diff --git a/src/legacy/core_plugins/kibana/common/field_formats/types/boolean.js b/src/legacy/core_plugins/kibana/common/field_formats/types/boolean.js
index ade71b4a5c228..1903a12e5bdaa 100644
--- a/src/legacy/core_plugins/kibana/common/field_formats/types/boolean.js
+++ b/src/legacy/core_plugins/kibana/common/field_formats/types/boolean.js
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
  * under the License.
  */
 
-import { asPrettyString } from '../../utils/as_pretty_string';
+import { asPrettyString } from '../../../../../../plugins/data/common/utils/as_pretty_string';
 
 export function createBoolFormat(FieldFormat) {
   return class BoolFormat extends FieldFormat {
diff --git a/src/legacy/core_plugins/kibana/common/field_formats/types/color.js b/src/legacy/core_plugins/kibana/common/field_formats/types/color.js
index be7c92bc80ade..be66ef448dbfb 100644
--- a/src/legacy/core_plugins/kibana/common/field_formats/types/color.js
+++ b/src/legacy/core_plugins/kibana/common/field_formats/types/color.js
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
  */
 
 import _ from 'lodash';
-import { asPrettyString } from '../../utils/as_pretty_string';
+import { asPrettyString } from '../../../../../../plugins/data/common/utils/as_pretty_string';
 import { DEFAULT_COLOR } from './color_default';
 
 const convertTemplate = _.template('<span style="<%- style %>"><%- val %></span>');
diff --git a/src/legacy/core_plugins/kibana/common/field_formats/types/string.js b/src/legacy/core_plugins/kibana/common/field_formats/types/string.js
index 9440f740c7659..c6fc1436e57b3 100644
--- a/src/legacy/core_plugins/kibana/common/field_formats/types/string.js
+++ b/src/legacy/core_plugins/kibana/common/field_formats/types/string.js
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
  * under the License.
  */
 
-import { asPrettyString } from '../../utils/as_pretty_string';
+import { asPrettyString } from '../../../../../../plugins/data/common/utils/as_pretty_string';
 import { shortenDottedString } from '../../utils/shorten_dotted_string';
 
 const TRANSFORM_OPTIONS = [
diff --git a/src/legacy/ui/field_formats/content_types/html_content_type.ts b/src/legacy/ui/field_formats/content_types/html_content_type.ts
index 3253ea5f60126..d5e042f3191d0 100644
--- a/src/legacy/ui/field_formats/content_types/html_content_type.ts
+++ b/src/legacy/ui/field_formats/content_types/html_content_type.ts
@@ -18,10 +18,8 @@
  */
 import { escape, isFunction } from 'lodash';
 import { FieldFormatConvert, IFieldFormat, HtmlConventTypeConvert } from '../types';
-
-// @ts-ignore
-import { asPrettyString } from '../../../core_plugins/kibana/common/utils/as_pretty_string';
 import { getHighlightHtml } from '../../../../plugins/data/common/highlight/highlight_html';
+import { asPrettyString } from '../../../../plugins/data/common/utils/as_pretty_string';
 
 const CONTEXT_TYPE = 'html';
 
diff --git a/src/legacy/ui/field_formats/content_types/text_content_type.ts b/src/legacy/ui/field_formats/content_types/text_content_type.ts
index 0a6983f8f1a87..a0f720d51be19 100644
--- a/src/legacy/ui/field_formats/content_types/text_content_type.ts
+++ b/src/legacy/ui/field_formats/content_types/text_content_type.ts
@@ -19,9 +19,7 @@
 
 import { isFunction } from 'lodash';
 import { IFieldFormat, FieldFormatConvert, TextContextTypeConvert } from '../types';
-
-// @ts-ignore
-import { asPrettyString } from '../../../core_plugins/kibana/common/utils/as_pretty_string';
+import { asPrettyString } from '../../../../plugins/data/common/utils/as_pretty_string';
 
 const CONTEXT_TYPE = 'text';
 
diff --git a/src/legacy/ui/field_formats/field_format.test.ts b/src/legacy/ui/field_formats/field_format.test.ts
index 05912d5b5f4a8..9952870a8b680 100644
--- a/src/legacy/ui/field_formats/field_format.test.ts
+++ b/src/legacy/ui/field_formats/field_format.test.ts
@@ -20,9 +20,7 @@
 import { constant, trimRight, trimLeft, get } from 'lodash';
 import { FieldFormat } from './field_format';
 import { FieldFormatConvert } from './types';
-
-// @ts-ignore
-import { asPrettyString } from '../../core_plugins/kibana/common/utils/as_pretty_string';
+import { asPrettyString } from '../../../plugins/data/common/utils/as_pretty_string';
 
 const getTestFormat = (
   _convert: FieldFormatConvert = {
diff --git a/src/legacy/core_plugins/kibana/common/utils/__tests__/as_pretty_string.js b/src/plugins/data/common/utils/as_pretty_string.test.ts
similarity index 57%
rename from src/legacy/core_plugins/kibana/common/utils/__tests__/as_pretty_string.js
rename to src/plugins/data/common/utils/as_pretty_string.test.ts
index 723b3ccf0c596..fe9f62a2c681d 100644
--- a/src/legacy/core_plugins/kibana/common/utils/__tests__/as_pretty_string.js
+++ b/src/plugins/data/common/utils/as_pretty_string.test.ts
@@ -17,28 +17,25 @@
  * under the License.
  */
 
-import expect from '@kbn/expect';
-import { asPrettyString } from '../as_pretty_string';
+import { asPrettyString } from './as_pretty_string';
 
 describe('asPrettyString', () => {
-
-  it('Converts null and undefined values into a string signifying no value', () => {
-    expect(asPrettyString(null)).to.equal(' - ');
-    expect(asPrettyString(undefined)).to.equal(' - ');
+  test('Converts null and undefined values into a string signifying no value', () => {
+    expect(asPrettyString(null)).toBe(' - ');
+    expect(asPrettyString(undefined)).toBe(' - ');
   });
 
-  it('Does not mutate string values', () => {
+  test('Does not mutate string values', () => {
     const s = 'I am a string!@';
-    expect(asPrettyString(s)).to.equal(s);
+    expect(asPrettyString(s)).toBe(s);
   });
 
-  it('Converts objects values into presentable strings', () => {
-    expect(asPrettyString({ key: 'value' })).to.equal('{\n  "key": "value"\n}');
+  test('Converts objects values into presentable strings', () => {
+    expect(asPrettyString({ key: 'value' })).toBe('{\n  "key": "value"\n}');
   });
 
-  it('Converts other non-string values into strings', () => {
-    expect(asPrettyString(true)).to.equal('true');
-    expect(asPrettyString(123)).to.equal('123');
+  test('Converts other non-string values into strings', () => {
+    expect(asPrettyString(true)).toBe('true');
+    expect(asPrettyString(123)).toBe('123');
   });
-
 });
diff --git a/src/legacy/core_plugins/kibana/common/utils/as_pretty_string.js b/src/plugins/data/common/utils/as_pretty_string.ts
similarity index 80%
rename from src/legacy/core_plugins/kibana/common/utils/as_pretty_string.js
rename to src/plugins/data/common/utils/as_pretty_string.ts
index e2aac9f6edceb..0bd3080377165 100644
--- a/src/legacy/core_plugins/kibana/common/utils/as_pretty_string.js
+++ b/src/plugins/data/common/utils/as_pretty_string.ts
@@ -19,14 +19,15 @@
 
 /**
  * Convert a value to a presentable string
- * @param  {any} val - the value to transform
- * @return {string}
  */
-export function asPrettyString(val) {
+export function asPrettyString(val: any): string {
   if (val === null || val === undefined) return ' - ';
   switch (typeof val) {
-    case 'string': return val;
-    case 'object': return JSON.stringify(val, null, '  ');
-    default: return '' + val;
+    case 'string':
+      return val;
+    case 'object':
+      return JSON.stringify(val, null, '  ');
+    default:
+      return '' + val;
   }
 }