diff --git a/plugins/access/entity_field_value.inc b/plugins/access/entity_field_value.inc
index e5857d8..6bc0ece 100644
--- a/plugins/access/entity_field_value.inc
+++ b/plugins/access/entity_field_value.inc
@@ -103,8 +103,13 @@ function ctools_entity_field_value_ctools_access_settings($form, &$form_state, $
   foreach ($columns as $column) {
     if (isset($conf[$column]) && is_array($conf[$column])) {
       foreach ($conf[$column] as $delta => $conf_value) {
-        if (is_numeric($delta) && is_array($conf_value)) {
-          $form['settings'][$field_name][LANGUAGE_NONE][$delta]['value']['#default_value'] = $conf_value['value'];
+        if (is_numeric($delta)) {
+          if (is_array($conf_value)) {
+            $form['settings'][$field_name][LANGUAGE_NONE][$delta]['value']['#default_value'] = $conf_value['value'];
+          }
+          else {
+            $form['settings'][$field_name][LANGUAGE_NONE]['#default_value'][] = $conf_value;
+          }
         }
       }
     }
@@ -131,8 +136,33 @@ function ctools_entity_field_value_ctools_access_settings_submit($form, &$form_s
     $columns[] = _field_sql_storage_columnname($field_name, $column);
   }
   foreach ($columns as $column) {
+    $form_state['input']['settings'][$field_name][$langcode] = _ctools_entity_field_value_filter_items($field, $form_state['input']['settings'][$field_name][$langcode]);
     $form_state['values']['settings'][$column] = $form_state['input']['settings'][$field_name][$langcode];
   }
+  if (isset($form_state['input']['settings'][$field['field_name']][$langcode])) {
+    $form_state['input']['settings'][$field['field_name']][$langcode] = _ctools_entity_field_value_filter_items($field, $form_state['input']['settings'][$field['field_name']][$langcode]);
+    $form_state['values']['settings'][$field['field_name']][$langcode] = $form_state['input']['settings'][$field['field_name']][$langcode];
+  }
+}
+
+function _ctools_entity_field_value_filter_items($field, $items) {
+  if (!is_array($items)) {
+    // Single value item, no processing is possible.
+    return $items;
+  }
+  foreach ($items as $key => $value) {
+    if (!is_array($value)) {
+      // Scalar values, no processing is possible.
+      return $items;
+    }
+    //Remove _weight column.
+    if (isset($value['_weight'])) {
+      unset($items[$key]['_weight']);
+    }
+  }
+  // Remove empty values.
+  $items = _field_filter_items($field, $items);
+  return $items;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -211,7 +241,19 @@ function ctools_entity_field_value_ctools_access_summary($conf, $context, $plugi
     }
     else {
       if (isset($conf[$conf_key])) {
-        $entity->{$field_name}[LANGUAGE_NONE][] = array($column => $conf[$conf_key]);
+        if (is_array($conf[$conf_key])) {
+          foreach ($conf[$conf_key] as $delta => $conf_value) {
+            if (!is_array($conf_value)) {
+              $entity->{$field_name}[LANGUAGE_NONE][] = array($column => $conf_value);
+            }
+            elseif (isset($conf_value['value'])) {
+              $entity->{$field_name}[LANGUAGE_NONE][] = array($column => $conf_value['value']);
+            }
+          }
+        }
+        else {
+          $entity->{$field_name}[LANGUAGE_NONE][] = array($column => $conf[$conf_key]);
+        }
       }
     }
     $string .= " @{$column} equals @{$column}_value";
@@ -224,15 +266,58 @@ function ctools_entity_field_value_ctools_access_summary($conf, $context, $plugi
   ctools_include('fields');
   $display         = field_get_display($instance, $view_mode, $entity);
   if (isset($display['module'])) {
-    $display['type'] = 'list_default';
+
+    // Choose simple formatter for well known cases.
+    switch ($display['module']) {
+      case 'list':
+        $display['type'] = 'list_default';
+        break;
+
+      case 'taxonomy':
+        $display['type'] = 'taxonomy_term_reference_plain';
+        break;
+
+      case 'entityreference':
+        $display['type'] = 'entityreference_label';
+        break;
+
+      default :
+        // Use field instance formatter setting.
+        break;
+    }
+
     $function        = $display['module'] . '_field_formatter_view';
     $items           = isset($entity->{$field_name}[LANGUAGE_NONE]) ? $entity->{$field_name}[LANGUAGE_NONE] : array();
     if (function_exists($function)) {
-      $elements = $function($entity_type, $entity, $field, $instance, LANGUAGE_NONE, $items, $display);
+      $entity_group = array(0 => $entity);
+      $item_group = array(0 => $items);
+      $instance_group = array(0 => $instance);
+      field_default_prepare_view($entity_type, $entity_group, $field, $instance_group, LANGUAGE_NONE, $item_group, $display);
+      $elements = $function($entity_type, $entity, $field, $instance, LANGUAGE_NONE, $item_group[0], $display);
+    }
+
+    foreach ($field['columns'] as $column => $attributes) {
+      $keyed_elements["@{$column}_value"] = array();
+      if (count($field['columns']) > 1) {
+        // Add some sort of handling for compound fields
+      }
+      else {
+        $keyed_elements["@{$column}_value"] = $elements;
+      }
     }
     $value_keys = array_keys($values);
-    foreach ($value_keys as $key => $value) {
-      $values[$value] = isset($elements[$key]['#markup']) ? $elements[$key]['#markup'] : '';
+    foreach ($value_keys as $key) {
+      $output = array();
+      $elements = $keyed_elements[$key];
+      if (is_array($elements)) {
+        foreach ($elements as $element) {
+          $output[] = strip_tags(drupal_render($element));
+        }
+      }
+      else {
+        $output[] = strip_tags(drupal_render($elements));
+      }
+      $values[$key] = implode(', ', $output);
     }
   }
   $values = array_merge($keys, $values);