diff --git a/packages/bbui/src/Table/Table.svelte b/packages/bbui/src/Table/Table.svelte
index bcd84e7112..09ade22627 100644
--- a/packages/bbui/src/Table/Table.svelte
+++ b/packages/bbui/src/Table/Table.svelte
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
   import CellRenderer from "./CellRenderer.svelte"
   import SelectEditRenderer from "./SelectEditRenderer.svelte"
   import { cloneDeep } from "lodash"
+  import { deepGet } from "../utils/helpers"
 
   /**
    * The expected schema is our normal couch schemas for our tables.
@@ -318,7 +319,7 @@
                             {customRenderers}
                             {row}
                             schema={schema[field]}
-                            value={row[field]}
+                            value={deepGet(row, field)}
                             on:clickrelationship
                           >
                             <slot />
diff --git a/packages/bbui/src/index.js b/packages/bbui/src/index.js
index 377d451604..ea866ee20c 100644
--- a/packages/bbui/src/index.js
+++ b/packages/bbui/src/index.js
@@ -76,3 +76,6 @@ export { default as clickOutside } from "./Actions/click_outside"
 
 // Stores
 export { notifications, createNotificationStore } from "./Stores/notifications"
+
+// Utils
+export * from "./utils/helpers"
diff --git a/packages/bbui/src/utils/helpers.js b/packages/bbui/src/utils/helpers.js
index 83d305d573..cbb720f9a4 100644
--- a/packages/bbui/src/utils/helpers.js
+++ b/packages/bbui/src/utils/helpers.js
@@ -6,3 +6,27 @@ export const generateID = () => {
 }
 
 export const capitalise = s => s.substring(0, 1).toUpperCase() + s.substring(1)
+
+/**
+ * Gets a key within an object. The key supports dot syntax for retrieving deep
+ * fields - e.g. "a.b.c".
+ * Exact matches of keys with dots in them take precedence over nested keys of
+ * the same path - e.g. getting "a.b" from { "a.b": "foo", a: { b: "bar" } }
+ * will return "foo" over "bar".
+ * @param obj the object
+ * @param key the key
+ */
+export const deepGet = (obj, key) => {
+  if (!obj || !key) {
+    return null
+  }
+  if (obj[key] != null) {
+    return obj[key]
+  }
+  const split = key.split(".")
+  let value = obj
+  for (let i = 0; i < split.length; i++) {
+    value = value?.[split[i]]
+  }
+  return value
+}
diff --git a/packages/builder/src/helpers/lucene.js b/packages/builder/src/helpers/lucene.js
index 9f4269b046..5b8e1b805e 100644
--- a/packages/builder/src/helpers/lucene.js
+++ b/packages/builder/src/helpers/lucene.js
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { NoEmptyFilterStrings } from "../constants/lucene"
+import { deepGet } from "@budibase/bbui"
 
 /**
  * Removes any fields that contain empty strings that would cause inconsistent
@@ -205,21 +206,3 @@ export const luceneLimit = (docs, limit) => {
   }
   return docs.slice(0, numLimit)
 }
-
-/**
- * Gets a key within an object. The key supports dot syntax for retrieving deep
- * fields - e.g. "a.b.c".
- * @param obj the object
- * @param key the key
- */
-const deepGet = (obj, key) => {
-  if (!obj || !key) {
-    return null
-  }
-  const split = key.split(".")
-  let value = obj
-  for (let i = 0; i < split.length; i++) {
-    value = value?.[split[i]]
-  }
-  return value
-}
diff --git a/packages/client/src/api/datasources.js b/packages/client/src/api/datasources.js
index d2941f3be9..87570fe29a 100644
--- a/packages/client/src/api/datasources.js
+++ b/packages/client/src/api/datasources.js
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ export const fetchDatasourceSchema = async dataSource => {
     for (let i = 0; i < keysToSchema.length; i++) {
       schema = schema[keysToSchema[i]].schema
     }
-    return convertJSONSchemaToTableSchema(schema)
+    return convertJSONSchemaToTableSchema(schema, true)
   }
 
   // Tables, views and links can be fetched by table ID