I have a lot of views which use a field that is being deprecated. The data has been migrated into another format and I need to be able to delete the original so that it doesn’t get used.
If possible, I need to know what views and filters are looking at the old field so I can manually change it to look at the new one, and then be assured that my delete will not have unintended consequences.
Hey there, this one looks like could be a very useful feature for admins. Have you already filed a feature request?
I found no means for that and immediately thought of Fibery API. But this isn’t something trivial.
From Fibery AI:
Recommendation
For now, the manual approach is more practical because:
API complexity: Requires significant reverse-engineering effort
Undocumented structures: View metadata formats aren’t documented
Maintenance burden: Internal formats may change without notice
If you need automated field dependency tracking, consider:
Feature request: Ask Fibery team to add native field dependency tracking
Hybrid approach: Use APIs for basic analysis, manual verification for critical changes
Community collaboration: Work with other developers to document the metadata structures
The APIs provide the raw data needed, but building a comprehensive field usage tracker would be a substantial development effort due to the lack of detailed documentation about internal data structures.