diff --git a/src/plugins/visualizations/public/convert_to_lens/datasource.ts b/src/plugins/visualizations/public/convert_to_lens/datasource.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..502632651170
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/plugins/visualizations/public/convert_to_lens/datasource.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License
+ * 2.0 and the Server Side Public License, v 1; you may not use this file except
+ * in compliance with, at your election, the Elastic License 2.0 or the Server
+ * Side Public License, v 1.
+ */
+
+import { DataViewsPublicPluginStart } from '@kbn/data-views-plugin/public';
+
+export const getDataViewByIndexPatternId = async (
+  indexPatternId: string | undefined,
+  dataViews: DataViewsPublicPluginStart
+) => {
+  try {
+    return indexPatternId ? await dataViews.get(indexPatternId) : await dataViews.getDefault();
+  } catch (err) {
+    return null;
+  }
+};
diff --git a/src/plugins/visualizations/public/convert_to_lens/utils.ts b/src/plugins/visualizations/public/convert_to_lens/utils.ts
index 66bc71d3d42b..a5337568b556 100644
--- a/src/plugins/visualizations/public/convert_to_lens/utils.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/visualizations/public/convert_to_lens/utils.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 
 import type { DataView } from '@kbn/data-views-plugin/common';
 import { METRIC_TYPES } from '@kbn/data-plugin/public';
-import { DataViewsPublicPluginStart } from '@kbn/data-views-plugin/public';
 import { AggBasedColumn, SchemaConfig, SupportedAggregation } from '../../common';
 import { convertBucketToColumns } from '../../common/convert_to_lens/lib/buckets';
 import { isSiblingPipeline } from '../../common/convert_to_lens/lib/utils';
@@ -122,14 +121,3 @@ export const sortColumns = (
 };
 
 export const getColumnIds = (columns: AggBasedColumn[]) => columns.map(({ columnId }) => columnId);
-
-export const getDataViewByIndexPatternId = async (
-  indexPatternId: string | undefined,
-  dataViews: DataViewsPublicPluginStart
-) => {
-  try {
-    return indexPatternId ? await dataViews.get(indexPatternId) : await dataViews.getDefault();
-  } catch (err) {
-    return null;
-  }
-};
diff --git a/src/plugins/visualizations/public/index.ts b/src/plugins/visualizations/public/index.ts
index c704342f14ea..693bbd26a2e2 100644
--- a/src/plugins/visualizations/public/index.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/visualizations/public/index.ts
@@ -74,4 +74,4 @@ export {
 } from './triggers';
 
 export const convertToLensModule = import('./convert_to_lens');
-export { getDataViewByIndexPatternId } from './convert_to_lens/utils';
+export { getDataViewByIndexPatternId } from './convert_to_lens/datasource';