diff --git a/qqq-backend-core/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/processes/implementations/etl/streamedwithfrontend/ExtractViaQueryStep.java b/qqq-backend-core/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/processes/implementations/etl/streamedwithfrontend/ExtractViaQueryStep.java
index 1f3e776d..22ab5f17 100644
--- a/qqq-backend-core/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/processes/implementations/etl/streamedwithfrontend/ExtractViaQueryStep.java
+++ b/qqq-backend-core/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/processes/implementations/etl/streamedwithfrontend/ExtractViaQueryStep.java
@@ -113,6 +113,10 @@ public class ExtractViaQueryStep extends AbstractExtractStep
       {
          queryInput.setShouldFetchHeavyFields(true);
       }
+      if(runBackendStepInput.getValuePrimitiveBoolean(StreamedETLWithFrontendProcess.FIELD_INCLUDE_ASSOCIATIONS))
+      {
+         queryInput.setIncludeAssociations(true);
+      }
 
       customizeInputPreQuery(queryInput);
 
diff --git a/qqq-backend-core/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/processes/implementations/etl/streamedwithfrontend/StreamedETLWithFrontendProcess.java b/qqq-backend-core/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/processes/implementations/etl/streamedwithfrontend/StreamedETLWithFrontendProcess.java
index 9c279017..96a02287 100644
--- a/qqq-backend-core/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/processes/implementations/etl/streamedwithfrontend/StreamedETLWithFrontendProcess.java
+++ b/qqq-backend-core/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/processes/implementations/etl/streamedwithfrontend/StreamedETLWithFrontendProcess.java
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ public class StreamedETLWithFrontendProcess
    public static final String FIELD_RECORD_COUNT         = "recordCount"; // Integer
    public static final String FIELD_DEFAULT_QUERY_FILTER = "defaultQueryFilter"; // QQueryFilter or String (json, of q QQueryFilter)
    public static final String FIELD_FETCH_HEAVY_FIELDS   = "fetchHeavyFields"; // Boolean
+   public static final String FIELD_INCLUDE_ASSOCIATIONS = "includeAssociations"; // Boolean
 
    public static final String FIELD_SUPPORTS_FULL_VALIDATION = "supportsFullValidation"; // Boolean
    public static final String FIELD_DO_FULL_VALIDATION       = "doFullValidation"; // Boolean
@@ -144,6 +145,7 @@ public class StreamedETLWithFrontendProcess
          .withCode(new QCodeReference(StreamedETLPreviewStep.class))
          .withInputData(new QFunctionInputMetaData()
             .withField(new QFieldMetaData(FIELD_SOURCE_TABLE, QFieldType.STRING).withDefaultValue(defaultFieldValues.get(FIELD_SOURCE_TABLE)))
+            .withField(new QFieldMetaData(FIELD_INCLUDE_ASSOCIATIONS, QFieldType.BOOLEAN).withDefaultValue(defaultFieldValues.getOrDefault(FIELD_INCLUDE_ASSOCIATIONS, false)))
             .withField(new QFieldMetaData(FIELD_FETCH_HEAVY_FIELDS, QFieldType.BOOLEAN).withDefaultValue(defaultFieldValues.getOrDefault(FIELD_FETCH_HEAVY_FIELDS, false)))
             .withField(new QFieldMetaData(FIELD_DESTINATION_TABLE, QFieldType.STRING).withDefaultValue(defaultFieldValues.get(FIELD_DESTINATION_TABLE)))
             .withField(new QFieldMetaData(FIELD_SUPPORTS_FULL_VALIDATION, QFieldType.BOOLEAN).withDefaultValue(defaultFieldValues.getOrDefault(FIELD_SUPPORTS_FULL_VALIDATION, true)))