diff --git a/packages/server/src/api/controllers/row/views.ts b/packages/server/src/api/controllers/row/views.ts
index d8835c4837..455a4c0aa2 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/api/controllers/row/views.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/api/controllers/row/views.ts
@@ -24,15 +24,7 @@ export async function searchView(
     ctx.throw(400, `This method only supports viewsV2`)
   }
 
-  const table = await sdk.tables.getTable(view?.tableId)
-
-  const viewFields =
-    (view.schema &&
-      Object.entries(view.schema).length &&
-      Object.keys(sdk.views.enrichSchema(view, table.schema).schema)) ||
-    undefined
-
-  ctx.status = 200
+  const viewFields = Object.keys(view.schema || {})
 
   const { body } = ctx.request
   const query = dataFilters.buildLuceneQuery(view.query || [])
diff --git a/packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/row.spec.ts b/packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/row.spec.ts
index cacdff317b..a9675e4a66 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/row.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/row.spec.ts
@@ -985,6 +985,7 @@ describe("/rows", () => {
     })
 
     describe("view search", () => {
+      const viewSchema = { age: { visible: true }, name: { visible: true } }
       function userTable(): Table {
         return {
           name: "user",
@@ -1041,6 +1042,7 @@ describe("/rows", () => {
 
         const createViewResponse = await config.api.viewV2.create({
           query: [{ operator: "equal", field: "age", value: 40 }],
+          schema: viewSchema,
         })
 
         const response = await config.api.viewV2.search(createViewResponse.id)
@@ -1141,6 +1143,7 @@ describe("/rows", () => {
 
           const createViewResponse = await config.api.viewV2.create({
             sort: sortParams,
+            schema: viewSchema,
           })
 
           const response = await config.api.viewV2.search(createViewResponse.id)
@@ -1175,6 +1178,7 @@ describe("/rows", () => {
               order: SortOrder.ASCENDING,
               type: SortType.STRING,
             },
+            schema: viewSchema,
           })
 
           const response = await config.api.viewV2.search(
@@ -1207,7 +1211,7 @@ describe("/rows", () => {
         }
 
         const view = await config.api.viewV2.create({
-          schema: { name: {} },
+          schema: { name: { visible: true } },
         })
         const response = await config.api.viewV2.search(view.id)
 
@@ -1224,7 +1228,7 @@ describe("/rows", () => {
       })
 
       it("views without data can be returned", async () => {
-        const table = await config.createTable(userTable())
+        await config.createTable(userTable())
 
         const createViewResponse = await config.api.viewV2.create()
         const response = await config.api.viewV2.search(createViewResponse.id)
diff --git a/packages/server/src/middleware/trimViewRowInfo.ts b/packages/server/src/middleware/trimViewRowInfo.ts
index 39587d1882..cedcb31640 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/middleware/trimViewRowInfo.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/middleware/trimViewRowInfo.ts
@@ -37,11 +37,7 @@ export async function trimViewFields<T extends Row>(
   viewId: string
 ): Promise<void> {
   const view = await sdk.views.get(viewId)
-  const allowedKeys = [
-    ...Object.keys(view?.schema || {}),
-    ...db.CONSTANT_EXTERNAL_ROW_COLS,
-    ...db.CONSTANT_INTERNAL_ROW_COLS,
-  ]
+  const allowedKeys = sdk.views.allowedFields(view)
   // have to mutate the context, can't update reference
   const toBeRemoved = Object.keys(body).filter(
     key => !allowedKeys.includes(key)
diff --git a/packages/server/src/sdk/app/views/index.ts b/packages/server/src/sdk/app/views/index.ts
index 5f2a001ddc..03c8b6aef5 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/sdk/app/views/index.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/sdk/app/views/index.ts
@@ -1,15 +1,19 @@
 import { RenameColumn, TableSchema, View, ViewV2 } from "@budibase/types"
-import { context, HTTPError } from "@budibase/backend-core"
+import { context, db as dbCore, HTTPError } from "@budibase/backend-core"
 import { cloneDeep } from "lodash"
 
 import sdk from "../../../sdk"
 import * as utils from "../../../db/utils"
 
-export async function get(viewId: string): Promise<ViewV2 | undefined> {
+export async function get(viewId: string): Promise<ViewV2> {
   const { tableId } = utils.extractViewInfoFromID(viewId)
   const table = await sdk.tables.getTable(tableId)
   const views = Object.values(table.views!)
-  return views.find(v => isV2(v) && v.id === viewId) as ViewV2 | undefined
+  const found = views.find(v => isV2(v) && v.id === viewId)
+  if (!found) {
+    throw new Error("No view found")
+  }
+  return found as ViewV2
 }
 
 export async function create(
@@ -68,6 +72,14 @@ export async function remove(viewId: string): Promise<ViewV2> {
   return view
 }
 
+export function allowedFields(view: View | ViewV2) {
+  return [
+    ...Object.keys(view?.schema || {}),
+    ...dbCore.CONSTANT_EXTERNAL_ROW_COLS,
+    ...dbCore.CONSTANT_INTERNAL_ROW_COLS,
+  ]
+}
+
 export function enrichSchema(view: View | ViewV2, tableSchema: TableSchema) {
   if (!sdk.views.isV2(view)) {
     return view
diff --git a/packages/server/src/tests/utilities/api/viewV2.ts b/packages/server/src/tests/utilities/api/viewV2.ts
index 1520154641..f3b15afd38 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/tests/utilities/api/viewV2.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/tests/utilities/api/viewV2.ts
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@ export class ViewV2API extends TestAPI {
     if (!tableId && !this.config.table) {
       throw "Test requires table to be configured."
     }
-    tableId = this.config.table!._id!
+    const table = this.config.table
+    tableId = table!._id!
     const view = {
       tableId,
       name: generator.guid(),