diff --git a/src/plugins/unified_histogram/public/services/lens_vis_service.ts b/src/plugins/unified_histogram/public/services/lens_vis_service.ts
index 5342ef4723b13..52968693ed650 100644
--- a/src/plugins/unified_histogram/public/services/lens_vis_service.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/unified_histogram/public/services/lens_vis_service.ts
@@ -329,8 +329,13 @@ export class LensVisService {
     queryParams: QueryParams;
     timeInterval: string | undefined;
     breakdownField: DataViewField | undefined;
-  }): Suggestion => {
+  }): Suggestion | undefined => {
     const { dataView } = queryParams;
+
+    if (!dataView.isTimeBased() || !dataView.timeFieldName) {
+      return undefined;
+    }
+
     const showBreakdown = breakdownField && fieldSupportsBreakdown(breakdownField);
 
     let columnOrder = ['date_column', 'count_column'];
@@ -343,7 +348,7 @@ export class LensVisService {
       date_column: {
         dataType: 'date',
         isBucketed: true,
-        label: dataView.timeFieldName ?? '',
+        label: dataView.timeFieldName,
         operationType: 'date_histogram',
         scale: 'interval',
         sourceField: dataView.timeFieldName,
diff --git a/test/functional/apps/management/data_views/_handle_alias.ts b/test/functional/apps/management/data_views/_handle_alias.ts
index a3b8a0266dae4..ca9f2b1f8cfea 100644
--- a/test/functional/apps/management/data_views/_handle_alias.ts
+++ b/test/functional/apps/management/data_views/_handle_alias.ts
@@ -18,8 +18,7 @@ export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }: FtrProviderContext) {
   const PageObjects = getPageObjects(['common', 'home', 'settings', 'discover', 'timePicker']);
   const kibanaServer = getService('kibanaServer');
 
-  // Failing: See https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/201744
-  describe.skip('Index patterns on aliases', function () {
+  describe('Index patterns on aliases', function () {
     before(async function () {
       await kibanaServer.savedObjects.cleanStandardList();
       await security.testUser.setRoles(['kibana_admin', 'test_alias_reader']);