diff --git a/packages/nc-gui/composables/useMultiSelect/convertCellData.ts b/packages/nc-gui/composables/useMultiSelect/convertCellData.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..47c81656e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/nc-gui/composables/useMultiSelect/convertCellData.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+import { UITypes } from 'nocodb-sdk'
+
+export default
+function convertCellData(args: { from: UITypes; to: UITypes; value: any }) {
+  const { from, to, value } = args
+  if (from === to) {
+    return value
+  }
+
+  switch (to) {
+    case UITypes.Number:
+      return Number(value)
+    case UITypes.Checkbox:
+      return Boolean(value)
+    case UITypes.Date:
+      return new Date(value)
+    case UITypes.Attachment:
+      try {
+        return typeof value === 'string' ? JSON.parse(value) : value
+      } catch (e) {
+        return []
+      }
+    case UITypes.LinkToAnotherRecord:
+    case UITypes.Lookup:
+    case UITypes.Rollup:
+    case UITypes.Formula:
+      throw new Error(`Unsupported conversion from ${from} to ${to}`)
+    default:
+      return value
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/nc-gui/composables/useMultiSelect/index.ts b/packages/nc-gui/composables/useMultiSelect/index.ts
index 6f223e03fa..58fafe78a6 100644
--- a/packages/nc-gui/composables/useMultiSelect/index.ts
+++ b/packages/nc-gui/composables/useMultiSelect/index.ts
@@ -3,40 +3,12 @@ import type { ColumnType, LinkToAnotherRecordType, TableType } from 'nocodb-sdk'
 import { RelationTypes, UITypes, isVirtualCol } from 'nocodb-sdk'
 import type { Cell } from './cellRange'
 import { CellRange } from './cellRange'
+import convertCellData from '~/composables/useMultiSelect/convertCellData'
 import { useMetas } from '~/composables/useMetas'
 import { extractPkFromRow } from '~/utils'
 import { copyTable, message, reactive, ref, unref, useCopy, useEventListener, useI18n } from '#imports'
 import type { Row } from '~/lib'
 
-function convertCellData(args: { from: UITypes; to: UITypes; value: any }) {
-  const { from, to, value } = args
-  if (from === to) {
-    return value
-  }
-
-  switch (to) {
-    case UITypes.Number:
-      return Number(value)
-    case UITypes.Checkbox:
-      return Boolean(value)
-    case UITypes.Date:
-      return new Date(value)
-    case UITypes.Attachment:
-      try {
-        return typeof value === 'string' ? JSON.parse(value) : value
-      } catch (e) {
-        return []
-      }
-    case UITypes.LinkToAnotherRecord:
-    case UITypes.Lookup:
-    case UITypes.Rollup:
-    case UITypes.Formula:
-      throw new Error(`Unsupported conversion from ${from} to ${to}`)
-    default:
-      return value
-  }
-}
-
 /**
  * Utility to help with multi-selecting rows/cells in the smartsheet
  */
@@ -278,6 +250,10 @@ export function useMultiSelect(
                   columnObj.uidt === UITypes.LinkToAnotherRecord &&
                   (columnObj.colOptions as LinkToAnotherRecordType)?.type === RelationTypes.BELONGS_TO
                 ) {
+                  if (!clipboardContext.value || typeof clipboardContext.value !== 'object') {
+                    return message.info('Invalid data')
+                  }
+
                   rowObj.row[columnObj.title!] = convertCellData({
                     value: clipboardContext.value,
                     from: clipboardContext.uidt,