diff --git a/packages/web/src/datagrid/ColumnHeaderControl.svelte b/packages/web/src/datagrid/ColumnHeaderControl.svelte
index 48a0b88a2..17e142a40 100644
--- a/packages/web/src/datagrid/ColumnHeaderControl.svelte
+++ b/packages/web/src/datagrid/ColumnHeaderControl.svelte
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
   export let setSort;
   export let grouping = undefined;
   export let order = undefined;
+  export let allowDefineVirtualReferences = false;
   export let setGrouping;
 
   const openReferencedTable = () => {
@@ -62,8 +63,10 @@
         { onClick: () => setGrouping('GROUP:DAY'), text: 'Group by DAY' },
       ],
 
-      { divider: true },
-      { onClick: handleDefineVirtualForeignKey, text: 'Define virtual foreign key' },
+      allowDefineVirtualReferences && [
+        { divider: true },
+        { onClick: handleDefineVirtualForeignKey, text: 'Define virtual foreign key' },
+      ],
     ];
   }
 </script>
diff --git a/packages/web/src/datagrid/DataGridCore.svelte b/packages/web/src/datagrid/DataGridCore.svelte
index 6ef9b98f0..e3f6175f1 100644
--- a/packages/web/src/datagrid/DataGridCore.svelte
+++ b/packages/web/src/datagrid/DataGridCore.svelte
@@ -303,6 +303,7 @@
   export let errorMessage = undefined;
   export let pureName = undefined;
   export let schemaName = undefined;
+  export let allowDefineVirtualReferences = false;
 
   export let isLoadedAll;
   export let loadedTime;
@@ -1425,6 +1426,7 @@
                 }}
                 setGrouping={display.groupable ? groupFunc => display.setGrouping(col.uniqueName, groupFunc) : null}
                 grouping={display.getGrouping(col.uniqueName)}
+                {allowDefineVirtualReferences}
               />
             </td>
           {/each}
diff --git a/packages/web/src/datagrid/TableDataGrid.svelte b/packages/web/src/datagrid/TableDataGrid.svelte
index c67ad4054..e2e9331c9 100644
--- a/packages/web/src/datagrid/TableDataGrid.svelte
+++ b/packages/web/src/datagrid/TableDataGrid.svelte
@@ -164,6 +164,7 @@
       macroCondition={macro => macro.type == 'transformValue'}
       onReferenceSourceChanged={reference ? handleReferenceSourceChanged : null}
       multipleGridsOnTab={multipleGridsOnTab || !!reference}
+      allowDefineVirtualReferences
       onReferenceClick={value => {
         if (value && value.referenceId && reference && reference.referenceId == value.referenceId) {
           // reference not changed