctx?: any
+  schema?: {
+    [key: string]: {
+      name: string
+      type: string
+    }
+  }
 }
 
 export interface QueryVariable {
diff --git a/packages/server/src/threads/query.ts b/packages/server/src/threads/query.ts
index 135c533122..3d68895753 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/threads/query.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/threads/query.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import { context, cache, auth } from "@budibase/backend-core"
 import { getGlobalIDFromUserMetadataID } from "../db/utils"
 import sdk from "../sdk"
 import { cloneDeep } from "lodash/fp"
+import { SourceName } from "@budibase/types"
 
 import { isSQL } from "../integrations/utils"
 import { interpolateSQL } from "../integrations/queries/sql"
@@ -28,6 +29,7 @@ class QueryRunner {
   hasRerun: boolean
   hasRefreshedOAuth: boolean
   hasDynamicVariables: boolean
+  schema: any
 
   constructor(input: QueryEvent, flags = { noRecursiveQuery: false }) {
     this.datasource = input.datasource
@@ -37,6 +39,7 @@ class QueryRunner {
     this.pagination = input.pagination
     this.transformer = input.transformer
     this.queryId = input.queryId
+    this.schema = input.schema
     this.noRecursiveQuery = flags.noRecursiveQuery
     this.cachedVariables = []
     // Additional context items for enrichment
@@ -51,7 +54,7 @@ class QueryRunner {
   }
 
   async execute(): Promise<any> {
-    let { datasource, fields, queryVerb, transformer } = this
+    let { datasource, fields, queryVerb, transformer, schema } = this
     let datasourceClone = cloneDeep(datasource)
     let fieldsClone = cloneDeep(fields)
 
@@ -70,6 +73,9 @@ class QueryRunner {
 
     const integration = new Integration(datasourceClone.config)
 
+    // define the type casting from the schema
+    integration.defineTypeCastingFromSchema?.(schema)
+
     // pre-query, make sure datasource variables are added to parameters
     const parameters = await this.addDatasourceVariables()
 
diff --git a/packages/server/src/utilities/security.ts b/packages/server/src/utilities/security.ts
index 694dff4360..0da7621773 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/utilities/security.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/utilities/security.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { permissions, roles } from "@budibase/backend-core"
-import { DocumentType } from "../db/utils"
+import { DocumentType, VirtualDocumentType } from "../db/utils"
 
 export const CURRENTLY_SUPPORTED_LEVELS: string[] = [
   permissions.PermissionLevel.WRITE,
@@ -11,9 +11,10 @@ export function getPermissionType(resourceId: string) {
   const docType = Object.values(DocumentType).filter(docType =>
     resourceId.startsWith(docType)
   )[0]
-  switch (docType) {
+  switch (docType as DocumentType | VirtualDocumentType) {
     case DocumentType.TABLE:
     case DocumentType.ROW:
+    case VirtualDocumentType.VIEW:
       return permissions.PermissionType.TABLE
     case DocumentType.AUTOMATION:
       return permissions.PermissionType.AUTOMATION
@@ -22,9 +23,6 @@ export function getPermissionType(resourceId: string) {
     case DocumentType.QUERY:
     case DocumentType.DATASOURCE:
       return permissions.PermissionType.QUERY
-    default:
-      // views don't have an ID, will end up here
-      return permissions.PermissionType.VIEW
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/shared-core/package.json b/packages/shared-core/package.json
index 382f3fa731..8edea4870a 100644
--- a/packages/shared-core/package.json
+++ b/packages/shared-core/package.json
@@ -32,7 +32,18 @@
             "target": "build"
           }
         ]
+      },
+      "dev:builder": {
+        "dependsOn": [
+          {
+            "projects": [
+              "@budibase/types"
+            ],
+            "target": "build"
+          }
+        ]
       }
+
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/shared-core/src/filters.ts b/packages/shared-core/src/filters.ts
index 54e0df92df..8739db1b40 100644
--- a/packages/shared-core/src/filters.ts
+++ b/packages/shared-core/src/filters.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,12 @@
-import { Datasource, FieldType, SortDirection, SortType } from "@budibase/types"
+import {
+  Datasource,
+  FieldType,
+  SearchFilter,
+  SearchQuery,
+  SearchQueryFields,
+  SortDirection,
+  SortType,
+} from "@budibase/types"
 import { OperatorOptions, SqlNumberTypeRangeMap } from "./constants"
 import { deepGet } from "./helpers"
 
@@ -73,13 +81,13 @@ export const NoEmptyFilterStrings = [
   OperatorOptions.NotEquals.value,
   OperatorOptions.Contains.value,
   OperatorOptions.NotContains.value,
-] as (keyof QueryFields)[]
+] as (keyof SearchQueryFields)[]
 
 /**
  * Removes any fields that contain empty strings that would cause inconsistent
  * behaviour with how backend tables are filtered (no value means no filter).
  */
-const cleanupQuery = (query: Query) => {
+const cleanupQuery = (query: SearchQuery) => {
   if (!query) {
     return query
   }
@@ -110,66 +118,12 @@ const removeKeyNumbering = (key: string) => {
   }
 }
 
-type Filter = {
-  operator: keyof Query
-  field: string
-  type: any
-  value: any
-  externalType: keyof typeof SqlNumberTypeRangeMap
-}
-
-type Query = QueryFields & QueryConfig
-type QueryFields = {
-  string?: {
-    [key: string]: string
-  }
-  fuzzy?: {
-    [key: string]: string
-  }
-  range?: {
-    [key: string]: {
-      high: number | string
-      low: number | string
-    }
-  }
-  equal?: {
-    [key: string]: any
-  }
-  notEqual?: {
-    [key: string]: any
-  }
-  empty?: {
-    [key: string]: any
-  }
-  notEmpty?: {
-    [key: string]: any
-  }
-  oneOf?: {
-    [key: string]: any[]
-  }
-  contains?: {
-    [key: string]: any[]
-  }
-  notContains?: {
-    [key: string]: any[]
-  }
-  containsAny?: {
-    [key: string]: any[]
-  }
-}
-
-type QueryConfig = {
-  allOr?: boolean
-}
-
-type QueryFieldsType = keyof QueryFields
-
 /**
  * Builds a lucene JSON query from the filter structure generated in the builder
  * @param filter the builder filter structure
  */
-export const buildLuceneQuery = (filter: Filter[]) => {
-  let query: Query = {
+export const buildLuceneQuery = (filter: SearchFilter[]) => {
+  let query: SearchQuery = {
     string: {},
     fuzzy: {},
     range: {},
@@ -227,9 +181,13 @@ export const buildLuceneQuery = (filter: Filter[]) => {
       }
       if (operator.startsWith("range") && query.range) {
         const minint =
-          SqlNumberTypeRangeMap[externalType]?.min || Number.MIN_SAFE_INTEGER
+          SqlNumberTypeRangeMap[
+            externalType as keyof typeof SqlNumberTypeRangeMap
+          ]?.min || Number.MIN_SAFE_INTEGER
         const maxint =
-          SqlNumberTypeRangeMap[externalType]?.max || Number.MAX_SAFE_INTEGER
+          SqlNumberTypeRangeMap[
+            externalType as keyof typeof SqlNumberTypeRangeMap
+          ]?.max || Number.MAX_SAFE_INTEGER
         if (!query.range[field]) {
           query.range[field] = {
             low: type === "number" ? minint : "0000-00-00T00:00:00.000Z",
@@ -275,7 +233,7 @@ export const buildLuceneQuery = (filter: Filter[]) => {
  * @param docs the data
  * @param query the JSON lucene query
  */
-export const runLuceneQuery = (docs: any[], query?: Query) => {
+export const runLuceneQuery = (docs: any[], query?: SearchQuery) => {
   if (!docs || !Array.isArray(docs)) {
     return []
   }
@@ -289,7 +247,7 @@ export const runLuceneQuery = (docs: any[], query?: Query) => {
   // Iterates over a set of filters and evaluates a fail function against a doc
   const match =
     (
-      type: QueryFieldsType,
+      type: keyof SearchQueryFields,
       failFn: (docValue: any, testValue: any) => boolean
     ) =>
     (doc: any) => {
@@ -456,7 +414,7 @@ export const luceneLimit = (docs: any[], limit: string) => {
   return docs.slice(0, numLimit)
 }
 
-export const hasFilters = (query?: Query) => {
+export const hasFilters = (query?: SearchQuery) => {
   if (!query) {
     return false
   }
diff --git a/packages/shared-core/tsconfig.build.json b/packages/shared-core/tsconfig.build.json
index 31dc1afc10..5b356a1f08 100644
--- a/packages/shared-core/tsconfig.build.json
+++ b/packages/shared-core/tsconfig.build.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "compilerOptions": {
     "target": "es6",
-    "moduleResolution": "node",
+    "module": "commonjs",
     "lib": ["es2020"],
     "strict": true,
     "noImplicitAny": true,
diff --git a/packages/types/src/api/web/app/rows.ts b/packages/types/src/api/web/app/rows.ts
index fedb8ec146..2b51c7b203 100644
--- a/packages/types/src/api/web/app/rows.ts
+++ b/packages/types/src/api/web/app/rows.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
+import { SearchParams } from "../../../sdk"
 import { Row } from "../../../documents"
 
+export interface SaveRowRequest extends Row {}
+
 export interface PatchRowRequest extends Row {
   _id: string
   _rev: string
@@ -8,6 +11,14 @@ export interface PatchRowRequest extends Row {
 
 export interface PatchRowResponse extends Row {}
 
-export interface SearchResponse {
+export interface SearchRowRequest extends Omit<SearchParams, "tableId"> {}
+
+export interface SearchViewRowRequest
+  extends Pick<
+    SearchRowRequest,
+    "sort" | "sortOrder" | "sortType" | "limit" | "bookmark" | "paginate"
+  > {}
+
+export interface SearchRowResponse {
   rows: any[]
 }
diff --git a/packages/types/src/api/web/app/table.ts b/packages/types/src/api/web/app/table.ts
index 178f758254..ff288811c9 100644
--- a/packages/types/src/api/web/app/table.ts
+++ b/packages/types/src/api/web/app/table.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,10 @@
-import { Table, TableSchema, View, ViewV2 } from "../../../documents"
+import {
+  Table,
+  TableRequest,
+  TableSchema,
+  View,
+  ViewV2,
+} from "../../../documents"
 
 interface ViewV2Response extends ViewV2 {
   schema: TableSchema
@@ -11,3 +17,7 @@ export interface TableResponse extends Table {
 }
 
 export type FetchTablesResponse = TableResponse[]
+
+export interface SaveTableRequest extends TableRequest {}
+
+export type SaveTableResponse = Table
diff --git a/packages/types/src/api/web/index.ts b/packages/types/src/api/web/index.ts
index 0e0527eb7f..cba1e04f9a 100644
--- a/packages/types/src/api/web/index.ts
+++ b/packages/types/src/api/web/index.ts
@@ -8,3 +8,4 @@ export * from "./system"
 export * from "./app"
 export * from "./global"
 export * from "./pagination"
+export * from "./searchFilter"
diff --git a/packages/types/src/api/web/searchFilter.ts b/packages/types/src/api/web/searchFilter.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1b5948e50c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/types/src/api/web/searchFilter.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+import { FieldType } from "../../documents"
+
+export type SearchFilter = {
+  operator: keyof SearchQuery
+  field: string
+  type?: FieldType
+  value: any
+  externalType?: string
+}
+
+export type SearchQuery = {
+  allOr?: boolean
+  string?: {
+    [key: string]: string
+  }
+  fuzzy?: {
+    [key: string]: string
+  }
+  range?: {
+    [key: string]: {
+      high: number | string
+      low: number | string
+    }
+  }
+  equal?: {
+    [key: string]: any
+  }
+  notEqual?: {
+    [key: string]: any
+  }
+  empty?: {
+    [key: string]: any
+  }
+  notEmpty?: {
+    [key: string]: any
+  }
+  oneOf?: {
+    [key: string]: any[]
+  }
+  contains?: {
+    [key: string]: any[]
+  }
+  notContains?: {
+    [key: string]: any[]
+  }
+  containsAny?: {
+    [key: string]: any[]
+  }
+}
+
+export type SearchQueryFields = Omit<SearchQuery, "allOr">
diff --git a/packages/types/src/documents/app/view.ts b/packages/types/src/documents/app/view.ts
index 3fe8b4a500..204b995337 100644
--- a/packages/types/src/documents/app/view.ts
+++ b/packages/types/src/documents/app/view.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
-import { SortOrder, SortType } from "../../api"
-import { SearchFilters } from "../../sdk"
-import { TableSchema, UIFieldMetadata } from "./table"
+import { SearchFilter, SortOrder, SortType } from "../../api"
+import { UIFieldMetadata } from "./table"
 
 export interface View {
   name: string
@@ -20,7 +19,7 @@ export interface ViewV2 {
   name: string
   primaryDisplay?: string
   tableId: string
-  query?: SearchFilters
+  query?: SearchFilter[]
   sort?: {
     field: string
     order?: SortOrder
diff --git a/packages/types/src/documents/document.ts b/packages/types/src/documents/document.ts
index 6ba318269b..03e01907b8 100644
--- a/packages/types/src/documents/document.ts
+++ b/packages/types/src/documents/document.ts
@@ -39,6 +39,12 @@ export enum DocumentType {
   AUDIT_LOG = "al",
 }
 
+// these documents don't really exist, they are part of other
+// documents or enriched into existence as part of get requests
+export enum VirtualDocumentType {
+  VIEW = "view",
+}
+
 export interface Document {
   _id?: string
   _rev?: string
diff --git a/packages/types/src/sdk/datasources.ts b/packages/types/src/sdk/datasources.ts
index 2391f6e878..d6a0d4a7c8 100644
--- a/packages/types/src/sdk/datasources.ts
+++ b/packages/types/src/sdk/datasources.ts
@@ -166,6 +166,12 @@ export interface IntegrationBase {
   delete?(query: any): Promise<any[] | any>
   testConnection?(): Promise<ConnectionInfo>
   getExternalSchema?(): Promise<string>
+  defineTypeCastingFromSchema?(schema: {
+    [key: string]: {
+      name: string
+      type: string
+    }
+  }): void
 }
 
 export interface DatasourcePlus extends IntegrationBase {
diff --git a/packages/types/src/sdk/index.ts b/packages/types/src/sdk/index.ts
index e4b5778ed9..0eab2ba556 100644
--- a/packages/types/src/sdk/index.ts
+++ b/packages/types/src/sdk/index.ts
@@ -19,3 +19,4 @@ export * from "./user"
 export * from "./cli"
 export * from "./websocket"
 export * from "./permissions"
+export * from "./row"
diff --git a/packages/types/src/sdk/permissions.ts b/packages/types/src/sdk/permissions.ts
index 9e51e4c7b4..9fe1970e44 100644
--- a/packages/types/src/sdk/permissions.ts
+++ b/packages/types/src/sdk/permissions.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,5 @@ export enum PermissionType {
   WEBHOOK = "webhook",
   BUILDER = "builder",
   GLOBAL_BUILDER = "globalBuilder",
-  VIEW = "view",
   QUERY = "query",
 }
diff --git a/packages/types/src/sdk/row.ts b/packages/types/src/sdk/row.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7e4b89e0f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/types/src/sdk/row.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+import { SortOrder, SortType } from "../api"
+import { SearchFilters } from "./search"
+
+export interface SearchParams {
+  tableId: string
+  paginate?: boolean
+  query: SearchFilters
+  bookmark?: string
+  limit?: number
+  sort?: string
+  sortOrder?: SortOrder
+  sortType?: SortType
+  version?: string
+  disableEscaping?: boolean
+  fields?: string[]
+}
diff --git a/packages/worker/Dockerfile b/packages/worker/Dockerfile
index dd98f3b7f8..4230ee86f8 100644
--- a/packages/worker/Dockerfile
+++ b/packages/worker/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM node:14-alpine
+FROM node:18-alpine
 
 LABEL com.centurylinklabs.watchtower.lifecycle.pre-check="scripts/watchtower-hooks/pre-check.sh"
 LABEL com.centurylinklabs.watchtower.lifecycle.pre-update="scripts/watchtower-hooks/pre-update.sh"
diff --git a/qa-core/src/integrations/validators/dynamodb.integration.spec.ts b/qa-core/src/integrations/validators/dynamodb.integration.spec.ts
index c885f64213..d1cec7bca1 100644
--- a/qa-core/src/integrations/validators/dynamodb.integration.spec.ts
+++ b/qa-core/src/integrations/validators/dynamodb.integration.spec.ts
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ describe("datasource validators", () => {
           8000
         )}`,
       }
-      env._set("AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID", "mocked_key")
-      env._set("AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY", "mocked_secret")
+      env._set("AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID", "mockedkey")
+      env._set("AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY", "mockedsecret")
     })
 
     it("test valid connection string", async () => {
diff --git a/scripts/build.js b/scripts/build.js
index 3d1f65ff76..e5c2c8ba34 100755
--- a/scripts/build.js
+++ b/scripts/build.js
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ function runBuild(entry, outfile) {
       TsconfigPathsPlugin({ tsconfig: tsconfigPathPluginContent }),
       nodeExternalsPlugin(),
     ],
-    target: "node14",
     preserveSymlinks: true,
     loader: {
       ".svelte": "copy",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 827c94a176..4f5e0db2e7 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -10283,7 +10283,7 @@ denque@^1.1.0:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/denque/-/denque-1.5.1.tgz#07f670e29c9a78f8faecb2566a1e2c11929c5cbf"
   integrity sha512-XwE+iZ4D6ZUB7mfYRMb5wByE8L74HCn30FBN7sWnXksWc1LO1bPDl67pBR9o/kC4z/xSNAwkMYcGgqDV3BE3Hw==
 
-denque@^2.0.1, denque@^2.1.0:
+denque@^2.1.0:
   version "2.1.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/denque/-/denque-2.1.0.tgz#e93e1a6569fb5e66f16a3c2a2964617d349d6ab1"
   integrity sha512-HVQE3AAb/pxF8fQAoiqpvg9i3evqug3hoiwakOyZAwJm+6vZehbkYXZ0l4JxS+I3QxM97v5aaRNhj8v5oBhekw==
@@ -16986,6 +16986,11 @@ long@^5.0.0:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/long/-/long-5.2.1.tgz#e27595d0083d103d2fa2c20c7699f8e0c92b897f"
   integrity sha512-GKSNGeNAtw8IryjjkhZxuKB3JzlcLTwjtiQCHKvqQet81I93kXslhDQruGI/QsddO83mcDToBVy7GqGS/zYf/A==
 
+long@^5.2.1:
+  version "5.2.3"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/long/-/long-5.2.3.tgz#a3ba97f3877cf1d778eccbcb048525ebb77499e1"
+  integrity sha512-lcHwpNoggQTObv5apGNCTdJrO69eHOZMi4BNC+rTLER8iHAqGrUVeLh/irVIM7zTw2bOXA8T6uNPeujwOLg/2Q==
+
 lookpath@1.1.0:
   version "1.1.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/lookpath/-/lookpath-1.1.0.tgz#932d68371a2f0b4a5644f03d6a2b4728edba96d2"
@@ -17052,6 +17057,11 @@ lru-cache@^7.4.4, lru-cache@^7.5.1, lru-cache@^7.7.1:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/lru-cache/-/lru-cache-7.18.3.tgz#f793896e0fd0e954a59dfdd82f0773808df6aa89"
   integrity sha512-jumlc0BIUrS3qJGgIkWZsyfAM7NCWiBcCDhnd+3NNM5KbBmLTgHVfWBcg6W+rLUsIpzpERPsvwUP7CckAQSOoA==
 
+lru-cache@^8.0.0:
+  version "8.0.5"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/lru-cache/-/lru-cache-8.0.5.tgz#983fe337f3e176667f8e567cfcce7cb064ea214e"
+  integrity sha512-MhWWlVnuab1RG5/zMRRcVGXZLCXrZTgfwMikgzCegsPnG62yDQo5JnqKkrK4jO5iKqDAZGItAqN5CtKBCBWRUA==
+
 lru-cache@^9.0.0:
   version "9.0.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/lru-cache/-/lru-cache-9.0.1.tgz#ac061ed291f8b9adaca2b085534bb1d3b61bef83"
@@ -17952,17 +17962,17 @@ mute-stream@~1.0.0:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/mute-stream/-/mute-stream-1.0.0.tgz#e31bd9fe62f0aed23520aa4324ea6671531e013e"
   integrity sha512-avsJQhyd+680gKXyG/sQc0nXaC6rBkPOfyHYcFb9+hdkqQkR9bdnkJ0AMZhke0oesPqIO+mFFJ+IdBc7mst4IA==
 
-mysql2@2.3.3:
-  version "2.3.3"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/mysql2/-/mysql2-2.3.3.tgz#944f3deca4b16629052ff8614fbf89d5552545a0"
-  integrity sha512-wxJUev6LgMSgACDkb/InIFxDprRa6T95+VEoR+xPvtngtccNH2dGjEB/fVZ8yg1gWv1510c9CvXuJHi5zUm0ZA==
+mysql2@3.5.2:
+  version "3.5.2"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/mysql2/-/mysql2-3.5.2.tgz#a06050e1514e9ac15711a8b883ffd51cb44b2dc8"
+  integrity sha512-cptobmhYkYeTBIFp2c0piw2+gElpioga1rUw5UidHvo8yaHijMZoo8A3zyBVoo/K71f7ZFvrShA9iMIy9dCzCA==
   dependencies:
-    denque "^2.0.1"
+    denque "^2.1.0"
     generate-function "^2.3.1"
     iconv-lite "^0.6.3"
-    long "^4.0.0"
-    lru-cache "^6.0.0"
-    named-placeholders "^1.1.2"
+    long "^5.2.1"
+    lru-cache "^8.0.0"
+    named-placeholders "^1.1.3"
     seq-queue "^0.0.5"
     sqlstring "^2.3.2"
 
@@ -17975,7 +17985,7 @@ mz@^2.4.0, mz@^2.7.0:
     object-assign "^4.0.1"
     thenify-all "^1.0.0"
 
-named-placeholders@^1.1.2:
+named-placeholders@^1.1.3:
   version "1.1.3"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/named-placeholders/-/named-placeholders-1.1.3.tgz#df595799a36654da55dda6152ba7a137ad1d9351"
   integrity sha512-eLoBxg6wE/rZkJPhU/xRX1WTpkFEwDJEN96oxFrTsqBdbT5ec295Q+CoHrL9IT0DipqKhmGcaZmwOt8OON5x1w==