diff --git a/src/core_plugins/kbn_vislib_vis_types/public/area.js b/src/core_plugins/kbn_vislib_vis_types/public/area.js
index bd655e1bdb1ee..98e9fcbc4a9a0 100644
--- a/src/core_plugins/kbn_vislib_vis_types/public/area.js
+++ b/src/core_plugins/kbn_vislib_vis_types/public/area.js
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ export default function PointSeriesVisType(Private) {
           name: 'group',
           title: 'Split Series',
           min: 0,
-          max: 1,
+          max: 3,
           aggFilter: ['!geohash_grid', '!filter']
         },
         {
diff --git a/src/core_plugins/kbn_vislib_vis_types/public/histogram.js b/src/core_plugins/kbn_vislib_vis_types/public/histogram.js
index dd4b356ab8f33..8af5440aaba68 100644
--- a/src/core_plugins/kbn_vislib_vis_types/public/histogram.js
+++ b/src/core_plugins/kbn_vislib_vis_types/public/histogram.js
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ export default function PointSeriesVisType(Private) {
           name: 'group',
           title: 'Split Series',
           min: 0,
-          max: 1,
+          max: 3,
           aggFilter: ['!geohash_grid', '!filter']
         },
         {
diff --git a/src/core_plugins/kbn_vislib_vis_types/public/horizontal_bar.js b/src/core_plugins/kbn_vislib_vis_types/public/horizontal_bar.js
index 6b6a2d6e7d5b6..c43d18446fac8 100644
--- a/src/core_plugins/kbn_vislib_vis_types/public/horizontal_bar.js
+++ b/src/core_plugins/kbn_vislib_vis_types/public/horizontal_bar.js
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ export default function PointSeriesVisType(Private) {
           name: 'group',
           title: 'Split Series',
           min: 0,
-          max: 1,
+          max: 3,
           aggFilter: ['!geohash_grid', '!filter']
         },
         {
diff --git a/src/core_plugins/kbn_vislib_vis_types/public/line.js b/src/core_plugins/kbn_vislib_vis_types/public/line.js
index fd72bd37ae37e..7e2c7aa759357 100644
--- a/src/core_plugins/kbn_vislib_vis_types/public/line.js
+++ b/src/core_plugins/kbn_vislib_vis_types/public/line.js
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ export default function PointSeriesVisType(Private) {
           name: 'group',
           title: 'Split Series',
           min: 0,
-          max: 1,
+          max: 3,
           aggFilter: ['!geohash_grid', '!filter']
         },
         {
diff --git a/src/ui/public/agg_response/point_series/__tests__/_get_aspects.js b/src/ui/public/agg_response/point_series/__tests__/_get_aspects.js
index 320276cd89412..6fcddaf3f1ef5 100644
--- a/src/ui/public/agg_response/point_series/__tests__/_get_aspects.js
+++ b/src/ui/public/agg_response/point_series/__tests__/_get_aspects.js
@@ -123,14 +123,6 @@ describe('getAspects', function () {
     }).to.throwError(TypeError);
   });
 
-  it('throws an error if there are multiple series aspects', function () {
-    init(2, 1, 1);
-
-    expect(function () {
-      getAspects(vis, table);
-    }).to.throwError(TypeError);
-  });
-
   it('creates a fake x aspect if the column does not exist', function () {
     init(0, 0, 1);
 
diff --git a/src/ui/public/agg_response/point_series/_get_aspects.js b/src/ui/public/agg_response/point_series/_get_aspects.js
index b05404255a18b..d1ef447eb830a 100644
--- a/src/ui/public/agg_response/point_series/_get_aspects.js
+++ b/src/ui/public/agg_response/point_series/_get_aspects.js
@@ -42,8 +42,8 @@ export function PointSeriesGetAspectsProvider(Private) {
       .transform(columnToAspect, {})
       // unwrap groups that only have one value, and validate groups that have more
       .transform(function (aspects, group, name) {
-        if (name !== 'y' && group.length > 1) {
-          throw new TypeError('Only multiple metrics are supported in point series');
+        if ((name !== 'y' && name !== 'series') && group.length > 1) {
+          throw new TypeError('Only multiple metrics and series are supported in point series');
         }
 
         aspects[name] = group.length > 1 ? group : group[0];
diff --git a/src/ui/public/agg_response/point_series/_get_point.js b/src/ui/public/agg_response/point_series/_get_point.js
index aaefcde145505..9a7a87a0e1b17 100644
--- a/src/ui/public/agg_response/point_series/_get_point.js
+++ b/src/ui/public/agg_response/point_series/_get_point.js
@@ -25,8 +25,9 @@ export function PointSeriesGetPointProvider() {
     }
 
     if (series) {
-      point.aggConfig = series.agg;
-      point.series = series.agg.fieldFormatter()(unwrap(row[series.i]));
+      const seriesArray = series.length ? series : [ series ];
+      point.aggConfig = seriesArray[0].agg;
+      point.series = seriesArray.map(s => s.agg.fieldFormatter()(unwrap(row[s.i]))).join(' - ');
     } else if (y) {
       // If the data is not split up with a series aspect, then
       // each point's "series" becomes the y-agg that produced it