diff --git a/qqq-backend-core/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/model/data/QRecordWithJoinedRecords.java b/qqq-backend-core/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/model/data/QRecordWithJoinedRecords.java
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+/*
+ * QQQ - Low-code Application Framework for Engineers.
+ * Copyright (C) 2021-2025.  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/>.
+ */
+
+package com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.data;
+
+
+import java.io.Serializable;
+import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.function.BiFunction;
+
+
+/*******************************************************************************
+ ** Extension on QRecord, intended to be used where you've got records from
+ ** multiple tables, and you want to combine them into a single "wide" joined
+ ** record - but to do so without copying or modifying any of the individual
+ ** records.
+ **
+ ** e.g., given:
+ ** - Order (id, orderNo, orderDate) (main table)
+ ** - LineItem (id, sku, quantity)
+ ** - Extrinsic (id, key, value)
+ **
+ ** If set up in here as:
+ ** - new QRecordWithJoinedRecords(order)
+ **      .withJoinedRecordValues(lineItem)
+ **      .withJoinedRecordValues(extrinsic)
+ **
+ ** Then we'd have the appearance of values in the object like:
+ ** - id, orderNo, orderDate, lineItem.id, lineItem.sku, lineItem.quantity, extrinsic.id, extrinsic.key, extrinsic.value
+ **
+ ** Which, by the by, is how a query that returns joined records looks, and, is
+ ** what BackendQueryFilterUtils can use to do filter.
+ **
+ ** This is done without copying or mutating any of the records (which, if you just use
+ ** QRecord.withJoinedRecordValues, then those values are copied into the main record)
+ ** - because this object is just storing references to the input records.
+ **
+ ** Note that this implies that, values changed in this record (e.g, calls to setValue)
+ ** WILL impact the underlying records!
+ *******************************************************************************/
+public class QRecordWithJoinedRecords extends QRecord
+{
+   private QRecord              mainRecord;
+   private Map<String, QRecord> components = new LinkedHashMap<>();
+
+
+   /***************************************************************************
+    **
+    ***************************************************************************/
+   public QRecordWithJoinedRecords(QRecord mainRecord)
+   {
+      this.mainRecord = mainRecord;
+   }
+
+
+
+   /*************************************************************************
+    **
+    ***************************************************************************/
+   @Override
+   public void addJoinedRecordValues(String joinTableName, QRecord joinedRecord)
+   {
+      components.put(joinTableName, joinedRecord);
+   }
+
+
+
+   /*************************************************************************
+    **
+    ***************************************************************************/
+   public QRecordWithJoinedRecords withJoinedRecordValues(QRecord record, String joinTableName)
+   {
+      addJoinedRecordValues(joinTableName, record);
+      return (this);
+   }
+
+
+
+   /***************************************************************************
+    **
+    ***************************************************************************/
+   @Override
+   public Serializable getValue(String fieldName)
+   {
+      return performFunctionOnRecordBasedOnFieldName(fieldName, ((record, f) -> record.getValue(f)));
+   }
+
+
+
+   /***************************************************************************
+    *
+    ***************************************************************************/
+   @Override
+   public void setValue(String fieldName, Object value)
+   {
+      performFunctionOnRecordBasedOnFieldName(fieldName, ((record, f) ->
+      {
+         record.setValue(f, value);
+         return (null);
+      }));
+   }
+
+
+
+   /***************************************************************************
+    *
+    ***************************************************************************/
+   @Override
+   public void setValue(String fieldName, Serializable value)
+   {
+      performFunctionOnRecordBasedOnFieldName(fieldName, ((record, f) ->
+      {
+         record.setValue(f, value);
+         return (null);
+      }));
+   }
+
+
+
+   /***************************************************************************
+    **
+    ***************************************************************************/
+   @Override
+   public void removeValue(String fieldName)
+   {
+      performFunctionOnRecordBasedOnFieldName(fieldName, ((record, f) ->
+      {
+         record.removeValue(f);
+         return (null);
+      }));
+   }
+
+
+
+   /***************************************************************************
+    ** avoid having this same block in all the functions that call it...
+    ** given a fieldName, which may be a joinTable.fieldName, apply the function
+    ** to the right entity.
+    ***************************************************************************/
+   private Serializable performFunctionOnRecordBasedOnFieldName(String fieldName, BiFunction<QRecord, String, Serializable> functionToPerform)
+   {
+      if(fieldName.contains("."))
+      {
+         String[] parts     = fieldName.split("\\.");
+         QRecord  component = components.get(parts[0]);
+         if(component != null)
+         {
+            return functionToPerform.apply(component, parts[1]);
+         }
+         else
+         {
+            return null;
+         }
+      }
+      else
+      {
+         return functionToPerform.apply(mainRecord, fieldName);
+      }
+   }
+
+
+
+   /***************************************************************************
+    **
+    ***************************************************************************/
+   @Override
+   public Map<String, Serializable> getValues()
+   {
+      Map<String, Serializable> rs = new LinkedHashMap<>(mainRecord.getValues());
+      for(Map.Entry<String, QRecord> componentEntry : components.entrySet())
+      {
+         String  joinTableName   = componentEntry.getKey();
+         QRecord componentRecord = componentEntry.getValue();
+         for(Map.Entry<String, Serializable> entry : componentRecord.getValues().entrySet())
+         {
+            rs.put(joinTableName + "." + entry.getKey(), entry.getValue());
+         }
+      }
+      return (rs);
+   }
+
+}
diff --git a/qqq-backend-core/src/test/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/model/data/QRecordWithJoinedRecordsTest.java b/qqq-backend-core/src/test/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/model/data/QRecordWithJoinedRecordsTest.java
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+/*
+ * QQQ - Low-code Application Framework for Engineers.
+ * Copyright (C) 2021-2025.  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/>.
+ */
+
+package com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.data;
+
+
+import java.time.LocalDate;
+import java.time.Month;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.BaseTest;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
+
+
+/*******************************************************************************
+ ** Unit test for QRecordWithJoinedRecords 
+ *******************************************************************************/
+class QRecordWithJoinedRecordsTest extends BaseTest
+{
+
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    **
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   @Test
+   void test()
+   {
+      QRecord order = new QRecord().withValue("id", 1).withValue("orderNo", "101").withValue("orderDate", LocalDate.of(2025, Month.JANUARY, 1));
+      QRecord lineItem = new QRecord().withValue("id", 2).withValue("sku", "ABC").withValue("quantity", 47);
+      QRecord extrinsic = new QRecord().withValue("id", 3).withValue("key", "MyKey").withValue("value", "MyValue");
+
+      QRecordWithJoinedRecords joinedRecords = new QRecordWithJoinedRecords(order);
+      joinedRecords.addJoinedRecordValues("lineItem", lineItem);
+      joinedRecords.addJoinedRecordValues("extrinsic", extrinsic);
+
+      assertEquals(1, joinedRecords.getValue("id"));
+      assertEquals("101", joinedRecords.getValue("orderNo"));
+      assertEquals(LocalDate.of(2025, Month.JANUARY, 1), joinedRecords.getValue("orderDate"));
+      assertEquals(2, joinedRecords.getValue("lineItem.id"));
+      assertEquals("ABC", joinedRecords.getValue("lineItem.sku"));
+      assertEquals(47, joinedRecords.getValue("lineItem.quantity"));
+      assertEquals(3, joinedRecords.getValue("extrinsic.id"));
+      assertEquals("MyKey", joinedRecords.getValue("extrinsic.key"));
+      assertEquals("MyValue", joinedRecords.getValue("extrinsic.value"));
+
+      assertEquals(9, joinedRecords.getValues().size());
+      assertEquals(1, joinedRecords.getValues().get("id"));
+      assertEquals(2, joinedRecords.getValues().get("lineItem.id"));
+      assertEquals(3, joinedRecords.getValues().get("extrinsic.id"));
+
+      joinedRecords.setValue("lineItem.color", "RED");
+      assertEquals("RED", joinedRecords.getValue("lineItem.color"));
+      assertEquals("RED", lineItem.getValue("color"));
+
+      joinedRecords.setValue("shipToCity", "St. Louis");
+      assertEquals("St. Louis", joinedRecords.getValue("shipToCity"));
+      assertEquals("St. Louis", order.getValue("shipToCity"));
+   }
+
+}
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