diff --git a/src/dve/core_engine/backends/implementations/duckdb/utilities.py b/src/dve/core_engine/backends/implementations/duckdb/utilities.py
index 39e4929..6211500 100644
--- a/src/dve/core_engine/backends/implementations/duckdb/utilities.py
+++ b/src/dve/core_engine/backends/implementations/duckdb/utilities.py
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 """Utility objects for use with duckdb backend"""
 
+import itertools
+
 from dve.core_engine.backends.base.utilities import _split_multiexpr_string
 
 
@@ -24,7 +26,11 @@ def expr_mapping_to_columns(expressions: dict) -> list[str]:
 
 def expr_array_to_columns(expressions: list[str]) -> list[str]:
     """Create list of duckdb expressions from list of expressions"""
-    return [f"{expression}" for expression in expressions]
+    return list(
+        itertools.chain.from_iterable(
+            _split_multiexpr_string(expression) for expression in expressions
+        )
+    )
 
 
 def multiexpr_string_to_columns(expressions: str) -> list[str]:
diff --git a/src/dve/core_engine/backends/implementations/spark/utilities.py b/src/dve/core_engine/backends/implementations/spark/utilities.py
index bd5b02a..5eca158 100644
--- a/src/dve/core_engine/backends/implementations/spark/utilities.py
+++ b/src/dve/core_engine/backends/implementations/spark/utilities.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 """Some utilities which are useful for implementing Spark transformations."""
 
 import datetime as dt
+import itertools
 from collections.abc import Callable
 from json import JSONEncoder
 from operator import and_, or_
@@ -70,7 +71,13 @@ def expr_mapping_to_columns(expressions: ExpressionMapping) -> list[Column]:
 
 def expr_array_to_columns(expressions: ExpressionArray) -> list[Column]:
     """Convert an array of expressions to a list of columns."""
-    return list(map(sf.expr, expressions))
+
+    _expr_list = list(
+        itertools.chain.from_iterable(
+            _split_multiexpr_string(expression) for expression in expressions
+        )
+    )
+    return list(map(sf.expr, _expr_list))
 
 
 def multiexpr_string_to_columns(expressions: MultiExpression) -> list[Column]:
diff --git a/src/dve/core_engine/type_hints.py b/src/dve/core_engine/type_hints.py
index ac6cf2a..991f46f 100644
--- a/src/dve/core_engine/type_hints.py
+++ b/src/dve/core_engine/type_hints.py
@@ -13,8 +13,6 @@
 
 # TODO - cannot remove List from Typing. See L60 for details.
 
-
-
 if TYPE_CHECKING:  # pragma: no cover
     from dve.core_engine.message import FeedbackMessage
 
diff --git a/tests/test_core_engine/test_backends/test_implementations/test_duckdb/test_ddb_utils.py b/tests/test_core_engine/test_backends/test_implementations/test_duckdb/test_ddb_utils.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8490ab5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_core_engine/test_backends/test_implementations/test_duckdb/test_ddb_utils.py
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+from typing import Dict, List
+import pytest
+
+from dve.core_engine.backends.implementations.duckdb.utilities import (
+    expr_mapping_to_columns,
+    expr_array_to_columns,
+)
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    ["expressions", "expected"],
+    [
+        (
+            {"size(array_field)": "field_length", "another_field": "rename_another_field"},
+            ["size(array_field) as field_length", "another_field as rename_another_field"],
+        ),
+    ],
+)
+def test_expr_mapping_to_columns(expressions: Dict[str, str], expected: list[str]):
+    observed = expr_mapping_to_columns(expressions)
+    assert observed == expected
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    ["expressions", "expected"],
+    [
+        (
+            [
+                "a_field",
+                "another_field as renamed",
+                "struct(a_field, another_field) as struct_field",
+            ],
+            [
+                "a_field",
+                "another_field as renamed",
+                "struct(a_field, another_field) as struct_field",
+            ],
+        ),
+        (
+            [
+                "size(array_field)",
+                "another_field as rename_another_field",
+                "a_dynamic_field, another_dynamic_field",
+            ],
+            [
+                "size(array_field)",
+                "another_field as rename_another_field",
+                "a_dynamic_field",
+                "another_dynamic_field",
+            ],
+        ),
+    ],
+)
+def test_expr_array_to_columns(expressions: Dict[str, str], expected: list[str]):
+    observed = expr_array_to_columns(expressions)
+    assert observed == expected
diff --git a/tests/test_core_engine/test_backends/test_implementations/test_spark/test_spark_utils.py b/tests/test_core_engine/test_backends/test_implementations/test_spark/test_spark_utils.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d8c8d3d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_core_engine/test_backends/test_implementations/test_spark/test_spark_utils.py
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+import pytest
+from pyspark.sql.functions import expr
+
+from dve.core_engine.backends.implementations.spark.utilities import (
+    expr_mapping_to_columns,
+    expr_array_to_columns,
+)
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    ["expressions"],
+    [
+        (
+            {"size(array_field)": "field_length", "another_field": "rename_another_field"},
+        ),
+    ]
+)
+def test_expr_mapping_to_columns(spark, expressions: dict[str, str]):
+    observed = expr_mapping_to_columns(expressions)
+    assert [cl._jc.toString() for cl in observed] == [expr(expression).alias(rename)._jc.toString() for expression, rename in expressions.items()]
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    ["expressions", "expected"],
+    [   
+        (
+            ["a_field", "another_field as renamed", "struct(a_field, another_field) as struct_field"],
+            ["a_field", "another_field as renamed", "struct(a_field, another_field) as struct_field"]
+            ),
+        (
+            ["size(array_field)", "another_field as rename_another_field", "a_dynamic_field, another_dynamic_field"],
+            ["size(array_field)", "another_field as rename_another_field", "a_dynamic_field", "another_dynamic_field"],
+        ),
+    ],
+)
+def test_expr_array_to_columns(spark, expressions: dict[str, str], expected: list[str]):
+    observed = expr_array_to_columns(expressions)
+    assert [cl._jc.toString() for cl in observed] == [expr(expression)._jc.toString() for expression in expected]
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