diff --git a/CRM/Activity/Import/Form/Preview.php b/CRM/Activity/Import/Form/Preview.php
index 09e5bf2791c2..970ddeb0dd15 100644
--- a/CRM/Activity/Import/Form/Preview.php
+++ b/CRM/Activity/Import/Form/Preview.php
@@ -126,4 +126,13 @@ public function postProcess() {
     }
   }
 
+  /**
+   * @return CRM_Activity_Import_Parser_Activity
+   */
+  protected function getParser(): CRM_Activity_Import_Parser_Activity {
+    $parser = new CRM_Activity_Import_Parser_Activity();
+    $parser->setUserJobID($this->getUserJobID());
+    return $parser;
+  }
+
 }
diff --git a/CRM/Contact/Import/Form/Preview.php b/CRM/Contact/Import/Form/Preview.php
index 9f03057aee7e..6e34b5657aa4 100644
--- a/CRM/Contact/Import/Form/Preview.php
+++ b/CRM/Contact/Import/Form/Preview.php
@@ -241,26 +241,6 @@ public function postProcess() {
     $importJob->isComplete();
   }
 
-  /**
-   * Get the mapped fields as an array of labels.
-   *
-   * e.g
-   * ['First Name', 'Employee Of - First Name', 'Home - Street Address']
-   *
-   * @return array
-   * @throws \API_Exception
-   * @throws \CRM_Core_Exception
-   */
-  protected function getMappedFieldLabels(): array {
-    $mapper = [];
-    $parser = new CRM_Contact_Import_Parser_Contact();
-    $parser->setUserJobID($this->getUserJobID());
-    foreach ($this->getSubmittedValue('mapper') as $columnNumber => $mappedField) {
-      $mapper[$columnNumber] = $parser->getMappedFieldLabel($parser->getMappingFieldFromMapperInput($mappedField, 0, $columnNumber));
-    }
-    return $mapper;
-  }
-
   /**
    * @return \CRM_Contact_Import_Parser_Contact
    */
diff --git a/CRM/Contribute/Import/Form/Preview.php b/CRM/Contribute/Import/Form/Preview.php
index 97b645088189..67add1d6ab93 100644
--- a/CRM/Contribute/Import/Form/Preview.php
+++ b/CRM/Contribute/Import/Form/Preview.php
@@ -139,4 +139,13 @@ public function postProcess() {
     }
   }
 
+  /**
+   * @return \CRM_Contribute_Import_Parser_Contribution
+   */
+  protected function getParser(): CRM_Contribute_Import_Parser_Contribution {
+    $parser = new CRM_Contribute_Import_Parser_Contribution();
+    $parser->setUserJobID($this->getUserJobID());
+    return $parser;
+  }
+
 }
diff --git a/CRM/Custom/Import/Form/Preview.php b/CRM/Custom/Import/Form/Preview.php
index 6bee78ad9f2e..7b3fe5eaba0d 100644
--- a/CRM/Custom/Import/Form/Preview.php
+++ b/CRM/Custom/Import/Form/Preview.php
@@ -115,4 +115,13 @@ public function postProcess() {
     }
   }
 
+  /**
+   * @return CRM_Custom_Import_Parser_Api
+   */
+  protected function getParser(): CRM_Custom_Import_Parser_Api {
+    $parser = new CRM_Custom_Import_Parser_Api();
+    $parser->setUserJobID($this->getUserJobID());
+    return $parser;
+  }
+
 }
diff --git a/CRM/Event/Import/Form/MapField.php b/CRM/Event/Import/Form/MapField.php
index c4907fd2a6ee..409145e09455 100644
--- a/CRM/Event/Import/Form/MapField.php
+++ b/CRM/Event/Import/Form/MapField.php
@@ -430,4 +430,13 @@ public function postProcess() {
     $parser->set($this);
   }
 
+  /**
+   * @return CRM_Event_Import_Parser_Participant
+   */
+  protected function getParser(): CRM_Event_Import_Parser_Participant {
+    $parser = new CRM_Event_Import_Parser_Participant();
+    $parser->setUserJobID($this->getUserJobID());
+    return $parser;
+  }
+
 }
diff --git a/CRM/Event/Import/Form/Preview.php b/CRM/Event/Import/Form/Preview.php
index b5e0320d1ff5..db000ba2de49 100644
--- a/CRM/Event/Import/Form/Preview.php
+++ b/CRM/Event/Import/Form/Preview.php
@@ -128,4 +128,13 @@ public function postProcess() {
     }
   }
 
+  /**
+   * @return CRM_Event_Import_Parser_Participant
+   */
+  protected function getParser(): CRM_Event_Import_Parser_Participant {
+    $parser = new CRM_Event_Import_Parser_Participant();
+    $parser->setUserJobID($this->getUserJobID());
+    return $parser;
+  }
+
 }
diff --git a/CRM/Import/Form/Preview.php b/CRM/Import/Form/Preview.php
index 3ba704f33987..1c4b25dc354c 100644
--- a/CRM/Import/Form/Preview.php
+++ b/CRM/Import/Form/Preview.php
@@ -91,4 +91,23 @@ public function setStatusUrl() {
     $this->assign('statusUrl', $statusUrl);
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Get the mapped fields as an array of labels.
+   *
+   * e.g
+   * ['First Name', 'Employee Of - First Name', 'Home - Street Address']
+   *
+   * @return array
+   * @throws \API_Exception
+   * @throws \CRM_Core_Exception
+   */
+  protected function getMappedFieldLabels(): array {
+    $mapper = [];
+    $parser = $this->getParser();
+    foreach ($this->getSubmittedValue('mapper') as $columnNumber => $mappedField) {
+      $mapper[$columnNumber] = $parser->getMappedFieldLabel($parser->getMappingFieldFromMapperInput($mappedField, 0, $columnNumber));
+    }
+    return $mapper;
+  }
+
 }
diff --git a/CRM/Import/Parser.php b/CRM/Import/Parser.php
index c8651ea4d23a..b0822ee31e57 100644
--- a/CRM/Import/Parser.php
+++ b/CRM/Import/Parser.php
@@ -1370,4 +1370,27 @@ protected function validateCustomField($customFieldID, $value, array $fieldMetaD
     return NULL;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Get the civicrm_mapping_field appropriate layout for the mapper input.
+   *
+   * For simple parsers (not contribution or contact) the input looks like
+   * ['first_name', 'custom_32']
+   * and it is converted to
+   *
+   *  ['name' => 'first_name', 'mapping_id' => 1, 'column_number' => 5],
+   *
+   * @param array $fieldMapping
+   * @param int $mappingID
+   * @param int $columnNumber
+   *
+   * @return array
+   */
+  public function getMappingFieldFromMapperInput(array $fieldMapping, int $mappingID, int $columnNumber): array {
+    return [
+      'name' => $fieldMapping[0],
+      'mapping_id' => $mappingID,
+      'column_number' => $columnNumber,
+    ];
+  }
+
 }
diff --git a/CRM/Member/Import/Form/MapField.php b/CRM/Member/Import/Form/MapField.php
index b35a37eda07d..fcf541737e3a 100644
--- a/CRM/Member/Import/Form/MapField.php
+++ b/CRM/Member/Import/Form/MapField.php
@@ -459,4 +459,13 @@ public function postProcess() {
     $parser->set($this);
   }
 
+  /**
+   * @return \CRM_Member_Import_Parser_Membership
+   */
+  protected function getParser(): CRM_Member_Import_Parser_Membership {
+    $parser = new CRM_Member_Import_Parser_Membership();
+    $parser->setUserJobID($this->getUserJobID());
+    return $parser;
+  }
+
 }
diff --git a/CRM/Member/Import/Form/Preview.php b/CRM/Member/Import/Form/Preview.php
index e1226987d45e..cf3ccf31d915 100644
--- a/CRM/Member/Import/Form/Preview.php
+++ b/CRM/Member/Import/Form/Preview.php
@@ -148,4 +148,13 @@ public function postProcess() {
     }
   }
 
+  /**
+   * @return \CRM_Member_Import_Parser_Membership
+   */
+  protected function getParser(): CRM_Member_Import_Parser_Membership {
+    $parser = new CRM_Member_Import_Parser_Membership();
+    $parser->setUserJobID($this->getUserJobID());
+    return $parser;
+  }
+
 }
diff --git a/CRM/Member/Import/Parser/Membership.php b/CRM/Member/Import/Parser/Membership.php
index b484a964f8ee..a58f0b8c6ee9 100644
--- a/CRM/Member/Import/Parser/Membership.php
+++ b/CRM/Member/Import/Parser/Membership.php
@@ -424,15 +424,7 @@ public static function exportCSV($fileName, $header, $data) {
    * @return void
    */
   public function init() {
-    $this->fieldMetadata = CRM_Member_BAO_Membership::importableFields($this->_contactType, FALSE);
-
-    foreach ($this->fieldMetadata as $name => $field) {
-      // @todo - we don't really need to do all this.... fieldMetadata is just fine to use as is.
-      $field['type'] = CRM_Utils_Array::value('type', $field, CRM_Utils_Type::T_INT);
-      $field['dataPattern'] = CRM_Utils_Array::value('dataPattern', $field, '//');
-      $field['headerPattern'] = CRM_Utils_Array::value('headerPattern', $field, '//');
-      $this->addField($name, $field['title'], $field['type'], $field['headerPattern'], $field['dataPattern']);
-    }
+    $this->setFieldMetadata();
 
     $this->_newMemberships = [];
 
@@ -1045,4 +1037,23 @@ protected function isContactIDColumnPresent(): bool {
     return in_array('membership_contact_id', $this->_mapperKeys, TRUE);
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Set field metadata.
+   */
+  protected function setFieldMetadata(): void {
+    if (empty($this->importableFieldsMetadata)) {
+      $metadata = CRM_Member_BAO_Membership::importableFields($this->_contactType, FALSE);
+
+      foreach ($this->fieldMetadata as $name => $field) {
+        // @todo - we don't really need to do all this.... fieldMetadata is just fine to use as is.
+        $field['type'] = CRM_Utils_Array::value('type', $field, CRM_Utils_Type::T_INT);
+        $field['dataPattern'] = CRM_Utils_Array::value('dataPattern', $field, '//');
+        $field['headerPattern'] = CRM_Utils_Array::value('headerPattern', $field, '//');
+        $this->addField($name, $field['title'], $field['type'], $field['headerPattern'], $field['dataPattern']);
+      }
+      // We are consolidating on `importableFieldsMetadata` - but both still used.
+      $this->importableFieldsMetadata = $this->fieldMetadata = $metadata;
+    }
+  }
+
 }