diff --git a/packages/auth/src/middleware/passport/tests/third-party-common.spec.js b/packages/auth/src/middleware/passport/tests/third-party-common.spec.js
index ff38a01fbb..1ace65ba40 100644
--- a/packages/auth/src/middleware/passport/tests/third-party-common.spec.js
+++ b/packages/auth/src/middleware/passport/tests/third-party-common.spec.js
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ describe("third party common", () => {
           _id: id,
           email: email,
         }
-        const response = await db.post(dbUser)
+        const response = await db.put(dbUser)
         dbUser._rev = response.rev
       }
 
diff --git a/packages/auth/src/middleware/passport/third-party-common.js b/packages/auth/src/middleware/passport/third-party-common.js
index 7c03944232..c25aa3e0b0 100644
--- a/packages/auth/src/middleware/passport/third-party-common.js
+++ b/packages/auth/src/middleware/passport/third-party-common.js
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ exports.authenticateThirdParty = async function (
   dbUser = await syncUser(dbUser, thirdPartyUser)
 
   // create or sync the user
-  const response = await db.post(dbUser)
+  const response = await db.put(dbUser)
   dbUser._rev = response.rev
 
   // authenticate
diff --git a/packages/server/package.json b/packages/server/package.json
index 420e7082a1..671c062fcd 100644
--- a/packages/server/package.json
+++ b/packages/server/package.json
@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@
     "pouchdb-all-dbs": "1.0.2",
     "pouchdb-find": "^7.2.2",
     "pouchdb-replication-stream": "1.2.9",
+    "pouchdb-adapter-memory": "^7.2.1",
     "server-destroy": "1.0.1",
     "svelte": "^3.38.2",
     "to-json-schema": "0.2.5",
@@ -131,7 +132,6 @@
     "express": "^4.17.1",
     "jest": "^27.0.5",
     "nodemon": "^2.0.4",
-    "pouchdb-adapter-memory": "^7.2.1",
     "prettier": "^2.3.1",
     "rimraf": "^3.0.2",
     "supertest": "^4.0.2",
diff --git a/packages/server/src/api/controllers/datasource.js b/packages/server/src/api/controllers/datasource.js
index 38b6e68932..4a2fd7d86a 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/api/controllers/datasource.js
+++ b/packages/server/src/api/controllers/datasource.js
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ exports.buildSchemaFromDb = async function (ctx) {
   await connector.buildSchema(datasource._id, datasource.entities)
   datasource.entities = connector.tables
 
-  const response = await db.post(datasource)
+  const response = await db.put(datasource)
   datasource._rev = response.rev
 
   ctx.body = datasource
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ exports.save = async function (ctx) {
     ...ctx.request.body,
   }
 
-  const response = await db.post(datasource)
+  const response = await db.put(datasource)
   datasource._rev = response.rev
 
   // Drain connection pools when configuration is changed
diff --git a/packages/server/src/api/controllers/row/internal.js b/packages/server/src/api/controllers/row/internal.js
index 2299a20580..d429c14cc7 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/api/controllers/row/internal.js
+++ b/packages/server/src/api/controllers/row/internal.js
@@ -5,17 +5,22 @@ const {
   generateRowID,
   DocumentTypes,
   InternalTables,
+  generateMemoryViewID,
 } = require("../../../db/utils")
 const userController = require("../user")
 const {
   inputProcessing,
   outputProcessing,
+  processAutoColumn,
 } = require("../../../utilities/rowProcessor")
 const { FieldTypes } = require("../../../constants")
 const { isEqual } = require("lodash")
 const { validate, findRow } = require("./utils")
 const { fullSearch, paginatedSearch } = require("./internalSearch")
 const { getGlobalUsersFromMetadata } = require("../../../utilities/global")
+const inMemoryViews = require("../../../db/inMemoryView")
+const env = require("../../../environment")
+const { migrateToInMemoryView } = require("../view/utils")
 
 const CALCULATION_TYPES = {
   SUM: "sum",
@@ -25,17 +30,84 @@ const CALCULATION_TYPES = {
 
 async function storeResponse(ctx, db, row, oldTable, table) {
   row.type = "row"
-  const response = await db.put(row)
   // don't worry about rev, tables handle rev/lastID updates
+  // if another row has been written since processing this will
+  // handle the auto ID clash
   if (!isEqual(oldTable, table)) {
-    await db.put(table)
+    try {
+      await db.put(table)
+    } catch (err) {
+      if (err.status === 409) {
+        const updatedTable = await db.get(table._id)
+        let response = processAutoColumn(null, updatedTable, row, {
+          reprocessing: true,
+        })
+        await db.put(response.table)
+        row = response.row
+      } else {
+        throw err
+      }
+    }
   }
+  const response = await db.put(row)
   row._rev = response.rev
   // process the row before return, to include relationships
   row = await outputProcessing(ctx, table, row, { squash: false })
   return { row, table }
 }
 
+// doesn't do the outputProcessing
+async function getRawTableData(ctx, db, tableId) {
+  let rows
+  if (tableId === InternalTables.USER_METADATA) {
+    await userController.fetchMetadata(ctx)
+    rows = ctx.body
+  } else {
+    const response = await db.allDocs(
+      getRowParams(tableId, null, {
+        include_docs: true,
+      })
+    )
+    rows = response.rows.map(row => row.doc)
+  }
+  return rows
+}
+
+async function getView(db, viewName) {
+  let viewInfo
+  async function getFromDesignDoc() {
+    const designDoc = await db.get("_design/database")
+    viewInfo = designDoc.views[viewName]
+    return viewInfo
+  }
+  let migrate = false
+  if (env.SELF_HOSTED) {
+    viewInfo = await getFromDesignDoc()
+  } else {
+    try {
+      viewInfo = await db.get(generateMemoryViewID(viewName))
+      if (viewInfo) {
+        viewInfo = viewInfo.view
+      }
+    } catch (err) {
+      // check if it can be retrieved from design doc (needs migrated)
+      if (err.status !== 404) {
+        viewInfo = null
+      } else {
+        viewInfo = await getFromDesignDoc()
+        migrate = !!viewInfo
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  if (migrate) {
+    await migrateToInMemoryView(db, viewName)
+  }
+  if (!viewInfo) {
+    throw "View does not exist."
+  }
+  return viewInfo
+}
+
 exports.patch = async ctx => {
   const appId = ctx.appId
   const db = new CouchDB(appId)
@@ -139,15 +211,18 @@ exports.fetchView = async ctx => {
 
   const db = new CouchDB(appId)
   const { calculation, group, field } = ctx.query
-  const designDoc = await db.get("_design/database")
-  const viewInfo = designDoc.views[viewName]
-  if (!viewInfo) {
-    throw "View does not exist."
+  const viewInfo = await getView(db, viewName)
+  let response
+  if (env.SELF_HOSTED) {
+    response = await db.query(`database/${viewName}`, {
+      include_docs: !calculation,
+      group: !!group,
+    })
+  } else {
+    const tableId = viewInfo.meta.tableId
+    const data = await getRawTableData(ctx, db, tableId)
+    response = await inMemoryViews.runView(viewInfo, calculation, group, data)
   }
-  const response = await db.query(`database/${viewName}`, {
-    include_docs: !calculation,
-    group: !!group,
-  })
 
   let rows
   if (!calculation) {
@@ -191,19 +266,9 @@ exports.fetch = async ctx => {
   const appId = ctx.appId
   const db = new CouchDB(appId)
 
-  let rows,
-    table = await db.get(ctx.params.tableId)
-  if (ctx.params.tableId === InternalTables.USER_METADATA) {
-    await userController.fetchMetadata(ctx)
-    rows = ctx.body
-  } else {
-    const response = await db.allDocs(
-      getRowParams(ctx.params.tableId, null, {
-        include_docs: true,
-      })
-    )
-    rows = response.rows.map(row => row.doc)
-  }
+  const tableId = ctx.params.tableId
+  let table = await db.get(tableId)
+  let rows = await getRawTableData(ctx, db, tableId)
   return outputProcessing(ctx, table, rows)
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/server/src/api/controllers/table/index.js b/packages/server/src/api/controllers/table/index.js
index 60b5167f66..c7b72cf1c8 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/api/controllers/table/index.js
+++ b/packages/server/src/api/controllers/table/index.js
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ exports.save = async function (ctx) {
   if (updatedRows && updatedRows.length !== 0) {
     await db.bulkDocs(updatedRows)
   }
-  const result = await db.post(tableToSave)
+  const result = await db.put(tableToSave)
   tableToSave._rev = result.rev
 
   tableToSave = await tableSaveFunctions.after(tableToSave)
diff --git a/packages/server/src/api/controllers/table/utils.js b/packages/server/src/api/controllers/table/utils.js
index 154a9ba8f5..d263002da6 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/api/controllers/table/utils.js
+++ b/packages/server/src/api/controllers/table/utils.js
@@ -68,23 +68,17 @@ exports.handleDataImport = async (appId, user, table, dataImport) => {
     // Populate the table with rows imported from CSV in a bulk update
     const data = await csvParser.transform(dataImport)
 
+    let finalData = []
     for (let i = 0; i < data.length; i++) {
       let row = data[i]
       row._id = generateRowID(table._id)
       row.tableId = table._id
-      const processed = inputProcessing(user, table, row)
+      const processed = inputProcessing(user, table, row, {
+        noAutoRelationships: true,
+      })
       table = processed.table
       row = processed.row
 
-      // make sure link rows are up to date
-      row = await linkRows.updateLinks({
-        appId,
-        eventType: linkRows.EventType.ROW_SAVE,
-        row,
-        tableId: row.tableId,
-        table,
-      })
-
       for (let [fieldName, schema] of Object.entries(table.schema)) {
         // check whether the options need to be updated for inclusion as part of the data import
         if (
@@ -98,10 +92,20 @@ exports.handleDataImport = async (appId, user, table, dataImport) => {
           ]
         }
       }
-      data[i] = row
+
+      // make sure link rows are up to date
+      finalData.push(
+        linkRows.updateLinks({
+          appId,
+          eventType: linkRows.EventType.ROW_SAVE,
+          row,
+          tableId: row.tableId,
+          table,
+        })
+      )
     }
 
-    await db.bulkDocs(data)
+    await db.bulkDocs(await Promise.all(finalData))
     let response = await db.put(table)
     table._rev = response._rev
   }
diff --git a/packages/server/src/api/controllers/view/index.js b/packages/server/src/api/controllers/view/index.js
index 3d0f236fce..ecaee0f32f 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/api/controllers/view/index.js
+++ b/packages/server/src/api/controllers/view/index.js
@@ -2,127 +2,93 @@ const CouchDB = require("../../../db")
 const viewTemplate = require("./viewBuilder")
 const { apiFileReturn } = require("../../../utilities/fileSystem")
 const exporters = require("./exporters")
+const { saveView, getView, getViews, deleteView } = require("./utils")
 const { fetchView } = require("../row")
-const { ViewNames } = require("../../../db/utils")
 
-const controller = {
-  fetch: async ctx => {
-    const db = new CouchDB(ctx.appId)
-    const designDoc = await db.get("_design/database")
-    const response = []
-
-    for (let name of Object.keys(designDoc.views)) {
-      // Only return custom views, not built ins
-      if (Object.values(ViewNames).indexOf(name) !== -1) {
-        continue
-      }
-      response.push({
-        name,
-        ...designDoc.views[name],
-      })
-    }
-
-    ctx.body = response
-  },
-  save: async ctx => {
-    const db = new CouchDB(ctx.appId)
-    const { originalName, ...viewToSave } = ctx.request.body
-    const designDoc = await db.get("_design/database")
-    const view = viewTemplate(viewToSave)
-
-    if (!viewToSave.name) {
-      ctx.throw(400, "Cannot create view without a name")
-    }
-
-    designDoc.views = {
-      ...designDoc.views,
-      [viewToSave.name]: view,
-    }
-
-    // view has been renamed
-    if (originalName) {
-      delete designDoc.views[originalName]
-    }
-
-    await db.put(designDoc)
-
-    // add views to table document
-    const table = await db.get(ctx.request.body.tableId)
-    if (!table.views) table.views = {}
-    if (!view.meta.schema) {
-      view.meta.schema = table.schema
-    }
-    table.views[viewToSave.name] = view.meta
-
-    if (originalName) {
-      delete table.views[originalName]
-    }
-
-    await db.put(table)
-
-    ctx.body = {
-      ...table.views[viewToSave.name],
-      name: viewToSave.name,
-    }
-  },
-  destroy: async ctx => {
-    const db = new CouchDB(ctx.appId)
-    const designDoc = await db.get("_design/database")
-    const viewName = decodeURI(ctx.params.viewName)
-    const view = designDoc.views[viewName]
-    delete designDoc.views[viewName]
-
-    await db.put(designDoc)
-
-    const table = await db.get(view.meta.tableId)
-    delete table.views[viewName]
-    await db.put(table)
-
-    ctx.body = view
-  },
-  exportView: async ctx => {
-    const db = new CouchDB(ctx.appId)
-    const designDoc = await db.get("_design/database")
-    const viewName = decodeURI(ctx.query.view)
-
-    const view = designDoc.views[viewName]
-    const format = ctx.query.format
-    if (!format) {
-      ctx.throw(400, "Format must be specified, either csv or json")
-    }
-
-    if (view) {
-      ctx.params.viewName = viewName
-      // Fetch view rows
-      ctx.query = {
-        group: view.meta.groupBy,
-        calculation: view.meta.calculation,
-        stats: !!view.meta.field,
-        field: view.meta.field,
-      }
-    } else {
-      // table all_ view
-      /* istanbul ignore next */
-      ctx.params.viewName = viewName
-    }
-
-    await fetchView(ctx)
-
-    let schema = view && view.meta && view.meta.schema
-    if (!schema) {
-      const tableId = ctx.params.tableId || view.meta.tableId
-      const table = await db.get(tableId)
-      schema = table.schema
-    }
-
-    // Export part
-    let headers = Object.keys(schema)
-    const exporter = exporters[format]
-    const filename = `${viewName}.${format}`
-    // send down the file
-    ctx.attachment(filename)
-    ctx.body = apiFileReturn(exporter(headers, ctx.body))
-  },
+exports.fetch = async ctx => {
+  const db = new CouchDB(ctx.appId)
+  ctx.body = await getViews(db)
 }
 
-module.exports = controller
+exports.save = async ctx => {
+  const db = new CouchDB(ctx.appId)
+  const { originalName, ...viewToSave } = ctx.request.body
+  const view = viewTemplate(viewToSave)
+
+  if (!viewToSave.name) {
+    ctx.throw(400, "Cannot create view without a name")
+  }
+
+  await saveView(db, originalName, viewToSave.name, view)
+
+  // add views to table document
+  const table = await db.get(ctx.request.body.tableId)
+  if (!table.views) table.views = {}
+  if (!view.meta.schema) {
+    view.meta.schema = table.schema
+  }
+  table.views[viewToSave.name] = view.meta
+  if (originalName) {
+    delete table.views[originalName]
+  }
+  await db.put(table)
+
+  ctx.body = {
+    ...table.views[viewToSave.name],
+    name: viewToSave.name,
+  }
+}
+
+exports.destroy = async ctx => {
+  const db = new CouchDB(ctx.appId)
+  const viewName = decodeURI(ctx.params.viewName)
+  const view = await deleteView(db, viewName)
+  const table = await db.get(view.meta.tableId)
+  delete table.views[viewName]
+  await db.put(table)
+
+  ctx.body = view
+}
+
+exports.exportView = async ctx => {
+  const db = new CouchDB(ctx.appId)
+  const viewName = decodeURI(ctx.query.view)
+  const view = await getView(db, viewName)
+
+  const format = ctx.query.format
+  if (!format) {
+    ctx.throw(400, "Format must be specified, either csv or json")
+  }
+
+  if (view) {
+    ctx.params.viewName = viewName
+    // Fetch view rows
+    ctx.query = {
+      group: view.meta.groupBy,
+      calculation: view.meta.calculation,
+      stats: !!view.meta.field,
+      field: view.meta.field,
+    }
+  } else {
+    // table all_ view
+    /* istanbul ignore next */
+    ctx.params.viewName = viewName
+  }
+
+  await fetchView(ctx)
+
+  let schema = view && view.meta && view.meta.schema
+  if (!schema) {
+    const tableId = ctx.params.tableId || view.meta.tableId
+    const table = await db.get(tableId)
+    schema = table.schema
+  }
+
+  // Export part
+  let headers = Object.keys(schema)
+  const exporter = exporters[format]
+  const filename = `${viewName}.${format}`
+  // send down the file
+  ctx.attachment(filename)
+  ctx.body = apiFileReturn(exporter(headers, ctx.body))
+}
diff --git a/packages/server/src/api/controllers/view/utils.js b/packages/server/src/api/controllers/view/utils.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c93604177f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/server/src/api/controllers/view/utils.js
@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+const {
+  ViewNames,
+  generateMemoryViewID,
+  getMemoryViewParams,
+} = require("../../../db/utils")
+const env = require("../../../environment")
+
+exports.getView = async (db, viewName) => {
+  if (env.SELF_HOSTED) {
+    const designDoc = await db.get("_design/database")
+    return designDoc.views[viewName]
+  } else {
+    const viewDoc = await db.get(generateMemoryViewID(viewName))
+    return viewDoc.view
+  }
+}
+
+exports.getViews = async db => {
+  const response = []
+  if (env.SELF_HOSTED) {
+    const designDoc = await db.get("_design/database")
+    for (let name of Object.keys(designDoc.views)) {
+      // Only return custom views, not built ins
+      if (Object.values(ViewNames).indexOf(name) !== -1) {
+        continue
+      }
+      response.push({
+        name,
+        ...designDoc.views[name],
+      })
+    }
+  } else {
+    const views = (
+      await db.allDocs(
+        getMemoryViewParams({
+          include_docs: true,
+        })
+      )
+    ).rows.map(row => row.doc)
+    for (let viewDoc of views) {
+      response.push({
+        name: viewDoc.name,
+        ...viewDoc.view,
+      })
+    }
+  }
+  return response
+}
+
+exports.saveView = async (db, originalName, viewName, viewTemplate) => {
+  if (env.SELF_HOSTED) {
+    const designDoc = await db.get("_design/database")
+    designDoc.views = {
+      ...designDoc.views,
+      [viewName]: viewTemplate,
+    }
+    // view has been renamed
+    if (originalName) {
+      delete designDoc.views[originalName]
+    }
+    await db.put(designDoc)
+  } else {
+    const id = generateMemoryViewID(viewName)
+    const originalId = originalName ? generateMemoryViewID(originalName) : null
+    const viewDoc = {
+      _id: id,
+      view: viewTemplate,
+      name: viewName,
+      tableId: viewTemplate.meta.tableId,
+    }
+    try {
+      const old = await db.get(id)
+      if (originalId) {
+        const originalDoc = await db.get(originalId)
+        await db.remove(originalDoc._id, originalDoc._rev)
+      }
+      if (old && old._rev) {
+        viewDoc._rev = old._rev
+      }
+    } catch (err) {
+      // didn't exist, just skip
+    }
+    await db.put(viewDoc)
+  }
+}
+
+exports.deleteView = async (db, viewName) => {
+  if (env.SELF_HOSTED) {
+    const designDoc = await db.get("_design/database")
+    const view = designDoc.views[viewName]
+    delete designDoc.views[viewName]
+    await db.put(designDoc)
+    return view
+  } else {
+    const id = generateMemoryViewID(viewName)
+    const viewDoc = await db.get(id)
+    await db.remove(viewDoc._id, viewDoc._rev)
+    return viewDoc.view
+  }
+}
+
+exports.migrateToInMemoryView = async (db, viewName) => {
+  // delete the view initially
+  const designDoc = await db.get("_design/database")
+  const view = designDoc.views[viewName]
+  delete designDoc.views[viewName]
+  await db.put(designDoc)
+  await exports.saveView(db, null, viewName, view)
+}
diff --git a/packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/view.spec.js b/packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/view.spec.js
index 458da6e023..b1c5f655c6 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/view.spec.js
+++ b/packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/view.spec.js
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ describe("/views", () => {
   })
 
   describe("exportView", () => {
-    it("should be able to delete a view", async () => {
+    it("should be able to export a view", async () => {
       await config.createTable(priceTable())
       await config.createRow()
       const view = await config.createView()
diff --git a/packages/server/src/automations/steps/createRow.js b/packages/server/src/automations/steps/createRow.js
index 9706126438..9033004578 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/automations/steps/createRow.js
+++ b/packages/server/src/automations/steps/createRow.js
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ const rowController = require("../../api/controllers/row")
 const automationUtils = require("../automationUtils")
 const env = require("../../environment")
 const usage = require("../../utilities/usageQuota")
+const { buildCtx } = require("./utils")
 
 exports.definition = {
   name: "Create Row",
@@ -69,16 +70,12 @@ exports.run = async function ({ inputs, appId, apiKey, emitter }) {
     }
   }
   // have to clean up the row, remove the table from it
-  const ctx = {
+  const ctx = buildCtx(appId, emitter, {
+    body: inputs.row,
     params: {
       tableId: inputs.row.tableId,
     },
-    request: {
-      body: inputs.row,
-    },
-    appId,
-    eventEmitter: emitter,
-  }
+  })
 
   try {
     inputs.row = await automationUtils.cleanUpRow(
@@ -86,7 +83,7 @@ exports.run = async function ({ inputs, appId, apiKey, emitter }) {
       inputs.row.tableId,
       inputs.row
     )
-    if (env.isProd()) {
+    if (env.USE_QUOTAS) {
       await usage.update(apiKey, usage.Properties.ROW, 1)
     }
     await rowController.save(ctx)
diff --git a/packages/server/src/automations/steps/deleteRow.js b/packages/server/src/automations/steps/deleteRow.js
index 26623d628b..0f9648cc51 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/automations/steps/deleteRow.js
+++ b/packages/server/src/automations/steps/deleteRow.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 const rowController = require("../../api/controllers/row")
 const env = require("../../environment")
 const usage = require("../../utilities/usageQuota")
+const { buildCtx } = require("./utils")
 
 exports.definition = {
   description: "Delete a row from your database",
@@ -60,19 +61,16 @@ exports.run = async function ({ inputs, appId, apiKey, emitter }) {
       },
     }
   }
-  let ctx = {
+
+  let ctx = buildCtx(appId, emitter, {
+    body: {
+      _id: inputs.id,
+      _rev: inputs.revision,
+    },
     params: {
       tableId: inputs.tableId,
     },
-    request: {
-      body: {
-        _id: inputs.id,
-        _rev: inputs.revision,
-      },
-    },
-    appId,
-    eventEmitter: emitter,
-  }
+  })
 
   try {
     if (env.isProd()) {
diff --git a/packages/server/src/automations/steps/queryRows.js b/packages/server/src/automations/steps/queryRows.js
index 64b757418e..3c4bb422a0 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/automations/steps/queryRows.js
+++ b/packages/server/src/automations/steps/queryRows.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 const rowController = require("../../api/controllers/row")
 const tableController = require("../../api/controllers/table")
 const { FieldTypes } = require("../../constants")
+const { buildCtx } = require("./utils")
 
 const SortOrders = {
   ASCENDING: "ascending",
@@ -70,12 +71,11 @@ exports.definition = {
 }
 
 async function getTable(appId, tableId) {
-  const ctx = {
+  const ctx = buildCtx(appId, null, {
     params: {
       id: tableId,
     },
-    appId,
-  }
+  })
   await tableController.find(ctx)
   return ctx.body
 }
@@ -89,21 +89,18 @@ exports.run = async function ({ inputs, appId }) {
     sortType =
       fieldType === FieldTypes.NUMBER ? FieldTypes.NUMBER : FieldTypes.STRING
   }
-  const ctx = {
+  const ctx = buildCtx(appId, null, {
     params: {
       tableId,
     },
-    request: {
-      body: {
-        sortOrder,
-        sortType,
-        sort: sortColumn,
-        query: filters || {},
-        limit,
-      },
+    body: {
+      sortOrder,
+      sortType,
+      sort: sortColumn,
+      query: filters || {},
+      limit,
     },
-    appId,
-  }
+  })
   try {
     await rowController.search(ctx)
     return {
diff --git a/packages/server/src/automations/steps/updateRow.js b/packages/server/src/automations/steps/updateRow.js
index ac5eb16fcd..94f77bc801 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/automations/steps/updateRow.js
+++ b/packages/server/src/automations/steps/updateRow.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 const rowController = require("../../api/controllers/row")
 const automationUtils = require("../automationUtils")
+const { buildCtx } = require("./utils")
 
 exports.definition = {
   name: "Update Row",
@@ -72,19 +73,15 @@ exports.run = async function ({ inputs, appId, emitter }) {
   }
 
   // have to clean up the row, remove the table from it
-  const ctx = {
+  const ctx = buildCtx(appId, emitter, {
+    body: {
+      ...inputs.row,
+      _id: inputs.rowId,
+    },
     params: {
       rowId: inputs.rowId,
     },
-    request: {
-      body: {
-        ...inputs.row,
-        _id: inputs.rowId,
-      },
-    },
-    appId,
-    eventEmitter: emitter,
-  }
+  })
 
   try {
     inputs.row = await automationUtils.cleanUpRowById(
diff --git a/packages/server/src/db/inMemoryView.js b/packages/server/src/db/inMemoryView.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..892617e068
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/server/src/db/inMemoryView.js
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+const PouchDB = require("pouchdb")
+const memory = require("pouchdb-adapter-memory")
+const newid = require("./newid")
+
+PouchDB.plugin(memory)
+const Pouch = PouchDB.defaults({
+  prefix: undefined,
+  adapter: "memory",
+})
+
+exports.runView = async (view, calculation, group, data) => {
+  // use a different ID each time for the DB, make sure they
+  // are always unique for each query, don't want overlap
+  // which could cause 409s
+  const db = new Pouch(newid())
+  // write all the docs to the in memory Pouch (remove revs)
+  await db.bulkDocs(
+    data.map(row => ({
+      ...row,
+      _rev: undefined,
+    }))
+  )
+  let fn = (doc, emit) => emit(doc._id)
+  eval("fn = " + view.map.replace("function (doc)", "function (doc, emit)"))
+  const queryFns = {
+    meta: view.meta,
+    map: fn,
+  }
+  if (view.reduce) {
+    queryFns.reduce = view.reduce
+  }
+  const response = await db.query(queryFns, {
+    include_docs: !calculation,
+    group: !!group,
+  })
+  // need to fix the revs to be totally accurate
+  for (let row of response.rows) {
+    if (!row._rev || !row._id) {
+      continue
+    }
+    const found = data.find(possible => possible._id === row._id)
+    if (found) {
+      row._rev = found._rev
+    }
+  }
+  await db.destroy()
+  return response
+}
diff --git a/packages/server/src/db/linkedRows/index.js b/packages/server/src/db/linkedRows/index.js
index 67412e7e89..303cd085c1 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/db/linkedRows/index.js
+++ b/packages/server/src/db/linkedRows/index.js
@@ -76,9 +76,12 @@ async function getFullLinkedDocs(ctx, appId, links) {
   // create DBs
   const db = new CouchDB(appId)
   const linkedRowIds = links.map(link => link.id)
-  let linked = (await db.allDocs(getMultiIDParams(linkedRowIds))).rows.map(
+  const uniqueRowIds = [...new Set(linkedRowIds)]
+  let dbRows = (await db.allDocs(getMultiIDParams(uniqueRowIds))).rows.map(
     row => row.doc
   )
+  // convert the unique db rows back to a full list of linked rows
+  const linked = linkedRowIds.map(id => dbRows.find(row => row._id === id))
   // need to handle users as specific cases
   let [users, other] = partition(linked, linkRow =>
     linkRow._id.startsWith(USER_METDATA_PREFIX)
@@ -112,7 +115,7 @@ exports.updateLinks = async function (args) {
   let linkController = new LinkController(args)
   try {
     if (
-      !(await linkController.doesTableHaveLinkedFields()) &&
+      !(await linkController.doesTableHaveLinkedFields(table)) &&
       (oldTable == null ||
         !(await linkController.doesTableHaveLinkedFields(oldTable)))
     ) {
diff --git a/packages/server/src/db/utils.js b/packages/server/src/db/utils.js
index ec1c267fa2..3e20b30869 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/db/utils.js
+++ b/packages/server/src/db/utils.js
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ const DocumentTypes = {
   QUERY: "query",
   DEPLOYMENTS: "deployments",
   METADATA: "metadata",
+  MEM_VIEW: "view",
 }
 
 const ViewNames = {
@@ -348,6 +349,14 @@ exports.getMetadataParams = (type, entityId = null, otherProps = {}) => {
   return getDocParams(DocumentTypes.METADATA, docId, otherProps)
 }
 
+exports.generateMemoryViewID = viewName => {
+  return `${DocumentTypes.MEM_VIEW}${SEPARATOR}${viewName}`
+}
+
+exports.getMemoryViewParams = (otherProps = {}) => {
+  return getDocParams(DocumentTypes.MEM_VIEW, null, otherProps)
+}
+
 /**
  * This can be used with the db.allDocs to get a list of IDs
  */
diff --git a/packages/server/src/environment.js b/packages/server/src/environment.js
index c5739a37e1..89e015b6f5 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/environment.js
+++ b/packages/server/src/environment.js
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ module.exports = {
   COUCH_DB_URL: process.env.COUCH_DB_URL,
   MINIO_URL: process.env.MINIO_URL,
   WORKER_URL: process.env.WORKER_URL,
-  SELF_HOSTED: !!parseInt(process.env.SELF_HOSTED),
+  SELF_HOSTED: process.env.SELF_HOSTED,
   AWS_REGION: process.env.AWS_REGION,
   ENABLE_ANALYTICS: process.env.ENABLE_ANALYTICS,
   MINIO_ACCESS_KEY: process.env.MINIO_ACCESS_KEY,
@@ -66,3 +66,10 @@ module.exports = {
     return !isDev()
   },
 }
+
+// convert any strings to numbers if required, like "0" would be true otherwise
+for (let [key, value] of Object.entries(module.exports)) {
+  if (typeof value === "string" && !isNaN(parseInt(value))) {
+    module.exports[key] = parseInt(value)
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/server/src/utilities/rowProcessor/index.js b/packages/server/src/utilities/rowProcessor/index.js
index bb4ac98bb7..07549dd8a8 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/utilities/rowProcessor/index.js
+++ b/packages/server/src/utilities/rowProcessor/index.js
@@ -89,10 +89,16 @@ const TYPE_TRANSFORM_MAP = {
  * @param {Object} user The user to be used for an appId as well as the createdBy and createdAt fields.
  * @param {Object} table The table which is to be used for the schema, as well as handling auto IDs incrementing.
  * @param {Object} row The row which is to be updated with information for the auto columns.
+ * @param {Object} opts specific options for function to carry out optional features.
  * @returns {{row: Object, table: Object}} The updated row and table, the table may need to be updated
  * for automatic ID purposes.
  */
-function processAutoColumn(user, table, row) {
+function processAutoColumn(
+  user,
+  table,
+  row,
+  opts = { reprocessing: false, noAutoRelationships: false }
+) {
   let now = new Date().toISOString()
   // if a row doesn't have a revision then it doesn't exist yet
   const creating = !row._rev
@@ -102,7 +108,7 @@ function processAutoColumn(user, table, row) {
     }
     switch (schema.subtype) {
       case AutoFieldSubTypes.CREATED_BY:
-        if (creating) {
+        if (creating && !opts.reprocessing && !opts.noAutoRelationships) {
           row[key] = [user.userId]
         }
         break
@@ -112,7 +118,9 @@ function processAutoColumn(user, table, row) {
         }
         break
       case AutoFieldSubTypes.UPDATED_BY:
-        row[key] = [user.userId]
+        if (!opts.reprocessing && !opts.noAutoRelationships) {
+          row[key] = [user.userId]
+        }
         break
       case AutoFieldSubTypes.UPDATED_AT:
         row[key] = now
@@ -127,6 +135,7 @@ function processAutoColumn(user, table, row) {
   }
   return { table, row }
 }
+exports.processAutoColumn = processAutoColumn
 
 /**
  * This will coerce a value to the correct types based on the type transform map
@@ -151,9 +160,15 @@ exports.coerce = (row, type) => {
  * @param {object} user the user which is performing the input.
  * @param {object} row the row which is being created/updated.
  * @param {object} table the table which the row is being saved to.
+ * @param {object} opts some input processing options (like disabling auto-column relationships).
  * @returns {object} the row which has been prepared to be written to the DB.
  */
-exports.inputProcessing = (user = {}, table, row) => {
+exports.inputProcessing = (
+  user = {},
+  table,
+  row,
+  opts = { noAutoRelationships: false }
+) => {
   let clonedRow = cloneDeep(row)
   // need to copy the table so it can be differenced on way out
   const copiedTable = cloneDeep(table)
@@ -176,7 +191,7 @@ exports.inputProcessing = (user = {}, table, row) => {
     }
   }
   // handle auto columns - this returns an object like {table, row}
-  return processAutoColumn(user, copiedTable, clonedRow)
+  return processAutoColumn(user, copiedTable, clonedRow, opts)
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/packages/worker/src/api/controllers/global/workspaces.js b/packages/worker/src/api/controllers/global/workspaces.js
index 95a1ec296d..48a710c92d 100644
--- a/packages/worker/src/api/controllers/global/workspaces.js
+++ b/packages/worker/src/api/controllers/global/workspaces.js
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ exports.save = async function (ctx) {
   }
 
   try {
-    const response = await db.post(workspaceDoc)
+    const response = await db.put(workspaceDoc)
     ctx.body = {
       _id: response.id,
       _rev: response.rev,