diff --git a/app/src/views/private/components/render-template.vue b/app/src/views/private/components/render-template.vue
index 4f210a9fcd..7fdbe92556 100644
--- a/app/src/views/private/components/render-template.vue
+++ b/app/src/views/private/components/render-template.vue
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@
 	</div>
 </template>
 
-<script lang="ts">
-import { defineComponent, PropType, computed, ref } from 'vue';
+<script setup lang="ts">
+import { computed, ref } from 'vue';
 import { useFieldsStore } from '@/stores/fields';
 import { get } from 'lodash';
 import { Field } from '@directus/shared/types';
@@ -29,96 +29,123 @@ import { getDisplay } from '@/displays';
 import { getDefaultDisplayForType } from '@/utils/get-default-display-for-type';
 import { translate } from '@/utils/translate-object-values';
 
-export default defineComponent({
-	props: {
-		collection: {
-			type: String,
-			default: null,
-		},
-		fields: {
-			type: Array as PropType<Field[]>,
-			default: null,
-		},
-		item: {
-			type: Object as PropType<Record<string, any>>,
-			default: null,
-		},
-		template: {
-			type: String,
-			required: true,
-		},
-		direction: {
-			type: String,
-			default: undefined,
-		},
-	},
-	setup(props) {
-		const fieldsStore = useFieldsStore();
+interface Props {
+	template: string;
+	collection?: string;
+	fields?: Field[];
+	item?: Record<string, any>;
+	direction?: string;
+}
 
-		const templateEl = ref<HTMLElement>();
-
-		const regex = /({{.*?}})/g;
-
-		const parts = computed(() =>
-			props.template
-				.split(regex)
-				.filter((p) => p)
-				.map((part) => {
-					if (part.startsWith('{{') === false) return part;
-
-					let fieldKey = part.replace(/{{/g, '').replace(/}}/g, '').trim();
-					const field: Field | undefined =
-						fieldsStore.getField(props.collection, fieldKey) || props.fields?.find((field) => field.field === fieldKey);
-
-					/**
-					 * This is for cases where you are rendering a display template directly on
-					 * directus_files. The $thumbnail fields doesn't exist, but instead renders a
-					 * thumbnail based on the other fields in the file info. In that case, the value
-					 * should be the whole related file object, not just the fake "thumbnail" field. By
-					 * stripping out the thumbnail part in the field key path, the rest of the function
-					 * will extract the value correctly.
-					 */
-					if (field && field.collection === 'directus_files' && field.field === '$thumbnail') {
-						fieldKey = fieldKey
-							.split('.')
-							.filter((part) => part !== '$thumbnail')
-							.join('.');
-					}
-
-					// Try getting the value from the item, return some question marks if it doesn't exist
-					const value = get(props.item, fieldKey);
-
-					if (value === undefined) return null;
-
-					if (!field) return value;
-
-					const display = field?.meta?.display || getDefaultDisplayForType(field.type);
-
-					// No need to render the empty display overhead in this case
-					if (display === 'raw') return value;
-
-					const displayInfo = getDisplay(field.meta?.display);
-
-					// If used display doesn't exist in the current project, return raw value
-					if (!displayInfo) return value;
-
-					return {
-						component: field.meta?.display,
-						options: field.meta?.display_options,
-						value: value,
-						interface: field.meta?.interface,
-						interfaceOptions: field.meta?.options,
-						type: field.type,
-						collection: field.collection,
-						field: field.field,
-					};
-				})
-				.map((p) => p ?? null)
-		);
-
-		return { parts, templateEl, translate };
-	},
+const props = withDefaults(defineProps<Props>(), {
+	collection: undefined,
+	fields: () => [],
+	item: () => ({}),
+	direction: undefined,
 });
+
+const fieldsStore = useFieldsStore();
+
+const templateEl = ref<HTMLElement>();
+
+const regex = /({{.*?}})/g;
+
+const parts = computed(() =>
+	props.template
+		.split(regex)
+		.filter((p) => p)
+		.map((part) => {
+			if (part.startsWith('{{') === false) return part;
+
+			let fieldKey = part.replace(/{{/g, '').replace(/}}/g, '').trim();
+			let fieldKeyBefore = fieldKey.split('.').slice(0, -1).join('.');
+			let fieldKeyAfter = fieldKey.split('.').slice(-1)[0];
+
+			// Try getting the value from the item, return some question marks if it doesn't exist
+			let value = get(props.item, fieldKeyBefore);
+
+			return Array.isArray(value) ? handleArray(fieldKeyBefore, fieldKeyAfter) : handleObject(fieldKey);
+		})
+		.map((p) => p ?? null)
+);
+
+function handleArray(fieldKeyBefore: string, fieldKeyAfter: string) {
+	const value = get(props.item, fieldKeyBefore);
+	const field =
+		fieldsStore.getField(props.collection, fieldKeyBefore) ||
+		props.fields?.find((field) => field.field === fieldKeyBefore);
+
+	if (value === undefined) return null;
+
+	if (!field) return value;
+
+	const displayInfo = getDisplay(field.meta?.display);
+
+	let component = field.meta?.display;
+	let options = field.meta?.display_options;
+
+	if (!displayInfo) {
+		component = 'related-values';
+		options = { template: `{{${fieldKeyAfter}}}` };
+	}
+
+	return {
+		component,
+		options,
+		value: value,
+		interface: field.meta?.interface,
+		interfaceOptions: field.meta?.options,
+		type: field.type,
+		collection: field.collection,
+		field: field.field,
+	};
+}
+
+function handleObject(fieldKey: string) {
+	const value = get(props.item, fieldKey);
+	const field =
+		fieldsStore.getField(props.collection, fieldKey) || props.fields?.find((field) => field.field === fieldKey);
+
+	if (value === undefined) return null;
+
+	/**
+	 * This is for cases where you are rendering a display template directly on
+	 * directus_files. The $thumbnail fields doesn't exist, but instead renders a
+	 * thumbnail based on the other fields in the file info. In that case, the value
+	 * should be the whole related file object, not just the fake "thumbnail" field. By
+	 * stripping out the thumbnail part in the field key path, the rest of the function
+	 * will extract the value correctly.
+	 */
+	if (field && field.collection === 'directus_files' && field.field === '$thumbnail') {
+		fieldKey = fieldKey
+			.split('.')
+			.filter((part) => part !== '$thumbnail')
+			.join('.');
+	}
+
+	if (!field) return value;
+
+	const display = field?.meta?.display || getDefaultDisplayForType(field.type);
+
+	// No need to render the empty display overhead in this case
+	if (display === 'raw') return value;
+
+	const displayInfo = getDisplay(field.meta?.display);
+
+	// If used display doesn't exist in the current project, return raw value
+	if (!displayInfo) return value;
+
+	return {
+		component: field.meta?.display,
+		options: field.meta?.display_options,
+		value: value,
+		interface: field.meta?.interface,
+		interfaceOptions: field.meta?.options,
+		type: field.type,
+		collection: field.collection,
+		field: field.field,
+	};
+}
 </script>
 
 <style lang="scss" scoped>