diff --git a/packages/grafana-data/src/index.ts b/packages/grafana-data/src/index.ts
index 4e3a847e1d7..24a11810668 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-data/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/grafana-data/src/index.ts
@@ -46,3 +46,4 @@ export { getLinksSupplier } from './field/fieldOverrides';
 
 // deprecated
 export { CircularVector } from './vector/CircularVector';
+export { vectorator } from './vector/FunctionalVector';
diff --git a/packages/grafana-data/src/vector/FunctionalVector.ts b/packages/grafana-data/src/vector/FunctionalVector.ts
index 8322f96c305..bcd13d96090 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-data/src/vector/FunctionalVector.ts
+++ b/packages/grafana-data/src/vector/FunctionalVector.ts
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ const emptyarray: any[] = [];
  *
  * @deprecated use a simple Arrays
  */
-function vectorator<T>(vector: FunctionalVector<T>) {
+export function vectorator<T>(vector: FunctionalVector<T>) {
   return {
     *[Symbol.iterator]() {
       for (let i = 0; i < vector.length; i++) {