diff --git a/internal/core/src/common/Span.h b/internal/core/src/common/Span.h
index cc6cbf2b727ad..3334b8b44e72e 100644
--- a/internal/core/src/common/Span.h
+++ b/internal/core/src/common/Span.h
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ class SpanBase {
                       int64_t element_sizeof)
         : data_(data), row_count_(row_count), element_sizeof_(element_sizeof) {
     }
+    explicit SpanBase(const void* data,
+                      const bool* valid_data,
+                      int64_t row_count,
+                      int64_t element_sizeof)
+        : data_(data),
+          valid_data_(valid_data),
+          row_count_(row_count),
+          element_sizeof_(element_sizeof) {
+    }
 
     int64_t
     row_count() const {
@@ -49,8 +58,14 @@ class SpanBase {
         return data_;
     }
 
+    const bool*
+    valid_data() const {
+        return valid_data_;
+    }
+
  private:
     const void* data_;
+    const bool* valid_data_{nullptr};
     int64_t row_count_;
     int64_t element_sizeof_;
 };
@@ -65,20 +80,22 @@ class Span<T,
                                      std::is_same_v<T, PkType>>> {
  public:
     using embedded_type = T;
-    explicit Span(const T* data, int64_t row_count)
-        : data_(data), row_count_(row_count) {
+    explicit Span(const T* data, const bool* valid_data, int64_t row_count)
+        : data_(data), valid_data_(valid_data), row_count_(row_count) {
     }
 
-    explicit Span(std::string_view data) {
-        Span(data.data(), data.size());
+    explicit Span(std::string_view data, bool* valid_data) {
+        Span(data.data(), valid_data, data.size());
     }
 
     operator SpanBase() const {
-        return SpanBase(data_, row_count_, sizeof(T));
+        return SpanBase(data_, valid_data_, row_count_, sizeof(T));
     }
 
     explicit Span(const SpanBase& base)
-        : Span(reinterpret_cast<const T*>(base.data()), base.row_count()) {
+        : Span(reinterpret_cast<const T*>(base.data()),
+               base.valid_data(),
+               base.row_count()) {
         assert(base.element_sizeof() == sizeof(T));
     }
 
@@ -92,6 +109,11 @@ class Span<T,
         return data_;
     }
 
+    const bool*
+    valid_data() const {
+        return valid_data_;
+    }
+
     const T&
     operator[](int64_t offset) const {
         return data_[offset];
@@ -104,6 +126,7 @@ class Span<T,
 
  private:
     const T* data_;
+    const bool* valid_data_;
     const int64_t row_count_;
 };
 
diff --git a/internal/core/src/exec/expression/CompareExpr.cpp b/internal/core/src/exec/expression/CompareExpr.cpp
index 43dd6c039d4f0..0c412ac82b64b 100644
--- a/internal/core/src/exec/expression/CompareExpr.cpp
+++ b/internal/core/src/exec/expression/CompareExpr.cpp
@@ -77,7 +77,8 @@ PhyCompareFilterExpr::GetChunkData<std::string>(FieldId field_id,
         return [chunk_data](int i) -> const number { return chunk_data[i]; };
     } else {
         auto chunk_data =
-            segment_->chunk_view<std::string_view>(field_id, chunk_id).data();
+            segment_->chunk_view<std::string_view>(field_id, chunk_id)
+                .first.data();
         return [chunk_data](int i) -> const number {
             return std::string(chunk_data[i]);
         };
diff --git a/internal/core/src/exec/expression/Expr.h b/internal/core/src/exec/expression/Expr.h
index faaedbea259fb..aa0d70731edf5 100644
--- a/internal/core/src/exec/expression/Expr.h
+++ b/internal/core/src/exec/expression/Expr.h
@@ -206,8 +206,11 @@ class SegmentExpr : public Expr {
 
         auto& skip_index = segment_->GetSkipIndex();
         if (!skip_func || !skip_func(skip_index, field_id_, 0)) {
-            auto data_vec = segment_->get_batch_views<T>(
-                field_id_, 0, current_data_chunk_pos_, need_size);
+            auto data_vec =
+                segment_
+                    ->get_batch_views<T>(
+                        field_id_, 0, current_data_chunk_pos_, need_size)
+                    .first;
 
             func(data_vec.data(), need_size, res, values...);
         }
diff --git a/internal/core/src/mmap/ChunkVector.h b/internal/core/src/mmap/ChunkVector.h
index 49377217ecc8b..ed9ec7c0cee02 100644
--- a/internal/core/src/mmap/ChunkVector.h
+++ b/internal/core/src/mmap/ChunkVector.h
@@ -34,6 +34,10 @@ class ChunkVectorBase {
     get_chunk_size(int64_t index) = 0;
     virtual Type
     get_element(int64_t chunk_id, int64_t chunk_offset) = 0;
+    virtual int64_t
+    get_element_size() = 0;
+    virtual int64_t
+    get_element_offset(int64_t index) = 0;
     virtual ChunkViewType<Type>
     view_element(int64_t chunk_id, int64_t chunk_offset) = 0;
     int64_t
@@ -166,6 +170,25 @@ class ThreadSafeChunkVector : public ChunkVectorBase<Type> {
         vec_.clear();
     }
 
+    int64_t
+    get_element_size() override {
+        std::shared_lock<std::shared_mutex> lck(mutex_);
+        if constexpr (IsMmap && std::is_same_v<std::string, Type>) {
+            return sizeof(ChunkViewType<Type>);
+        }
+        return sizeof(Type);
+    }
+
+    int64_t
+    get_element_offset(int64_t index) override {
+        std::shared_lock<std::shared_mutex> lck(mutex_);
+        int64_t offset = 0;
+        for (int i = 0; i < index - 1; i++) {
+            offset += vec_[i].size();
+        }
+        return offset;
+    }
+
     SpanBase
     get_span(int64_t chunk_id) override {
         std::shared_lock<std::shared_mutex> lck(mutex_);
diff --git a/internal/core/src/mmap/Column.h b/internal/core/src/mmap/Column.h
index d7e7158c82537..a6c309f472529 100644
--- a/internal/core/src/mmap/Column.h
+++ b/internal/core/src/mmap/Column.h
@@ -72,6 +72,10 @@ class ColumnBase {
         SetPaddingSize(data_type);
 
         if (IsVariableDataType(data_type)) {
+            if (field_meta.is_nullable()) {
+                nullable_ = true;
+                valid_data_.reserve(reserve);
+            }
             return;
         }
 
@@ -214,7 +218,7 @@ class ColumnBase {
     ColumnBase(ColumnBase&& column) noexcept
         : data_(column.data_),
           nullable_(column.nullable_),
-          valid_data_(column.valid_data_),
+          valid_data_(std::move(column.valid_data_)),
           padding_(column.padding_),
           type_size_(column.type_size_),
           num_rows_(column.num_rows_),
@@ -282,7 +286,7 @@ class ColumnBase {
                   "GetBatchBuffer only supported for VariableColumn");
     }
 
-    virtual std::vector<std::string_view>
+    virtual std::pair<std::vector<std::string_view>, FixedVector<bool>>
     StringViews() const {
         PanicInfo(ErrorCode::Unsupported,
                   "StringViews only supported for VariableColumn");
@@ -519,7 +523,8 @@ class Column : public ColumnBase {
 
     SpanBase
     Span() const override {
-        return SpanBase(data_, num_rows_, data_cap_size_ / num_rows_);
+        return SpanBase(
+            data_, valid_data_.data(), num_rows_, data_cap_size_ / num_rows_);
     }
 };
 
@@ -681,7 +686,7 @@ class VariableColumn : public ColumnBase {
                   "span() interface is not implemented for variable column");
     }
 
-    std::vector<std::string_view>
+    std::pair<std::vector<std::string_view>, FixedVector<bool>>
     StringViews() const override {
         std::vector<std::string_view> res;
         char* pos = data_;
@@ -692,7 +697,7 @@ class VariableColumn : public ColumnBase {
             res.emplace_back(std::string_view(pos, size));
             pos += size;
         }
-        return res;
+        return std::make_pair(res, valid_data_);
     }
 
     [[nodiscard]] std::vector<ViewType>
@@ -861,7 +866,10 @@ class ArrayColumn : public ColumnBase {
 
     SpanBase
     Span() const override {
-        return SpanBase(views_.data(), views_.size(), sizeof(ArrayView));
+        return SpanBase(views_.data(),
+                        valid_data_.data(),
+                        views_.size(),
+                        sizeof(ArrayView));
     }
 
     [[nodiscard]] const std::vector<ArrayView>&
@@ -885,8 +893,8 @@ class ArrayColumn : public ColumnBase {
         element_indices_.emplace_back(array.get_offsets());
         if (nullable_) {
             return ColumnBase::Append(static_cast<const char*>(array.data()),
-                                      array.byte_size(),
-                                      valid_data);
+                                      valid_data,
+                                      array.byte_size());
         }
         ColumnBase::Append(static_cast<const char*>(array.data()),
                            array.byte_size());
diff --git a/internal/core/src/query/groupby/SearchGroupByOperator.h b/internal/core/src/query/groupby/SearchGroupByOperator.h
index dc3d9d6777cea..dfc51d318ebc6 100644
--- a/internal/core/src/query/groupby/SearchGroupByOperator.h
+++ b/internal/core/src/query/groupby/SearchGroupByOperator.h
@@ -68,11 +68,12 @@ class SealedDataGetter : public DataGetter<T> {
             if constexpr (std::is_same_v<T, std::string>) {
                 str_field_data_ =
                     std::make_shared<std::vector<std::string_view>>(
-                        segment.chunk_view<std::string_view>(field_id, 0));
+                        segment.chunk_view<std::string_view>(field_id, 0)
+                            .first);
             } else {
                 auto span = segment.chunk_data<T>(field_id, 0);
-                field_data_ =
-                    std::make_shared<Span<T>>(span.data(), span.row_count());
+                field_data_ = std::make_shared<Span<T>>(
+                    span.data(), span.valid_data(), span.row_count());
             }
         } else if (segment.HasIndex(field_id)) {
             this->field_index_ = &(segment.chunk_scalar_index<T>(field_id, 0));
diff --git a/internal/core/src/segcore/ConcurrentVector.h b/internal/core/src/segcore/ConcurrentVector.h
index 37167f232a3b4..740c88d0ac82b 100644
--- a/internal/core/src/segcore/ConcurrentVector.h
+++ b/internal/core/src/segcore/ConcurrentVector.h
@@ -128,6 +128,12 @@ class VectorBase {
     virtual int64_t
     get_chunk_size(ssize_t chunk_index) const = 0;
 
+    virtual int64_t
+    get_element_size() const = 0;
+
+    virtual int64_t
+    get_element_offset(ssize_t chunk_index) const = 0;
+
     virtual ssize_t
     num_chunk() const = 0;
 
@@ -245,6 +251,26 @@ class ConcurrentVectorImpl : public VectorBase {
         return chunks_ptr_->get_chunk_size(chunk_index);
     }
 
+    int64_t
+    get_element_size() const override {
+        if constexpr (is_type_entire_row) {
+            return chunks_ptr_->get_element_size();
+        } else if constexpr (std::is_same_v<Type, int64_t> ||  // NOLINT
+                             std::is_same_v<Type, int>) {
+            // only for testing
+            PanicInfo(NotImplemented, "unimplemented");
+        } else {
+            static_assert(
+                std::is_same_v<typename TraitType::embedded_type, Type>);
+            return elements_per_row_;
+        }
+    }
+
+    int64_t
+    get_element_offset(ssize_t chunk_index) const override {
+        return chunks_ptr_->get_element_offset(chunk_index);
+    }
+
     // just for fun, don't use it directly
     const Type*
     get_element(ssize_t element_index) const {
diff --git a/internal/core/src/segcore/InsertRecord.h b/internal/core/src/segcore/InsertRecord.h
index 0f6c231393e64..d590e3dfb731c 100644
--- a/internal/core/src/segcore/InsertRecord.h
+++ b/internal/core/src/segcore/InsertRecord.h
@@ -460,6 +460,13 @@ class ThreadSafeValidData {
         return data_[offset];
     }
 
+    bool*
+    get_chunk_data(size_t offset) {
+        std::shared_lock<std::shared_mutex> lck(mutex_);
+        Assert(offset < length_);
+        return &data_[offset];
+    }
+
  private:
     mutable std::shared_mutex mutex_{};
     FixedVector<bool> data_;
@@ -770,10 +777,30 @@ struct InsertRecord {
     }
 
     bool
-    is_valid_data_exist(FieldId field_id) {
+    is_data_exist(FieldId field_id) const {
+        return data_.find(field_id) != data_.end();
+    }
+
+    bool
+    is_valid_data_exist(FieldId field_id) const {
         return valid_data_.find(field_id) != valid_data_.end();
     }
 
+    SpanBase
+    get_span_base(FieldId field_id, int64_t chunk_id) const {
+        auto data = get_data_base(field_id);
+        if (is_valid_data_exist(field_id)) {
+            auto size = data->get_chunk_size(chunk_id);
+            auto element_offset = data->get_element_offset(chunk_id);
+            return SpanBase(
+                data->get_chunk_data(chunk_id),
+                get_valid_data(field_id)->get_chunk_data(element_offset),
+                size,
+                data->get_element_size());
+        }
+        return data->get_span_base(chunk_id);
+    }
+
     // append a column of scalar or sparse float vector type
     template <typename Type>
     void
diff --git a/internal/core/src/segcore/SegmentGrowingImpl.cpp b/internal/core/src/segcore/SegmentGrowingImpl.cpp
index dabe2f5029a57..c6cc0fa35b86d 100644
--- a/internal/core/src/segcore/SegmentGrowingImpl.cpp
+++ b/internal/core/src/segcore/SegmentGrowingImpl.cpp
@@ -345,11 +345,10 @@ SegmentGrowingImpl::LoadDeletedRecord(const LoadDeletedRecordInfo& info) {
 
 SpanBase
 SegmentGrowingImpl::chunk_data_impl(FieldId field_id, int64_t chunk_id) const {
-    auto vec = get_insert_record().get_data_base(field_id);
-    return vec->get_span_base(chunk_id);
+    return get_insert_record().get_span_base(field_id, chunk_id);
 }
 
-std::vector<std::string_view>
+std::pair<std::vector<std::string_view>, FixedVector<bool>>
 SegmentGrowingImpl::chunk_view_impl(FieldId field_id, int64_t chunk_id) const {
     PanicInfo(ErrorCode::NotImplemented,
               "chunk view impl not implement for growing segment");
diff --git a/internal/core/src/segcore/SegmentGrowingImpl.h b/internal/core/src/segcore/SegmentGrowingImpl.h
index 37eaff6cb4710..8715ca488f8cf 100644
--- a/internal/core/src/segcore/SegmentGrowingImpl.h
+++ b/internal/core/src/segcore/SegmentGrowingImpl.h
@@ -76,6 +76,14 @@ class SegmentGrowingImpl : public SegmentGrowing {
         return id_;
     }
 
+    bool
+    is_nullable(FieldId field_id) const override {
+        AssertInfo(insert_record_.is_data_exist(field_id),
+                   "Cannot find field_data with field_id: " +
+                       std::to_string(field_id.get()));
+        return insert_record_.is_valid_data_exist(field_id);
+    };
+
  public:
     const InsertRecord<>&
     get_insert_record() const {
@@ -318,10 +326,10 @@ class SegmentGrowingImpl : public SegmentGrowing {
     SpanBase
     chunk_data_impl(FieldId field_id, int64_t chunk_id) const override;
 
-    std::vector<std::string_view>
+    std::pair<std::vector<std::string_view>, FixedVector<bool>>
     chunk_view_impl(FieldId field_id, int64_t chunk_id) const override;
 
-    BufferView
+    std::pair<BufferView, FixedVector<bool>>
     get_chunk_buffer(FieldId field_id,
                      int64_t chunk_id,
                      int64_t start_offset,
diff --git a/internal/core/src/segcore/SegmentInterface.h b/internal/core/src/segcore/SegmentInterface.h
index 958fe73127c37..7d2bbab6dd95d 100644
--- a/internal/core/src/segcore/SegmentInterface.h
+++ b/internal/core/src/segcore/SegmentInterface.h
@@ -126,6 +126,9 @@ class SegmentInterface {
 
     virtual bool
     HasRawData(int64_t field_id) const = 0;
+
+    virtual bool
+    is_nullable(FieldId field_id) const = 0;
 };
 
 // internal API for DSL calculation
@@ -139,23 +142,26 @@ class SegmentInternalInterface : public SegmentInterface {
     }
 
     template <typename ViewType>
-    std::vector<ViewType>
+    std::pair<std::vector<ViewType>, FixedVector<bool>>
     chunk_view(FieldId field_id, int64_t chunk_id) const {
-        auto string_views = chunk_view_impl(field_id, chunk_id);
+        auto chunk_info = chunk_view_impl(field_id, chunk_id);
+        auto string_views = chunk_info.first;
+        auto valid_data = chunk_info.second;
         if constexpr (std::is_same_v<ViewType, std::string_view>) {
-            return std::move(string_views);
+            return std::make_pair(std::move(string_views),
+                                  std::move(valid_data));
         } else {
             std::vector<ViewType> res;
             res.reserve(string_views.size());
             for (const auto& view : string_views) {
                 res.emplace_back(view);
             }
-            return res;
+            return std::make_pair(res, valid_data);
         }
     }
 
     template <typename ViewType>
-    std::vector<ViewType>
+    std::pair<std::vector<ViewType>, FixedVector<bool>>
     get_batch_views(FieldId field_id,
                     int64_t chunk_id,
                     int64_t start_offset,
@@ -164,8 +170,9 @@ class SegmentInternalInterface : public SegmentInterface {
             PanicInfo(ErrorCode::Unsupported,
                       "get chunk views not supported for growing segment");
         }
-        BufferView buffer =
+        auto chunk_info =
             get_chunk_buffer(field_id, chunk_id, start_offset, length);
+        BufferView buffer = chunk_info.first;
         std::vector<ViewType> res;
         res.reserve(length);
         char* pos = buffer.data_;
@@ -176,7 +183,7 @@ class SegmentInternalInterface : public SegmentInterface {
             res.emplace_back(ViewType(pos, size));
             pos += size;
         }
-        return res;
+        return std::make_pair(res, chunk_info.second);
     }
 
     template <typename T>
@@ -352,16 +359,17 @@ class SegmentInternalInterface : public SegmentInterface {
     is_mmap_field(FieldId field_id) const = 0;
 
  protected:
+    // todo: use an Unified struct for all type in growing/seal segment to store data and valid_data.
     // internal API: return chunk_data in span
     virtual SpanBase
     chunk_data_impl(FieldId field_id, int64_t chunk_id) const = 0;
 
     // internal API: return chunk string views in vector
-    virtual std::vector<std::string_view>
+    virtual std::pair<std::vector<std::string_view>, FixedVector<bool>>
     chunk_view_impl(FieldId field_id, int64_t chunk_id) const = 0;
 
     // internal API: return buffer reference to field chunk data located from start_offset
-    virtual BufferView
+    virtual std::pair<BufferView, FixedVector<bool>>
     get_chunk_buffer(FieldId field_id,
                      int64_t chunk_id,
                      int64_t start_offset,
diff --git a/internal/core/src/segcore/SegmentSealedImpl.cpp b/internal/core/src/segcore/SegmentSealedImpl.cpp
index 3d1c215b753e3..e8878ea6979bb 100644
--- a/internal/core/src/segcore/SegmentSealedImpl.cpp
+++ b/internal/core/src/segcore/SegmentSealedImpl.cpp
@@ -644,7 +644,7 @@ SegmentSealedImpl::size_per_chunk() const {
     return get_row_count();
 }
 
-BufferView
+std::pair<BufferView, FixedVector<bool>>
 SegmentSealedImpl::get_chunk_buffer(FieldId field_id,
                                     int64_t chunk_id,
                                     int64_t start_offset,
@@ -655,7 +655,15 @@ SegmentSealedImpl::get_chunk_buffer(FieldId field_id,
     auto& field_meta = schema_->operator[](field_id);
     if (auto it = fields_.find(field_id); it != fields_.end()) {
         auto& field_data = it->second;
-        return field_data->GetBatchBuffer(start_offset, length);
+        FixedVector<bool> valid_data;
+        if (field_data->IsNullable()) {
+            valid_data.reserve(length);
+            for (int i = 0; i < length; i++) {
+                valid_data.push_back(field_data->IsValid(start_offset + i));
+            }
+        }
+        return std::make_pair(field_data->GetBatchBuffer(start_offset, length),
+                              valid_data);
     }
     PanicInfo(ErrorCode::UnexpectedError,
               "get_chunk_buffer only used for  variable column field");
@@ -680,10 +688,11 @@ SegmentSealedImpl::chunk_data_impl(FieldId field_id, int64_t chunk_id) const {
     auto field_data = insert_record_.get_data_base(field_id);
     AssertInfo(field_data->num_chunk() == 1,
                "num chunk not equal to 1 for sealed segment");
+    // system field
     return field_data->get_span_base(0);
 }
 
-std::vector<std::string_view>
+std::pair<std::vector<std::string_view>, FixedVector<bool>>
 SegmentSealedImpl::chunk_view_impl(FieldId field_id, int64_t chunk_id) const {
     std::shared_lock lck(mutex_);
     AssertInfo(get_bit(field_data_ready_bitset_, field_id),
diff --git a/internal/core/src/segcore/SegmentSealedImpl.h b/internal/core/src/segcore/SegmentSealedImpl.h
index 2059ba1c6d513..cf4340cc24071 100644
--- a/internal/core/src/segcore/SegmentSealedImpl.h
+++ b/internal/core/src/segcore/SegmentSealedImpl.h
@@ -117,6 +117,15 @@ class SegmentSealedImpl : public SegmentSealed {
         return insert_record_.search_pk(pk, ts);
     }
 
+    bool
+    is_nullable(FieldId field_id) const override {
+        auto it = fields_.find(field_id);
+        AssertInfo(it != fields_.end(),
+                   "Cannot find field with field_id: " +
+                       std::to_string(field_id.get()));
+        return it->second->IsNullable();
+    };
+
  public:
     int64_t
     num_chunk_index(FieldId field_id) const override;
@@ -167,10 +176,10 @@ class SegmentSealedImpl : public SegmentSealed {
     SpanBase
     chunk_data_impl(FieldId field_id, int64_t chunk_id) const override;
 
-    std::vector<std::string_view>
+    std::pair<std::vector<std::string_view>, FixedVector<bool>>
     chunk_view_impl(FieldId field_id, int64_t chunk_id) const override;
 
-    BufferView
+    std::pair<BufferView, FixedVector<bool>>
     get_chunk_buffer(FieldId field_id,
                      int64_t chunk_id,
                      int64_t start_offset,
diff --git a/internal/core/unittest/test_common.cpp b/internal/core/unittest/test_common.cpp
index 73bb0a5ecf296..581a07e50600a 100644
--- a/internal/core/unittest/test_common.cpp
+++ b/internal/core/unittest/test_common.cpp
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ TEST(Common, Span) {
     using namespace milvus;
     using namespace milvus::segcore;
 
-    Span<float> s1(nullptr, 100);
+    Span<float> s1(nullptr, nullptr, 100);
     Span<milvus::FloatVector> s2(nullptr, 10, 16 * sizeof(float));
     SpanBase b1 = s1;
     SpanBase b2 = s2;
diff --git a/internal/core/unittest/test_sealed.cpp b/internal/core/unittest/test_sealed.cpp
index f4fbec25c024a..5494e0bfcf552 100644
--- a/internal/core/unittest/test_sealed.cpp
+++ b/internal/core/unittest/test_sealed.cpp
@@ -408,6 +408,20 @@ TEST(Sealed, LoadFieldData) {
     schema->AddDebugField("json", DataType::JSON);
     schema->AddDebugField("array", DataType::ARRAY, DataType::INT64);
     schema->set_primary_field_id(counter_id);
+    auto int8_nullable_id =
+        schema->AddDebugField("int8_null", DataType::INT8, true);
+    auto int16_nullable_id =
+        schema->AddDebugField("int16_null", DataType::INT16, true);
+    auto int32_nullable_id =
+        schema->AddDebugField("int32_null", DataType::INT32, true);
+    auto int64_nullable_id =
+        schema->AddDebugField("int64_null", DataType::INT64, true);
+    auto double_nullable_id =
+        schema->AddDebugField("double_null", DataType::DOUBLE, true);
+    auto str_nullable_id =
+        schema->AddDebugField("str_null", DataType::VARCHAR, true);
+    auto float_nullable_id =
+        schema->AddDebugField("float_null", DataType::FLOAT, true);
 
     auto dataset = DataGen(schema, N);
 
@@ -500,13 +514,49 @@ TEST(Sealed, LoadFieldData) {
     auto chunk_span2 = segment->chunk_data<double>(double_id, 0);
     auto chunk_span3 =
         segment->get_batch_views<std::string_view>(str_id, 0, 0, N);
+    auto chunk_span4 = segment->chunk_data<int8_t>(int8_nullable_id, 0);
+    auto chunk_span5 = segment->chunk_data<int16_t>(int16_nullable_id, 0);
+    auto chunk_span6 = segment->chunk_data<int32_t>(int32_nullable_id, 0);
+    auto chunk_span7 = segment->chunk_data<int64_t>(int64_nullable_id, 0);
+    auto chunk_span8 = segment->chunk_data<double>(double_nullable_id, 0);
+    auto chunk_span9 =
+        segment->get_batch_views<std::string_view>(str_nullable_id, 0, 0, N);
+
     auto ref1 = dataset.get_col<int64_t>(counter_id);
     auto ref2 = dataset.get_col<double>(double_id);
     auto ref3 = dataset.get_col(str_id)->scalars().string_data().data();
+    auto ref4 = dataset.get_col<int8_t>(int8_nullable_id);
+    auto ref5 = dataset.get_col<int16_t>(int16_nullable_id);
+    auto ref6 = dataset.get_col<int32_t>(int32_nullable_id);
+    auto ref7 = dataset.get_col<int64_t>(int64_nullable_id);
+    auto ref8 = dataset.get_col<double>(double_nullable_id);
+    auto ref9 =
+        dataset.get_col(str_nullable_id)->scalars().string_data().data();
+    auto valid4 = dataset.get_col_valid(int8_nullable_id);
+    auto valid5 = dataset.get_col_valid(int16_nullable_id);
+    auto valid6 = dataset.get_col_valid(int32_nullable_id);
+    auto valid7 = dataset.get_col_valid(int64_nullable_id);
+    auto valid8 = dataset.get_col_valid(double_nullable_id);
+    auto valid9 = dataset.get_col_valid(str_nullable_id);
+    ASSERT_EQ(chunk_span1.valid_data(), nullptr);
+    ASSERT_EQ(chunk_span2.valid_data(), nullptr);
+    ASSERT_EQ(chunk_span3.second.size(), 0);
     for (int i = 0; i < N; ++i) {
-        ASSERT_EQ(chunk_span1[i], ref1[i]);
-        ASSERT_EQ(chunk_span2[i], ref2[i]);
-        ASSERT_EQ(chunk_span3[i], ref3[i]);
+        ASSERT_EQ(chunk_span1.data()[i], ref1[i]);
+        ASSERT_EQ(chunk_span2.data()[i], ref2[i]);
+        ASSERT_EQ(chunk_span3.first[i], ref3[i]);
+        ASSERT_EQ(chunk_span4.data()[i], ref4[i]);
+        ASSERT_EQ(chunk_span5.data()[i], ref5[i]);
+        ASSERT_EQ(chunk_span6.data()[i], ref6[i]);
+        ASSERT_EQ(chunk_span7.data()[i], ref7[i]);
+        ASSERT_EQ(chunk_span8.data()[i], ref8[i]);
+        ASSERT_EQ(chunk_span9.first[i], ref9[i]);
+        ASSERT_EQ(chunk_span4.valid_data()[i], valid4[i]);
+        ASSERT_EQ(chunk_span5.valid_data()[i], valid5[i]);
+        ASSERT_EQ(chunk_span6.valid_data()[i], valid6[i]);
+        ASSERT_EQ(chunk_span7.valid_data()[i], valid7[i]);
+        ASSERT_EQ(chunk_span8.valid_data()[i], valid8[i]);
+        ASSERT_EQ(chunk_span9.second[i], valid9[i]);
     }
 
     auto sr = segment->Search(plan.get(), ph_group.get(), timestamp);
@@ -630,10 +680,11 @@ TEST(Sealed, ClearData) {
     auto ref1 = dataset.get_col<int64_t>(counter_id);
     auto ref2 = dataset.get_col<double>(double_id);
     auto ref3 = dataset.get_col(str_id)->scalars().string_data().data();
+    ASSERT_EQ(chunk_span3.second.size(), 0);
     for (int i = 0; i < N; ++i) {
         ASSERT_EQ(chunk_span1[i], ref1[i]);
         ASSERT_EQ(chunk_span2[i], ref2[i]);
-        ASSERT_EQ(chunk_span3[i], ref3[i]);
+        ASSERT_EQ(chunk_span3.first[i], ref3[i]);
     }
 
     auto sr = segment->Search(plan.get(), ph_group.get(), timestamp);
@@ -733,10 +784,11 @@ TEST(Sealed, LoadFieldDataMmap) {
     auto ref1 = dataset.get_col<int64_t>(counter_id);
     auto ref2 = dataset.get_col<double>(double_id);
     auto ref3 = dataset.get_col(str_id)->scalars().string_data().data();
+    ASSERT_EQ(chunk_span3.second.size(), 0);
     for (int i = 0; i < N; ++i) {
         ASSERT_EQ(chunk_span1[i], ref1[i]);
         ASSERT_EQ(chunk_span2[i], ref2[i]);
-        ASSERT_EQ(chunk_span3[i], ref3[i]);
+        ASSERT_EQ(chunk_span3.first[i], ref3[i]);
     }
 
     auto sr = segment->Search(plan.get(), ph_group.get(), timestamp);
diff --git a/internal/core/unittest/test_span.cpp b/internal/core/unittest/test_span.cpp
index 7c5e29c14e5fc..f0cca40d0b858 100644
--- a/internal/core/unittest/test_span.cpp
+++ b/internal/core/unittest/test_span.cpp
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ TEST(Span, Naive) {
     auto float_vec_fid = schema->AddDebugField(
         "floatvec", DataType::VECTOR_FLOAT, 32, knowhere::metric::L2);
     auto i64_fid = schema->AddDebugField("counter", DataType::INT64);
+    auto nullable_fid =
+        schema->AddDebugField("nullable", DataType::INT64, true);
     schema->set_primary_field_id(i64_fid);
 
     auto dataset = DataGen(schema, N);
@@ -42,6 +44,8 @@ TEST(Span, Naive) {
     auto vec_ptr = dataset.get_col<uint8_t>(bin_vec_fid);
     auto age_ptr = dataset.get_col<float>(float_fid);
     auto float_ptr = dataset.get_col<float>(float_vec_fid);
+    auto nullable_data_ptr = dataset.get_col<int64_t>(nullable_fid);
+    auto nullable_valid_data_ptr = dataset.get_col_valid(nullable_fid);
     auto num_chunk = segment->num_chunk();
     ASSERT_EQ(num_chunk, upper_div(N, size_per_chunk));
     auto row_count = segment->get_row_count();
@@ -52,9 +56,12 @@ TEST(Span, Naive) {
         auto age_span = segment->chunk_data<float>(float_fid, chunk_id);
         auto float_span =
             segment->chunk_data<milvus::FloatVector>(float_vec_fid, chunk_id);
+        auto null_field_span =
+            segment->chunk_data<int64_t>(nullable_fid, chunk_id);
         auto begin = chunk_id * size_per_chunk;
         auto end = std::min((chunk_id + 1) * size_per_chunk, N);
         auto size_of_chunk = end - begin;
+        ASSERT_EQ(age_span.valid_data(), nullptr);
         for (int i = 0; i < size_of_chunk * 512 / 8; ++i) {
             ASSERT_EQ(vec_span.data()[i], vec_ptr[i + begin * 512 / 8]);
         }
@@ -64,5 +71,12 @@ TEST(Span, Naive) {
         for (int i = 0; i < size_of_chunk; ++i) {
             ASSERT_EQ(float_span.data()[i], float_ptr[i + begin * 32]);
         }
+        for (int i = 0; i < size_of_chunk; ++i) {
+            ASSERT_EQ(null_field_span.data()[i], nullable_data_ptr[i + begin]);
+        }
+        for (int i = 0; i < size_of_chunk; ++i) {
+            ASSERT_EQ(null_field_span.valid_data()[i],
+                      nullable_valid_data_ptr[i + begin]);
+        }
     }
-}
+}
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