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diff --git a/src/jalview/fts/core/FTSRestRequest.java b/src/jalview/fts/core/FTSRestRequest.java
index 2d9eeb6..6a54ebf 100644
--- a/src/jalview/fts/core/FTSRestRequest.java
+++ b/src/jalview/fts/core/FTSRestRequest.java
@@ -188,4 +188,25 @@ public class FTSRestRequest
   {
     this.offSet = offSet;
   }
+
+  /**
+   * locate column given field name
+   * 
+   * @param string
+   *          - field name
+   * @return -1 if not located
+   */
+  public int getFieldIndex(String string)
+  {
+    int i = associatedSequence != null ? 1 : 0;
+    for (FTSDataColumnI field : wantedFields)
+    {
+      if (field.getName().equals(string))
+      {
+        return i;
+      }
+      i++;
+    }
+    return -1;
+  }
 }