diff --git a/client-gui2 b/client-gui2
index ef4390c8..08a9b2e0 160000
--- a/client-gui2
+++ b/client-gui2
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit ef4390c85e548cfd59987c281887e4ba818f68b8
+Subproject commit 08a9b2e01e129dcec7541d0b4f850758f96c7836
diff --git a/common/proto/tables_data.proto b/common/proto/tables_data.proto
index 0ede6760..fdeffebd 100644
--- a/common/proto/tables_data.proto
+++ b/common/proto/tables_data.proto
@@ -208,6 +208,10 @@ message StageTableDataImportRequest {
 message TableDataImportRow {
   // Required. Data payload for one staged row.
   map<string, google.protobuf.Value> data = 1;
+  // Link columns whose text must be resolved against the target table's exact
+  // row display value, including text made only of digits. Unlisted columns
+  // retain the normal table-write link semantics.
+  repeated string link_display_columns = 2;
 }
 
 message StageTableDataImportResponse {
diff --git a/common/src/proto/descriptor.bin b/common/src/proto/descriptor.bin
index 0bddda4a..9239615e 100644
Binary files a/common/src/proto/descriptor.bin and b/common/src/proto/descriptor.bin differ
diff --git a/common/src/proto/komp_ac.tables_data.rs b/common/src/proto/komp_ac.tables_data.rs
index 70930ffd..ae3aa9a6 100644
--- a/common/src/proto/komp_ac.tables_data.rs
+++ b/common/src/proto/komp_ac.tables_data.rs
@@ -109,6 +109,11 @@ pub struct TableDataImportRow {
         ::prost::alloc::string::String,
         ::prost_types::Value,
     >,
+    /// Link columns whose text must be resolved against the target table's exact
+    /// row display value, including text made only of digits. Unlisted columns
+    /// retain the normal table-write link semantics.
+    #[prost(string, repeated, tag = "2")]
+    pub link_display_columns: ::prost::alloc::vec::Vec<::prost::alloc::string::String>,
 }
 #[derive(Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq, Hash, ::prost::Message)]
 pub struct StageTableDataImportResponse {
diff --git a/komp-app/src/import_export.rs b/komp-app/src/import_export.rs
index 0e5fff17..9c1f3abc 100644
--- a/komp-app/src/import_export.rs
+++ b/komp-app/src/import_export.rs
@@ -425,7 +425,7 @@ pub fn row_to_table_data(
         };
         data.insert(target_column.clone(), value);
     }
-    Ok(TableDataImportRow { data })
+    Ok(TableDataImportRow { data, link_display_columns: Vec::new() })
 }
 
 pub fn exportable_columns(schema: &TableStructureResponse) -> Vec<String> {
diff --git a/server b/server
index 31aaa157..8ab030c7 160000
--- a/server
+++ b/server
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 31aaa15724c946d0a275f468d503991fcc90e44e
+Subproject commit 8ab030c7710a696f25c2f3aaf5383a7053d8d78f
diff --git a/web/src/pages/import_export/import/logic.rs b/web/src/pages/import_export/import/logic.rs
index e12f4295..a0c41ff0 100644
--- a/web/src/pages/import_export/import/logic.rs
+++ b/web/src/pages/import_export/import/logic.rs
@@ -666,7 +666,7 @@ fn import_row(
         )?;
         data.insert(column.clone(), value);
     }
-    Ok(TableDataImportRow { data })
+    Ok(TableDataImportRow { data, link_display_columns: Vec::new() })
 }
 
 async fn render_step(