diff --git a/packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/viewV2.spec.ts b/packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/viewV2.spec.ts
index d4c81db55c..fa69023530 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/viewV2.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/viewV2.spec.ts
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ describe("/v2/views", () => {
 
       expect(res).toEqual({
         ...newView,
-        id: expect.any(String),
+        id: expect.stringMatching(new RegExp(`^vi_${config.table?._id!}_`)),
         version: 2,
       })
     })
diff --git a/packages/server/src/db/utils.ts b/packages/server/src/db/utils.ts
index 8854cbc824..ba6ca88330 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/db/utils.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/db/utils.ts
@@ -277,9 +277,5 @@ export function getMultiIDParams(ids: string[]) {
  * @returns {string} The new view ID which the view doc can be stored under.
  */
 export function generateViewID(tableId: string) {
-  return `${viewIDPrefix(tableId)}${newid()}`
-}
-
-export function viewIDPrefix(tableId: string) {
-  return `${DocumentType.VIEW}${SEPARATOR}${tableId}${SEPARATOR}`
+  return `${DocumentType.VIEW}${SEPARATOR}${tableId}${SEPARATOR}${newid()}`
 }
diff --git a/packages/server/src/sdk/app/views/index.ts b/packages/server/src/sdk/app/views/index.ts
index bf02e03629..8492de51a3 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/sdk/app/views/index.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/sdk/app/views/index.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { HTTPError, context } from "@budibase/backend-core"
 import { View, ViewV2 } from "@budibase/types"
 
 import sdk from "../../../sdk"
-import { utils as coreUtils } from "@budibase/backend-core"
+import * as utils from "../../../db/utils"
 
 export async function get(
   tableId: string,
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ export async function create(
 ): Promise<ViewV2> {
   const view: ViewV2 = {
     ...viewRequest,
-    id: coreUtils.newid(),
+    id: utils.generateViewID(tableId),
     version: 2,
   }