diff --git a/frontend/components/Item/View/table/data-table-dropdown.vue b/frontend/components/Item/View/table/data-table-dropdown.vue
index a8e67eac9..53fc92f6e 100644
--- a/frontend/components/Item/View/table/data-table-dropdown.vue
+++ b/frontend/components/Item/View/table/data-table-dropdown.vue
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
   import { toast } from "~/components/ui/sonner";
   import { useDialog } from "@/components/ui/dialog-provider";
   import { DialogID } from "~/components/ui/dialog-provider/utils";
+  import { formatValueAsCsvField } from "~/lib/utils";
 
   const { t } = useI18n();
   const api = useUserApi();
@@ -59,28 +60,16 @@
     items.forEach(item => window.open(`/item/${item}`, "_blank"));
   };
 
-  const escapeCsvField = (value: unknown): string => {
-    let str = String(value ?? "");
-    // Mitigate formula injection
-    if (/^[=+\-@]/.test(str)) {
-      str = "'" + str;
-    }
-    // Escape double quotes
-    str = str.replace(/"/g, '""');
-    // Wrap in double quotes
-    return `"${str}"`;
-  };
-
   const downloadCsv = (items: Row<ItemSummary>[], columns: Column<ItemSummary>[]) => {
     // get enabled columns
     const enabledColumns = columns.filter(c => c.id !== undefined && c.getIsVisible() && c.getCanHide()).map(c => c.id);
 
     // create CSV header (escaped)
-    const header = enabledColumns.map(escapeCsvField).join(",");
+    const header = enabledColumns.map(formatValueAsCsvField).join(",");
 
     // map each item to a row matching enabled columns order, escaping each field
     const rows = items.map(item =>
-      enabledColumns.map(col => escapeCsvField(item.original[col as keyof ItemSummary])).join(",")
+      enabledColumns.map(col => formatValueAsCsvField(item.original[col as keyof ItemSummary])).join(",")
     );
 
     const csv = [header, ...rows].join("\n");
diff --git a/frontend/global.d.ts b/frontend/global.d.ts
index 69699fecd..7ad74a5d9 100644
--- a/frontend/global.d.ts
+++ b/frontend/global.d.ts
@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@
 
 declare module "#app" {
   interface NuxtApp {
-	$otelEnabled: boolean;
+    $otelEnabled: boolean;
   }
 }
 
 declare module "vue" {
   interface ComponentCustomProperties {
-	$otelEnabled: boolean;
+    $otelEnabled: boolean;
   }
 }
 export {};
diff --git a/frontend/lib/utils.ts b/frontend/lib/utils.ts
index 83ca1af0b..1055b3e50 100644
--- a/frontend/lib/utils.ts
+++ b/frontend/lib/utils.ts
@@ -44,3 +44,49 @@ export function getContrastTextColor(bgColor: string): string {
 }
 
 export const camelToSnakeCase = (str: string) => str.replace(/[A-Z]/g, letter => `_${letter.toLowerCase()}`);
+
+export function getNameOrValue(value: unknown): string | unknown {
+  const nameEvaluation: string | false =
+    value !== null &&
+    value !== undefined &&
+    typeof value === "object" &&
+    "name" in value &&
+    typeof value.name === "string" &&
+    value.name;
+
+  return nameEvaluation ? nameEvaluation : value;
+}
+
+export function formatArrayAsString(value: unknown): string {
+  let str = "";
+
+  if (Array.isArray(value)) {
+    value.map(item => {
+      str = `${str}${str ? "," : ""}${formatArrayAsString(item)}`;
+    });
+  } else {
+    str = String(getNameOrValue(value) ?? "");
+  }
+
+  return str;
+}
+
+export function formatValueAsCsvField(value: unknown): string {
+  let str = "";
+
+  if (Array.isArray(value)) {
+    str = formatArrayAsString(value);
+  } else {
+    str = String(getNameOrValue(value) ?? "");
+  }
+
+  // Mitigate formula injection
+  if (/^[\t\r\n ]*[=+\-@]/.test(str)) {
+    str = "'" + str;
+  }
+  // Escape double quotes
+  str = str.replace(/"/g, '""');
+
+  // Wrap in double quotes
+  return `"${str}"`;
+}