diff --git a/packages/frontend-core/src/components/grid/cells/HeaderCell.svelte b/packages/frontend-core/src/components/grid/cells/HeaderCell.svelte
index a58b4c8fe4..9f58dc9f9f 100644
--- a/packages/frontend-core/src/components/grid/cells/HeaderCell.svelte
+++ b/packages/frontend-core/src/components/grid/cells/HeaderCell.svelte
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 <script>
   import { getContext, onMount, tick } from "svelte"
+  import { FieldType } from "@budibase/types"
   import GridCell from "./GridCell.svelte"
   import { Icon, Popover, Menu, MenuItem, clickOutside } from "@budibase/bbui"
   import { getColumnIcon } from "../lib/utils"
@@ -25,11 +26,12 @@
   } = getContext("grid")
 
   const bannedDisplayColumnTypes = [
-    "link",
-    "array",
-    "attachment",
-    "boolean",
-    "json",
+    FieldType.LINK,
+    FieldType.ARRAY,
+    FieldType.ATTACHMENT,
+    FieldType.BOOLEAN,
+    FieldType.JSON,
+    FieldType.BB_REFERENCE,
   ]
 
   let anchor
diff --git a/packages/server/src/utilities/rowProcessor/index.ts b/packages/server/src/utilities/rowProcessor/index.ts
index 0bdaaa393e..d6aa5e682a 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/utilities/rowProcessor/index.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/utilities/rowProcessor/index.ts
@@ -219,10 +219,7 @@ export async function outputProcessing<T extends Row[] | Row>(
     ? await linkRows.attachFullLinkedDocs(table, safeRows)
     : safeRows
 
-  // process formulas
-  enriched = processFormulas(table, enriched, { dynamic: true }) as Row[]
-
-  // set the attachments URLs
+  // process complex types: attachements, bb references...
   for (let [property, column] of Object.entries(table.schema)) {
     if (column.type === FieldTypes.ATTACHMENT) {
       for (let row of enriched) {
@@ -242,6 +239,10 @@ export async function outputProcessing<T extends Row[] | Row>(
       }
     }
   }
+
+  // process formulas after the complex types had been processed
+  enriched = processFormulas(table, enriched, { dynamic: true }) as Row[]
+
   if (opts.squash) {
     enriched = (await linkRows.squashLinksToPrimaryDisplay(
       table,