diff --git a/wrangler-core/src/main/java/io/cdap/directives/column/SetType.java b/wrangler-core/src/main/java/io/cdap/directives/column/SetType.java
index 3b5754254..0f49ad321 100644
--- a/wrangler-core/src/main/java/io/cdap/directives/column/SetType.java
+++ b/wrangler-core/src/main/java/io/cdap/directives/column/SetType.java
@@ -136,33 +136,10 @@ public Schema getOutputSchema(SchemaResolutionContext context) {
                 Integer outputPrecision = precision;
                 if (type.equalsIgnoreCase("decimal") && field.getSchema().isNullable()) {
                   Schema fieldSchema = field.getSchema().getNonNullable();
-                  Pair<Integer, Integer> scaleAndPrecision = getPrecisionAndScale(fieldSchema);
-                  Integer inputSchemaScale = scaleAndPrecision.getSecond();
-                  Integer inputSchemaPrecision = scaleAndPrecision.getFirst();
-
-                  if (scale == null && precision == null) {
-                    outputScale = inputSchemaScale;
-                    outputPrecision = inputSchemaPrecision;
-                  } else if (scale == null && inputSchemaScale != null) {
-                    if (precision - inputSchemaScale < 1) {
-                      throw new DirectiveParseException(String.format(
-                          "Cannot set scale as '%s' and precision as '%s' when "
-                              + "given precision - scale is less than 1 ", inputSchemaScale,
-                          precision));
-                    }
-                    outputScale = inputSchemaScale;
-                    outputPrecision = precision;
-
-                  } else if (precision == null && inputSchemaPrecision != null) {
-                    if (inputSchemaPrecision - scale < 1) {
-                      throw new DirectiveParseException(String.format(
-                          "Cannot set scale as '%s' and precision as '%s' when "
-                              + "given precision - scale is less than 1 ", scale,
-                          inputSchemaPrecision));
-                    }
-                    outputScale = scale;
-                    outputPrecision = inputSchemaPrecision;
-                  }
+                  Pair<Integer, Integer> scaleAndPrecision = getValidatedPrecisionAndScale(
+                      fieldSchema, precision, scale);
+                  outputScale = scaleAndPrecision.getSecond();
+                  outputPrecision = scaleAndPrecision.getFirst();
                 }
                 return Schema.Field.of(col, ColumnConverter.getSchemaForType(type,
                     outputScale, outputPrecision));
@@ -173,20 +150,50 @@ public Schema getOutputSchema(SchemaResolutionContext context) {
             }
           }
         )
-        .collect(Collectors.toList())
+          .collect(Collectors.toList())
     );
   }
 
   /**
    * extracts precision and scale from schema string
    */
-    public static Pair<Integer, Integer> getPrecisionAndScale(Schema fieldSchema) {
-      Integer precision = null;
-      Integer scale = null;
-      if (fieldSchema.getLogicalType() == LogicalType.DECIMAL) {
-      precision = fieldSchema.getPrecision();
-      scale = fieldSchema.getScale();
+  public static Pair<Integer, Integer> getValidatedPrecisionAndScale(Schema fieldSchema,
+      Integer precision, Integer scale)
+      throws DirectiveParseException { //check precision and scale
+    Integer outputPrecision = precision;
+    Integer outputScale = scale;
+    Integer inputSchemaPrecision = null;
+    Integer inputSchemaScale = null;
+
+    if (fieldSchema.getLogicalType() == LogicalType.DECIMAL) {
+      inputSchemaPrecision = fieldSchema.getPrecision();
+      inputSchemaScale = fieldSchema.getScale();
+    }
+
+    if (scale == null && precision == null) {
+      outputScale = inputSchemaScale;
+      outputPrecision = inputSchemaPrecision;
+    } else if (scale == null && inputSchemaScale != null) {
+      if (precision - inputSchemaScale < 1) {
+        throw new DirectiveParseException(String.format(
+            "Cannot set scale as '%s' and precision as '%s' when "
+                + "given precision - scale is less than 1 ", inputSchemaScale,
+            precision));
       }
-      return new Pair<Integer, Integer>(precision, scale);
+      outputScale = inputSchemaScale;
+      outputPrecision = precision;
+
+    } else if (precision == null && inputSchemaPrecision != null) {
+      if (inputSchemaPrecision - scale < 1) {
+        throw new DirectiveParseException(String.format(
+            "Cannot set scale as '%s' and precision as '%s' when "
+                + "given precision - scale is less than 1 ", scale,
+            inputSchemaPrecision));
+      }
+      outputScale = scale;
+      outputPrecision = inputSchemaPrecision;
     }
+
+    return new Pair<Integer, Integer>(outputPrecision, outputScale);
+  }
 }