diff --git a/packages/builder/src/builderStore/schemaGenerator.js b/packages/builder/src/builderStore/schemaGenerator.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..33115fc997
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/builder/src/builderStore/schemaGenerator.js
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+import { FIELDS } from "constants/backend"
+
+function baseConversion(type) {
+  if (type === "string") {
+    return {
+      type: FIELDS.STRING.type,
+    }
+  } else if (type === "boolean") {
+    return {
+      type: FIELDS.BOOLEAN.type,
+    }
+  } else if (type === "number") {
+    return {
+      type: FIELDS.NUMBER.type,
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+function recurse(schemaLevel = {}, objectLevel) {
+  if (!objectLevel) {
+    return null
+  }
+  const baseType = typeof objectLevel
+  if (baseType !== "object") {
+    return baseConversion(baseType)
+  }
+  for (let [key, value] of Object.entries(objectLevel)) {
+    const type = typeof value
+    // check array first, since arrays are objects
+    if (Array.isArray(value)) {
+      const schema = recurse(schemaLevel[key], value[0])
+      if (schema) {
+        schemaLevel[key] = {
+          type: FIELDS.ARRAY.type,
+          schema,
+        }
+      }
+    } else if (type === "object") {
+      const schema = recurse(schemaLevel[key], objectLevel[key])
+      if (schema) {
+        schemaLevel[key] = schema
+      }
+    } else {
+      schemaLevel[key] = baseConversion(type)
+    }
+  }
+  if (!schemaLevel.type) {
+    return { type: FIELDS.JSON.type, schema: schemaLevel }
+  } else {
+    return schemaLevel
+  }
+}
+
+export function generate(object) {
+  return recurse({}, object).schema
+}
diff --git a/packages/builder/src/components/backend/DataTable/modals/CreateEditColumn.svelte b/packages/builder/src/components/backend/DataTable/modals/CreateEditColumn.svelte
index f4c0422304..752f291019 100644
--- a/packages/builder/src/components/backend/DataTable/modals/CreateEditColumn.svelte
+++ b/packages/builder/src/components/backend/DataTable/modals/CreateEditColumn.svelte
@@ -87,7 +87,10 @@
     field.subtype !== AUTO_COLUMN_SUB_TYPES.CREATED_BY &&
     field.subtype !== AUTO_COLUMN_SUB_TYPES.UPDATED_BY &&
     field.type !== FORMULA_TYPE
-  $: canBeDisplay = field.type !== LINK_TYPE && field.type !== AUTO_TYPE
+  $: canBeDisplay =
+    field.type !== LINK_TYPE &&
+    field.type !== AUTO_TYPE &&
+    field.type !== JSON_TYPE
   $: canBeRequired =
     field.type !== LINK_TYPE && !uneditable && field.type !== AUTO_TYPE
   $: relationshipOptions = getRelationshipOptions(field)
@@ -454,7 +457,11 @@
 <Modal bind:this={jsonSchemaModal}>
   <JSONSchemaModal
     schema={field.schema}
-    on:save={({ detail }) => (field.schema = detail)}
+    json={field.json}
+    on:save={({ detail }) => {
+      field.schema = detail.schema
+      field.json = detail.json
+    }}
   />
 </Modal>
 <ConfirmDialog
diff --git a/packages/builder/src/components/backend/DataTable/modals/JSONSchemaModal.svelte b/packages/builder/src/components/backend/DataTable/modals/JSONSchemaModal.svelte
index 6d6860eaf5..e03d16a4f0 100644
--- a/packages/builder/src/components/backend/DataTable/modals/JSONSchemaModal.svelte
+++ b/packages/builder/src/components/backend/DataTable/modals/JSONSchemaModal.svelte
@@ -7,20 +7,26 @@
     Button,
     Input,
     Select,
-    notifications,
   } from "@budibase/bbui"
   import { onMount, createEventDispatcher } from "svelte"
-  import { post } from "builderStore/api"
+  import { FIELDS } from "constants/backend"
+  import { generate } from "builderStore/schemaGenerator"
 
   export let schema = {}
+  export let json
 
   let dispatcher = createEventDispatcher()
   let mode = "Key/Value"
-  let json
   let fieldCount = 0
   let fieldKeys = {},
     fieldTypes = {}
-  let keyValueOptions = ["String", "Number", "Boolean", "Object", "Array"]
+  let keyValueOptions = [
+    { label: "String", value: FIELDS.STRING.type },
+    { label: "Number", value: FIELDS.NUMBER.type },
+    { label: "Boolean", value: FIELDS.BOOLEAN.type },
+    { label: "Object", value: FIELDS.JSON.type },
+    { label: "Array", value: FIELDS.ARRAY.type },
+  ]
   let invalid = false
 
   async function onJsonUpdate({ detail }) {
@@ -29,17 +35,9 @@
     try {
       // check json valid first
       let inputJson = JSON.parse(input)
-      const response = await post("/api/tables/schema/generate", {
-        json: inputJson,
-      })
-      if (response.status !== 200) {
-        const error = (await response.text()).message
-        notifications.error(error)
-      } else {
-        schema = await response.json()
-        updateCounts()
-        invalid = false
-      }
+      schema = generate(inputJson)
+      updateCounts()
+      invalid = false
     } catch (err) {
       // json not currently valid
       invalid = true
@@ -62,11 +60,14 @@
   function saveSchema() {
     for (let i of Object.keys(fieldKeys)) {
       const key = fieldKeys[i]
-      schema[key] = {
-        type: fieldTypes[i],
+      // they were added to schema, rather than generated
+      if (!schema[key]) {
+        schema[key] = {
+          type: fieldTypes[i],
+        }
       }
     }
-    dispatcher("save", schema)
+    dispatcher("save", { schema, json })
   }
 
   onMount(() => {
@@ -90,7 +91,8 @@
             label="Type"
             options={keyValueOptions}
             bind:value={fieldTypes[i]}
-            getOptionValue={field => field.toLowerCase()}
+            getOptionValue={field => field.value}
+            getOptionLabel={field => field.label}
           />
         </div>
       {/each}
diff --git a/packages/server/src/api/controllers/table/index.js b/packages/server/src/api/controllers/table/index.js
index bd404f3da8..abbb4d6ff9 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/api/controllers/table/index.js
+++ b/packages/server/src/api/controllers/table/index.js
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ const {
   BudibaseInternalDB,
 } = require("../../../db/utils")
 const { getTable } = require("./utils")
-const { FieldTypes } = require("../../../constants")
 
 function pickApi({ tableId, table }) {
   if (table && !tableId) {
@@ -82,38 +81,6 @@ exports.destroy = async function (ctx) {
   ctx.body = { message: `Table ${tableId} deleted.` }
 }
 
-exports.schemaGenerate = function (ctx) {
-  const { json } = ctx.request.body
-  function recurse(schemaLevel, objectLevel) {
-    for (let [key, value] of Object.entries(objectLevel)) {
-      const type = typeof value
-      // check array first, since arrays are objects
-      if (Array.isArray(value)) {
-        schemaLevel[key] = {
-          type: FieldTypes.ARRAY,
-        }
-      } else if (type === "object") {
-        schemaLevel[key] = recurse(schemaLevel[key], objectLevel)
-      } else if (type === "string") {
-        schemaLevel[key] = {
-          type: FieldTypes.STRING,
-        }
-      } else if (type === "boolean") {
-        schemaLevel[key] = {
-          type: FieldTypes.BOOLEAN,
-        }
-      } else if (type === "number") {
-        schemaLevel[key] = {
-          type: FieldTypes.NUMBER,
-        }
-      }
-    }
-    return schemaLevel
-  }
-
-  ctx.body = recurse({}, json) || {}
-}
-
 exports.bulkImport = async function (ctx) {
   const tableId = ctx.params.tableId
   await pickApi({ tableId }).bulkImport(ctx)
diff --git a/packages/server/src/api/routes/table.js b/packages/server/src/api/routes/table.js
index a4575b3572..d8ddbe8133 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/api/routes/table.js
+++ b/packages/server/src/api/routes/table.js
@@ -139,24 +139,6 @@ router
     generateSaveValidator(),
     tableController.save
   )
-  /**
-   * @api {post} /api/tables/schema/generate Generate schema from JSON
-   * @apiName Generate schema from JSON
-   * @apiGroup tables
-   * @apiPermission builder
-   * @apiDescription Given a JSON structure this will generate a nested schema that can be used for a key/value data
-   * type in a table.
-   *
-   * @apiParam (Body) {object} json The JSON structure from which a nest schema should be generated.
-   *
-   * @apiSuccess {object} schema The response body will contain the schema, which can now be used for a key/value
-   * data type.
-   */
-  .post(
-    "/api/tables/schema/generate",
-    authorized(BUILDER),
-    tableController.schemaGenerate
-  )
   /**
    * @api {post} /api/tables/csv/validate Validate a CSV for a table
    * @apiName Validate a CSV for a table