diff --git a/extensions/parquet/table/src/main/java/io/deephaven/parquet/table/location/ParquetFieldIdColumnResolverFactory.java b/extensions/parquet/table/src/main/java/io/deephaven/parquet/table/location/ParquetFieldIdColumnResolverFactory.java
index fd753807eec..d226157d00d 100644
--- a/extensions/parquet/table/src/main/java/io/deephaven/parquet/table/location/ParquetFieldIdColumnResolverFactory.java
+++ b/extensions/parquet/table/src/main/java/io/deephaven/parquet/table/location/ParquetFieldIdColumnResolverFactory.java
@@ -112,10 +112,7 @@ public ParquetColumnResolverMap of(MessageType schema) {
      */
     @Override
     public ParquetColumnResolverMap of(TableKey tableKey, ParquetTableLocationKey tableLocationKey) {
-        final MessageType schema = tableLocationKey.getFileReader().getSchema();
-        // TODO: note the potential for confusion on where to derive schema from.
-        // final MessageType schema = tableLocationKey.getMetadata().getFileMetaData().getSchema();
-        return of(schema);
+        return of(tableLocationKey.getSchema());
     }
 
     private class FieldIdMappingVisitor implements ParquetUtil.Visitor {
diff --git a/extensions/parquet/table/src/main/java/io/deephaven/parquet/table/location/ParquetTableLocationKey.java b/extensions/parquet/table/src/main/java/io/deephaven/parquet/table/location/ParquetTableLocationKey.java
index e56054fb859..1f6c07acf78 100644
--- a/extensions/parquet/table/src/main/java/io/deephaven/parquet/table/location/ParquetTableLocationKey.java
+++ b/extensions/parquet/table/src/main/java/io/deephaven/parquet/table/location/ParquetTableLocationKey.java
@@ -11,7 +11,9 @@
 import io.deephaven.util.channel.SeekableChannelsProviderLoader;
 import org.apache.commons.io.FilenameUtils;
 import org.apache.parquet.format.RowGroup;
+import org.apache.parquet.hadoop.metadata.FileMetaData;
 import org.apache.parquet.hadoop.metadata.ParquetMetadata;
+import org.apache.parquet.schema.MessageType;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
 
@@ -136,8 +138,8 @@ public synchronized void setFileReader(final ParquetFileReader fileReader) {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Get a previously-{@link #setMetadata(ParquetMetadata) set} or on-demand created {@link ParquetMetadata} for this
-     * location key's {@code file}.
+     * Get a previously-{@link #setMetadata(ParquetMetadata) set} or the {@link ParquetMetadata} for this location key's
+     * {@code file}.
      *
      * @return A {@link ParquetMetadata} for this location key's {@code file}.
      */
@@ -159,6 +161,28 @@ public synchronized void setMetadata(final ParquetMetadata metadata) {
         this.metadata = metadata;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Equivalent to {@code getMetadata().getFileMetaData()}.
+     *
+     * @return the file metadata
+     * @see #getMetadata()
+     * @see ParquetMetadata#getFileMetaData()
+     */
+    public FileMetaData getFileMetadata() {
+        return getMetadata().getFileMetaData();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Equivalent to {@code getFileMetadata().getSchema()}.
+     *
+     * @return the file metadata
+     * @see #getFileMetadata()
+     * @see FileMetaData#getSchema()
+     */
+    public MessageType getSchema() {
+        return getFileMetadata().getSchema();
+    }
+
     /**
      * Get previously-{@link #setRowGroupIndices(int[]) set} or on-demand created {@link RowGroup} indices for this
      * location key's current {@link ParquetFileReader}.