diff --git a/src/core_plugins/kibana/public/discover/components/field_chooser/lib/detail_views/string.html b/src/core_plugins/kibana/public/discover/components/field_chooser/lib/detail_views/string.html
index a8efff032d541..734588c82f8e0 100644
--- a/src/core_plugins/kibana/public/discover/components/field_chooser/lib/detail_views/string.html
+++ b/src/core_plugins/kibana/public/discover/components/field_chooser/lib/detail_views/string.html
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ <h5 ng-show="!field.details.error">Quick Count <kbn-info info="Top 5 values base
 
       <a
         ng-href="{{vizLocation(field)}}"
-        ng-show="field.aggregatable"
+        ng-show="field.visualizable"
         class="sidebar-item-button primary">
           Visualize
           <span class="discover-field-vis-warning" ng-show="warnings.length" tooltip="{{warnings.join(' ')}}">
diff --git a/src/ui/public/index_patterns/_field.js b/src/ui/public/index_patterns/_field.js
index 54cb8f86364b0..621e4c0fda8b7 100644
--- a/src/ui/public/index_patterns/_field.js
+++ b/src/ui/public/index_patterns/_field.js
@@ -42,6 +42,9 @@ export default function FieldObjectProvider(Private, shortDotsFilter, $rootScope
     let scripted = !!spec.scripted;
     let sortable = spec.name === '_score' || ((indexed || scripted) && type.sortable);
     let filterable = spec.name === '_id' || scripted || (indexed && type.filterable);
+    let searchable = !!spec.searchable || scripted;
+    let aggregatable = !!spec.aggregatable || scripted;
+    let visualizable = aggregatable;
 
     obj.fact('name');
     obj.fact('type');
@@ -58,13 +61,14 @@ export default function FieldObjectProvider(Private, shortDotsFilter, $rootScope
     obj.fact('doc_values', !!spec.doc_values);
 
     // stats
-    obj.fact('searchable', !!spec.searchable || scripted);
-    obj.fact('aggregatable', !!spec.aggregatable || scripted);
+    obj.fact('searchable', searchable);
+    obj.fact('aggregatable', aggregatable);
 
     // usage flags, read-only and won't be saved
     obj.comp('format', format);
     obj.comp('sortable', sortable);
     obj.comp('filterable', filterable);
+    obj.comp('visualizable', visualizable);
 
     // computed values
     obj.comp('indexPattern', indexPattern);