diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 268bc7d..f51c5a5 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## v3.5.5
+
+* [#73](https://github.com/pixl8/preside-ext-data-api/issues/73) Exit early from field rendering to avoid needless handler invocation
+
 ## v3.5.4
 
 * [#71](https://github.com/pixl8/preside-ext-data-api/issues/71) Remove unecessary helper methods
diff --git a/config/Config.cfc b/config/Config.cfc
index 78a1e62..ee4b44b 100755
--- a/config/Config.cfc
+++ b/config/Config.cfc
@@ -16,8 +16,9 @@ component {
 		settings.features.restTokenAuth.enabled = true;
 
 		settings.features.dataApiQueue = settings.features.dataApiQueue ?: { enabled=true };
-		settings.features.dataApiUseNullForNumerics = settings.features.dataApiUseNullForNumerics ?: { enabled=true };
-		settings.features.dataApiUseNullForStrings  = settings.features.dataApiUseNullForStrings  ?: { enabled=true };
+		settings.features.dataApiUseNullForNumerics     = settings.features.dataApiUseNullForNumerics     ?: { enabled=true };
+		settings.features.dataApiUseNullForStrings      = settings.features.dataApiUseNullForStrings      ?: { enabled=true };
+		settings.features.dataApiFormulaFieldsForAtomic = settings.features.dataApiFormulaFieldsForAtomic ?: { enabled=true };
 	}
 
 	private void function _setupRestApis( required struct settings ) {
diff --git a/services/DataApiConfigurationService.cfc b/services/DataApiConfigurationService.cfc
index af1da9f..a4ca816 100755
--- a/services/DataApiConfigurationService.cfc
+++ b/services/DataApiConfigurationService.cfc
@@ -127,6 +127,27 @@ component {
 		} );
 	}
 
+	public array function getEntityFormulaFields( required string entity, boolean aliases=false ) {
+		var args     = arguments;
+		var cacheKey = "getEntityFormulaFields" & _getDataApiNamespace() & args.entity & args.aliases;
+
+		return _simpleLocalCache( cacheKey, function(){
+			var entities = getEntities();
+			var fields   = entities[ args.entity ].formulaFields ?: [];
+
+			if ( !args.aliases ) {
+				return fields;
+			}
+
+			var aliases       = [];
+			var fieldSettings = getFieldSettings( args.entity );
+			for( var field in fields ) {
+				ArrayAppend( aliases, fieldSettings[ field ].alias ?: field );
+			}
+			return aliases;
+		} );
+	}
+
 	public array function getFilterFields( required string entity ) {
 		var args     = arguments;
 		var cacheKey = "getFilterFields" & _getDataApiNamespace() & args.entity;
@@ -235,6 +256,10 @@ component {
 
 					entities[ entityName ].upsertFields = _cleanupUpsertFields( objectName, entities[ entityName ].upsertFields, entities[ entityName ].allowIdInsert );
 
+					if ( $isFeatureEnabled( "dataApiFormulaFieldsForAtomic" ) ) {
+						entities[ entityName ].formulaFields = _formulaFields( objectName, namespace );
+					}
+
 					if ( excludeFields.len() ) {
 						for( var field in ListToArray( excludeFields ) ) {
 							entities[ entityName ].selectFields.delete( field );
@@ -648,6 +673,22 @@ component {
 		return fields;
 	}
 
+	private array function _formulaFields( required string objectName, required string namespace ) {
+		var props          = $getPresideObjectService().getObjectProperties( arguments.objectName );
+		var propEnabledKey = "dataApiEnabled#arguments.namespace#";
+		var fields         = [];
+
+		for( var fieldName in props ) {
+			if ( ( len( trim( props[ fieldName ].formula ?: "" ) ) || len( trim( props[ fieldName ].default ?: "" ) ) ) &&
+				 ( !isBoolean( props[ fieldName ][ propEnabledKey ] ?: "" ) || !props[ fieldName ][ propEnabledKey ] )
+			) {
+				arrayAppend( fields, fieldName );
+			}
+		}
+
+		return fields;
+	}
+
 	private array function _cleanupUpsertFields( required string objectName, required array fields, required boolean allowIdInsert ) {
 		var props    = $getPresideObjectService().getObjectProperties( objectName );
 		var idField  = $getPresideObjectService().getIdField( objectName );
diff --git a/services/DataApiQueueService.cfc b/services/DataApiQueueService.cfc
index db309dd..f209a93 100755
--- a/services/DataApiQueueService.cfc
+++ b/services/DataApiQueueService.cfc
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ component {
 
 				switch( record.operation ) {
 					case "delete":
-						returnStruct.data.append( {
+						StructAppend( returnStruct.data, {
 							  operation = "delete"
 							, entity    = entity
 							, recordId  = record.record_id
@@ -72,14 +72,24 @@ component {
 						};
 						if ( queueSettings.atomicChanges && Len( Trim( record.data ) ) ) {
 							try {
-								dataEntry.record = _aliasFields( record.object_name, DeserializeJson( record.data ) );
+								var recordData = DeserializeJson( record.data );
+
+								if ( $isFeatureEnabled( "dataApiFormulaFieldsForAtomic" ) ) {
+									var formulaFields = configSvc.getEntityFormulaFields( entity=entity );
+
+									if ( ArrayLen( formulaFields ) ) {
+										StructAppend( recordData, apiSvc.getSingleRecord( entity=entity, recordId=record.record_id, fields=formulaFields ), false );
+									}
+								}
+
+								dataEntry.record = _aliasFields( record.object_name, recordData );
 							} catch( any e ) {
 								dataEntry.record = record.data;
 							}
 						} else {
 							dataEntry.record = apiSvc.getSingleRecord( entity=entity, recordId=record.record_id, fields=[] )
 						}
-						returnStruct.data.append( dataEntry );
+						StructAppend( returnStruct.data, dataEntry );
 				}
 			}
 		}
@@ -391,7 +401,7 @@ component {
 		var configService = _getConfigService();
 		for( var key in arguments.data ) {
 			var alias = configService.getAliasForPropertyName( arguments.objectName, key );
-			aliased[ alias ] = arguments.data[ key ];
+			aliased[ alias ] = arguments.data[ key ] ?: nullValue();
 		}
 
 		return aliased;
diff --git a/services/DataApiService.cfc b/services/DataApiService.cfc
index 0cbc3a2..b6c317d 100644
--- a/services/DataApiService.cfc
+++ b/services/DataApiService.cfc
@@ -336,6 +336,10 @@ component {
 				return $isFeatureEnabled( "dataApiUseNullForStrings" )  ? NullValue() : "";
 		}
 
+		if ( !Len( arguments.value ?: "" ) ) {
+			return $isFeatureEnabled( "dataApiUseNullForStrings" )  ? NullValue() : "";
+		}
+
 		if ( $getContentRendererService().rendererExists( renderer, "dataapi" ) ) {
 			try {
 				var renderedContent = $renderContent( renderer, arguments.value, "dataapi", arguments.fieldSettings );