diff --git a/apps/portals/src/configurations/elportal/synapseConfigs/cohortbuilder.ts b/apps/portals/src/configurations/elportal/synapseConfigs/cohortbuilder.ts
index dc2df8eb88..25200600a1 100644
--- a/apps/portals/src/configurations/elportal/synapseConfigs/cohortbuilder.ts
+++ b/apps/portals/src/configurations/elportal/synapseConfigs/cohortbuilder.ts
@@ -140,6 +140,8 @@ export const filesView: SynapseConfig = {
     tableConfiguration: {
       showAccessColumn: true,
       showDownloadColumn: true,
+      rowEntityIDColumnName: 'id',
+      rowEntityVersionColumnName: 'fileVersion',
       columnLinks: [
         {
           matchColumnName: 'Study',
diff --git a/packages/synapse-react-client/src/components/DirectDownload/FileEntityDirectDownload.tsx b/packages/synapse-react-client/src/components/DirectDownload/FileEntityDirectDownload.tsx
index d219540f40..9bbb09580d 100644
--- a/packages/synapse-react-client/src/components/DirectDownload/FileEntityDirectDownload.tsx
+++ b/packages/synapse-react-client/src/components/DirectDownload/FileEntityDirectDownload.tsx
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ export type FileEntityDirectDownloadProps = Omit<
   'associatedObjectId' | 'associatedObjectType' | 'fileHandleId'
 > & {
   entityId: string
-  entityVersionNumber?: number
+  entityVersionNumber?: string
 }
 
 export default function FileEntityDirectDownload(
diff --git a/packages/synapse-react-client/src/components/SynapseTable/SynapseTable.tsx b/packages/synapse-react-client/src/components/SynapseTable/SynapseTable.tsx
index 9ad9bbe507..d3df0f156b 100644
--- a/packages/synapse-react-client/src/components/SynapseTable/SynapseTable.tsx
+++ b/packages/synapse-react-client/src/components/SynapseTable/SynapseTable.tsx
@@ -58,6 +58,10 @@ export type SynapseTableProps = {
   hideAddToDownloadListColumn?: boolean
   /** Configuration to override cell renderers with e.g. a link to a portals detail page */
   columnLinks?: LabelLinkConfig
+  /** If provided, will use the value in this column instead of the rowID for the access column, download column, etc */
+  rowEntityIDColumnName?: string
+  /** If provided, will use the value in this column instead of the row version number for the access column, download column, etc */
+  rowEntityVersionColumnName?: string
 }
 
 const columnHelper = createColumnHelper<Row>()
@@ -69,6 +73,8 @@ export function SynapseTable(props: SynapseTableProps) {
     showDirectDownloadColumn = showDownloadColumn,
     hideAddToDownloadListColumn = hideDownload,
     columnLinks,
+    rowEntityIDColumnName,
+    rowEntityVersionColumnName,
   } = props
   const { getCurrentQueryRequest } = useQueryContext()
   const data = useAtomValue(tableQueryDataAtom)
@@ -91,12 +97,15 @@ export function SynapseTable(props: SynapseTableProps) {
   const isShowingAccessColumn: boolean = Boolean(
     showAccessColumn &&
       entity &&
-      isEntityViewOrDataset(entity) &&
-      allRowsHaveId(data),
+      ((isEntityViewOrDataset(entity) && allRowsHaveId(data)) ||
+        rowEntityIDColumnName),
   )
 
   const rowsAreDownloadable =
-    entity && isFileViewOrDataset(entity) && isLoggedIn && allRowsHaveId(data)
+    entity &&
+    isLoggedIn &&
+    ((isFileViewOrDataset(entity) && allRowsHaveId(data)) ||
+      rowEntityIDColumnName)
 
   const isShowingDirectDownloadColumn = Boolean(
     rowsAreDownloadable && showDirectDownloadColumn,
@@ -107,6 +116,16 @@ export function SynapseTable(props: SynapseTableProps) {
       !hideAddToDownloadListColumn &&
       !isRowSelectionVisible,
   )
+  const rowEntityIDColumnIndex = rowEntityIDColumnName
+    ? data?.queryResult?.queryResults.headers.findIndex(
+        col => col.name == rowEntityIDColumnName,
+      )
+    : undefined
+  const rowEntityVersionColumnIndex = rowEntityVersionColumnName
+    ? data?.queryResult?.queryResults.headers.findIndex(
+        col => col.name == rowEntityVersionColumnName,
+      )
+    : undefined
 
   const columns: ColumnDef<Row, string | null>[] = useMemo(
     () => [
@@ -168,6 +187,11 @@ export function SynapseTable(props: SynapseTableProps) {
       sorting: sort,
       columnVisibility: columnVisibility,
     },
+    meta: {
+      // make the rowEntityIDColumnIndex available to all cell renderers
+      rowEntityIDColumnIndex,
+      rowEntityVersionColumnIndex,
+    },
   })
 
   const { dataHasBeenPrefetched } = usePrefetchTableData()
diff --git a/packages/synapse-react-client/src/components/SynapseTable/SynapseTableRenderers.tsx b/packages/synapse-react-client/src/components/SynapseTable/SynapseTableRenderers.tsx
index b1b8fa679e..0dfbfd47fa 100644
--- a/packages/synapse-react-client/src/components/SynapseTable/SynapseTableRenderers.tsx
+++ b/packages/synapse-react-client/src/components/SynapseTable/SynapseTableRenderers.tsx
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import {
   CellContext,
   createColumnHelper,
   HeaderContext,
+  Table,
 } from '@tanstack/react-table'
 import {
   ColumnTypeEnum,
@@ -81,17 +82,19 @@ export const rowSelectionColumn = columnHelper.display({
 })
 
 function AddToDownloadListCell(props: CellContext<Row, unknown>) {
-  const { row } = props
-  const { data: entityHeader } = useGetEntityHeader(`syn${row.original.rowId!}`)
+  const entityId = getEntityId(props)
+  const versionNumberString = getEntityVersion(props)
+  const versionNumber = versionNumberString
+    ? parseInt(versionNumberString)
+    : undefined
+  const { data: entityHeader } = useGetEntityHeader(entityId)
   return (
     <div data-testid={'AddToDownloadListCell'}>
       {entityHeader?.type === 'org.sagebionetworks.repo.model.FileEntity' && (
         <AddToDownloadListV2
-          entityId={row.original.rowId!.toString()}
-          entityVersionNumber={parseInt(
-            row.original.versionNumber!.toString()!,
-          )}
-        ></AddToDownloadListV2>
+          entityId={entityId}
+          entityVersionNumber={versionNumber}
+        />
       )}
     </div>
   )
@@ -108,12 +111,14 @@ export const addToDownloadListColumn = columnHelper.display({
 })
 
 function DirectDownloadCell(props: CellContext<Row, unknown>) {
-  const { row } = props
+  const entityId = getEntityId(props)
+  const versionNumber = getEntityVersion(props)
+
   return (
     <div data-testid={'DirectDownloadCell'}>
       <FileEntityDirectDownload
-        entityId={row.original.rowId!.toString()}
-        entityVersionNumber={row.original.versionNumber}
+        entityId={entityId}
+        entityVersionNumber={versionNumber}
         iconSvgPropOverrides={{ sx: { color: 'primary.main' } }}
       />
     </div>
@@ -130,14 +135,35 @@ export const directDownloadColumn = columnHelper.display({
   },
 })
 
+const getEntityId = (props: CellContext<Row, unknown>): string => {
+  const { row, table } = props
+  const rowEntityIDColumnIndex: number | undefined = (table.options.meta as any)
+    .rowEntityIDColumnIndex
+  const entityId = rowEntityIDColumnIndex
+    ? row.original.values[rowEntityIDColumnIndex]!
+    : row.original.rowId!.toString()
+  return entityId
+}
+const getEntityVersion = (props: CellContext<Row, unknown>): string => {
+  const { row, table } = props
+  const rowEntityVersionColumnIndex: number | undefined = (
+    table.options.meta as any
+  ).rowEntityVersionColumnIndex
+  const versionNumber = rowEntityVersionColumnIndex
+    ? row.original.values[rowEntityVersionColumnIndex]!
+    : row.original.versionNumber!.toString()
+  return versionNumber
+}
+
 function AccessCell(props: CellContext<Row, unknown>) {
-  const { row } = props
+  const entityId = getEntityId(props)
+  const versionNumber = getEntityVersion(props)
   return (
     <div data-testid={'AccessCell'}>
       <HasAccessV2
-        key={row.original.rowId!.toString()}
-        entityId={row.original.rowId!.toString()}
-        entityVersionNumber={row.original.versionNumber!.toString()}
+        key={entityId}
+        entityId={entityId}
+        entityVersionNumber={versionNumber}
       />
     </div>
   )