diff --git a/packages/api/src/utility/loadModelTransform.js b/packages/api/src/utility/loadModelTransform.js
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+const { filesdir } = require('./directories');
+const path = require('path');
+const fs = require('fs-extra');
+const _ = require('lodash');
+const dbgateApi = require('../shell');
+const { getLogger, extractErrorLogData } = require('dbgate-tools');
+const logger = getLogger('loadModelTransform');
+
+function modelTransformFromJson(json) {
+  const { transform, arguments } = json;
+  if (!dbgateApi[transform]) return null;
+  const creator = dbgateApi[transform];
+  return creator(...arguments);
+}
+
+async function loadModelTransform(file) {
+  if (!file) return null;
+  try {
+    const dir = filesdir();
+    const fullPath = path.join(dir, 'modtrans', file);
+    const text = await fs.readFile(fullPath, { encoding: 'utf-8' });
+    const json = JSON.parse(text);
+    if (_.isArray(json)) {
+      const array = _.compact(json.map(x => modelTransformFromJson(x)));
+      return array.length ? structure => array.reduce((acc, val) => val(acc), structure) : null;
+    }
+    if (_.isPlainObject(json)) {
+      return modelTransformFromJson(json);
+    }
+    return null;
+  } catch (err) {
+    logger.error(extractErrorLogData(err), `Error loading model transform ${file}`);
+    return null;
+  }
+}
+
+module.exports = loadModelTransform;