diff --git a/packages/synapse-react-client/src/components/SynapseTable/SynapseTableCell/SynapseTableCell.tsx b/packages/synapse-react-client/src/components/SynapseTable/SynapseTableCell/SynapseTableCell.tsx
index 8a35cf8df2..d551245092 100644
--- a/packages/synapse-react-client/src/components/SynapseTable/SynapseTableCell/SynapseTableCell.tsx
+++ b/packages/synapse-react-client/src/components/SynapseTable/SynapseTableCell/SynapseTableCell.tsx
@@ -42,8 +42,9 @@ export type SynapseTableCellProps = {
   selectColumns?: SelectColumn[]
   columnModels?: ColumnModel[]
   rowData: Row['values']
-  rowId?: number | string
+  rowId?: string
   rowVersionNumber?: number
+  isRowEntityColumn?: boolean
 }
 
 function SynapseTableCell(props: SynapseTableCellProps) {
@@ -58,13 +59,9 @@ function SynapseTableCell(props: SynapseTableCellProps) {
     rowData,
     rowId,
     rowVersionNumber,
+    isRowEntityColumn,
   } = props
   const entity = useAtomValue(tableQueryEntityAtom)
-  const rowIdIsString = typeof rowId === 'string'
-  let rowSynId: string | undefined = undefined
-  if (rowId !== undefined) {
-    rowSynId = rowIdIsString ? rowId : `syn${rowId.toString()}`
-  }
   if (!columnValue) {
     return <p className="SRC-inactive"> {NOT_SET_DISPLAY_VALUE}</p>
   }
@@ -79,7 +76,7 @@ function SynapseTableCell(props: SynapseTableCellProps) {
         isHeader={false}
         labelLink={columnLinkConfig}
         rowData={rowData}
-        rowId={rowSynId}
+        rowId={rowId}
       />
     )
   }
@@ -91,15 +88,15 @@ function SynapseTableCell(props: SynapseTableCellProps) {
     entity &&
     (isEntityView(entity) || isDataset(entity) || isDatasetCollection(entity))
   if (
-    (tableRowRepresentsEntity || rowIdIsString) &&
+    (tableRowRepresentsEntity || isRowEntityColumn) &&
     (columnName === 'id' || columnName === 'name') &&
-    rowSynId &&
+    rowId &&
     rowVersionNumber
   ) {
     return (
       <p>
         <EntityLink
-          entity={rowSynId}
+          entity={rowId}
           versionNumber={rowVersionNumber}
           className={`${isBold}`}
           showIcon={false}
diff --git a/packages/synapse-react-client/src/components/SynapseTable/SynapseTableRenderers.tsx b/packages/synapse-react-client/src/components/SynapseTable/SynapseTableRenderers.tsx
index 95ac0d9fc8..cfaeb8bd40 100644
--- a/packages/synapse-react-client/src/components/SynapseTable/SynapseTableRenderers.tsx
+++ b/packages/synapse-react-client/src/components/SynapseTable/SynapseTableRenderers.tsx
@@ -151,6 +151,18 @@ const getEntityOrRowId = (
       : row.original.rowId?.toString()
   return entityId
 }
+
+/**
+ * Given the (tanstack react) Table CellContext, return true if the table configuration defines a row entity version column name.
+ * This will be used as the entity that represents the current Row.
+ * @param props
+ * @returns
+ */
+const isRowEntityColumn = (props: CellContext<Row, unknown>): boolean => {
+  const { table } = props
+  return (table.options.meta as any).rowEntityVersionColumnIndex !== undefined
+}
+
 /**
  * Given the (tanstack react) Table CellContext, return the version of the current Synapse Table Row.
  * If a rowEntityVersionColumnName was provided in the table config, then instead return the version found in
@@ -308,6 +320,7 @@ export function TableDataCell(props: CellContext<Row, string | null>) {
         columnModels={columnModels}
         rowId={entityOrRowId}
         rowVersionNumber={versionNumber}
+        isRowEntityColumn={isRowEntityColumn(props)}
       />
     )
   } else return <td key={cell.id}></td>