diff --git a/app/src/types/fields.ts b/app/src/types/fields.ts
index 7726896a02..03decabbee 100644
--- a/app/src/types/fields.ts
+++ b/app/src/types/fields.ts
@@ -27,15 +27,6 @@ export const types = [
 	'unknown',
 ] as const;
 
-export function parseTypes(type: typeof types[number]) {
-	if (['bigInteger', 'integer', 'float', 'decimal'].includes(type)) return 'number';
-	if (['string', 'text', 'uuid'].includes(type)) return 'string';
-	if (['boolean'].includes(type)) return 'boolean';
-	if (['time', 'timestamp', 'date', 'dateTime'].includes(type)) return 'string';
-	if (['json', 'csv'].includes(type)) return 'object';
-	return 'undefined';
-}
-
 export type FieldSchema = {
 	/** @todo import this from knex-schema-inspector when that's launched */
 	name: string;
diff --git a/app/src/utils/get-js-type.ts b/app/src/utils/get-js-type.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..aed687ef92
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/utils/get-js-type.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+import { types } from '@/types';
+
+export function getJSType(type: typeof types[number]) {
+	if (['bigInteger', 'integer', 'float', 'decimal'].includes(type)) return 'number';
+	if (['string', 'text', 'uuid'].includes(type)) return 'string';
+	if (['boolean'].includes(type)) return 'boolean';
+	if (['time', 'timestamp', 'date', 'dateTime'].includes(type)) return 'string';
+	if (['json', 'csv'].includes(type)) return 'object';
+	return 'undefined';
+}