diff --git a/frontend/src/_stores/utils.js b/frontend/src/_stores/utils.js
index 2414cf8b80..95d778455a 100644
--- a/frontend/src/_stores/utils.js
+++ b/frontend/src/_stores/utils.js
@@ -443,10 +443,21 @@ export function createReferencesLookup(refState, forQueryParams = false, initalL
   return { suggestionList, hintsMap, resolvedRefs };
 }
 
+function containsBracketNotation(queryString) {
+  const bracketNotationRegex = /\[\s*['"][^'"]+['"]\s*\]/;
+  return bracketNotationRegex.test(queryString);
+}
+
 export function findAllEntityReferences(node, allRefs) {
   if (typeof node === 'object') {
     for (let key in node) {
       const value = node[key];
+      if (typeof value === 'string' && containsBracketNotation(value)) {
+        //skip if the value is a bracket notation
+
+        break;
+      }
+
       if (
         typeof value === 'string' &&
         value.includes('{{') &&
diff --git a/server/src/helpers/import_export.helpers.ts b/server/src/helpers/import_export.helpers.ts
index db9b02ddec..9269743e23 100644
--- a/server/src/helpers/import_export.helpers.ts
+++ b/server/src/helpers/import_export.helpers.ts
@@ -25,10 +25,22 @@ export function updateEntityReferences(node, resourceMapping: Record<string, str
   return node;
 }
 
+function containsBracketNotation(queryString) {
+  const bracketNotationRegex = /\[\s*['"][^'"]+['"]\s*\]/;
+  return bracketNotationRegex.test(queryString);
+}
+
 export function findAllEntityReferences(node, allRefs): [] {
   if (typeof node === 'object') {
     for (const key in node) {
       const value = node[key];
+
+      if (typeof value === 'string' && containsBracketNotation(value)) {
+        //skip if the value is a bracket notation
+
+        break;
+      }
+
       if (typeof value === 'string' && value.includes('{{') && value.includes('}}')) {
         const referenceExists = value;