diff --git a/src/plugins/vis_type_metric/public/__snapshots__/metric_vis_fn.test.ts.snap b/src/plugins/vis_type_metric/public/__snapshots__/metric_vis_fn.test.ts.snap
index a212cec2d8827..a3be4d10d9bfd 100644
--- a/src/plugins/vis_type_metric/public/__snapshots__/metric_vis_fn.test.ts.snap
+++ b/src/plugins/vis_type_metric/public/__snapshots__/metric_vis_fn.test.ts.snap
@@ -1,5 +1,25 @@
 // Jest Snapshot v1, https://goo.gl/fbAQLP
 
+exports[`interpreter/functions#metric logs correct datatable to inspector 1`] = `
+Object {
+  "columns": Array [
+    Object {
+      "id": "col-0-1",
+      "meta": Object {
+        "dimensionName": undefined,
+      },
+      "name": "Count",
+    },
+  ],
+  "rows": Array [
+    Object {
+      "col-0-1": 0,
+    },
+  ],
+  "type": "datatable",
+}
+`;
+
 exports[`interpreter/functions#metric returns an object with the correct structure 1`] = `
 Object {
   "as": "metric_vis",
diff --git a/src/plugins/vis_type_metric/public/metric_vis_fn.test.ts b/src/plugins/vis_type_metric/public/metric_vis_fn.test.ts
index 35d8a2d5fd837..432b1f2fe02b7 100644
--- a/src/plugins/vis_type_metric/public/metric_vis_fn.test.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/vis_type_metric/public/metric_vis_fn.test.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 
 import { createMetricVisFn } from './metric_vis_fn';
 import { functionWrapper } from '../../expressions/common/expression_functions/specs/tests/utils';
+import { Datatable } from '../../expressions/common/expression_types/specs';
 
 describe('interpreter/functions#metric', () => {
   const fn = functionWrapper(createMetricVisFn());
@@ -56,4 +57,20 @@ describe('interpreter/functions#metric', () => {
 
     expect(actual).toMatchSnapshot();
   });
+
+  it('logs correct datatable to inspector', async () => {
+    let loggedTable: Datatable;
+    const handlers = {
+      inspectorAdapters: {
+        tables: {
+          logDatatable: (name: string, datatable: Datatable) => {
+            loggedTable = datatable;
+          },
+        },
+      },
+    };
+    await fn(context, args, handlers as any);
+
+    expect(loggedTable!).toMatchSnapshot();
+  });
 });
diff --git a/src/plugins/vis_type_metric/public/metric_vis_fn.ts b/src/plugins/vis_type_metric/public/metric_vis_fn.ts
index 9904bee22be65..ab62c3e941e28 100644
--- a/src/plugins/vis_type_metric/public/metric_vis_fn.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/vis_type_metric/public/metric_vis_fn.ts
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import {
   Style,
 } from '../../expressions/public';
 import { visType, DimensionsVisParam, VisParams } from './types';
+import { prepareLogTable, Dimension } from '../../visualizations/public';
 import { ColorSchemas, vislibColorMaps, ColorMode } from '../../charts/public';
 
 export type Input = Datatable;
@@ -164,7 +165,24 @@ export const createMetricVisFn = (): MetricVisExpressionFunctionDefinition => ({
     const fontSize = Number.parseInt(args.font.spec.fontSize || '', 10);
 
     if (handlers?.inspectorAdapters?.tables) {
-      handlers.inspectorAdapters.tables.logDatatable('default', input);
+      const argsTable: Dimension[] = [
+        [
+          args.metric,
+          i18n.translate('visTypeMetric.function.dimension.metric', {
+            defaultMessage: 'Metric',
+          }),
+        ],
+      ];
+      if (args.bucket) {
+        argsTable.push([
+          [args.bucket],
+          i18n.translate('visTypeMetric.function.adimension.splitGroup', {
+            defaultMessage: 'Split group',
+          }),
+        ]);
+      }
+      const logTable = prepareLogTable(input, argsTable);
+      handlers.inspectorAdapters.tables.logDatatable('default', logTable);
     }
     return {
       type: 'render',
diff --git a/src/plugins/vis_type_table/public/__snapshots__/table_vis_fn.test.ts.snap b/src/plugins/vis_type_table/public/__snapshots__/table_vis_fn.test.ts.snap
index f3d1b134bf19a..be7e2822f128d 100644
--- a/src/plugins/vis_type_table/public/__snapshots__/table_vis_fn.test.ts.snap
+++ b/src/plugins/vis_type_table/public/__snapshots__/table_vis_fn.test.ts.snap
@@ -1,5 +1,25 @@
 // Jest Snapshot v1, https://goo.gl/fbAQLP
 
+exports[`interpreter/functions#table logs correct datatable to inspector 1`] = `
+Object {
+  "columns": Array [
+    Object {
+      "id": "col-0-1",
+      "meta": Object {
+        "dimensionName": "Metrics",
+      },
+      "name": "Count",
+    },
+  ],
+  "rows": Array [
+    Object {
+      "col-0-1": 0,
+    },
+  ],
+  "type": "datatable",
+}
+`;
+
 exports[`interpreter/functions#table returns an object with the correct structure 1`] = `
 Object {
   "as": "table_vis",
diff --git a/src/plugins/vis_type_table/public/table_vis_fn.test.ts b/src/plugins/vis_type_table/public/table_vis_fn.test.ts
index 5b7be5dea7c85..c6eb8601824ec 100644
--- a/src/plugins/vis_type_table/public/table_vis_fn.test.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/vis_type_table/public/table_vis_fn.test.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import { createTableVisFn } from './table_vis_fn';
 import { tableVisResponseHandler } from './utils';
 
 import { functionWrapper } from '../../expressions/common/expression_functions/specs/tests/utils';
+import { Datatable } from '../../expressions/common/expression_types/specs';
 
 jest.mock('./utils', () => ({
   tableVisResponseHandler: jest.fn().mockReturnValue({
@@ -67,4 +68,20 @@ describe('interpreter/functions#table', () => {
     expect(tableVisResponseHandler).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
     expect(tableVisResponseHandler).toHaveBeenCalledWith(context, visConfig);
   });
+
+  it('logs correct datatable to inspector', async () => {
+    let loggedTable: Datatable;
+    const handlers = {
+      inspectorAdapters: {
+        tables: {
+          logDatatable: (name: string, datatable: Datatable) => {
+            loggedTable = datatable;
+          },
+        },
+      },
+    };
+    await fn(context, visConfig, handlers as any);
+
+    expect(loggedTable!).toMatchSnapshot();
+  });
 });
diff --git a/src/plugins/vis_type_table/public/table_vis_fn.ts b/src/plugins/vis_type_table/public/table_vis_fn.ts
index abc8a0d9cd90c..9473a9a2663ab 100644
--- a/src/plugins/vis_type_table/public/table_vis_fn.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/vis_type_table/public/table_vis_fn.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 
 import { i18n } from '@kbn/i18n';
 import { ExpressionFunctionDefinition, Datatable, Render } from '../../expressions/public';
+import { prepareLogTable, Dimension } from '../../visualizations/public';
 import { TableVisData, TableVisConfig } from './types';
 import { VIS_TYPE_TABLE } from '../common';
 import { tableVisResponseHandler } from './utils';
@@ -122,7 +123,38 @@ export const createTableVisFn = (): TableExpressionFunctionDefinition => ({
     const convertedData = tableVisResponseHandler(input, args);
 
     if (handlers?.inspectorAdapters?.tables) {
-      handlers.inspectorAdapters.tables.logDatatable('default', input);
+      const argsTable: Dimension[] = [
+        [
+          args.metrics,
+          i18n.translate('visTypeTable.function.dimension.metrics', {
+            defaultMessage: 'Metrics',
+          }),
+        ],
+        [
+          args.buckets,
+          i18n.translate('visTypeTable.function.adimension.buckets', {
+            defaultMessage: 'Buckets',
+          }),
+        ],
+      ];
+      if (args.splitColumn) {
+        argsTable.push([
+          [args.splitColumn],
+          i18n.translate('visTypeTable.function.dimension.splitColumn', {
+            defaultMessage: 'Split by column',
+          }),
+        ]);
+      }
+      if (args.splitRow) {
+        argsTable.push([
+          [args.splitRow],
+          i18n.translate('visTypeTable.function.dimension.splitRow', {
+            defaultMessage: 'Split by row',
+          }),
+        ]);
+      }
+      const logTable = prepareLogTable(input, argsTable);
+      handlers.inspectorAdapters.tables.logDatatable('default', logTable);
     }
     return {
       type: 'render',
diff --git a/src/plugins/vis_type_tagcloud/public/__snapshots__/tag_cloud_fn.test.ts.snap b/src/plugins/vis_type_tagcloud/public/__snapshots__/tag_cloud_fn.test.ts.snap
index cbfece0b081c6..2888d7637546c 100644
--- a/src/plugins/vis_type_tagcloud/public/__snapshots__/tag_cloud_fn.test.ts.snap
+++ b/src/plugins/vis_type_tagcloud/public/__snapshots__/tag_cloud_fn.test.ts.snap
@@ -1,5 +1,25 @@
 // Jest Snapshot v1, https://goo.gl/fbAQLP
 
+exports[`interpreter/functions#tagcloud logs correct datatable to inspector 1`] = `
+Object {
+  "columns": Array [
+    Object {
+      "id": "col-0-1",
+      "meta": Object {
+        "dimensionName": "Tag size",
+      },
+      "name": "Count",
+    },
+  ],
+  "rows": Array [
+    Object {
+      "col-0-1": 0,
+    },
+  ],
+  "type": "datatable",
+}
+`;
+
 exports[`interpreter/functions#tagcloud returns an object with the correct structure 1`] = `
 Object {
   "as": "tagloud_vis",
diff --git a/src/plugins/vis_type_tagcloud/public/tag_cloud_fn.test.ts b/src/plugins/vis_type_tagcloud/public/tag_cloud_fn.test.ts
index 5dcdffffde01d..1671c0b01a666 100644
--- a/src/plugins/vis_type_tagcloud/public/tag_cloud_fn.test.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/vis_type_tagcloud/public/tag_cloud_fn.test.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 import { createTagCloudFn } from './tag_cloud_fn';
 
 import { functionWrapper } from '../../expressions/common/expression_functions/specs/tests/utils';
+import { Datatable } from '../../expressions/common/expression_types/specs';
 
 describe('interpreter/functions#tagcloud', () => {
   const fn = functionWrapper(createTagCloudFn());
@@ -31,4 +32,20 @@ describe('interpreter/functions#tagcloud', () => {
     const actual = fn(context, visConfig, undefined);
     expect(actual).toMatchSnapshot();
   });
+
+  it('logs correct datatable to inspector', async () => {
+    let loggedTable: Datatable;
+    const handlers = {
+      inspectorAdapters: {
+        tables: {
+          logDatatable: (name: string, datatable: Datatable) => {
+            loggedTable = datatable;
+          },
+        },
+      },
+    };
+    await fn(context, visConfig, handlers as any);
+
+    expect(loggedTable!).toMatchSnapshot();
+  });
 });
diff --git a/src/plugins/vis_type_tagcloud/public/tag_cloud_fn.ts b/src/plugins/vis_type_tagcloud/public/tag_cloud_fn.ts
index 17855db9150b5..bfaf557c6baff 100644
--- a/src/plugins/vis_type_tagcloud/public/tag_cloud_fn.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/vis_type_tagcloud/public/tag_cloud_fn.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 import { i18n } from '@kbn/i18n';
 
 import { ExpressionFunctionDefinition, Datatable, Render } from '../../expressions/public';
+import { prepareLogTable, Dimension } from '../../visualizations/public';
 import { TagCloudVisParams, TagCloudVisConfig } from './types';
 
 const name = 'tagcloud';
@@ -109,7 +110,24 @@ export const createTagCloudFn = (): TagcloudExpressionFunctionDefinition => ({
     } as TagCloudVisParams;
 
     if (handlers?.inspectorAdapters?.tables) {
-      handlers.inspectorAdapters.tables.logDatatable('default', input);
+      const argsTable: Dimension[] = [
+        [
+          [args.metric],
+          i18n.translate('visTypeTagCloud.function.dimension.tagSize', {
+            defaultMessage: 'Tag size',
+          }),
+        ],
+      ];
+      if (args.bucket) {
+        argsTable.push([
+          [args.bucket],
+          i18n.translate('visTypeTagCloud.function.adimension.tags', {
+            defaultMessage: 'Tags',
+          }),
+        ]);
+      }
+      const logTable = prepareLogTable(input, argsTable);
+      handlers.inspectorAdapters.tables.logDatatable('default', logTable);
     }
     return {
       type: 'render',
diff --git a/src/plugins/vis_type_vislib/public/to_ast.ts b/src/plugins/vis_type_vislib/public/to_ast.ts
index 5894b4be964e0..1e33c589ff1fc 100644
--- a/src/plugins/vis_type_vislib/public/to_ast.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/vis_type_vislib/public/to_ast.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,9 @@ import {
   VisParams,
 } from '../../visualizations/public';
 import { buildExpression, buildExpressionFunction } from '../../expressions/public';
-import type { Dimensions, DateHistogramParams, HistogramParams } from '../../vis_type_xy/public';
+import type { Dimensions } from '../../vis_type_xy/public';
+import type { DateHistogramParams, HistogramParams } from '../../visualizations/public';
+
 import { BUCKET_TYPES } from '../../data/public';
 
 import { vislibVisName, VisTypeVislibExpressionFunctionDefinition } from './vis_type_vislib_vis_fn';
diff --git a/src/plugins/vis_type_vislib/public/vislib/helpers/point_series/_init_x_axis.test.ts b/src/plugins/vis_type_vislib/public/vislib/helpers/point_series/_init_x_axis.test.ts
index 3c489539d6b2e..cb0ebe563f54b 100644
--- a/src/plugins/vis_type_vislib/public/vislib/helpers/point_series/_init_x_axis.test.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/vis_type_vislib/public/vislib/helpers/point_series/_init_x_axis.test.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 import moment from 'moment';
 
-import type { DateHistogramParams, HistogramParams } from '../../../../../vis_type_xy/public';
+import type { DateHistogramParams, HistogramParams } from '../../../../../visualizations/public';
 
 import { initXAxis } from './_init_x_axis';
 import { makeFakeXAspect } from './_fake_x_aspect';
diff --git a/src/plugins/vis_type_vislib/public/vislib/helpers/point_series/_ordered_date_axis.test.ts b/src/plugins/vis_type_vislib/public/vislib/helpers/point_series/_ordered_date_axis.test.ts
index ebfcacc83de5c..4dfa5035275fb 100644
--- a/src/plugins/vis_type_vislib/public/vislib/helpers/point_series/_ordered_date_axis.test.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/vis_type_vislib/public/vislib/helpers/point_series/_ordered_date_axis.test.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 import moment from 'moment';
 import _ from 'lodash';
 
-import type { DateHistogramParams } from '../../../../../vis_type_xy/public/types';
+import type { DateHistogramParams } from '../../../../../visualizations/public';
 
 import { orderedDateAxis } from './_ordered_date_axis';
 import { OrderedChart } from './point_series';
diff --git a/src/plugins/vis_type_vislib/public/vislib/helpers/point_series/point_series.ts b/src/plugins/vis_type_vislib/public/vislib/helpers/point_series/point_series.ts
index db2b738681cd1..62be39ffb8a73 100644
--- a/src/plugins/vis_type_vislib/public/vislib/helpers/point_series/point_series.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/vis_type_vislib/public/vislib/helpers/point_series/point_series.ts
@@ -8,12 +8,8 @@
 
 import { Duration } from 'moment';
 
-import type {
-  Dimension,
-  Dimensions,
-  DateHistogramParams,
-  HistogramParams,
-} from '../../../../../vis_type_xy/public';
+import type { Dimension, Dimensions } from '../../../../../vis_type_xy/public';
+import type { DateHistogramParams, HistogramParams } from '../../../../../visualizations/public';
 
 import { getSeries } from './_get_series';
 import { getAspects } from './_get_aspects';
diff --git a/src/plugins/vis_type_xy/public/config/get_config.ts b/src/plugins/vis_type_xy/public/config/get_config.ts
index ce01572060a40..0c687aa918056 100644
--- a/src/plugins/vis_type_xy/public/config/get_config.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/vis_type_xy/public/config/get_config.ts
@@ -10,11 +10,11 @@ import { ScaleContinuousType } from '@elastic/charts';
 
 import { Datatable } from '../../../expressions/public';
 import { BUCKET_TYPES } from '../../../data/public';
+import { DateHistogramParams } from '../../../visualizations/public';
 
 import {
   Aspect,
   AxisConfig,
-  DateHistogramParams,
   SeriesParam,
   VisConfig,
   VisParams,
diff --git a/src/plugins/vis_type_xy/public/expression_functions/index.ts b/src/plugins/vis_type_xy/public/expression_functions/index.ts
index 4e7db57ee65d7..32c50e3adff1e 100644
--- a/src/plugins/vis_type_xy/public/expression_functions/index.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/vis_type_xy/public/expression_functions/index.ts
@@ -15,4 +15,3 @@ export { seriesParam, ExpressionValueSeriesParam } from './series_param';
 export { thresholdLine, ExpressionValueThresholdLine } from './threshold_line';
 export { label, ExpressionValueLabel } from './label';
 export { visScale, ExpressionValueScale } from './vis_scale';
-export { xyDimension, ExpressionValueXYDimension } from './xy_dimension';
diff --git a/src/plugins/vis_type_xy/public/expression_functions/xy_vis_fn.ts b/src/plugins/vis_type_xy/public/expression_functions/xy_vis_fn.ts
index 29403a12fdce6..35f3b2d7c627d 100644
--- a/src/plugins/vis_type_xy/public/expression_functions/xy_vis_fn.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/vis_type_xy/public/expression_functions/xy_vis_fn.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@
 
 import { i18n } from '@kbn/i18n';
 
-import type { ExpressionFunctionDefinition, Datatable, Render } from '../../../expressions/public';
+import type { ExpressionFunctionDefinition, Datatable, Render } from '../../../expressions/common';
+import { prepareLogTable, Dimension } from '../../../visualizations/public';
 import type { ChartType } from '../../common';
 import type { VisParams, XYVisConfig } from '../types';
 
@@ -262,7 +263,44 @@ export const visTypeXyVisFn = (): VisTypeXyExpressionFunctionDefinition => ({
     } as VisParams;
 
     if (handlers?.inspectorAdapters?.tables) {
-      handlers.inspectorAdapters.tables.logDatatable('default', context);
+      const argsTable: Dimension[] = [
+        [
+          args.yDimension,
+          i18n.translate('visTypeXy.function.dimension.metric', {
+            defaultMessage: 'Metric',
+          }),
+        ],
+        [
+          args.zDimension,
+          i18n.translate('visTypeXy.function.adimension.dotSize', {
+            defaultMessage: 'Dot size',
+          }),
+        ],
+        [
+          args.splitColumnDimension,
+          i18n.translate('visTypeXy.function.dimension.splitcolumn', {
+            defaultMessage: 'Column split',
+          }),
+        ],
+        [
+          args.splitRowDimension,
+          i18n.translate('visTypeXy.function.dimension.splitrow', {
+            defaultMessage: 'Row split',
+          }),
+        ],
+      ];
+
+      if (args.xDimension) {
+        argsTable.push([
+          [args.xDimension],
+          i18n.translate('visTypeXy.function.adimension.bucket', {
+            defaultMessage: 'Bucket',
+          }),
+        ]);
+      }
+
+      const logTable = prepareLogTable(context, argsTable);
+      handlers.inspectorAdapters.tables.logDatatable('default', logTable);
     }
 
     return {
diff --git a/src/plugins/vis_type_xy/public/index.ts b/src/plugins/vis_type_xy/public/index.ts
index 8691ad606da95..55fa84c72603e 100644
--- a/src/plugins/vis_type_xy/public/index.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/vis_type_xy/public/index.ts
@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@ export {
   Dimensions,
   ScaleType,
   AxisType,
-  HistogramParams,
-  DateHistogramParams,
 } from './types';
 export type { ValidationVisOptionsProps } from './editor/components/common/validation_wrapper';
 export { TruncateLabelsOption } from './editor/components/common/truncate_labels';
diff --git a/src/plugins/vis_type_xy/public/plugin.ts b/src/plugins/vis_type_xy/public/plugin.ts
index b595d3172f143..9e1e7354c8a69 100644
--- a/src/plugins/vis_type_xy/public/plugin.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/vis_type_xy/public/plugin.ts
@@ -77,7 +77,6 @@ export class VisTypeXyPlugin
       expressions.registerFunction(expressionFunctions.thresholdLine);
       expressions.registerFunction(expressionFunctions.label);
       expressions.registerFunction(expressionFunctions.visScale);
-      expressions.registerFunction(expressionFunctions.xyDimension);
 
       visTypesDefinitions.forEach(visualizations.createBaseVisualization);
     }
diff --git a/src/plugins/vis_type_xy/public/to_ast.ts b/src/plugins/vis_type_xy/public/to_ast.ts
index f473cd77c2d2b..9fec3f99ab39b 100644
--- a/src/plugins/vis_type_xy/public/to_ast.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/vis_type_xy/public/to_ast.ts
@@ -8,16 +8,19 @@
 
 import moment from 'moment';
 
-import { VisToExpressionAst, getVisSchemas } from '../../visualizations/public';
+import {
+  VisToExpressionAst,
+  getVisSchemas,
+  DateHistogramParams,
+  HistogramParams,
+} from '../../visualizations/public';
 import { buildExpression, buildExpressionFunction } from '../../expressions/public';
 import { BUCKET_TYPES } from '../../data/public';
 import { Labels } from '../../charts/public';
 
 import {
-  DateHistogramParams,
   Dimensions,
   Dimension,
-  HistogramParams,
   VisParams,
   CategoryAxis,
   SeriesParam,
diff --git a/src/plugins/vis_type_xy/public/types/param.ts b/src/plugins/vis_type_xy/public/types/param.ts
index 7a2ff7e240264..421690f7fc6a9 100644
--- a/src/plugins/vis_type_xy/public/types/param.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/vis_type_xy/public/types/param.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,13 @@
 
 import type { Fit, Position } from '@elastic/charts';
 import type { Style, Labels, PaletteOutput } from '../../../charts/public';
-import type { SchemaConfig } from '../../../visualizations/public';
+import type {
+  SchemaConfig,
+  ExpressionValueXYDimension,
+  FakeParams,
+  HistogramParams,
+  DateHistogramParams,
+} from '../../../visualizations/public';
 import type { ChartType, XyVisType } from '../../common';
 import type {
   ExpressionValueCategoryAxis,
@@ -17,7 +23,6 @@ import type {
   ExpressionValueLabel,
   ExpressionValueThresholdLine,
   ExpressionValueTimeMarker,
-  ExpressionValueXYDimension,
 } from '../expression_functions';
 
 import type {
@@ -96,26 +101,6 @@ export interface TimeMarker {
   width?: number;
 }
 
-export interface DateHistogramParams {
-  date: boolean;
-  interval: number;
-  intervalESValue: number;
-  intervalESUnit: string;
-  format: string;
-  bounds?: {
-    min: string | number;
-    max: string | number;
-  };
-}
-
-export interface HistogramParams {
-  interval: number;
-}
-
-export interface FakeParams {
-  defaultValue: string;
-}
-
 export type Dimension = Omit<SchemaConfig, 'params'> & {
   params: DateHistogramParams | HistogramParams | FakeParams | {};
 };
diff --git a/src/plugins/vis_type_xy/public/utils/accessors.tsx b/src/plugins/vis_type_xy/public/utils/accessors.tsx
index 0f73ebe7eed86..4920885f51a07 100644
--- a/src/plugins/vis_type_xy/public/utils/accessors.tsx
+++ b/src/plugins/vis_type_xy/public/utils/accessors.tsx
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@
 
 import { AccessorFn, Accessor } from '@elastic/charts';
 import { BUCKET_TYPES } from '../../../data/public';
-import { FakeParams, Aspect } from '../types';
+import { FakeParams } from '../../../visualizations/public';
+import { Aspect } from '../types';
 
 export const COMPLEX_X_ACCESSOR = '__customXAccessor__';
 export const COMPLEX_SPLIT_ACCESSOR = '__complexSplitAccessor__';
diff --git a/src/plugins/vis_type_xy/public/utils/domain.ts b/src/plugins/vis_type_xy/public/utils/domain.ts
index 9cd74cd0433cc..48527ec9333ed 100644
--- a/src/plugins/vis_type_xy/public/utils/domain.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/vis_type_xy/public/utils/domain.ts
@@ -13,8 +13,9 @@ import { DomainRange } from '@elastic/charts';
 
 import { getAdjustedInterval } from '../../../charts/public';
 import { Datatable } from '../../../expressions/public';
+import { DateHistogramParams, HistogramParams } from '../../../visualizations/public';
 
-import { Aspect, DateHistogramParams, HistogramParams } from '../types';
+import { Aspect } from '../types';
 
 export const getXDomain = (params: Aspect['params']): DomainRange => {
   const minInterval = (params as DateHistogramParams | HistogramParams)?.interval ?? undefined;
diff --git a/src/plugins/vis_type_xy/public/expression_functions/xy_dimension.ts b/src/plugins/visualizations/common/expression_functions/xy_dimension.ts
similarity index 62%
rename from src/plugins/vis_type_xy/public/expression_functions/xy_dimension.ts
rename to src/plugins/visualizations/common/expression_functions/xy_dimension.ts
index ecbc3640c035b..82538fea8605a 100644
--- a/src/plugins/vis_type_xy/public/expression_functions/xy_dimension.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/visualizations/common/expression_functions/xy_dimension.ts
@@ -7,13 +7,35 @@
  */
 
 import { i18n } from '@kbn/i18n';
-import type { ExpressionValueVisDimension } from '../../../visualizations/public';
+import type { ExpressionValueVisDimension } from './vis_dimension';
+
 import type {
   ExpressionFunctionDefinition,
-  Datatable,
   ExpressionValueBoxed,
-} from '../../../expressions/public';
-import type { Dimension } from '../types';
+  Datatable,
+  DatatableColumn,
+  SerializedFieldFormat,
+} from '../../../expressions/common';
+
+export interface DateHistogramParams {
+  date: boolean;
+  interval: number;
+  intervalESValue: number;
+  intervalESUnit: string;
+  format: string;
+  bounds?: {
+    min: string | number;
+    max: string | number;
+  };
+}
+
+export interface HistogramParams {
+  interval: number;
+}
+
+export interface FakeParams {
+  defaultValue: string;
+}
 
 interface Arguments {
   visDimension: ExpressionValueVisDimension;
@@ -27,9 +49,9 @@ export type ExpressionValueXYDimension = ExpressionValueBoxed<
   {
     label: string;
     aggType: string;
-    params: Dimension['params'];
-    accessor: number;
-    format: Dimension['format'];
+    params: DateHistogramParams | HistogramParams | FakeParams | {};
+    accessor: number | DatatableColumn;
+    format: SerializedFieldFormat;
   }
 >;
 
@@ -40,34 +62,34 @@ export const xyDimension = (): ExpressionFunctionDefinition<
   ExpressionValueXYDimension
 > => ({
   name: 'xydimension',
-  help: i18n.translate('visTypeXy.function.xydimension.help', {
+  help: i18n.translate('visualizations.function.xydimension.help', {
     defaultMessage: 'Generates xy dimension object',
   }),
   type: 'xy_dimension',
   args: {
     visDimension: {
       types: ['vis_dimension'],
-      help: i18n.translate('visTypeXy.function.xyDimension.visDimension.help', {
+      help: i18n.translate('visualizations.function.xyDimension.visDimension.help', {
         defaultMessage: 'Dimension object config',
       }),
       required: true,
     },
     label: {
       types: ['string'],
-      help: i18n.translate('visTypeXy.function.xyDimension.label.help', {
+      help: i18n.translate('visualizations.function.xyDimension.label.help', {
         defaultMessage: 'Label',
       }),
     },
     aggType: {
       types: ['string'],
-      help: i18n.translate('visTypeXy.function.xyDimension.aggType.help', {
+      help: i18n.translate('visualizations.function.xyDimension.aggType.help', {
         defaultMessage: 'Aggregation type',
       }),
     },
     params: {
       types: ['string'],
       default: '"{}"',
-      help: i18n.translate('visTypeXy.function.xyDimension.params.help', {
+      help: i18n.translate('visualizations.function.xyDimension.params.help', {
         defaultMessage: 'Params',
       }),
     },
diff --git a/src/plugins/visualizations/common/prepare_log_table.ts b/src/plugins/visualizations/common/prepare_log_table.ts
index f179eb8a1c10a..0018a18ce7f10 100644
--- a/src/plugins/visualizations/common/prepare_log_table.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/visualizations/common/prepare_log_table.ts
@@ -7,9 +7,13 @@
  */
 
 import { ExpressionValueVisDimension } from './expression_functions/vis_dimension';
+import { ExpressionValueXYDimension } from './expression_functions/xy_dimension';
 import { Datatable } from '../../expressions/common/expression_types/specs';
 
-export type Dimension = [ExpressionValueVisDimension[] | undefined, string];
+export type Dimension = [
+  Array<ExpressionValueVisDimension | ExpressionValueXYDimension> | undefined,
+  string
+];
 
 const getDimensionName = (columnIndex: number, dimensions: Dimension[]) => {
   for (const dimension of dimensions) {
diff --git a/src/plugins/visualizations/public/index.ts b/src/plugins/visualizations/public/index.ts
index a01a2477dd311..0886f230d101f 100644
--- a/src/plugins/visualizations/public/index.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/visualizations/public/index.ts
@@ -41,5 +41,11 @@ export {
 } from './types';
 export { VisualizationListItem, VisualizationStage } from './vis_types/vis_type_alias_registry';
 export { VISUALIZE_ENABLE_LABS_SETTING } from '../common/constants';
-export { SavedVisState, VisParams, prepareLogTable } from '../common';
+export { SavedVisState, VisParams, prepareLogTable, Dimension } from '../common';
 export { ExpressionValueVisDimension } from '../common/expression_functions/vis_dimension';
+export {
+  ExpressionValueXYDimension,
+  DateHistogramParams,
+  FakeParams,
+  HistogramParams,
+} from '../common/expression_functions/xy_dimension';
diff --git a/src/plugins/visualizations/public/plugin.ts b/src/plugins/visualizations/public/plugin.ts
index a890058aa7491..f5b2f0edd044e 100644
--- a/src/plugins/visualizations/public/plugin.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/visualizations/public/plugin.ts
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ import {
 import { TypesService } from './vis_types/types_service';
 import { range as rangeExpressionFunction } from '../common/expression_functions/range';
 import { visDimension as visDimensionExpressionFunction } from '../common/expression_functions/vis_dimension';
+import { xyDimension as xyDimensionExpressionFunction } from '../common/expression_functions/xy_dimension';
 
 import { createStartServicesGetter, StartServicesGetter } from '../../kibana_utils/public';
 import { createSavedVisLoader, SavedVisualizationsLoader } from './saved_visualizations';
@@ -138,6 +139,7 @@ export class VisualizationsPlugin
 
     expressions.registerFunction(rangeExpressionFunction);
     expressions.registerFunction(visDimensionExpressionFunction);
+    expressions.registerFunction(xyDimensionExpressionFunction);
     const embeddableFactory = new VisualizeEmbeddableFactory({ start });
     embeddable.registerEmbeddableFactory(VISUALIZE_EMBEDDABLE_TYPE, embeddableFactory);
 
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/translations/translations/ja-JP.json b/x-pack/plugins/translations/translations/ja-JP.json
index ae64dedfca5e4..54ef39a212fab 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/translations/translations/ja-JP.json
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/translations/translations/ja-JP.json
@@ -5204,11 +5204,11 @@
     "visTypeXy.function.valueAxis.axisParams.help": "値軸パラメーター",
     "visTypeXy.function.valueaxis.help": "値軸オブジェクトを生成します",
     "visTypeXy.function.valueAxis.name.help": "値軸の名前",
-    "visTypeXy.function.xyDimension.aggType.help": "集約タイプ",
-    "visTypeXy.function.xydimension.help": "XYディメンションオブジェクトを生成します",
-    "visTypeXy.function.xyDimension.label.help": "ラベル",
-    "visTypeXy.function.xyDimension.params.help": "パラメーター",
-    "visTypeXy.function.xyDimension.visDimension.help": "ディメンションオブジェクト構成",
+    "visualizations.function.xyDimension.aggType.help": "集約タイプ",
+    "visualizations.function.xydimension.help": "XYディメンションオブジェクトを生成します",
+    "visualizations.function.xyDimension.label.help": "ラベル",
+    "visualizations.function.xyDimension.params.help": "パラメーター",
+    "visualizations.function.xyDimension.visDimension.help": "ディメンションオブジェクト構成",
     "visTypeXy.functions.help": "XYビジュアライゼーション",
     "visTypeXy.histogram.groupTitle": "系列を分割",
     "visTypeXy.histogram.histogramDescription": "軸の縦棒にデータを表示します。",
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/translations/translations/zh-CN.json b/x-pack/plugins/translations/translations/zh-CN.json
index 2e73f4ce0a029..a30b5a9cb62e1 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/translations/translations/zh-CN.json
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/translations/translations/zh-CN.json
@@ -5231,11 +5231,11 @@
     "visTypeXy.function.valueAxis.axisParams.help": "值轴参数",
     "visTypeXy.function.valueaxis.help": "生成值轴对象",
     "visTypeXy.function.valueAxis.name.help": "值轴的名称",
-    "visTypeXy.function.xyDimension.aggType.help": "聚合类型",
-    "visTypeXy.function.xydimension.help": "生成 xy 维度对象",
-    "visTypeXy.function.xyDimension.label.help": "标签",
-    "visTypeXy.function.xyDimension.params.help": "参数",
-    "visTypeXy.function.xyDimension.visDimension.help": "维度对象配置",
+    "visualizations.function.xyDimension.aggType.help": "聚合类型",
+    "visualizations.function.xydimension.help": "生成 xy 维度对象",
+    "visualizations.function.xyDimension.label.help": "标签",
+    "visualizations.function.xyDimension.params.help": "参数",
+    "visualizations.function.xyDimension.visDimension.help": "维度对象配置",
     "visTypeXy.functions.help": "XY 可视化",
     "visTypeXy.histogram.groupTitle": "拆分序列",
     "visTypeXy.histogram.histogramDescription": "在轴上以垂直条形图的形式呈现数据。",