diff --git a/packages/nc-gui/components/project/spreadsheet/components/virtualCell/formulaCell.vue b/packages/nc-gui/components/project/spreadsheet/components/virtualCell/formulaCell.vue
index eb841a844d..8f5b2dfe18 100644
--- a/packages/nc-gui/components/project/spreadsheet/components/virtualCell/formulaCell.vue
+++ b/packages/nc-gui/components/project/spreadsheet/components/virtualCell/formulaCell.vue
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
     </template>
     <span class=" font-weight-bold">{{ column.formula.error.join(', ') }}</span>
   </v-tooltip>
+  <div v-else-if="urls" v-html="urls"></div>
   <div v-else>
     {{ row[column._cn] }}
   </div>
@@ -17,7 +18,23 @@
 <script>
 export default {
   name: 'FormulaCell',
-  props: ['column', 'row']
+  props: ['column', 'row'],
+  computed: {
+    urls: function() {
+      if(this.row[this.column._cn] ) {
+        let rawText = this.row[this.column._cn].toString();
+        let matchURLs = rawText.match(/URI::\((.*?)\)/g);
+        if(matchURLs) {
+          for(const url of matchURLs) {
+            let tmpuri = url.match(/URI::\((.*?)\)/)[1];
+            rawText = rawText.replace(url, '<a href="' + tmpuri + '" target="_blank">' + tmpuri + '</a>');
+          }
+          return rawText;
+        }
+      }
+      return false;
+    }
+  }
 }
 </script>
 
diff --git a/packages/nc-gui/helpers/formulaList.js b/packages/nc-gui/helpers/formulaList.js
index 67a0207684..6a2135dc96 100644
--- a/packages/nc-gui/helpers/formulaList.js
+++ b/packages/nc-gui/helpers/formulaList.js
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ const validations = {
   MID: { validation: { args: { rqd: 1 } } },
   IF: { validation: { args: { min: 2, max: 3 } } },
   SWITCH: { validation: { args: { min: 3 } } },
+  URL: { validation: { args: { rqd: 1 } } },
 };
 
 export default Object.keys(validations);
diff --git a/packages/nocodb/src/lib/dataMapper/lib/sql/formulaQueryBuilderFromString.ts b/packages/nocodb/src/lib/dataMapper/lib/sql/formulaQueryBuilderFromString.ts
index 8e23e43930..6abc96e2e6 100644
--- a/packages/nocodb/src/lib/dataMapper/lib/sql/formulaQueryBuilderFromString.ts
+++ b/packages/nocodb/src/lib/dataMapper/lib/sql/formulaQueryBuilderFromString.ts
@@ -64,6 +64,32 @@ export default function formulaQueryBuilder(
             }
           }
           break;
+        case 'URL':
+          return fn(
+            {
+              type: 'CallExpression',
+              arguments: [
+                {
+                  type: 'Literal',
+                  value: 'URI::(',
+                  raw: '"URI::("'
+                },
+                pt.arguments[0],
+                {
+                  type: 'Literal',
+                  value: ')',
+                  raw: '")"'
+                }
+              ],
+              callee: {
+                type: 'Identifier',
+                name: 'CONCAT'
+              }
+            },
+            a,
+            prevBinaryOp
+          );
+          break;
         default:
           {
             const res = mapFunctionName({