diff --git a/packages/builder/src/components/design/settings/controls/FieldContext/FieldContext.svelte b/packages/builder/src/components/design/settings/controls/FieldContext/FieldContext.svelte
index 82e755036e..50fbc5273c 100644
--- a/packages/builder/src/components/design/settings/controls/FieldContext/FieldContext.svelte
+++ b/packages/builder/src/components/design/settings/controls/FieldContext/FieldContext.svelte
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <script>
   import ExplanationModal from './ExplanationModal/index.svelte'
-  import { warnings, errors } from "./validator";
+  import { messages } from "./columnInfo";
   import { Column, Support, NotRequired, StringNumber } from "./lines"
   import subjects from './subjects';
 
@@ -30,23 +30,23 @@
   class="tooltipContents"
 >
 
-<Column
-  {columnName}
-  {columnIcon}
-  {columnType}
-  {tableHref}
-  {setExplanationSubject}
-/>
-<Support
-  {support}
-  {setExplanationSubject}
-/>
-  {#if support?.warnings?.includes(warnings.stringAsNumber)}
+  <Column
+    {columnName}
+    {columnIcon}
+    {columnType}
+    {tableHref}
+    {setExplanationSubject}
+  />
+  <Support
+    support={support.support}
+    {setExplanationSubject}
+  />
+  {#if support?.messages?.includes(messages.stringAsNumber)}
     <StringNumber
       {setExplanationSubject}
     />
   {/if}
-  {#if support?.warnings?.includes(warnings.notRequired)}
+  {#if support?.messages?.includes(messages.notRequired)}
     <NotRequired
       {setExplanationSubject}
     />
diff --git a/packages/builder/src/components/design/settings/controls/FieldContext/columnInfo.js b/packages/builder/src/components/design/settings/controls/FieldContext/columnInfo.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0faea209f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/builder/src/components/design/settings/controls/FieldContext/columnInfo.js
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+import { capitalize } from 'lodash';
+
+export const messages = {
+  jsonPrimitivesOnly: Symbol("column-info-json-primitives-only"),
+  stringAsNumber: Symbol("column-info-string-as-number"),
+  chartDatetime: Symbol("column-info-chart-datetime"),
+  notRequired: Symbol("column-info-not-required"),
+  contextError: Symbol("column-info-context-error"),
+}
+
+export const support = {
+  unsupported: Symbol("column-info-unsupported"),
+  partialSupport: Symbol("column-info-partialSupport"),
+  supported: Symbol("column-info-supported")
+}
+
+
+const getSupport = (type, columnInfo) => {
+  if (!columnInfo?.typeSupport) {
+    return support.supported
+  }
+
+  if (columnInfo?.typeSupport?.supported?.find(mapping => mapping === type || mapping?.type === type)) {
+    return support.supported;
+  }
+
+  if (columnInfo?.typeSupport?.partialSupport?.find(mapping => mapping === type || mapping?.type === type)) {
+    return support.partialSupport;
+  }
+
+  return support.unsupported
+}
+
+const getSupportMessage = (type, columnInfo) => {
+  if (!columnInfo?.typeSupport) {
+    return null
+  }
+
+  const supported = columnInfo?.typeSupport?.supported?.find(mapping => mapping?.type === type)
+  if (supported) {
+    return messages[supported?.message]
+  }
+
+  const partialSupport = columnInfo?.typeSupport?.partialSupport?.find(mapping => mapping?.type === type)
+  if (partialSupport) {
+    return messages[partialSupport?.message]
+  }
+
+  const unsupported = columnInfo?.typeSupport?.unsupported?.find(mapping => mapping?.type === type)
+  if (unsupported) {
+    return messages[unsupported?.message]
+  }
+
+  return null
+}
+
+export const getColumnInfoMessagesAndSupport = (fieldSchema, columnInfo) => {
+
+  try {
+    const columnInfoMessagesAndSupport = {
+      support: getSupport(fieldSchema.type, columnInfo),
+      messages: [getSupportMessage(fieldSchema.type, columnInfo)],
+    }
+
+    const isRequired = fieldSchema?.constraints?.presence?.allowEmpty === false
+    if (!isRequired) {
+      columnInfoMessagesAndSupport.messages.push(messages.notRequired);
+    }
+
+    return columnInfoMessagesAndSupport;
+  } catch (e) {
+    return {
+      support: support.partialSupport,
+      messages: [messages.contextError]
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/builder/src/components/design/settings/controls/FieldContext/index.js b/packages/builder/src/components/design/settings/controls/FieldContext/index.js
index ba7f152627..110c8eea85 100644
--- a/packages/builder/src/components/design/settings/controls/FieldContext/index.js
+++ b/packages/builder/src/components/design/settings/controls/FieldContext/index.js
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 export { default as FieldContext } from "./FieldContext.svelte"
-export * from "./validator"
+export * from "./columnInfo"
diff --git a/packages/builder/src/components/design/settings/controls/FieldContext/lines/Support.svelte b/packages/builder/src/components/design/settings/controls/FieldContext/lines/Support.svelte
index 4fbfe87c76..cfb4831ccb 100644
--- a/packages/builder/src/components/design/settings/controls/FieldContext/lines/Support.svelte
+++ b/packages/builder/src/components/design/settings/controls/FieldContext/lines/Support.svelte
@@ -1,18 +1,53 @@
 <script>
   import { Line, InfoWord, DocumentationLink, Space, Text, Period } from "../typography"
   import subjects from '../subjects'
+  import * as columnInfo from '../columnInfo'
 
   export let setExplanationSubject
   export let support
+
+  const getIcon = (support) => {
+    if (support === columnInfo.support.unsupported) {
+      return "Alert"
+    } else if (support === columnInfo.support.supported) {
+      return "CheckmarkCircle"
+    }
+
+    return "AlertCheck"
+  }
+
+  const getColor = (support) => {
+    if (support === columnInfo.support.unsupported) {
+      return "var(--red)"
+    } else if (support === columnInfo.support.supported) {
+      return "var(--green)"
+    }
+
+    return "var(--yellow)"
+  }
+
+  const getText = (support) => {
+    if (support === columnInfo.support.unsupported) {
+      return "Not compatible"
+    } else if (support === columnInfo.support.supported) {
+      return "Compatible"
+    }
+
+    return "Partially compatible"
+  }
+
+  $: icon = getIcon(support);
+  $: color = getColor(support);
+  $: text = getText(support);
 </script>
 
 <Line>
   <InfoWord
     on:mouseenter={() => setExplanationSubject(subjects.support)}
     on:mouseleave={() => setExplanationSubject(subjects.none)}
-    icon={support.icon}
-    color={support.iconColor}
-    text={support.text}
+    {icon}
+    {color}
+    {text}
   />
   <Space />
   <Text>with</Text>
diff --git a/packages/builder/src/components/design/settings/controls/FieldContext/validator.js b/packages/builder/src/components/design/settings/controls/FieldContext/validator.js
deleted file mode 100644
index cb4e309148..0000000000
--- a/packages/builder/src/components/design/settings/controls/FieldContext/validator.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,80 +0,0 @@
-import { capitalize } from 'lodash';
-
-export const errors = {
-  general: Symbol("values-validator-general"),
-  jsonPrimitivesOnly: Symbol("values-validator-json-primitives-only"),
-}
-
-export const warnings = {
-  stringAsNumber: Symbol("values-validator-string-as-number"),
-  chartDatetime: Symbol("values-validator-chart-datetime"),
-  notRequired: Symbol("values-validator-not-required"),
-}
-
-export const constants = {
-  unsupported: Symbol("values-validator-unsupported"),
-  partialSupport: Symbol("values-validator-partialSupport"),
-  supported: Symbol("values-validator-supported")
-}
-
-export const validate = (fieldSchema) => {
-  try {
-    const response = {
-      level: null,
-      warnings: [],
-      errors: [],
-      text: "",
-      icon: "",
-      iconColor: ""
-    }
-    const generalUnsupportedFields = ["array", "attachment", "barcodeqr", "link", "bb_reference"]
-    if (generalUnsupportedFields.includes(fieldSchema.type)) {
-      response.errors.push(errors.general)
-    }
-
-    if (fieldSchema.type === "json") {
-        response.errors.push(errors.jsonPrimitivesOnly)
-    }
-
-    if (fieldSchema.type === "string") {
-      response.warnings.push(warnings.stringAsNumber)
-    }
-    if (fieldSchema.type === "datetime") {
-      response.warnings.push(warnings.chartDatetime);
-        //"This column can be used as an input for a chart, but it may be parsed differently depending on which is used.
-    }
-
-    const isRequired = fieldSchema?.constraints?.presence?.allowEmpty === false
-    if (!isRequired) {
-      response.warnings.push(warnings.notRequired);
-    }
-
-    if (response.errors.length > 0) {
-      response.level = constants.unsupported
-      response.text = "Not compatible"
-      response.icon = "Alert"
-      response.iconColor = "var(--red)"
-    } else if (response.warnings.length > 0) {
-      response.level = constants.partialSupport
-      response.text = "Partially compatible"
-      response.icon = "AlertCheck"
-      response.iconColor = "var(--yellow)"
-    } else {
-      response.level = constants.supported
-      response.text = "Compatible"
-      response.icon = "CheckmarkCircle"
-      response.iconColor = "var(--green)"
-    }
-
-    return response
-  } catch (e) {
-    return {
-      level: constants.partialSupport,
-      warnings: [],
-      errors: [],
-      text: "Partially compatible",
-      icon: "AlertCheck",
-      iconColor: "var(--yellow)"
-    }
-  }
-}
diff --git a/packages/builder/src/components/design/settings/controls/FieldSelect.svelte b/packages/builder/src/components/design/settings/controls/FieldSelect.svelte
index ecb506f656..e28718d86e 100644
--- a/packages/builder/src/components/design/settings/controls/FieldSelect.svelte
+++ b/packages/builder/src/components/design/settings/controls/FieldSelect.svelte
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   import { getDatasourceForProvider, getSchemaForDatasource } from "dataBinding"
   import { selectedScreen } from "stores/builder"
   import { createEventDispatcher } from "svelte"
-  import { FieldContext, validate } from './FieldContext'
+  import { FieldContext, getColumnInfoMessagesAndSupport } from './FieldContext'
   import { debounce } from "lodash"
   import { goto, params } from "@roxi/routify"
   import { Constants } from "@budibase/frontend-core"
@@ -12,21 +12,21 @@
   export let componentInstance = {}
   export let value = ""
   export let placeholder
-  export let columnContext
+  export let columnInfo
 
   let contextTooltipAnchor = null
   let currentOption = null
   let previousOption = null
   let contextTooltipVisible = false
 
-  const getFieldSupport = (schema, columnContext) => {
-    if (!columnContext) {
+  const getFieldSupport = (schema, columnInfo) => {
+    if (columnInfo == null) {
       return {}
     }
 
     const fieldSupport = {}
     Object.entries(schema || {}).forEach(([key, value]) => {
-      fieldSupport[key] = validate(value)
+      fieldSupport[key] = getColumnInfoMessagesAndSupport(value)
     })
 
     return fieldSupport
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
   const dispatch = createEventDispatcher()
   $: datasource = getDatasourceForProvider($selectedScreen, componentInstance)
   $: schema = getSchemaForDatasource($selectedScreen, datasource).schema
-  $: fieldSupport = getFieldSupport(schema, columnContext);
+  $: fieldSupport = getFieldSupport(schema, columnInfo);
   $: options = Object.keys(schema || {})
   $: boundValue = getValidValue(value, options)
 
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@
   {onOptionMouseleave}
 />
 
-{#if columnContext}
+{#if columnInfo}
   <ContextTooltip
     visible={contextTooltipVisible}
     anchor={contextTooltipAnchor}
diff --git a/packages/builder/src/components/design/settings/controls/MultiFieldSelect.svelte b/packages/builder/src/components/design/settings/controls/MultiFieldSelect.svelte
index 4ff293e415..647df2f04c 100644
--- a/packages/builder/src/components/design/settings/controls/MultiFieldSelect.svelte
+++ b/packages/builder/src/components/design/settings/controls/MultiFieldSelect.svelte
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     componentStore,
   } from "stores/builder"
   import { createEventDispatcher } from "svelte"
-  import { FieldContext, validate } from './FieldContext'
+  import { FieldContext, getColumnInfoMessagesAndSupport } from './FieldContext'
   import { FIELDS } from 'constants/backend'
   import { goto, params } from "@roxi/routify"
   import { debounce } from "lodash"
@@ -14,8 +14,7 @@
   export let componentInstance = {}
   export let value = ""
   export let placeholder
-  export let columnContext
-  export let valueTypes
+  export let columnInfo
 
   let contextTooltipAnchor = null
   let currentOption = null
@@ -26,14 +25,15 @@
     componentInstance?._component
   )
 
-  const getFieldSupport = (schema, columnContext) => {
-    if (!columnContext) {
+  const getFieldSupport = (schema, columnInfo) => {
+    if (columnInfo == null) {
       return {}
     }
 
     const fieldSupport = {}
     Object.entries(schema || {}).forEach(([key, value]) => {
-      fieldSupport[key] = validate(value)
+      // super TODO: nicer to do this at the component level jit and store each value seperately so i don't have this long ass name???
+      fieldSupport[key] = getColumnInfoMessagesAndSupport(value, columnInfo)
     })
 
     return fieldSupport
@@ -43,9 +43,11 @@
   $: datasource = getDatasourceForProvider($selectedScreen, componentInstance)
   $: schema = getSchemaForDatasource($selectedScreen, datasource).schema
   $: options = Object.keys(schema || {})
-  $: fieldSupport = getFieldSupport(schema, columnContext);
+  $: fieldSupport = getFieldSupport(schema, columnInfo);
   $: boundValue = getValidOptions(value, options)
 
+  $: console.log(fieldSupport)
+
 
   const getValidOptions = (selectedOptions, allOptions) => {
     // Fix the hardcoded default string value
@@ -133,7 +135,7 @@
   {onOptionMouseleave}
 />
 
-{#if columnContext}
+{#if columnInfo}
   <ContextTooltip
     visible={contextTooltipVisible}
     anchor={contextTooltipAnchor}
diff --git a/packages/builder/src/pages/builder/app/[application]/design/[screenId]/[componentId]/_components/Component/ComponentSettingsSection.svelte b/packages/builder/src/pages/builder/app/[application]/design/[screenId]/[componentId]/_components/Component/ComponentSettingsSection.svelte
index 474132d40d..c861249e17 100644
--- a/packages/builder/src/pages/builder/app/[application]/design/[screenId]/[componentId]/_components/Component/ComponentSettingsSection.svelte
+++ b/packages/builder/src/pages/builder/app/[application]/design/[screenId]/[componentId]/_components/Component/ComponentSettingsSection.svelte
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@
                 max: setting.max ?? null,
 
                 // Field select settings
-                columnContext: setting.columnContext,
+                columnInfo: setting.columnInfo,
                 valueTypes: setting.valueTypes
               }}
               {bindings}
diff --git a/packages/client/manifest.json b/packages/client/manifest.json
index a7a27db577..1975feab58 100644
--- a/packages/client/manifest.json
+++ b/packages/client/manifest.json
@@ -1634,8 +1634,18 @@
         "label": "Data columns",
         "key": "valueColumns",
         "dependsOn": "dataProvider",
-        "valueTypes": ["number"],
-        "columnContext": true,
+        "columnInfo": {
+          "typeSupport": {
+            "supported": ["number", "boolean"],
+            "partialSupport": [
+              { "type": "string", "message": "stringAsNumber" },
+              { "type": "datetime", "message": "datetimeChart"}
+            ],
+            "unsupported": [
+              { "type": "json", "message": "jsonPrimitivesOnly" }
+            ]
+          }
+        },
         "required": true
       },
       {