diff --git a/packages/server/src/api/controllers/row/internal.ts b/packages/server/src/api/controllers/row/internal.ts
index a0bebc2490..cc1450060c 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/api/controllers/row/internal.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/api/controllers/row/internal.ts
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ import {
   Table,
 } from "@budibase/types"
 
-const { cleanExportRows } = require("./utils")
+import { cleanExportRows } from "./utils"
 
 const CALCULATION_TYPES = {
   SUM: "sum",
@@ -391,6 +391,9 @@ export async function exportRows(ctx: UserCtx) {
   const table = await db.get(ctx.params.tableId)
   const rowIds = ctx.request.body.rows
   let format = ctx.query.format
+  if (typeof format !== "string") {
+    ctx.throw(400, "Format parameter is not valid")
+  }
   const { columns, query } = ctx.request.body
 
   let result
diff --git a/packages/server/src/api/controllers/row/utils.ts b/packages/server/src/api/controllers/row/utils.ts
index e96a4fe6ee..a7c467ea61 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/api/controllers/row/utils.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/api/controllers/row/utils.ts
@@ -137,8 +137,8 @@ export function cleanExportRows(
     delete schema[column]
   })
 
-  // Intended to avoid 'undefined' in export
   if (format === Format.CSV) {
+    // Intended to append empty values in export
     const schemaKeys = Object.keys(schema)
     for (let key of schemaKeys) {
       if (columns?.length && columns.indexOf(key) > 0) {
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ export function cleanExportRows(
       }
       for (let row of cleanRows) {
         if (row[key] == null) {
-          row[key] = ""
+          row[key] = undefined
         }
       }
     }
diff --git a/packages/server/src/api/controllers/table/index.ts b/packages/server/src/api/controllers/table/index.ts
index 2ab7ad7b38..bc967a90f4 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/api/controllers/table/index.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/api/controllers/table/index.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import { getDatasourceParams } from "../../../db/utils"
 import { context, events } from "@budibase/backend-core"
 import { Table, UserCtx } from "@budibase/types"
 import sdk from "../../../sdk"
-import csv from "csvtojson"
+import { jsonFromCsvString } from "../../../utilities/csv"
 
 function pickApi({ tableId, table }: { tableId?: string; table?: Table }) {
   if (table && !tableId) {
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ export async function bulkImport(ctx: UserCtx) {
 export async function csvToJson(ctx: UserCtx) {
   const { csvString } = ctx.request.body
 
-  const result = await csv().fromString(csvString)
+  const result = await jsonFromCsvString(csvString)
 
   ctx.status = 200
   ctx.body = result
diff --git a/packages/server/src/api/controllers/view/exporters.ts b/packages/server/src/api/controllers/view/exporters.ts
index 4d927bca27..ec0aca95a9 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/api/controllers/view/exporters.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/api/controllers/view/exporters.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,9 @@ export function csv(headers: string[], rows: Row[]) {
         val =
           typeof val === "object" && !(val instanceof Date)
             ? `"${JSON.stringify(val).replace(/"/g, "'")}"`
-            : `"${val}"`
+            : val !== undefined
+            ? `"${val}"`
+            : ""
         return val.trim()
       })
       .join(",")}`
diff --git a/packages/server/src/utilities/csv.ts b/packages/server/src/utilities/csv.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..477ebb896d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/server/src/utilities/csv.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+import csv from "csvtojson"
+
+export async function jsonFromCsvString(csvString: string) {
+  const castedWithEmptyValues = await csv({ ignoreEmpty: true }).fromString(
+    csvString
+  )
+
+  // By default the csvtojson library casts empty values as empty strings. This is causing issues on conversion.
+  // ignoreEmpty will remove the key completly if empty, so creating this empty object will ensure we return the values with the keys but empty values
+  const result = await csv({ ignoreEmpty: false }).fromString(csvString)
+  result.forEach((r, i) => {
+    for (const [key] of Object.entries(r).filter(
+      ([key, value]) => value === ""
+    )) {
+      if (castedWithEmptyValues[i][key] === undefined) {
+        r[key] = null
+      }
+    }
+  })
+
+  return result
+}
diff --git a/packages/server/src/utilities/schema.ts b/packages/server/src/utilities/schema.ts
index f3d98d35c9..7b5de7898a 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/utilities/schema.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/utilities/schema.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ interface SchemaColumn {
   readonly name: string
   readonly type: FieldTypes
   readonly autocolumn?: boolean
+  readonly constraints?: {
+    presence: boolean
+  }
 }
 
 interface Schema {
@@ -76,6 +79,11 @@ export function validate(rows: Rows, schema: Schema): ValidationResults {
       // If the columnType is not a string, then it's not present in the schema, and should be added to the invalid columns array
       if (typeof columnType !== "string") {
         results.invalidColumns.push(columnName)
+      } else if (
+        columnData == null &&
+        !schema[columnName].constraints?.presence
+      ) {
+        results.schemaValidation[columnName] = true
       } else if (
         // If there's no data for this field don't bother with further checks
         // If the field is already marked as invalid there's no need for further checks
diff --git a/packages/server/src/utilities/tests/csv.spec.ts b/packages/server/src/utilities/tests/csv.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..14063d0e8e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/server/src/utilities/tests/csv.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+import { jsonFromCsvString } from "../csv"
+
+describe("csv", () => {
+  describe("jsonFromCsvString", () => {
+    test("multiple lines csv can be casted", async () => {
+      const csvString = '"id","title"\n"1","aaa"\n"2","bbb"'
+
+      const result = await jsonFromCsvString(csvString)
+
+      expect(result).toEqual([
+        { id: "1", title: "aaa" },
+        { id: "2", title: "bbb" },
+      ])
+      result.forEach(r => expect(Object.keys(r)).toEqual(["id", "title"]))
+    })
+
+    test("empty values are casted as undefined", async () => {
+      const csvString =
+        '"id","optional","title"\n1,,"aaa"\n2,"value","bbb"\n3,,"ccc"'
+
+      const result = await jsonFromCsvString(csvString)
+
+      expect(result).toEqual([
+        { id: "1", optional: null, title: "aaa" },
+        { id: "2", optional: "value", title: "bbb" },
+        { id: "3", optional: null, title: "ccc" },
+      ])
+      result.forEach(r =>
+        expect(Object.keys(r)).toEqual(["id", "optional", "title"])
+      )
+    })
+  })
+})