diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/enterprise_search/server/collectors/app_search/telemetry.ts b/x-pack/plugins/enterprise_search/server/collectors/app_search/telemetry.ts
index 2a396ead2f718..f9376f65f79a7 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/enterprise_search/server/collectors/app_search/telemetry.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/enterprise_search/server/collectors/app_search/telemetry.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,23 @@ import {
 } from 'src/core/server';
 import { UsageCollectionSetup } from 'src/plugins/usage_collection/server';
 
-import { AS_TELEMETRY_NAME, ITelemetrySavedObject } from '../../saved_objects/app_search/telemetry';
+interface ITelemetry {
+  ui_viewed: {
+    setup_guide: number;
+    engines_overview: number;
+  };
+  ui_error: {
+    cannot_connect: number;
+    no_as_account: number;
+  };
+  ui_clicked: {
+    create_first_engine_button: number;
+    header_launch_button: number;
+    engine_table_link: number;
+  };
+}
+
+export const AS_TELEMETRY_NAME = 'app_search_telemetry';
 
 /**
  * Register the telemetry collector
@@ -22,10 +38,25 @@ export const registerTelemetryUsageCollector = (
   usageCollection: UsageCollectionSetup,
   savedObjects: SavedObjectsServiceStart
 ) => {
-  const telemetryUsageCollector = usageCollection.makeUsageCollector({
+  const telemetryUsageCollector = usageCollection.makeUsageCollector<ITelemetry>({
     type: 'app_search',
     fetch: async () => fetchTelemetryMetrics(savedObjects),
     isReady: () => true,
+    schema: {
+      ui_viewed: {
+        setup_guide: { type: 'long' },
+        engines_overview: { type: 'long' },
+      },
+      ui_error: {
+        cannot_connect: { type: 'long' },
+        no_as_account: { type: 'long' },
+      },
+      ui_clicked: {
+        create_first_engine_button: { type: 'long' },
+        header_launch_button: { type: 'long' },
+        engine_table_link: { type: 'long' },
+      },
+    },
   });
   usageCollection.registerCollector(telemetryUsageCollector);
 };
@@ -40,7 +71,7 @@ const fetchTelemetryMetrics = async (savedObjects: SavedObjectsServiceStart) =>
     savedObjectsRepository
   )) as SavedObjectAttributes;
 
-  const defaultTelemetrySavedObject: ITelemetrySavedObject = {
+  const defaultTelemetrySavedObject: ITelemetry = {
     ui_viewed: {
       setup_guide: 0,
       engines_overview: 0,
@@ -68,7 +99,7 @@ const fetchTelemetryMetrics = async (savedObjects: SavedObjectsServiceStart) =>
     set(telemetryObj, key, savedObjectAttributes[key]);
   });
 
-  return telemetryObj as ITelemetrySavedObject;
+  return telemetryObj as ITelemetry;
 };
 
 /**
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/enterprise_search/server/saved_objects/app_search/telemetry.ts b/x-pack/plugins/enterprise_search/server/saved_objects/app_search/telemetry.ts
index 02bfe450ce7eb..e581b4a69790f 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/enterprise_search/server/saved_objects/app_search/telemetry.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/enterprise_search/server/saved_objects/app_search/telemetry.ts
@@ -3,73 +3,17 @@
  * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License;
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License.
  */
+/* istanbul ignore file */
 
 import { SavedObjectsType } from 'src/core/server';
-
-export const AS_TELEMETRY_NAME = 'app_search_telemetry';
-
-export interface ITelemetrySavedObject {
-  ui_viewed: {
-    setup_guide: number;
-    engines_overview: number;
-  };
-  ui_error: {
-    cannot_connect: number;
-    no_as_account: number;
-  };
-  ui_clicked: {
-    create_first_engine_button: number;
-    header_launch_button: number;
-    engine_table_link: number;
-  };
-}
+import { AS_TELEMETRY_NAME } from '../../collectors/app_search/telemetry';
 
 export const appSearchTelemetryType: SavedObjectsType = {
   name: AS_TELEMETRY_NAME,
   hidden: false,
   namespaceType: 'single',
   mappings: {
-    properties: {
-      ui_viewed: {
-        properties: {
-          setup_guide: {
-            type: 'long',
-            null_value: 0,
-          },
-          engines_overview: {
-            type: 'long',
-            null_value: 0,
-          },
-        },
-      },
-      ui_error: {
-        properties: {
-          cannot_connect: {
-            type: 'long',
-            null_value: 0,
-          },
-          no_as_account: {
-            type: 'long',
-            null_value: 0,
-          },
-        },
-      },
-      ui_clicked: {
-        properties: {
-          create_first_engine_button: {
-            type: 'long',
-            null_value: 0,
-          },
-          header_launch_button: {
-            type: 'long',
-            null_value: 0,
-          },
-          engine_table_link: {
-            type: 'long',
-            null_value: 0,
-          },
-        },
-      },
-    },
+    dynamic: false,
+    properties: {},
   },
 };
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/telemetry_collection_xpack/schema/xpack_plugins.json b/x-pack/plugins/telemetry_collection_xpack/schema/xpack_plugins.json
index 13d7c62316040..7b5bd3fd578d5 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/telemetry_collection_xpack/schema/xpack_plugins.json
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/telemetry_collection_xpack/schema/xpack_plugins.json
@@ -7,6 +7,43 @@
         }
       }
     },
+    "app_search": {
+      "properties": {
+        "ui_viewed": {
+          "properties": {
+            "setup_guide": {
+              "type": "long"
+            },
+            "engines_overview": {
+              "type": "long"
+            }
+          }
+        },
+        "ui_error": {
+          "properties": {
+            "cannot_connect": {
+              "type": "long"
+            },
+            "no_as_account": {
+              "type": "long"
+            }
+          }
+        },
+        "ui_clicked": {
+          "properties": {
+            "create_first_engine_button": {
+              "type": "long"
+            },
+            "header_launch_button": {
+              "type": "long"
+            },
+            "engine_table_link": {
+              "type": "long"
+            }
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    },
     "fileUploadTelemetry": {
       "properties": {
         "filesUploadedTotalCount": {