TSVB needs to display better UX message when default index pattern is…

… non-time based (#124341) Co-authored-by: Kibana Machine <[email protected]>
elastic · Feb 8, 2022 · c299aab · c299aab
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diff --git a/src/plugins/vis_types/timeseries/common/errors.ts b/src/plugins/vis_types/timeseries/common/errors.ts
@@ -58,6 +58,16 @@ export class AggNotSupportedError extends UIError {
   }
 }
 
+export class TimeFieldNotSpecifiedError extends UIError {
+  constructor() {
+    super(
+      i18n.translate('visTypeTimeseries.errors.timeFieldNotSpecifiedError', {
+        defaultMessage: 'Time field is required to visualize the data',
+      })
+    );
+  }
+}
+
 export const filterCannotBeAppliedErrorMessage = i18n.translate(
   'visTypeTimeseries.filterCannotBeAppliedError',
   {

diff --git a/src/plugins/vis_types/timeseries/server/lib/vis_data/get_interval_and_timefield.ts b/src/plugins/vis_types/timeseries/server/lib/vis_data/get_interval_and_timefield.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import moment from 'moment';
 import { AUTO_INTERVAL } from '../../../common/constants';
 import { validateField } from '../../../common/fields_utils';
 import { validateInterval } from '../../../common/validate_interval';
+import { TimeFieldNotSpecifiedError } from '../../../common/errors';
 
 import type { FetchedIndexPattern, Panel, Series } from '../../../common/types';
 
@@ -34,7 +35,11 @@ export function getIntervalAndTimefield(
   }
 
   if (panel.use_kibana_indexes) {
-    validateField(timeField!, index);
+    if (timeField) {
+      validateField(timeField, index);
+    } else {
+      throw new TimeFieldNotSpecifiedError();
+    }
   }
 
   let interval = panel.interval;