diff --git a/packages/kbn-lens-embeddable-utils/attribute_builder/utils.ts b/packages/kbn-lens-embeddable-utils/attribute_builder/utils.ts
index 6418023586084..9c6ea500c97c7 100644
--- a/packages/kbn-lens-embeddable-utils/attribute_builder/utils.ts
+++ b/packages/kbn-lens-embeddable-utils/attribute_builder/utils.ts
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ export type DateHistogramColumnParams = DateHistogramIndexPatternColumn['params'
 
 export type TopValuesColumnParams = Pick<
   TermsIndexPatternColumn['params'],
-  'size' | 'orderDirection' | 'orderBy' | 'secondaryFields' | 'accuracyMode'
+  'size' | 'orderDirection' | 'orderBy' | 'secondaryFields' | 'accuracyMode' | 'orderAgg'
 >;
 
 export const getHistogramColumn = ({
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/observability/public/components/rule_condition_chart/helpers.test.ts b/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/observability/public/components/rule_condition_chart/helpers.test.ts
index 044b57c64da28..a4825c11f85cd 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/observability/public/components/rule_condition_chart/helpers.test.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/observability/public/components/rule_condition_chart/helpers.test.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,11 @@ const useCases = [
       filter: '',
       name: '',
     },
-    'sum(system.cpu.user.pct)',
+    {
+      operation: 'sum',
+      operationWithField: 'sum(system.cpu.user.pct)',
+      sourceField: 'system.cpu.user.pct',
+    },
   ],
   [
     {
@@ -26,7 +30,11 @@ const useCases = [
       filter: '',
       name: '',
     },
-    'max(system.cpu.user.pct)',
+    {
+      operation: 'max',
+      operationWithField: 'max(system.cpu.user.pct)',
+      sourceField: 'system.cpu.user.pct',
+    },
   ],
   [
     {
@@ -35,7 +43,11 @@ const useCases = [
       filter: '',
       name: '',
     },
-    'min(system.cpu.user.pct)',
+    {
+      operation: 'min',
+      operationWithField: 'min(system.cpu.user.pct)',
+      sourceField: 'system.cpu.user.pct',
+    },
   ],
   [
     {
@@ -44,16 +56,24 @@ const useCases = [
       filter: '',
       name: '',
     },
-    'average(system.cpu.user.pct)',
+    {
+      operation: 'average',
+      operationWithField: 'average(system.cpu.user.pct)',
+      sourceField: 'system.cpu.user.pct',
+    },
   ],
   [
     {
       aggType: Aggregators.COUNT,
-      field: 'system.cpu.user.pct',
-      filter: '',
+      field: '',
+      filter: 'system.cpu.user.pct: *',
       name: '',
     },
-    'count(___records___)',
+    {
+      operation: 'count',
+      operationWithField: `count(kql='system.cpu.user.pct: *')`,
+      sourceField: '',
+    },
   ],
   [
     {
@@ -62,7 +82,11 @@ const useCases = [
       filter: '',
       name: '',
     },
-    'unique_count(system.cpu.user.pct)',
+    {
+      operation: 'unique_count',
+      operationWithField: 'unique_count(system.cpu.user.pct)',
+      sourceField: 'system.cpu.user.pct',
+    },
   ],
   [
     {
@@ -71,7 +95,11 @@ const useCases = [
       filter: '',
       name: '',
     },
-    'percentile(system.cpu.user.pct, percentile=95)',
+    {
+      operation: 'percentile',
+      operationWithField: 'percentile(system.cpu.user.pct, percentile=95)',
+      sourceField: 'system.cpu.user.pct',
+    },
   ],
   [
     {
@@ -80,7 +108,11 @@ const useCases = [
       filter: '',
       name: '',
     },
-    'percentile(system.cpu.user.pct, percentile=99)',
+    {
+      operation: 'percentile',
+      operationWithField: 'percentile(system.cpu.user.pct, percentile=99)',
+      sourceField: 'system.cpu.user.pct',
+    },
   ],
   [
     {
@@ -89,7 +121,11 @@ const useCases = [
       filter: '',
       name: '',
     },
-    `counter_rate(max(system.network.in.bytes), kql='')`,
+    {
+      operation: 'counter_rate',
+      operationWithField: `counter_rate(max(system.network.in.bytes), kql='')`,
+      sourceField: 'system.network.in.bytes',
+    },
   ],
   [
     {
@@ -98,7 +134,11 @@ const useCases = [
       filter: 'host.name : "foo"',
       name: '',
     },
-    `counter_rate(max(system.network.in.bytes), kql='host.name : foo')`,
+    {
+      operation: 'counter_rate',
+      operationWithField: `counter_rate(max(system.network.in.bytes), kql='host.name : foo')`,
+      sourceField: 'system.network.in.bytes',
+    },
   ],
 ];
 
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/observability/public/components/rule_condition_chart/helpers.ts b/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/observability/public/components/rule_condition_chart/helpers.ts
index a487f4899ad06..9eb52af738ea9 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/observability/public/components/rule_condition_chart/helpers.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/observability/public/components/rule_condition_chart/helpers.ts
@@ -8,14 +8,24 @@
 import { Aggregators } from '../../../common/custom_threshold_rule/types';
 import { GenericMetric } from './rule_condition_chart';
 
-export const getLensOperationFromRuleMetric = (metric: GenericMetric): string => {
+export interface LensOperation {
+  operation: string;
+  operationWithField: string;
+  sourceField: string;
+}
+
+export const getLensOperationFromRuleMetric = (metric: GenericMetric): LensOperation => {
   const { aggType, field, filter } = metric;
   let operation: string = aggType;
   const operationArgs: string[] = [];
   const aggFilter = JSON.stringify(filter || '').replace(/"|\\/g, '');
 
   if (aggType === Aggregators.RATE) {
-    return `counter_rate(max(${field}), kql='${aggFilter}')`;
+    return {
+      operation: 'counter_rate',
+      operationWithField: `counter_rate(max(${field}), kql='${aggFilter}')`,
+      sourceField: field || '',
+    };
   }
 
   if (aggType === Aggregators.AVERAGE) operation = 'average';
@@ -23,14 +33,10 @@ export const getLensOperationFromRuleMetric = (metric: GenericMetric): string =>
   if (aggType === Aggregators.P95 || aggType === Aggregators.P99) operation = 'percentile';
   if (aggType === Aggregators.COUNT) operation = 'count';
 
-  let sourceField = field;
-
-  if (aggType === Aggregators.COUNT) {
-    sourceField = '___records___';
+  if (field) {
+    operationArgs.push(field);
   }
 
-  operationArgs.push(sourceField || '');
-
   if (aggType === Aggregators.P95) {
     operationArgs.push('percentile=95');
   }
@@ -41,7 +47,11 @@ export const getLensOperationFromRuleMetric = (metric: GenericMetric): string =>
 
   if (aggFilter) operationArgs.push(`kql='${aggFilter}'`);
 
-  return operation + '(' + operationArgs.join(', ') + ')';
+  return {
+    operation,
+    operationWithField: `${operation}(${operationArgs.join(', ')})`,
+    sourceField: field || '',
+  };
 };
 
 export const getBufferThreshold = (threshold?: number): string =>
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/observability/public/components/rule_condition_chart/painless_tinymath_parser.test.ts b/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/observability/public/components/rule_condition_chart/painless_tinymath_parser.test.ts
index a957c58167403..647791cab5b8d 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/observability/public/components/rule_condition_chart/painless_tinymath_parser.test.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/observability/public/components/rule_condition_chart/painless_tinymath_parser.test.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,11 @@ describe('PainlessTinyMathParser', () => {
     const parser = new PainlessTinyMathParser({
       equation,
       aggMap: {
-        A: 'average(system.cpu.system.pct)',
+        A: {
+          operationWithField: 'average(system.cpu.system.pct)',
+          operation: 'average',
+          sourceField: 'system.cpu.system.pct',
+        },
       },
     });
     // ✅ checked with Lens Formula editor
@@ -28,7 +32,11 @@ describe('PainlessTinyMathParser', () => {
     const parser = new PainlessTinyMathParser({
       equation,
       aggMap: {
-        'ABC-abc': 'average(system.cpu.system.pct)',
+        'ABC-abc': {
+          operationWithField: 'average(system.cpu.system.pct)',
+          operation: 'average',
+          sourceField: 'system.cpu.system.pct',
+        },
       },
     });
     expect(parser.parse()).toEqual('100*average(system.cpu.system.pct)');
@@ -38,8 +46,16 @@ describe('PainlessTinyMathParser', () => {
     const parser = new PainlessTinyMathParser({
       equation,
       aggMap: {
-        A: 'average(system.cpu.system.pct)',
-        B: 'average(system.cpu.user.pct)',
+        A: {
+          operationWithField: 'average(system.cpu.system.pct)',
+          operation: 'average',
+          sourceField: 'system.cpu.system.pct',
+        },
+        B: {
+          operationWithField: 'average(system.cpu.user.pct)',
+          operation: 'average',
+          sourceField: 'system.cpu.user.pct',
+        },
       },
     });
     // ✅ checked with Lens Formula editor
@@ -52,9 +68,21 @@ describe('PainlessTinyMathParser', () => {
     const parser = new PainlessTinyMathParser({
       equation,
       aggMap: {
-        A: 'average(system.cpu.system.pct)',
-        B: 'average(system.cpu.user.pct)',
-        C: 'average(system.cpu.cores)',
+        A: {
+          operationWithField: 'average(system.cpu.system.pct)',
+          operation: 'average',
+          sourceField: 'system.cpu.system.pct',
+        },
+        B: {
+          operationWithField: 'average(system.cpu.user.pct)',
+          operation: 'average',
+          sourceField: 'system.cpu.user.pct',
+        },
+        C: {
+          operationWithField: 'average(system.cpu.cores)',
+          operation: 'average',
+          sourceField: 'system.cpu.cores',
+        },
       },
     });
     // ✅ checked with Lens Formula editor
@@ -67,7 +95,11 @@ describe('PainlessTinyMathParser', () => {
     const parser = new PainlessTinyMathParser({
       equation,
       aggMap: {
-        A: 'average(system.cpu.system.pct)',
+        A: {
+          operationWithField: 'average(system.cpu.system.pct)',
+          operation: 'average',
+          sourceField: 'system.cpu.system.pct',
+        },
       },
     });
     // ✅ checked with Lens Formula editor
@@ -79,8 +111,16 @@ describe('PainlessTinyMathParser', () => {
     const parser = new PainlessTinyMathParser({
       equation,
       aggMap: {
-        A: 'average(system.cpu.system.pct)',
-        B: 'average(system.cpu.user.pct)',
+        A: {
+          operationWithField: 'average(system.cpu.system.pct)',
+          operation: 'average',
+          sourceField: 'system.cpu.system.pct',
+        },
+        B: {
+          operationWithField: 'average(system.cpu.user.pct)',
+          operation: 'average',
+          sourceField: 'system.cpu.user.pct',
+        },
       },
     });
     // ✅ checked with Lens Formula editor
@@ -93,8 +133,16 @@ describe('PainlessTinyMathParser', () => {
     const parser = new PainlessTinyMathParser({
       equation,
       aggMap: {
-        A: 'average(system.cpu.system.pct)',
-        B: 'average(system.cpu.user.pct)',
+        A: {
+          operationWithField: 'average(system.cpu.system.pct)',
+          operation: 'average',
+          sourceField: 'system.cpu.system.pct',
+        },
+        B: {
+          operationWithField: 'average(system.cpu.user.pct)',
+          operation: 'average',
+          sourceField: 'system.cpu.user.pct',
+        },
       },
     });
     // ✅ checked with Lens Formula editor
@@ -107,8 +155,16 @@ describe('PainlessTinyMathParser', () => {
     const parser = new PainlessTinyMathParser({
       equation,
       aggMap: {
-        A: 'average(system.cpu.system.pct)',
-        B: 'average(system.cpu.user.pct)',
+        A: {
+          operationWithField: 'average(system.cpu.system.pct)',
+          operation: 'average',
+          sourceField: 'system.cpu.system.pct',
+        },
+        B: {
+          operationWithField: 'average(system.cpu.user.pct)',
+          operation: 'average',
+          sourceField: 'system.cpu.user.pct',
+        },
       },
     });
     // ✅ checked with Lens Formula editor
@@ -121,8 +177,16 @@ describe('PainlessTinyMathParser', () => {
     const parser = new PainlessTinyMathParser({
       equation,
       aggMap: {
-        A: 'average(system.cpu.system.pct)',
-        B: 'average(system.cpu.user.pct)',
+        A: {
+          operationWithField: 'average(system.cpu.system.pct)',
+          operation: 'average',
+          sourceField: 'system.cpu.system.pct',
+        },
+        B: {
+          operationWithField: 'average(system.cpu.user.pct)',
+          operation: 'average',
+          sourceField: 'system.cpu.user.pct',
+        },
       },
     });
     // ✅ checked with Lens Formula editor
@@ -135,8 +199,16 @@ describe('PainlessTinyMathParser', () => {
     const parser = new PainlessTinyMathParser({
       equation,
       aggMap: {
-        A: 'average(system.cpu.system.pct)',
-        B: 'average(system.cpu.user.pct)',
+        A: {
+          operationWithField: 'average(system.cpu.system.pct)',
+          operation: 'average',
+          sourceField: 'system.cpu.system.pct',
+        },
+        B: {
+          operationWithField: 'average(system.cpu.user.pct)',
+          operation: 'average',
+          sourceField: 'system.cpu.user.pct',
+        },
       },
     });
     // ✅ checked with Lens Formula editor
@@ -149,8 +221,16 @@ describe('PainlessTinyMathParser', () => {
     const parser = new PainlessTinyMathParser({
       equation,
       aggMap: {
-        A: 'average(system.cpu.system.pct)',
-        B: 'average(system.cpu.user.pct)',
+        A: {
+          operationWithField: 'average(system.cpu.system.pct)',
+          operation: 'average',
+          sourceField: 'system.cpu.system.pct',
+        },
+        B: {
+          operationWithField: 'average(system.cpu.user.pct)',
+          operation: 'average',
+          sourceField: 'system.cpu.user.pct',
+        },
       },
     });
     // ✅ checked with Lens Formula editor
@@ -163,8 +243,16 @@ describe('PainlessTinyMathParser', () => {
     const parser = new PainlessTinyMathParser({
       equation,
       aggMap: {
-        A: 'average(system.cpu.system.pct)',
-        B: 'average(system.cpu.user.pct)',
+        A: {
+          operationWithField: 'average(system.cpu.system.pct)',
+          operation: 'average',
+          sourceField: 'system.cpu.system.pct',
+        },
+        B: {
+          operationWithField: 'average(system.cpu.user.pct)',
+          operation: 'average',
+          sourceField: 'system.cpu.user.pct',
+        },
       },
     });
     // ✅ checked with Lens Formula editor
@@ -178,8 +266,16 @@ describe('PainlessTinyMathParser', () => {
     const parser = new PainlessTinyMathParser({
       equation,
       aggMap: {
-        aa: 'average(system.cpu.system.pct)',
-        baa: 'average(system.cpu.user.pct)',
+        aa: {
+          operationWithField: 'average(system.cpu.system.pct)',
+          operation: 'average',
+          sourceField: 'system.cpu.system.pct',
+        },
+        baa: {
+          operationWithField: 'average(system.cpu.user.pct)',
+          operation: 'average',
+          sourceField: 'system.cpu.user.pct',
+        },
       },
     });
     expect(parser.parse()).toEqual(
@@ -193,12 +289,36 @@ describe('PainlessTinyMathParser', () => {
     const parser = new PainlessTinyMathParser({
       equation,
       aggMap: {
-        A: 'average(system.cpu.system.pct)',
-        B: 'average(system.cpu.user.pct)',
-        C: 'average(system.cpu.total.pct)',
-        D: 'average(system.cpu.cores)',
-        E: 'count()',
-        F: 'sum(system.cpu.total.pct)',
+        A: {
+          operationWithField: 'average(system.cpu.system.pct)',
+          operation: 'average',
+          sourceField: 'system.cpu.system.pct',
+        },
+        B: {
+          operationWithField: 'average(system.cpu.user.pct)',
+          operation: 'average',
+          sourceField: 'system.cpu.user.pct',
+        },
+        C: {
+          operationWithField: 'average(system.cpu.total.pct)',
+          operation: 'average',
+          sourceField: 'system.cpu.total.pct',
+        },
+        D: {
+          operationWithField: 'average(system.cpu.cores)',
+          operation: 'average',
+          sourceField: 'system.cpu.cores',
+        },
+        E: {
+          operationWithField: 'count()',
+          operation: 'count',
+          sourceField: '',
+        },
+        F: {
+          operationWithField: 'sum(system.cpu.total.pct)',
+          operation: 'sum',
+          sourceField: 'system.cpu.total.pct',
+        },
       },
     });
     // ✅ checked with Lens Formula editor
@@ -213,12 +333,36 @@ describe('PainlessTinyMathParser', () => {
     const parser = new PainlessTinyMathParser({
       equation,
       aggMap: {
-        A: 'average(system.cpu.system.pct)',
-        B: 'average(system.cpu.user.pct)',
-        C: 'average(system.cpu.total.pct)',
-        D: 'average(system.cpu.cores)',
-        E: 'count()',
-        F: 'sum(system.cpu.total.pct)',
+        A: {
+          operationWithField: 'average(system.cpu.system.pct)',
+          operation: 'average',
+          sourceField: 'system.cpu.system.pct',
+        },
+        B: {
+          operationWithField: 'average(system.cpu.user.pct)',
+          operation: 'average',
+          sourceField: 'system.cpu.user.pct',
+        },
+        C: {
+          operationWithField: 'average(system.cpu.total.pct)',
+          operation: 'average',
+          sourceField: 'system.cpu.total.pct',
+        },
+        D: {
+          operationWithField: 'average(system.cpu.cores)',
+          operation: 'average',
+          sourceField: 'system.cpu.cores',
+        },
+        E: {
+          operationWithField: 'count()',
+          operation: 'count',
+          sourceField: '',
+        },
+        F: {
+          operationWithField: 'sum(system.cpu.total.pct)',
+          operation: 'sum',
+          sourceField: 'system.cpu.total.pct',
+        },
       },
     });
     // ✅ checked with Lens Formula editor
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/observability/public/components/rule_condition_chart/painless_tinymath_parser.ts b/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/observability/public/components/rule_condition_chart/painless_tinymath_parser.ts
index 25ec15d3a808b..8c09ba029c579 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/observability/public/components/rule_condition_chart/painless_tinymath_parser.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/observability/public/components/rule_condition_chart/painless_tinymath_parser.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
  * 2.0.
  */
 
+import { LensOperation } from './helpers';
+
 // This is a parser of a subset operations/expression/statement of Painless  A-Z, +, -, /, *, (, ), ?, !, &, :, |, >, <, = to be used in Lens formula editor that uses TinyMath
 // The goal is to parse painless expressions to a format that can be used in Lens formula editor
 // The parser will also replace the characters A-Z with the values from aggMap
@@ -13,7 +15,7 @@
 // This parser is using a simple recursive function to parse the expression and replace the characters with the values from aggMap
 
 export interface AggMap {
-  [key: string]: string;
+  [key: string]: LensOperation;
 }
 interface PainlessTinyMathParserProps {
   equation: string;
@@ -81,7 +83,10 @@ export class PainlessTinyMathParser {
       .sort()
       .reverse()
       .forEach((metricName) => {
-        parsedInputString = parsedInputString.replaceAll(metricName, aggMap[metricName]);
+        parsedInputString = parsedInputString.replaceAll(
+          metricName,
+          aggMap[metricName].operationWithField
+        );
       });
 
     return parsedInputString;
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/observability/public/components/rule_condition_chart/rule_condition_chart.tsx b/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/observability/public/components/rule_condition_chart/rule_condition_chart.tsx
index 4567d7c37b10b..2a9fa2c295274 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/observability/public/components/rule_condition_chart/rule_condition_chart.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/observability/public/components/rule_condition_chart/rule_condition_chart.tsx
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 import React, { useState, useEffect } from 'react';
 import { EuiEmptyPrompt, useEuiTheme } from '@elastic/eui';
 import { Query, Filter } from '@kbn/es-query';
-import { FillStyle, SeriesType } from '@kbn/lens-plugin/public';
+import { FillStyle, SeriesType, TermsIndexPatternColumn } from '@kbn/lens-plugin/public';
 import { DataView } from '@kbn/data-views-plugin/common';
 import { FormattedMessage } from '@kbn/i18n-react';
 import useAsync from 'react-use/lib/useAsync';
@@ -82,6 +82,10 @@ export interface RuleConditionChartProps {
   additionalFilters?: Filter[];
 }
 
+export type TopValuesOrderParams =
+  | Pick<TermsIndexPatternColumn['params'], 'orderDirection' | 'orderBy' | 'orderAgg'>
+  | undefined;
+
 const defaultQuery: Query = {
   language: 'kuery',
   query: '',
@@ -299,10 +303,10 @@ export function RuleConditionChart({
       return;
     }
     const aggMapFromMetrics = metrics.reduce((acc, metric) => {
-      const operationField = getLensOperationFromRuleMetric(metric);
+      const { operation, operationWithField, sourceField } = getLensOperationFromRuleMetric(metric);
       return {
         ...acc,
-        [metric.name]: operationField,
+        [metric.name]: { operation, operationWithField, sourceField },
       };
     }, {} as AggMap);
 
@@ -354,6 +358,26 @@ export function RuleConditionChart({
       seriesType: seriesType ? seriesType : 'bar',
     };
 
+    const firstMetricAggMap = aggMap && metrics.length > 0 ? aggMap[metrics[0].name] : undefined;
+    const convertToMaxOperation = ['counter_rate', 'last_value', 'percentile'];
+
+    const orderParams: TopValuesOrderParams = firstMetricAggMap
+      ? {
+          orderDirection: 'desc',
+          orderBy: { type: 'custom' },
+          orderAgg: {
+            label: firstMetricAggMap.operationWithField,
+            dataType: 'number',
+            operationType: convertToMaxOperation.includes(firstMetricAggMap.operation)
+              ? 'max'
+              : firstMetricAggMap.operation,
+            sourceField: firstMetricAggMap.sourceField,
+            isBucketed: false,
+            scale: 'ratio',
+          },
+        }
+      : undefined;
+
     if (groupBy && groupBy?.length) {
       xYDataLayerOptions.breakdown = {
         type: 'top_values',
@@ -362,6 +386,7 @@ export function RuleConditionChart({
           size: 3,
           secondaryFields: (groupBy as string[]).slice(1),
           accuracyMode: false,
+          ...orderParams,
         },
       };
     }
@@ -425,6 +450,7 @@ export function RuleConditionChart({
     timeUnit,
     seriesType,
     warningThresholdReferenceLine,
+    aggMap,
   ]);
 
   if (