diff --git a/sql/featurederivation.go b/sql/featurederivation.go
index dcfc013b5d..e6eeee80e2 100644
--- a/sql/featurederivation.go
+++ b/sql/featurederivation.go
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ import (
 
 const featureDerivationRows = 1000
 
-// FeatureColumnMap is a mapping from column name to FeatureColumn struct
-type FeatureColumnMap map[string]columns.FeatureColumn
+// FeatureColumnMap is like: target -> key -> FeatureColumn
+type FeatureColumnMap map[string]map[string]columns.FeatureColumn
 
 // ColumnSpecMap is a mappign from column name to ColumnSpec struct
 type ColumnSpecMap map[string]*columns.ColumnSpec
@@ -35,9 +35,10 @@ type ColumnSpecMap map[string]*columns.ColumnSpec
 // NOTE that the target is not important for analyzing feature derivation.
 func makeFeatureColumnMap(parsedFeatureColumns map[string][]columns.FeatureColumn) FeatureColumnMap {
 	fcMap := make(FeatureColumnMap)
-	for _, fcList := range parsedFeatureColumns {
+	for target, fcList := range parsedFeatureColumns {
+		fcMap[target] = make(map[string]columns.FeatureColumn)
 		for _, fc := range fcList {
-			fcMap[fc.GetKey()] = fc
+			fcMap[target][fc.GetKey()] = fc
 		}
 	}
 	return fcMap
@@ -245,44 +246,58 @@ func InferFeatureColumns(slct *standardSelect,
 
 	// 1. Infer omited category_id_column for embedding_columns
 	// 2. Add derivated feature column.
-	for slctKey := range selectFieldTypeMap {
-		if fc, ok := fcMap[slctKey]; ok {
-			if fc.GetColumnType() == columns.ColumnTypeEmbedding {
-				if fc.(*columns.EmbeddingColumn).CategoryColumn == nil {
-					cs, ok := csMap[fc.GetKey()]
-					if !ok {
-						return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("column not found or infered: %s", fc.GetKey())
+	//
+	// need to store FeatureColumn under it's target in case of
+	// the same column used for different target, e.g.
+	// COLUMN EMBEDDING(c1) for deep
+	//        EMBEDDING(c2) for deep
+	//        EMBEDDING(c1) for wide
+	for target := range parsedFeatureColumns {
+		for slctKey := range selectFieldTypeMap {
+			fcTargetMap, ok := fcMap[target]
+			if !ok {
+				// create map for current target
+				fcMap[target] = make(map[string]columns.FeatureColumn)
+				fcTargetMap = fcMap[target]
+			}
+			if fc, ok := fcTargetMap[slctKey]; ok {
+				if fc.GetColumnType() == columns.ColumnTypeEmbedding {
+					if fc.(*columns.EmbeddingColumn).CategoryColumn == nil {
+						cs, ok := csMap[fc.GetKey()]
+						if !ok {
+							return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("column not found or infered: %s", fc.GetKey())
+						}
+						// FIXME(typhoonzero): when to use sequence_category_id_column?
+						fc.(*columns.EmbeddingColumn).CategoryColumn = &columns.CategoryIDColumn{
+							Key:        cs.ColumnName,
+							BucketSize: cs.Shape[0],
+							Delimiter:  cs.Delimiter,
+							Dtype:      cs.DType,
+						}
+					}
+				}
+			} else {
+				cs, ok := csMap[slctKey]
+				if !ok {
+					return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("column not found or infered: %s", slctKey)
+				}
+				if cs.DType != "string" {
+					fcMap[target][slctKey] = &columns.NumericColumn{
+						Key:       cs.ColumnName,
+						Shape:     cs.Shape,
+						Dtype:     cs.DType,
+						Delimiter: cs.Delimiter,
 					}
-					// FIXME(typhoonzero): when to use sequence_category_id_column?
-					fc.(*columns.EmbeddingColumn).CategoryColumn = &columns.CategoryIDColumn{
+				} else {
+					// FIXME(typhoonzero): need full test case for string numeric columns
+					fcMap[target][slctKey] = &columns.CategoryIDColumn{
 						Key:        cs.ColumnName,
-						BucketSize: cs.Shape[0],
+						BucketSize: len(cs.Vocabulary),
 						Delimiter:  cs.Delimiter,
 						Dtype:      cs.DType,
 					}
 				}
 			}
-		} else {
-			cs, ok := csMap[slctKey]
-			if !ok {
-				return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("column not found or infered: %s", slctKey)
-			}
-			if cs.DType != "string" {
-				fcMap[slctKey] = &columns.NumericColumn{
-					Key:       cs.ColumnName,
-					Shape:     cs.Shape,
-					Dtype:     cs.DType,
-					Delimiter: cs.Delimiter,
-				}
-			} else {
-				// FIXME(typhoonzero): need full test case for string numeric columns
-				fcMap[slctKey] = &columns.CategoryIDColumn{
-					Key:        cs.ColumnName,
-					BucketSize: len(cs.Vocabulary),
-					Delimiter:  cs.Delimiter,
-					Dtype:      cs.DType,
-				}
-			}
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/sql/featurederivation_test.go b/sql/featurederivation_test.go
index 672b18d964..542eaa6a35 100644
--- a/sql/featurederivation_test.go
+++ b/sql/featurederivation_test.go
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 package sql
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
 	"regexp"
 	"testing"
 
@@ -103,17 +104,18 @@ func TestFeatureDerivation(t *testing.T) {
 	a.Equal("int", cs.DType)
 	a.True(cs.IsSparse)
 
-	fc := res.FeatureColumnInfered["c1"]
+	fmt.Printf("fc inferred: %v\n", res.FeatureColumnInfered)
+	fc := res.FeatureColumnInfered["feature_columns"]["c1"]
 	a.Equal(columns.ColumnTypeNumeric, fc.GetColumnType())
 
-	fc = res.FeatureColumnInfered["c3"]
+	fc = res.FeatureColumnInfered["feature_columns"]["c3"]
 	a.Equal(columns.ColumnTypeEmbedding, fc.GetColumnType())
 	emb, ok := fc.(*columns.EmbeddingColumn)
 	a.True(ok)
 	a.NotNil(emb.CategoryColumn)
 	a.Equal("c3", emb.CategoryColumn.(*columns.CategoryIDColumn).GetKey())
 
-	fc = res.FeatureColumnInfered["c5"]
+	fc = res.FeatureColumnInfered["feature_columns"]["c5"]
 	a.Equal(columns.ColumnTypeEmbedding, fc.GetColumnType())
 	emb, ok = fc.(*columns.EmbeddingColumn)
 	a.Equal(10000, emb.CategoryColumn.(*columns.CategoryIDColumn).BucketSize)