diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/components/data_grid/common.ts b/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/components/data_grid/common.ts
index 7d0559c215114..33fc3516d5f3f 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/components/data_grid/common.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/components/data_grid/common.ts
@@ -102,6 +102,8 @@ export const getDataGridSchemasFromFieldTypes = (fieldTypes: FieldTypes, results
       case 'boolean':
         schema = 'boolean';
         break;
+      case 'text':
+        schema = NON_AGGREGATABLE;
     }
 
     if (
@@ -122,7 +124,10 @@ export const getDataGridSchemasFromFieldTypes = (fieldTypes: FieldTypes, results
   });
 };
 
-export const getDataGridSchemaFromKibanaFieldType = (field: IFieldType | undefined) => {
+export const NON_AGGREGATABLE = 'non-aggregatable';
+export const getDataGridSchemaFromKibanaFieldType = (
+  field: IFieldType | undefined
+): string | undefined => {
   // Built-in values are ['boolean', 'currency', 'datetime', 'numeric', 'json']
   // To fall back to the default string schema it needs to be undefined.
   let schema;
@@ -143,6 +148,10 @@ export const getDataGridSchemaFromKibanaFieldType = (field: IFieldType | undefin
       break;
   }
 
+  if (schema === undefined && field?.aggregatable === false) {
+    return NON_AGGREGATABLE;
+  }
+
   return schema;
 };
 
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/components/data_grid/use_column_chart.ts b/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/components/data_grid/use_column_chart.ts
index 31f0168a948bc..1a1a51edcc45e 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/components/data_grid/use_column_chart.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/components/data_grid/use_column_chart.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ import { euiPaletteColorBlind, EuiDataGridColumn } from '@elastic/eui';
 
 import { KBN_FIELD_TYPES } from '../../../../../../../src/plugins/data/public';
 
+import { NON_AGGREGATABLE } from './common';
+
 export const hoveredRow$ = new BehaviorSubject<any | null>(null);
 
 const BAR_COLOR = euiPaletteColorBlind()[0];
@@ -34,7 +36,11 @@ const getXScaleType = (
   }
 };
 
-const getFieldType = (schema: EuiDataGridColumn['schema']) => {
+const getFieldType = (schema: EuiDataGridColumn['schema']): KBN_FIELD_TYPES | undefined => {
+  if (schema === NON_AGGREGATABLE) {
+    return undefined;
+  }
+
   let fieldType: KBN_FIELD_TYPES;
 
   switch (schema) {
@@ -190,7 +196,7 @@ export const fetchChartData = async (
       data: await fetchChartTermsData(),
       id: columnType.id,
     } as OrdinalChartData;
-  } else if (fieldType === KBN_FIELD_TYPES.OBJECT) {
+  } else if (fieldType === KBN_FIELD_TYPES.OBJECT || fieldType === undefined) {
     return {
       cardinality: 0,
       data: [],
@@ -248,6 +254,10 @@ export const useColumnChart = (chartData: ChartData, columnType: EuiDataGridColu
 
   const hoveredRow = useObservable(hoveredRow$);
 
+  if (fieldType === undefined) {
+    throw new Error('Invalid fieldType');
+  }
+
   const xScaleType = getXScaleType(fieldType);
 
   const getColor = (d: ChartDataItem) => {
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/components/data_grid/use_column_charts.tsx b/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/components/data_grid/use_column_charts.tsx
index 802195f50a3cf..56df1a592f228 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/components/data_grid/use_column_charts.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/components/data_grid/use_column_charts.tsx
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ export function useColumnCharts(
                 )}`}
                 style={{ width: `${columnWidth}px` }}
               >
-                {!d.isExpandable && chartData !== undefined && (
+                {chartData !== undefined && chartData.data.length > 0 && (
                   <ColumnChart chartData={chartData} columnType={d} />
                 )}
               </div>
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/data_frame_analytics/pages/analytics_creation/hooks/use_index_data.ts b/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/data_frame_analytics/pages/analytics_creation/hooks/use_index_data.ts
index e8f25584201e3..3bd48739e89e3 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/data_frame_analytics/pages/analytics_creation/hooks/use_index_data.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/data_frame_analytics/pages/analytics_creation/hooks/use_index_data.ts
@@ -6,12 +6,16 @@
 
 import { useEffect } from 'react';
 
+import { EuiDataGridColumn } from '@elastic/eui';
+
 import { IndexPattern } from '../../../../../../../../../src/plugins/data/public';
 import {
+  fetchChartData,
   getDataGridSchemaFromKibanaFieldType,
   getFieldsFromKibanaIndexPattern,
   useDataGrid,
   useRenderCellValue,
+  ChartData,
   EsSorting,
   SearchResponse7,
   UseIndexDataReturnType,
@@ -26,11 +30,11 @@ export const useIndexData = (indexPattern: IndexPattern, query: any): UseIndexDa
   const indexPatternFields = getFieldsFromKibanaIndexPattern(indexPattern);
 
   // EuiDataGrid State
-  const columns = [
+  const columns: EuiDataGridColumn[] = [
     ...indexPatternFields.map((id) => {
       const field = indexPattern.fields.getByName(id);
       const schema = getDataGridSchemaFromKibanaFieldType(field);
-      return { id, schema };
+      return { id, schema, isExpandable: schema !== 'boolean' };
     }),
   ];
 
@@ -93,6 +97,32 @@ export const useIndexData = (indexPattern: IndexPattern, query: any): UseIndexDa
     // eslint-disable-next-line react-hooks/exhaustive-deps
   }, [indexPattern.title, JSON.stringify([query, pagination, sortingColumns])]);
 
+  const fetchColumnChartsData = async function () {
+    const fetchers = dataGrid.visibleColumns.map((vc) => {
+      const columnType = columns.find((c) => c.id === vc);
+
+      if (columnType === undefined) {
+        return Promise.resolve(undefined);
+      }
+      return fetchChartData(indexPattern.title, ml, query, columnType);
+    });
+
+    const data = (await Promise.all(fetchers)) as ChartData[];
+    dataGrid.setColumnCharts(data.filter((d) => d !== undefined));
+  };
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (dataGrid.chartsVisible) {
+      fetchColumnChartsData();
+    }
+    // custom comparison
+    // eslint-disable-next-line react-hooks/exhaustive-deps
+  }, [
+    dataGrid.chartsVisible,
+    indexPattern.title,
+    JSON.stringify([query, dataGrid.visibleColumns]),
+  ]);
+
   const renderCellValue = useRenderCellValue(indexPattern, pagination, tableItems);
 
   return {
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/data_frame_analytics/pages/analytics_exploration/components/exploration_results_table/use_exploration_results.ts b/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/data_frame_analytics/pages/analytics_exploration/components/exploration_results_table/use_exploration_results.ts
index b8b5a16c84e85..9b7027da60fe8 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/data_frame_analytics/pages/analytics_exploration/components/exploration_results_table/use_exploration_results.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/data_frame_analytics/pages/analytics_exploration/components/exploration_results_table/use_exploration_results.ts
@@ -11,12 +11,15 @@ import { EuiDataGridColumn } from '@elastic/eui';
 import { IndexPattern } from '../../../../../../../../../../src/plugins/data/public';
 
 import {
+  fetchChartData,
   getDataGridSchemasFromFieldTypes,
   useDataGrid,
   useRenderCellValue,
+  ChartData,
   UseIndexDataReturnType,
 } from '../../../../../components/data_grid';
 import { SavedSearchQuery } from '../../../../../contexts/ml';
+import { ml } from '../../../../../services/ml_api_service';
 
 import { getIndexData, getIndexFields, DataFrameAnalyticsConfig } from '../../../../common';
 import {
@@ -66,6 +69,28 @@ export const useExplorationResults = (
     // eslint-disable-next-line react-hooks/exhaustive-deps
   }, [jobConfig && jobConfig.id, dataGrid.pagination, searchQuery, dataGrid.sortingColumns]);
 
+  const fetchColumnChartsData = async function () {
+    const fetchers = dataGrid.visibleColumns.map((vc) => {
+      const columnType = columns.find((c) => c.id === vc);
+
+      if (columnType === undefined || jobConfig === undefined) {
+        return Promise.resolve(undefined);
+      }
+      return fetchChartData(jobConfig.dest.index, ml, { match_all: {} }, columnType);
+    });
+
+    const data = (await Promise.all(fetchers)) as ChartData[];
+    dataGrid.setColumnCharts(data.filter((d) => d !== undefined));
+  };
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (dataGrid.chartsVisible) {
+      fetchColumnChartsData();
+    }
+    // custom comparison
+    // eslint-disable-next-line react-hooks/exhaustive-deps
+  }, [dataGrid.chartsVisible, jobConfig?.dest.index, JSON.stringify([dataGrid.visibleColumns])]);
+
   const renderCellValue = useRenderCellValue(
     indexPattern,
     dataGrid.pagination,
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/data_frame_analytics/pages/analytics_exploration/components/outlier_exploration/use_outlier_data.ts b/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/data_frame_analytics/pages/analytics_exploration/components/outlier_exploration/use_outlier_data.ts
index ebac6ccb2298e..2fa74aa7bf22f 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/data_frame_analytics/pages/analytics_exploration/components/outlier_exploration/use_outlier_data.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/data_frame_analytics/pages/analytics_exploration/components/outlier_exploration/use_outlier_data.ts
@@ -16,12 +16,15 @@ import {
   COLOR_RANGE_SCALE,
 } from '../../../../../components/color_range_legend';
 import {
+  fetchChartData,
   getDataGridSchemasFromFieldTypes,
   useDataGrid,
   useRenderCellValue,
+  ChartData,
   UseIndexDataReturnType,
 } from '../../../../../components/data_grid';
 import { SavedSearchQuery } from '../../../../../contexts/ml';
+import { ml } from '../../../../../services/ml_api_service';
 
 import { getIndexData, getIndexFields, DataFrameAnalyticsConfig } from '../../../../common';
 import { DEFAULT_RESULTS_FIELD, FEATURE_INFLUENCE } from '../../../../common/constants';
@@ -75,6 +78,28 @@ export const useOutlierData = (
     // eslint-disable-next-line react-hooks/exhaustive-deps
   }, [jobConfig && jobConfig.id, dataGrid.pagination, searchQuery, dataGrid.sortingColumns]);
 
+  const fetchColumnChartsData = async function () {
+    const fetchers = dataGrid.visibleColumns.map((vc) => {
+      const columnType = columns.find((c) => c.id === vc);
+
+      if (columnType === undefined || jobConfig === undefined) {
+        return Promise.resolve(undefined);
+      }
+      return fetchChartData(jobConfig.dest.index, ml, { match_all: {} }, columnType);
+    });
+
+    const data = (await Promise.all(fetchers)) as ChartData[];
+    dataGrid.setColumnCharts(data.filter((d) => d !== undefined));
+  };
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (dataGrid.chartsVisible) {
+      fetchColumnChartsData();
+    }
+    // custom comparison
+    // eslint-disable-next-line react-hooks/exhaustive-deps
+  }, [dataGrid.chartsVisible, jobConfig?.dest.index, JSON.stringify([dataGrid.visibleColumns])]);
+
   const colorRange = useColorRange(
     COLOR_RANGE.BLUE,
     COLOR_RANGE_SCALE.INFLUENCER,