diff --git a/src/plugins/es_ui_shared/static/forms/hook_form_lib/components/use_array.ts b/src/plugins/es_ui_shared/static/forms/hook_form_lib/components/use_array.ts
index 3688421964d2e..d0ac0d4ab28c3 100644
--- a/src/plugins/es_ui_shared/static/forms/hook_form_lib/components/use_array.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/es_ui_shared/static/forms/hook_form_lib/components/use_array.ts
@@ -17,18 +17,25 @@
  * under the License.
  */
 
-import { useState, useEffect, useRef, useCallback } from 'react';
+import { useEffect, useRef, useCallback, useMemo } from 'react';
 
+import { FormHook, FieldConfig } from '../types';
+import { getFieldValidityAndErrorMessage } from '../helpers';
 import { useFormContext } from '../form_context';
+import { useField, InternalFieldConfig } from '../hooks';
 
 interface Props {
   path: string;
   initialNumberOfItems?: number;
   readDefaultValueOnForm?: boolean;
+  validations?: FieldConfig<any, ArrayItem[]>['validations'];
   children: (args: {
     items: ArrayItem[];
+    error: string | null;
     addItem: () => void;
     removeItem: (id: number) => void;
+    moveItem: (sourceIdx: number, destinationIdx: number) => void;
+    form: FormHook;
   }) => JSX.Element;
 }
 
@@ -56,32 +63,62 @@ export interface ArrayItem {
 export const UseArray = ({
   path,
   initialNumberOfItems,
+  validations,
   readDefaultValueOnForm = true,
   children,
 }: Props) => {
-  const didMountRef = useRef(false);
-  const form = useFormContext();
-  const defaultValues = readDefaultValueOnForm && (form.getFieldDefaultValue(path) as any[]);
+  const isMounted = useRef(false);
   const uniqueId = useRef(0);
 
-  const getInitialItemsFromValues = (values: any[]): ArrayItem[] =>
-    values.map((_, index) => ({
+  const form = useFormContext();
+  const { getFieldDefaultValue } = form;
+
+  const getNewItemAtIndex = useCallback(
+    (index: number): ArrayItem => ({
       id: uniqueId.current++,
       path: `${path}[${index}]`,
-      isNew: false,
-    }));
+      isNew: true,
+    }),
+    [path]
+  );
+
+  const fieldDefaultValue = useMemo<ArrayItem[]>(() => {
+    const defaultValues = readDefaultValueOnForm
+      ? (getFieldDefaultValue(path) as any[])
+      : undefined;
 
-  const getNewItemAtIndex = (index: number): ArrayItem => ({
-    id: uniqueId.current++,
-    path: `${path}[${index}]`,
-    isNew: true,
-  });
+    const getInitialItemsFromValues = (values: any[]): ArrayItem[] =>
+      values.map((_, index) => ({
+        id: uniqueId.current++,
+        path: `${path}[${index}]`,
+        isNew: false,
+      }));
 
-  const initialState = defaultValues
-    ? getInitialItemsFromValues(defaultValues)
-    : new Array(initialNumberOfItems).fill('').map((_, i) => getNewItemAtIndex(i));
+    return defaultValues
+      ? getInitialItemsFromValues(defaultValues)
+      : new Array(initialNumberOfItems).fill('').map((_, i) => getNewItemAtIndex(i));
+  }, [path, initialNumberOfItems, readDefaultValueOnForm, getFieldDefaultValue, getNewItemAtIndex]);
 
-  const [items, setItems] = useState<ArrayItem[]>(initialState);
+  // Create a new hook field with the "hasValue" set to false so we don't use its value to build the final form data.
+  // Apart from that the field behaves like a normal field and is hooked into the form validation lifecycle.
+  const fieldConfigBase: FieldConfig<any, ArrayItem[]> & InternalFieldConfig<ArrayItem[]> = {
+    defaultValue: fieldDefaultValue,
+    errorDisplayDelay: 0,
+    isIncludedInOutput: false,
+  };
+
+  const fieldConfig: FieldConfig<any, ArrayItem[]> & InternalFieldConfig<ArrayItem[]> = validations
+    ? { validations, ...fieldConfigBase }
+    : fieldConfigBase;
+
+  const field = useField(form, path, fieldConfig);
+  const { setValue, value, isChangingValue, errors } = field;
+
+  // Derived state from the field
+  const error = useMemo(() => {
+    const { errorMessage } = getFieldValidityAndErrorMessage({ isChangingValue, errors });
+    return errorMessage;
+  }, [isChangingValue, errors]);
 
   const updatePaths = useCallback(
     (_rows: ArrayItem[]) => {
@@ -96,29 +133,51 @@ export const UseArray = ({
     [path]
   );
 
-  const addItem = () => {
-    setItems((previousItems) => {
+  const addItem = useCallback(() => {
+    setValue((previousItems) => {
       const itemIndex = previousItems.length;
       return [...previousItems, getNewItemAtIndex(itemIndex)];
     });
-  };
+  }, [setValue, getNewItemAtIndex]);
 
-  const removeItem = (id: number) => {
-    setItems((previousItems) => {
-      const updatedItems = previousItems.filter((item) => item.id !== id);
-      return updatePaths(updatedItems);
-    });
-  };
+  const removeItem = useCallback(
+    (id: number) => {
+      setValue((previousItems) => {
+        const updatedItems = previousItems.filter((item) => item.id !== id);
+        return updatePaths(updatedItems);
+      });
+    },
+    [setValue, updatePaths]
+  );
 
-  useEffect(() => {
-    if (didMountRef.current) {
-      setItems((prev) => {
-        return updatePaths(prev);
+  const moveItem = useCallback(
+    (sourceIdx: number, destinationIdx: number) => {
+      setValue((previousItems) => {
+        const nextItems = [...previousItems];
+        const removed = nextItems.splice(sourceIdx, 1)[0];
+        nextItems.splice(destinationIdx, 0, removed);
+        return updatePaths(nextItems);
       });
-    } else {
-      didMountRef.current = true;
+    },
+    [setValue, updatePaths]
+  );
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (!isMounted.current) {
+      return;
     }
-  }, [path, updatePaths]);
 
-  return children({ items, addItem, removeItem });
+    setValue((prev) => {
+      return updatePaths(prev);
+    });
+  }, [path, updatePaths, setValue]);
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    isMounted.current = true;
+    return () => {
+      isMounted.current = false;
+    };
+  }, []);
+
+  return children({ items: value, error, form, addItem, removeItem, moveItem });
 };
diff --git a/src/plugins/es_ui_shared/static/forms/hook_form_lib/helpers.ts b/src/plugins/es_ui_shared/static/forms/hook_form_lib/helpers.ts
index 7ea42f81b43cb..a148dc543542b 100644
--- a/src/plugins/es_ui_shared/static/forms/hook_form_lib/helpers.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/es_ui_shared/static/forms/hook_form_lib/helpers.ts
@@ -19,9 +19,10 @@
 
 import { FieldHook } from './types';
 
-export const getFieldValidityAndErrorMessage = (
-  field: FieldHook<any>
-): { isInvalid: boolean; errorMessage: string | null } => {
+export const getFieldValidityAndErrorMessage = (field: {
+  isChangingValue: FieldHook['isChangingValue'];
+  errors: FieldHook['errors'];
+}): { isInvalid: boolean; errorMessage: string | null } => {
   const isInvalid = !field.isChangingValue && field.errors.length > 0;
   const errorMessage =
     !field.isChangingValue && field.errors.length ? field.errors[0].message : null;
diff --git a/src/plugins/es_ui_shared/static/forms/hook_form_lib/hooks/index.ts b/src/plugins/es_ui_shared/static/forms/hook_form_lib/hooks/index.ts
index 45c11dd6272e4..aa9610dd85ae3 100644
--- a/src/plugins/es_ui_shared/static/forms/hook_form_lib/hooks/index.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/es_ui_shared/static/forms/hook_form_lib/hooks/index.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,6 @@
  * under the License.
  */
 
-export { useField } from './use_field';
+export { useField, InternalFieldConfig } from './use_field';
 export { useForm } from './use_form';
 export { useFormData } from './use_form_data';
diff --git a/src/plugins/es_ui_shared/static/forms/hook_form_lib/hooks/use_field.ts b/src/plugins/es_ui_shared/static/forms/hook_form_lib/hooks/use_field.ts
index f01c7226ea4ce..bb4aae6eccae8 100644
--- a/src/plugins/es_ui_shared/static/forms/hook_form_lib/hooks/use_field.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/es_ui_shared/static/forms/hook_form_lib/hooks/use_field.ts
@@ -22,16 +22,22 @@ import { useMemo, useState, useEffect, useRef, useCallback } from 'react';
 import { FormHook, FieldHook, FieldConfig, FieldValidateResponse, ValidationError } from '../types';
 import { FIELD_TYPES, VALIDATION_TYPES } from '../constants';
 
+export interface InternalFieldConfig<T> {
+  initialValue?: T;
+  isIncludedInOutput?: boolean;
+}
+
 export const useField = <T>(
   form: FormHook,
   path: string,
-  config: FieldConfig<any, T> & { initialValue?: T } = {},
+  config: FieldConfig<any, T> & InternalFieldConfig<T> = {},
   valueChangeListener?: (value: T) => void
 ) => {
   const {
     type = FIELD_TYPES.TEXT,
     defaultValue = '', // The value to use a fallback mecanism when no initial value is passed
     initialValue = config.defaultValue ?? '', // The value explicitly passed
+    isIncludedInOutput = true,
     label = '',
     labelAppend = '',
     helpText = '',
@@ -201,7 +207,7 @@ export const useField = <T>(
       validationTypeToValidate,
     }: {
       formData: any;
-      value: unknown;
+      value: T;
       validationTypeToValidate?: string;
     }): ValidationError[] | Promise<ValidationError[]> => {
       if (!validations) {
@@ -234,7 +240,7 @@ export const useField = <T>(
           }
 
           inflightValidation.current = validator({
-            value: (valueToValidate as unknown) as string,
+            value: valueToValidate,
             errors: validationErrors,
             form: { getFormData, getFields },
             formData,
@@ -280,7 +286,7 @@ export const useField = <T>(
           }
 
           const validationResult = validator({
-            value: (valueToValidate as unknown) as string,
+            value: valueToValidate,
             errors: validationErrors,
             form: { getFormData, getFields },
             formData,
@@ -388,9 +394,15 @@ export const useField = <T>(
    */
   const setValue: FieldHook<T>['setValue'] = useCallback(
     (newValue) => {
-      const formattedValue = formatInputValue<T>(newValue);
-      setStateValue(formattedValue);
-      return formattedValue;
+      setStateValue((prev) => {
+        let formattedValue: T;
+        if (typeof newValue === 'function') {
+          formattedValue = formatInputValue<T>((newValue as Function)(prev));
+        } else {
+          formattedValue = formatInputValue<T>(newValue);
+        }
+        return formattedValue;
+      });
     },
     [formatInputValue]
   );
@@ -496,6 +508,7 @@ export const useField = <T>(
       clearErrors,
       validate,
       reset,
+      __isIncludedInOutput: isIncludedInOutput,
       __serializeValue: serializeValue,
     };
   }, [
@@ -511,6 +524,7 @@ export const useField = <T>(
     isValidating,
     isValidated,
     isChangingValue,
+    isIncludedInOutput,
     onChange,
     getErrorsMessages,
     setValue,
diff --git a/src/plugins/es_ui_shared/static/forms/hook_form_lib/hooks/use_form.ts b/src/plugins/es_ui_shared/static/forms/hook_form_lib/hooks/use_form.ts
index 7b72a9eeacf7b..b390c17d3c2ff 100644
--- a/src/plugins/es_ui_shared/static/forms/hook_form_lib/hooks/use_form.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/es_ui_shared/static/forms/hook_form_lib/hooks/use_form.ts
@@ -95,19 +95,25 @@ export function useForm<T extends FormData = FormData>(
 
   const fieldsToArray = useCallback(() => Object.values(fieldsRefs.current), []);
 
-  const stripEmptyFields = useCallback(
-    (fields: FieldsMap): FieldsMap => {
-      if (formOptions.stripEmptyFields) {
-        return Object.entries(fields).reduce((acc, [key, field]) => {
-          if (typeof field.value !== 'string' || field.value.trim() !== '') {
-            acc[key] = field;
-          }
+  const getFieldsForOutput = useCallback(
+    (fields: FieldsMap, opts: { stripEmptyFields: boolean }): FieldsMap => {
+      return Object.entries(fields).reduce((acc, [key, field]) => {
+        if (!field.__isIncludedInOutput) {
           return acc;
-        }, {} as FieldsMap);
-      }
-      return fields;
+        }
+
+        if (opts.stripEmptyFields) {
+          const isFieldEmpty = typeof field.value === 'string' && field.value.trim() === '';
+          if (isFieldEmpty) {
+            return acc;
+          }
+        }
+
+        acc[key] = field;
+        return acc;
+      }, {} as FieldsMap);
     },
-    [formOptions]
+    []
   );
 
   const updateFormDataAt: FormHook<T>['__updateFormDataAt'] = useCallback(
@@ -133,8 +139,10 @@ export function useForm<T extends FormData = FormData>(
   const getFormData: FormHook<T>['getFormData'] = useCallback(
     (getDataOptions: Parameters<FormHook<T>['getFormData']>[0] = { unflatten: true }) => {
       if (getDataOptions.unflatten) {
-        const nonEmptyFields = stripEmptyFields(fieldsRefs.current);
-        const fieldsValue = mapFormFields(nonEmptyFields, (field) => field.__serializeValue());
+        const fieldsToOutput = getFieldsForOutput(fieldsRefs.current, {
+          stripEmptyFields: formOptions.stripEmptyFields,
+        });
+        const fieldsValue = mapFormFields(fieldsToOutput, (field) => field.__serializeValue());
         return serializer
           ? (serializer(unflattenObject(fieldsValue)) as T)
           : (unflattenObject(fieldsValue) as T);
@@ -148,7 +156,7 @@ export function useForm<T extends FormData = FormData>(
         {} as T
       );
     },
-    [stripEmptyFields, serializer]
+    [getFieldsForOutput, formOptions.stripEmptyFields, serializer]
   );
 
   const getErrors: FormHook['getErrors'] = useCallback(() => {
diff --git a/src/plugins/es_ui_shared/static/forms/hook_form_lib/types.ts b/src/plugins/es_ui_shared/static/forms/hook_form_lib/types.ts
index 4b343ec5e9f2e..18b8f478f7c0e 100644
--- a/src/plugins/es_ui_shared/static/forms/hook_form_lib/types.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/es_ui_shared/static/forms/hook_form_lib/types.ts
@@ -108,15 +108,18 @@ export interface FieldHook<T = unknown> {
     errorCode?: string;
   }) => string | null;
   onChange: (event: ChangeEvent<{ name?: string; value: string; checked?: boolean }>) => void;
-  setValue: (value: T) => T;
+  setValue: (value: T | ((prevValue: T) => T)) => void;
   setErrors: (errors: ValidationError[]) => void;
   clearErrors: (type?: string | string[]) => void;
   validate: (validateData?: {
     formData?: any;
-    value?: unknown;
+    value?: T;
     validationType?: string;
   }) => FieldValidateResponse | Promise<FieldValidateResponse>;
   reset: (options?: { resetValue?: boolean; defaultValue?: T }) => unknown | undefined;
+  // Flag to indicate if the field value will be included in the form data outputted
+  // when calling form.getFormData();
+  __isIncludedInOutput: boolean;
   __serializeValue: (rawValue?: unknown) => unknown;
 }
 
@@ -127,7 +130,7 @@ export interface FieldConfig<T extends FormData = any, ValueType = unknown> {
   readonly helpText?: string | ReactNode;
   readonly type?: HTMLInputElement['type'];
   readonly defaultValue?: ValueType;
-  readonly validations?: Array<ValidationConfig<T>>;
+  readonly validations?: Array<ValidationConfig<T, string, ValueType>>;
   readonly formatters?: FormatterFunc[];
   readonly deserializer?: SerializerFunc;
   readonly serializer?: SerializerFunc;
@@ -163,8 +166,8 @@ export interface ValidationFuncArg<T extends FormData, V = unknown> {
   errors: readonly ValidationError[];
 }
 
-export type ValidationFunc<T extends FormData = any, E = string> = (
-  data: ValidationFuncArg<T>
+export type ValidationFunc<T extends FormData = any, E = string, V = unknown> = (
+  data: ValidationFuncArg<T, V>
 ) => ValidationError<E> | void | undefined | Promise<ValidationError<E> | void | undefined>;
 
 export interface FieldValidateResponse {
@@ -184,8 +187,8 @@ type FormatterFunc = (value: any, formData: FormData) => unknown;
 // string | number | boolean | string[] ...
 type FieldValue = unknown;
 
-export interface ValidationConfig<T extends FormData = any> {
-  validator: ValidationFunc<T>;
+export interface ValidationConfig<T extends FormData = any, E = string, V = unknown> {
+  validator: ValidationFunc<T, E, V>;
   type?: string;
   /**
    * By default all validation are blockers, which means that if they fail, the field is invalid.
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/index_management/public/application/components/mappings_editor/types/document_fields.ts b/x-pack/plugins/index_management/public/application/components/mappings_editor/types/document_fields.ts
index a9f6d2ea03bdf..6882ddea4ad5d 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/index_management/public/application/components/mappings_editor/types/document_fields.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/index_management/public/application/components/mappings_editor/types/document_fields.ts
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ export interface DataTypeDefinition {
 export interface ParameterDefinition {
   title?: string;
   description?: JSX.Element | string;
-  fieldConfig: FieldConfig;
+  fieldConfig: FieldConfig<any, any>;
   schema?: any;
   props?: { [key: string]: ParameterDefinition };
   documentation?: {
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/public/common/mock/test_providers.tsx b/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/public/common/mock/test_providers.tsx
index c7810af13eb74..5a4eaad72ac32 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/public/common/mock/test_providers.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/public/common/mock/test_providers.tsx
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ export const useFormFieldMock = (options?: Partial<FieldHook>): FieldHook => {
     clearErrors: jest.fn(),
     validate: jest.fn(),
     reset: jest.fn(),
+    __isIncludedInOutput: true,
     __serializeValue: jest.fn(),
     ...options,
   };