diff --git a/packages/server/src/sdk/app/rows/external.ts b/packages/server/src/sdk/app/rows/external.ts
index 8bcf89a3f5..beae02e134 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/sdk/app/rows/external.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/sdk/app/rows/external.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { IncludeRelationship, Operation, Row } from "@budibase/types"
+import { IncludeRelationship, Operation } from "@budibase/types"
 import { handleRequest } from "../../../api/controllers/row/external"
 import { breakRowIdField } from "../../../integrations/utils"
 
diff --git a/packages/server/src/sdk/app/rows/search.ts b/packages/server/src/sdk/app/rows/search.ts
index f75bd07437..221aa6486c 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/sdk/app/rows/search.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/sdk/app/rows/search.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { SearchFilters, SearchParams } from "@budibase/types"
+import { Row, SearchFilters, SearchParams } from "@budibase/types"
 import { isExternalTable } from "../../../integrations/utils"
 import * as internal from "./search/internal"
 import * as external from "./search/external"
@@ -45,10 +45,14 @@ export async function exportRows(
   return pickApi(options.tableId).exportRows(options)
 }
 
-export async function fetch(tableId: string) {
+export async function fetch(tableId: string): Promise<Row[]> {
   return pickApi(tableId).fetch(tableId)
 }
 
+export async function fetchRaw(tableId: string): Promise<Row[]> {
+  return pickApi(tableId).fetchRaw(tableId)
+}
+
 export async function fetchView(
   tableId: string,
   viewName: string,
diff --git a/packages/server/src/sdk/app/rows/search/external.ts b/packages/server/src/sdk/app/rows/search/external.ts
index c41efad171..981ae1bf8d 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/sdk/app/rows/search/external.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/sdk/app/rows/search/external.ts
@@ -186,6 +186,12 @@ export async function fetch(tableId: string): Promise<Row[]> {
   })
 }
 
+export async function fetchRaw(tableId: string): Promise<Row[]> {
+  return await handleRequest<Operation.READ>(Operation.READ, tableId, {
+    includeSqlRelationships: IncludeRelationship.INCLUDE,
+  })
+}
+
 export async function fetchView(viewName: string) {
   // there are no views in external datasources, shouldn't ever be called
   // for now just fetch
diff --git a/packages/server/src/sdk/app/rows/search/internal.ts b/packages/server/src/sdk/app/rows/search/internal.ts
index 779ff5f777..58611c8849 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/sdk/app/rows/search/internal.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/sdk/app/rows/search/internal.ts
@@ -140,14 +140,13 @@ export async function exportRows(
 }
 
 export async function fetch(tableId: string): Promise<Row[]> {
-  const db = context.getAppDB()
-
   const table = await sdk.tables.getTable(tableId)
-  const rows = await getRawTableData(db, tableId)
+  const rows = await fetchRaw(tableId)
   return await outputProcessing(table, rows)
 }
 
-async function getRawTableData(db: Database, tableId: string) {
+export async function fetchRaw(tableId: string): Promise<Row[]> {
+  const db = context.getAppDB()
   let rows
   if (tableId === InternalTables.USER_METADATA) {
     rows = await sdk.users.fetchMetadata()
@@ -182,7 +181,7 @@ export async function fetchView(
     })
   } else {
     const tableId = viewInfo.meta.tableId
-    const data = await getRawTableData(db, tableId)
+    const data = await fetchRaw(tableId)
     response = await inMemoryViews.runView(
       viewInfo,
       calculation as string,
diff --git a/packages/server/src/sdk/app/tables/migration.ts b/packages/server/src/sdk/app/tables/migration.ts
index a08b56826d..cea15114a1 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/sdk/app/tables/migration.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/sdk/app/tables/migration.ts
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ export async function migrate(
   await migrator.doMigration()
 
   delete table.schema[oldColumn.name]
-  await sdk.tables.saveTable(table)
+  table = await sdk.tables.saveTable(table)
   await updateLinks({ eventType: EventType.TABLE_UPDATED, table, oldTable })
 }
 
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ class UserColumnMigrator implements ColumnMigrator {
   ) {}
 
   async doMigration() {
-    let rows = await sdk.rows.fetch(this.table._id!)
+    let rows = await sdk.rows.fetchRaw(this.table._id!)
     let rowsById = rows.reduce((acc, row) => {
       acc[row._id!] = row
       return acc