diff --git a/main/webapp/modules/core/scripts/views/data-table/menu-edit-column.js b/main/webapp/modules/core/scripts/views/data-table/menu-edit-column.js
index d26fab5af..ec6d51f55 100644
--- a/main/webapp/modules/core/scripts/views/data-table/menu-edit-column.js
+++ b/main/webapp/modules/core/scripts/views/data-table/menu-edit-column.js
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 DataTableColumnHeaderUI.extendMenu(function(column, columnHeaderUI, menu) {
+    var columnIndex = Gridworks.columnNameToColumnIndex(column.name);
     var doAddColumn = function() {
         var frame = $(
             DOM.loadHTML("core", "scripts/views/data-table/add-column-dialog.html")
@@ -218,4 +219,4 @@ DataTableColumnHeaderUI.extendMenu(function(column, columnHeaderUI, menu) {
             click: function() { doMoveColumnBy(1); }
         }
     ]);
-});
\ No newline at end of file
+});