diff --git a/src/App.tsx b/src/App.tsx
index 7d2501d..fd4c6b5 100644
--- a/src/App.tsx
+++ b/src/App.tsx
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ import EntityEdit from "qqq/pages/records/edit/RecordEdit";
 import RecordQuery from "qqq/pages/records/query/RecordQuery";
 import RecordDeveloperView from "qqq/pages/records/view/RecordDeveloperView";
 import RecordView from "qqq/pages/records/view/RecordView";
+import RecordViewByUniqueKey from "qqq/pages/records/view/RecordViewByUniqueKey";
 import GoogleAnalyticsUtils, {AnalyticsModel} from "qqq/utils/GoogleAnalyticsUtils";
 import Client from "qqq/utils/qqq/Client";
 import ProcessUtils from "qqq/utils/qqq/ProcessUtils";
@@ -392,6 +393,13 @@ export default function App()
                   component: <RecordView table={table} />,
                });
 
+               routeList.push({
+                  name: `${app.label} View`,
+                  key: `${app.name}.view`,
+                  route: `${path}/key`,
+                  component: <RecordViewByUniqueKey table={table} />,
+               });
+
                routeList.push({
                   name: `${app.label}`,
                   key: `${app.name}.edit`,
diff --git a/src/qqq/pages/records/view/RecordView.tsx b/src/qqq/pages/records/view/RecordView.tsx
index e34bc28..dd300c0 100644
--- a/src/qqq/pages/records/view/RecordView.tsx
+++ b/src/qqq/pages/records/view/RecordView.tsx
@@ -74,12 +74,14 @@ const qController = Client.getInstance();
 interface Props
 {
    table?: QTableMetaData;
+   record?: QRecord;
    launchProcess?: QProcessMetaData;
 }
 
 RecordView.defaultProps =
    {
       table: null,
+      record: null,
       launchProcess: null,
    };
 
@@ -130,7 +132,7 @@ export function renderSectionOfFields(key: string, fieldNames: string[], tableMe
 /*******************************************************************************
  ** Record View Screen component.
  *******************************************************************************/
-function RecordView({table, launchProcess}: Props): JSX.Element
+function RecordView({table, record: overrideRecord, launchProcess}: Props): JSX.Element
 {
    const {id} = useParams();
 
@@ -147,7 +149,7 @@ function RecordView({table, launchProcess}: Props): JSX.Element
    const [adornmentFieldsMap, setAdornmentFieldsMap] = useState(new Map<string, boolean>);
    const [deleteConfirmationOpen, setDeleteConfirmationOpen] = useState(false);
    const [metaData, setMetaData] = useState(null as QInstance);
-   const [record, setRecord] = useState(null as QRecord);
+   const [record, setRecord] = useState(overrideRecord ?? null as QRecord);
    const [tableSections, setTableSections] = useState([] as QTableSection[]);
    const [t1Section, setT1Section] = useState(null as QTableSection);
    const [t1SectionName, setT1SectionName] = useState(null as string);
@@ -481,7 +483,18 @@ function RecordView({table, launchProcess}: Props): JSX.Element
          let record: QRecord;
          try
          {
-            record = await qController.get(tableName, id, tableVariant, null, queryJoins);
+            ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+            // if the component took in a record object, then we don't need to GET it //
+            ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+            if(overrideRecord)
+            {
+               record = overrideRecord;
+            }
+            else
+            {
+               record = await qController.get(tableName, id, tableVariant, null, queryJoins);
+            }
+
             setRecord(record);
             recordAnalytics({category: "tableEvents", action: "view", label: tableMetaData?.label + " / " + record?.recordLabel});
          }
diff --git a/src/qqq/pages/records/view/RecordViewByUniqueKey.tsx b/src/qqq/pages/records/view/RecordViewByUniqueKey.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ecfe7ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/qqq/pages/records/view/RecordViewByUniqueKey.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,154 @@
+/*
+ * QQQ - Low-code Application Framework for Engineers.
+ * Copyright (C) 2021-2024.  Kingsrook, LLC
+ * 651 N Broad St Ste 205 # 6917 | Middletown DE 19709 | United States
+ * contact@kingsrook.com
+ * https://github.com/Kingsrook/
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the
+ * License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+
+import {QTableMetaData} from "@kingsrook/qqq-frontend-core/lib/model/metaData/QTableMetaData";
+import {QRecord} from "@kingsrook/qqq-frontend-core/lib/model/QRecord";
+import {QCriteriaOperator} from "@kingsrook/qqq-frontend-core/lib/model/query/QCriteriaOperator";
+import {QFilterCriteria} from "@kingsrook/qqq-frontend-core/lib/model/query/QFilterCriteria";
+import {QQueryFilter} from "@kingsrook/qqq-frontend-core/lib/model/query/QQueryFilter";
+import {Alert, Box} from "@mui/material";
+import Grid from "@mui/material/Grid";
+import BaseLayout from "qqq/layouts/BaseLayout";
+import RecordView from "qqq/pages/records/view/RecordView";
+import Client from "qqq/utils/qqq/Client";
+import React, {useEffect, useState} from "react";
+import {useSearchParams} from "react-router-dom";
+
+interface RecordViewByUniqueKeyProps
+{
+   table: QTableMetaData;
+}
+
+RecordViewByUniqueKey.defaultProps = {};
+
+const qController = Client.getInstance();
+
+/***************************************************************************
+ ** Wrapper around RecordView, that reads a unique key from the query string,
+ ** looks for a record matching that key, and shows that record.
+ ***************************************************************************/
+export default function RecordViewByUniqueKey({table}: RecordViewByUniqueKeyProps): JSX.Element
+{
+   const tableName = table.name;
+
+   const [asyncLoadInited, setAsyncLoadInited] = useState(false);
+   const [tableMetaData, setTableMetaData] = useState(null as QTableMetaData);
+   const [doneLoading, setDoneLoading] = useState(false);
+   const [record, setRecord] = useState(null as QRecord);
+   const [errorMessage, setErrorMessage] = useState(null as string);
+
+   const [queryParams] = useSearchParams();
+
+   if (!asyncLoadInited)
+   {
+      setAsyncLoadInited(true);
+
+      (async () =>
+      {
+         const tableMetaData = await qController.loadTableMetaData(tableName);
+         setTableMetaData(tableMetaData);
+
+         const criteria: QFilterCriteria[] = [];
+         for (let [name, value] of queryParams.entries())
+         {
+            criteria.push(new QFilterCriteria(name, QCriteriaOperator.EQUALS, [value]));
+            if(!tableMetaData.fields.has(name))
+            {
+               setErrorMessage(`Query-string parameter [${name}] is not a defined field on the ${tableMetaData.label} table.`);
+               setDoneLoading(true);
+               return;
+            }
+         }
+
+         const filter = new QQueryFilter(criteria, null, null, "AND", 0, 2);
+         qController.query(tableName, filter)
+            .then((queryResult) =>
+            {
+               setDoneLoading(true);
+               if (queryResult.length == 1)
+               {
+                  setRecord(queryResult[0]);
+               }
+               else if (queryResult.length == 0)
+               {
+                  setErrorMessage(`No ${tableMetaData.label} record was found matching the given values.`);
+               }
+               else if (queryResult.length > 1)
+               {
+                  setErrorMessage(`More than one ${tableMetaData.label} record was found matching the given values.`);
+               }
+            })
+            .catch((error) =>
+            {
+               setDoneLoading(true);
+               console.log(error);
+               if (error && error.message)
+               {
+                  setErrorMessage(error.message);
+               }
+               else if (error && error.response && error.response.data && error.response.data.error)
+               {
+                  setErrorMessage(error.response.data.error);
+               }
+               else
+               {
+                  setErrorMessage("Unexpected error running query");
+               }
+            });
+      })();
+   }
+
+   useEffect(() =>
+   {
+      if (asyncLoadInited)
+      {
+         setAsyncLoadInited(false);
+         setDoneLoading(false);
+         setRecord(null);
+      }
+   }, [queryParams]);
+
+   if (!doneLoading)
+   {
+      return (<div>Loading...</div>);
+   }
+   else if (record)
+   {
+      return (<RecordView table={table} record={record} />);
+   }
+   else if (errorMessage)
+   {
+      return (<BaseLayout>
+         <Box className="recordView">
+            <Grid container>
+               <Grid item xs={12}>
+                  <Box mb={3}>
+                     {
+                        <Alert color="error" sx={{mb: 3}}>{errorMessage}</Alert>
+                     }
+                  </Box>
+               </Grid>
+            </Grid>
+         </Box>
+      </BaseLayout>);
+   }
+}