Is there a way to select columns without Sql:: and database views?

[mrsoto]

Hello,
Each time I need to reduce overhead related to too many unneeded columns I've to create a database view and fetch from this view. The question is: is there a way to set output columns?

I tried this ( from issue #24):

    $mapper->bill_notice_list = c\Filtered::by('description', 'next_notification_date')->bill_notice();
    $billNotices = $mapper->bill_notice_list(
        array('usercustomer_id' => $usercustomerId)
    )->fetchAll();

but no data retrieved.