diff --git a/packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/search.spec.ts b/packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/search.spec.ts
index 037d8b3fe8..d6c149bf3f 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/search.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/search.spec.ts
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ import {
   Table,
   TableSchema,
   User,
-  ViewFieldMetadata,
+  ViewV2Schema,
 } from "@budibase/types"
 import _ from "lodash"
 import tk from "timekeeper"
@@ -139,6 +139,15 @@ describe.each([
     return table._id!
   }
 
+  async function createView(tableId: string, schema: ViewV2Schema) {
+    const view = await config.api.viewV2.create({
+      tableId: tableId,
+      name: generator.guid(),
+      schema,
+    })
+    return view
+  }
+
   async function createRows(arr: Record<string, any>[]) {
     // Shuffling to avoid false positives given a fixed order
     for (const row of _.shuffle(arr)) {
@@ -153,21 +162,17 @@ describe.each([
       "view",
       async (schema: TableSchema) => {
         const tableId = await createTable(schema)
-        const view = await config.api.viewV2.create({
-          tableId: tableId,
-          name: generator.guid(),
-          schema: Object.keys(schema).reduce<Record<string, ViewFieldMetadata>>(
-            (viewSchema, fieldName) => {
-              const field = schema[fieldName]
-              viewSchema[fieldName] = {
-                visible: field.visible ?? true,
-                readonly: false,
-              }
-              return viewSchema
-            },
-            {}
-          ),
-        })
+        const view = await createView(
+          tableId,
+          Object.keys(schema).reduce<ViewV2Schema>((viewSchema, fieldName) => {
+            const field = schema[fieldName]
+            viewSchema[fieldName] = {
+              visible: field.visible ?? true,
+              readonly: false,
+            }
+            return viewSchema
+          }, {})
+        )
         return view.id
       },
     ],
diff --git a/packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/viewV2.spec.ts b/packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/viewV2.spec.ts
index 1d6c1d50cd..f63d8aeb85 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/viewV2.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/viewV2.spec.ts
@@ -22,9 +22,9 @@ import {
   RelationshipType,
   TableSchema,
   RenameColumn,
-  ViewFieldMetadata,
   FeatureFlag,
   BBReferenceFieldSubType,
+  ViewV2Schema,
 } from "@budibase/types"
 import { generator, mocks } from "@budibase/backend-core/tests"
 import { DatabaseName, getDatasource } from "../../../integrations/tests/utils"
@@ -1152,10 +1152,7 @@ describe.each([
           return table
         }
 
-        const createView = async (
-          tableId: string,
-          schema: Record<string, ViewFieldMetadata>
-        ) =>
+        const createView = async (tableId: string, schema: ViewV2Schema) =>
           await config.api.viewV2.create({
             name: generator.guid(),
             tableId,
diff --git a/packages/server/src/db/linkedRows/index.ts b/packages/server/src/db/linkedRows/index.ts
index 45f5ee6e5a..f359bcc2cf 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/db/linkedRows/index.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/db/linkedRows/index.ts
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ import {
   Row,
   Table,
   TableSchema,
-  ViewFieldMetadata,
   ViewV2,
+  ViewV2Schema,
 } from "@budibase/types"
 import sdk from "../../sdk"
 import { helpers } from "@budibase/shared-core"
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ export async function squashLinks<T = Row[] | Row>(
     FeatureFlag.ENRICHED_RELATIONSHIPS
   )
 
-  let viewSchema: Record<string, ViewFieldMetadata> = {}
+  let viewSchema: ViewV2Schema = {}
   if (sdk.views.isView(source)) {
     if (helpers.views.isCalculationView(source)) {
       return enriched
diff --git a/packages/types/src/documents/app/view.ts b/packages/types/src/documents/app/view.ts
index a957564039..271df45c65 100644
--- a/packages/types/src/documents/app/view.ts
+++ b/packages/types/src/documents/app/view.ts
@@ -71,9 +71,11 @@ export interface ViewV2 {
     order?: SortOrder
     type?: SortType
   }
-  schema?: Record<string, ViewFieldMetadata>
+  schema?: ViewV2Schema
 }
 
+export type ViewV2Schema = Record<string, ViewFieldMetadata>
+
 export type ViewSchema = ViewCountOrSumSchema | ViewStatisticsSchema
 
 export interface ViewCountOrSumSchema {