diff --git a/test/Makefile b/test/Makefile
index d26f935..80b62a1 100644
--- a/test/Makefile
+++ b/test/Makefile
@@ -156,6 +156,7 @@ TESTFILES += ../image.json
 TESTFILES += ../iq.db
 TESTFILES += ../ntenum.db
 TESTFILES += ../const.db
+TESTFILES += ../batch.db
 TESTFILES += ../qgroup.cmd
 TESTFILES += ../qgroup.json
 TESTS += testqgroup
diff --git a/test/batch.db b/test/batch.db
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8471622
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/batch.db
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+
+record(ao, "$(P)A") {
+    info(Q:group, {
+        "$(P)":{
+            "A":{+channel:"VAL", +putorder:0}
+        }
+    })
+}
+
+record(ao, "$(P)B") {
+    field(FLNK, "$(P)SUM")
+    info(Q:group, {
+        "$(P)":{
+            "B":{+channel:"VAL", +putorder:1}
+        }
+    })
+}
+
+record(ao, "$(P)C") {
+    info(Q:group, {
+        "$(P)":{
+            "C":{+channel:"VAL"} # omit +putorder to prevent write
+        }
+    })
+}
+
+record(calc, "$(P)SUM") {
+    field(INPA, "$(P)A NPP MSS")
+    field(INPB, "$(P)B NPP MSS")
+    field(INPC, "$(P)C NPP MSS")
+    field(CALC, "A+B+C")
+    info(Q:group, {
+        "$(P)":{
+            "SUM":{
+                +channel:"VAL",
+                +putorder:2,
+                +trigger:"*"
+            }
+        }
+    })
+}
diff --git a/test/testqgroup.cpp b/test/testqgroup.cpp
index b9f61e3..c6699d5 100644
--- a/test/testqgroup.cpp
+++ b/test/testqgroup.cpp
@@ -716,6 +716,21 @@ void testConst()
               );
 }
 
+void testBatch()
+{
+    testDiag("%s", __func__);
+    TestClient ctxt;
+
+    ctxt.put("tst:b:")
+        .set("A.value", 1.0)
+        .set("B.value", 2.0)
+        .set("C.value", 4.0) // ignored
+        .exec()->wait(5.0);
+
+    auto ret(ctxt.get("tst:b:").exec()->wait(5.0));
+    testEq(ret["SUM.value"].as<int32_t>(), 3);
+}
+
 void testDbLoadGroup()
 {
     testDiag("%s", __func__);
@@ -738,7 +753,7 @@ void testDbLoadGroup()
 
 MAIN(testqgroup)
 {
-    testPlan(38);
+    testPlan(39);
     testSetup();
     {
         generalTimeRegisterCurrentProvider("test", 1, &testTimeCurrent);
@@ -753,6 +768,7 @@ MAIN(testqgroup)
         testdbReadDatabase("ntenum.db", nullptr, "P=enm");
         testdbReadDatabase("iq.db", nullptr, "N=iq:");
         testdbReadDatabase("const.db", nullptr, "P=tst:");
+        testdbReadDatabase("batch.db", nullptr, "P=tst:b:");
         iocsh("../qgroup.cmd");
         ioc.init();
         testTable();
@@ -760,6 +776,7 @@ MAIN(testqgroup)
         testImage();
         testIQ();
         testConst();
+        testBatch();
         testDbLoadGroup();
     }
     // call epics atexits explicitly to handle older base w/o de-init hooks