# Coping with deprecated columns in Data Explorer

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/coping-with-deprecated-columns-in-data-explorer/400264
**Category:** Feature
**Tags:** data-explorer
**Created:** [April 9, 2026, 3:46am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/coping-with-deprecated-columns-in-data-explorer/400264 "2026-04-09T03:46:40Z")
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### Author: ![tgxworld](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/tgxworld/32/106117_2.png) [@tgxworld](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tgxworld)
#### Post date: [April 17, 2026, 5:57am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/coping-with-deprecated-columns-in-data-explorer/400264/3 "2026-04-17T05:57:37Z")

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I’m mostly OK with the idea here but I don’t think everyone is religiously deprecating columns that is a prerequisite for this feature to be useful. Not sure but can we determine if a column is considered deprecated based on whether the column has been marked as readonly in the database? That is a much more reliable signal as to whether a column is going to be deprecated or not IMO.

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