diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/ml/common/types/fields.ts b/x-pack/plugins/ml/common/types/fields.ts
index 7dea8c1386aca..0862d1aa66ead 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/ml/common/types/fields.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/ml/common/types/fields.ts
@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@ export interface Field {
   id: FieldId;
   name: string;
   type: ES_FIELD_TYPES;
-  aggregatable?: boolean;
+  aggregatable: boolean;
+  counter: boolean;
   aggIds?: AggId[];
   aggs?: Aggregation[];
   runtimeField?: estypes.MappingRuntimeField;
@@ -95,6 +96,7 @@ export const mlCategory: Field = {
   name: MLCATEGORY,
   type: ES_FIELD_TYPES.KEYWORD,
   aggregatable: false,
+  counter: false,
 };
 
 export type RollupFields = Record<FieldId, [Record<'agg', ES_AGGREGATION>]>;
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/jobs/new_job/common/job_creator/job_creator.ts b/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/jobs/new_job/common/job_creator/job_creator.ts
index 607031e6e70d8..f445afe634b90 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/jobs/new_job/common/job_creator/job_creator.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/jobs/new_job/common/job_creator/job_creator.ts
@@ -775,6 +775,7 @@ export class JobCreator {
             name: id,
             type: Array.isArray(runtimeField) ? runtimeField[0].type : runtimeField.type,
             aggregatable: true,
+            counter: false,
             aggs: [],
             runtimeField,
           } as Field)
@@ -793,6 +794,7 @@ export class JobCreator {
         name: f,
         type: ES_FIELD_TYPES.KEYWORD,
         aggregatable: true,
+        counter: false,
       }));
     }
   }
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/jobs/new_job/common/job_creator/util/general.ts b/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/jobs/new_job/common/job_creator/util/general.ts
index c3b74fdfad5fe..a933fdc0af5d5 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/jobs/new_job/common/job_creator/util/general.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/jobs/new_job/common/job_creator/util/general.ts
@@ -348,6 +348,7 @@ export function collectAggs(o: any, aggFields: Field[]) {
               name: k,
               type: ES_FIELD_TYPES.KEYWORD,
               aggregatable: true,
+              counter: false,
             });
           }
         });
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/services/__mocks__/cloudwatch_job_caps_response.json b/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/services/__mocks__/cloudwatch_job_caps_response.json
index 783b2d4e081bc..324a94b6ecaa3 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/services/__mocks__/cloudwatch_job_caps_response.json
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/services/__mocks__/cloudwatch_job_caps_response.json
@@ -627,6 +627,7 @@
         "name": "@timestamp",
         "type": "date",
         "aggregatable": true,
+        "counter": false,
         "aggIds": []
       },
       {
@@ -634,6 +635,7 @@
         "name": "CPUUtilization",
         "type": "double",
         "aggregatable": true,
+        "counter": false,
         "aggIds": [
           "mean",
           "high_mean",
@@ -667,6 +669,7 @@
         "name": "DiskReadBytes",
         "type": "double",
         "aggregatable": true,
+        "counter": false,
         "aggIds": [
           "mean",
           "high_mean",
@@ -700,6 +703,7 @@
         "name": "DiskReadOps",
         "type": "double",
         "aggregatable": true,
+        "counter": false,
         "aggIds": [
           "mean",
           "high_mean",
@@ -733,6 +737,7 @@
         "name": "DiskWriteBytes",
         "type": "double",
         "aggregatable": true,
+        "counter": false,
         "aggIds": [
           "mean",
           "high_mean",
@@ -766,6 +771,7 @@
         "name": "DiskWriteOps",
         "type": "double",
         "aggregatable": true,
+        "counter": false,
         "aggIds": [
           "mean",
           "high_mean",
@@ -799,6 +805,7 @@
         "name": "instance",
         "type": "keyword",
         "aggregatable": true,
+        "counter": false,
         "aggIds": [
           "distinct_count",
           "high_distinct_count",
@@ -810,6 +817,7 @@
         "name": "NetworkIn",
         "type": "double",
         "aggregatable": true,
+        "counter": false,
         "aggIds": [
           "mean",
           "high_mean",
@@ -843,6 +851,7 @@
         "name": "NetworkOut",
         "type": "double",
         "aggregatable": true,
+        "counter": false,
         "aggIds": [
           "mean",
           "high_mean",
@@ -876,6 +885,7 @@
         "name": "region",
         "type": "keyword",
         "aggregatable": true,
+        "counter": false,
         "aggIds": [
           "distinct_count",
           "high_distinct_count",
@@ -887,6 +897,7 @@
         "name": "sourcetype",
         "type": "text",
         "aggregatable": false,
+        "counter": false,
         "aggIds": []
       },
       {
@@ -894,6 +905,7 @@
         "name": "sourcetype.keyword",
         "type": "keyword",
         "aggregatable": true,
+        "counter": false,
         "aggIds": [
           "distinct_count",
           "high_distinct_count",
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/services/__mocks__/nested_field_index_response.json b/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/services/__mocks__/nested_field_index_response.json
index 49baa9fb7e427..4f37c3cd3a45b 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/services/__mocks__/nested_field_index_response.json
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/services/__mocks__/nested_field_index_response.json
@@ -1,611 +1,615 @@
 {
-  "nested-field-index":{
-    "aggs":[
-        {
-          "id":"count",
-          "title":"Count",
-          "kibanaName":"count",
-          "dslName":"count",
-          "type":"metrics",
-          "mlModelPlotAgg":{
-              "max":"max",
-              "min":"min"
-          }
-        },
-        {
-          "id":"high_count",
-          "title":"High count",
-          "kibanaName":"count",
-          "dslName":"count",
-          "type":"metrics",
-          "mlModelPlotAgg":{
-              "max":"max",
-              "min":"min"
-          }
-        },
-        {
-          "id":"low_count",
-          "title":"Low count",
-          "kibanaName":"count",
-          "dslName":"count",
-          "type":"metrics",
-          "mlModelPlotAgg":{
-              "max":"max",
-              "min":"min"
-          }
-        },
-        {
-          "id":"mean",
-          "title":"Mean",
-          "kibanaName":"avg",
-          "dslName":"avg",
-          "type":"metrics",
-          "mlModelPlotAgg":{
-              "max":"avg",
-              "min":"avg"
-          },
-          "fieldIds":[
-              "time_spent"
-          ]
-        },
-        {
-          "id":"high_mean",
-          "title":"High mean",
-          "kibanaName":"avg",
-          "dslName":"avg",
-          "type":"metrics",
-          "mlModelPlotAgg":{
-              "max":"avg",
-              "min":"avg"
-          },
-          "fieldIds":[
-              "time_spent"
-          ]
-        },
-        {
-          "id":"low_mean",
-          "title":"Low mean",
-          "kibanaName":"avg",
-          "dslName":"avg",
-          "type":"metrics",
-          "mlModelPlotAgg":{
-              "max":"avg",
-              "min":"avg"
-          },
-          "fieldIds":[
-              "time_spent"
-          ]
-        },
-        {
-          "id":"sum",
-          "title":"Sum",
-          "kibanaName":"sum",
-          "dslName":"sum",
-          "type":"metrics",
-          "mlModelPlotAgg":{
-              "max":"sum",
-              "min":"sum"
-          },
-          "fieldIds":[
-              "time_spent"
-          ]
-        },
-        {
-          "id":"high_sum",
-          "title":"High sum",
-          "kibanaName":"sum",
-          "dslName":"sum",
-          "type":"metrics",
-          "mlModelPlotAgg":{
-              "max":"sum",
-              "min":"sum"
-          },
-          "fieldIds":[
-              "time_spent"
-          ]
-        },
-        {
-          "id":"low_sum",
-          "title":"Low sum",
-          "kibanaName":"sum",
-          "dslName":"sum",
-          "type":"metrics",
-          "mlModelPlotAgg":{
-              "max":"sum",
-              "min":"sum"
-          },
-          "fieldIds":[
-              "time_spent"
-          ]
-        },
-        {
-          "id":"median",
-          "title":"Median",
-          "kibanaName":"median",
-          "dslName":"percentiles",
-          "type":"metrics",
-          "mlModelPlotAgg":{
-              "max":"max",
-              "min":"min"
-          },
-          "fieldIds": [
-              "time_spent"
-          ]
-        },
-        {
-          "id":"high_median",
-          "title":"High median",
-          "kibanaName":"median",
-          "dslName":"percentiles",
-          "type":"metrics",
-          "mlModelPlotAgg":{
-              "max":"max",
-              "min":"min"
-          },
-          "fieldIds":[
-              "time_spent"
-          ]
-        },
-        {
-          "id":"low_median",
-          "title":"Low median",
-          "kibanaName":"median",
-          "dslName":"percentiles",
-          "type":"metrics",
-          "mlModelPlotAgg":{
-              "max":"max",
-              "min":"min"
-          },
-          "fieldIds":[
-              "time_spent"
-          ]
-        },
-        {
-          "id":"min",
-          "title":"Min",
-          "kibanaName":"min",
-          "dslName":"min",
-          "type":"metrics",
-          "mlModelPlotAgg":{
-              "max":"min",
-              "min":"min"
-          },
-          "fieldIds":[
-              "time_spent"
-          ]
-        },
-        {
-          "id":"max",
-          "title":"Max",
-          "kibanaName":"max",
-          "dslName":"max",
-          "type":"metrics",
-          "mlModelPlotAgg":{
-              "max":"max",
-              "min":"max"
-          },
-          "fieldIds":[
-              "time_spent"
-          ]
-        },
-        {
-          "id":"distinct_count",
-          "title":"Distinct count",
-          "kibanaName":"cardinality",
-          "dslName":"cardinality",
-          "type":"metrics",
-          "mlModelPlotAgg":{
-              "max":"max",
-              "min":"min"
-          },
-          "fieldIds":[
-              "group.keyword",
-              "user.first.keyword",
-              "user.last.keyword",
-              "time_spent"
-          ]
-        },
-        {
-          "id":"non_zero_count",
-          "title":"Non zero count",
-          "kibanaName":null,
-          "dslName":null,
-          "type":"metrics",
-          "mlModelPlotAgg":{
-              "max":"max",
-              "min":"min"
-          }
-        },
-        {
-          "id":"high_non_zero_count",
-          "title":"High non zero count",
-          "kibanaName":null,
-          "dslName":null,
-          "type":"metrics",
-          "mlModelPlotAgg":{
-              "max":"max",
-              "min":"min"
-          }
-        },
-        {
-          "id":"low_non_zero_count",
-          "title":"Low non zero count",
-          "kibanaName":null,
-          "dslName":null,
-          "type":"metrics",
-          "mlModelPlotAgg":{
-              "max":"max",
-              "min":"min"
-          }
-        },
-        {
-          "id":"high_distinct_count",
-          "title":"High distinct count",
-          "kibanaName":null,
-          "dslName":null,
-          "type":"metrics",
-          "mlModelPlotAgg":{
-              "max":"max",
-              "min":"min"
-          },
-          "fieldIds":[
-              "group.keyword",
-              "user.first.keyword",
-              "user.last.keyword",
-              "time_spent"
-          ]
-        },
-        {
-          "id":"low_distinct_count",
-          "title":"Low distinct count",
-          "kibanaName":null,
-          "dslName":null,
-          "type":"metrics",
-          "mlModelPlotAgg":{
-              "max":"max",
-              "min":"min"
-          },
-          "fieldIds":[
-              "group.keyword",
-              "user.first.keyword",
-              "user.last.keyword",
-              "time_spent"
-          ]
-        },
-        {
-          "id":"metric",
-          "title":"Metric",
-          "kibanaName":null,
-          "dslName":null,
-          "type":"metrics",
-          "mlModelPlotAgg":{
-              "max":"max",
-              "min":"min"
-          },
-          "fieldIds":[
-              "time_spent"
-          ]
-        },
-        {
-          "id":"varp",
-          "title":"varp",
-          "kibanaName":null,
-          "dslName":null,
-          "type":"metrics",
-          "mlModelPlotAgg":{
-              "max":"max",
-              "min":"min"
-          },
-          "fieldIds":[
-              "time_spent"
-          ]
-        },
-        {
-          "id":"high_varp",
-          "title":"High varp",
-          "kibanaName":null,
-          "dslName":null,
-          "type":"metrics",
-          "mlModelPlotAgg":{
-              "max":"max",
-              "min":"min"
-          },
-          "fieldIds":[
-              "time_spent"
-           ]
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-          "id":"low_varp",
-          "title":"Low varp",
-          "kibanaName":null,
-          "dslName":null,
-          "type":"metrics",
-          "mlModelPlotAgg":{
-              "max":"max",
-              "min":"min"
-          },
-          "fieldIds":[
-              "time_spent"
-          ]
-        },
-        {
-          "id":"non_null_sum",
-          "title":"Non null sum",
-          "kibanaName":null,
-          "dslName":null,
-          "type":"metrics",
-          "mlModelPlotAgg":{
-              "max":"max",
-              "min":"min"
-          },
-          "fieldIds":[
-              "time_spent"
-          ]
-        },
-        {
-          "id":"high_non_null_sum",
-          "title":"High non null sum",
-          "kibanaName":null,
-          "dslName":null,
-          "type":"metrics",
-          "mlModelPlotAgg":{
-              "max":"max",
-              "min":"min"
-          },
-          "fieldIds":[
-              "time_spent"
-          ]
-        },
-        {
-          "id":"low_non_null_sum",
-          "title":"Low non null sum",
-          "kibanaName":null,
-          "dslName":null,
-          "type":"metrics",
-          "mlModelPlotAgg":{
-              "max":"max",
-              "min":"min"
-          },
-          "fieldIds":[
-              "time_spent"
-          ]
-        },
-        {
-          "id":"rare",
-          "title":"Rare",
-          "kibanaName":null,
-          "dslName":null,
-          "type":"metrics",
-          "mlModelPlotAgg":{
-              "max":"max",
-              "min":"min"
-          }
-        },
-        {
-          "id":"freq_rare",
-          "title":"Freq rare",
-          "kibanaName":null,
-          "dslName":null,
-          "type":"metrics",
-          "mlModelPlotAgg":{
-              "max":"max",
-              "min":"min"
-          }
-        },
-        {
-          "id":"info_content",
-          "title":"Info content",
-          "kibanaName":null,
-          "dslName":null,
-          "type":"metrics",
-          "mlModelPlotAgg":{
-              "max":"max",
-              "min":"min"
-          },
-          "fieldIds":[
-              "group",
-              "user.first",
-              "user.last",
-              "group.keyword",
-              "user.first.keyword",
-              "user.last.keyword",
-              "time_spent"
-          ]
-        },
-        {
-          "id":"high_info_content",
-          "title":"High info content",
-          "kibanaName":null,
-          "dslName":null,
-          "type":"metrics",
-          "mlModelPlotAgg":{
-              "max":"max",
-              "min":"min"
-          },
-          "fieldIds":[
-              "group",
-              "user.first",
-              "user.last",
-              "group.keyword",
-              "usr.first.keyword",
-              "user.last.keyword",
-              "time_spent"
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-        },
-        {
-        "id":"low_info_content",
-        "title":"Low info content",
-        "kibanaName":null,
-        "dslName":null,
-        "type":"metrics",
-        "mlModelPlotAgg":{
-              "max":"max",
-              "min":"min"
-          },
-          "fieldIds":[
-              "group",
-              "user.first",
-              "user.last",
-              "group.keyword",
-              "user.first.keyword",
-              "user.last.keyword",
-              "time_spent"
-          ]
-        },
-        {
-          "id":"time_of_day",
-          "title":"Time of day",
-          "kibanaName":null,
-          "dslName":null,
-          "type":"metrics",
-          "mlModelPlotAgg":{
-              "max":"max",
-              "min":"min"
-          }
-        },
-        {
-          "id":"time_of_week",
-          "title":"Time of week",
-          "kibanaName":null,
-          "dslName":null,
-          "type":"metrics",
-          "mlModelPlotAgg":{
-              "max":"max",
-              "min":"min"
-          }
-        },
-        {
-          "id":"lat_long",
-          "title":"Lat long",
-          "kibanaName":null,
-          "dslName":null,
-          "type":"metrics",
-          "mlModelPlotAgg":{
-              "max":"max",
-              "min":"min"
-          },
-          "fieldIds":[
-
-          ]
+  "nested-field-index": {
+    "aggs": [
+      {
+        "id": "count",
+        "title": "Count",
+        "kibanaName": "count",
+        "dslName": "count",
+        "type": "metrics",
+        "mlModelPlotAgg": {
+          "max": "max",
+          "min": "min"
         }
-    ],
-    "fields":[
-        {
-          "id":"group",
-          "name":"group",
-          "type":"text",
-          "aggregatable":false,
-          "aggIds":[
-              "info_content",
-              "high_info_content",
-              "low_info_content"
-          ]
-        },
-        {
-          "id":"group.keyword",
-          "name":"group.keyword",
-          "type":"keyword",
-          "aggregatable":true,
-          "aggIds":[
-              "distinct_count",
-              "high_distinct_count",
-              "low_distinct_count",
-              "info_content",
-              "high_info_content",
-              "low_info_content"
-          ]
-        },
-        {
-          "id":"time_spent",
-          "name":"time_spent",
-          "type":"long",
-          "aggregatable":true,
-          "aggIds":[
-              "mean",
-              "high_mean",
-              "low_mean",
-              "sum",
-              "high_sum",
-              "low_sum",
-              "median",
-              "high_median",
-              "low_median",
-              "min",
-              "max",
-              "distinct_count",
-              "high_distinct_count",
-              "low_distinct_count",
-              "metric",
-              "varp",
-              "high_varp",
-              "low_varp",
-              "non_null_sum",
-              "high_non_null_sum",
-              "low_non_null_sum",
-              "info_content",
-              "high_info_content",
-              "low_info_content"
+      },
+      {
+        "id": "high_count",
+        "title": "High count",
+        "kibanaName": "count",
+        "dslName": "count",
+        "type": "metrics",
+        "mlModelPlotAgg": {
+          "max": "max",
+          "min": "min"
+        }
+      },
+      {
+        "id": "low_count",
+        "title": "Low count",
+        "kibanaName": "count",
+        "dslName": "count",
+        "type": "metrics",
+        "mlModelPlotAgg": {
+          "max": "max",
+          "min": "min"
+        }
+      },
+      {
+        "id": "mean",
+        "title": "Mean",
+        "kibanaName": "avg",
+        "dslName": "avg",
+        "type": "metrics",
+        "mlModelPlotAgg": {
+          "max": "avg",
+          "min": "avg"
+        },
+        "fieldIds": [
+          "time_spent"
         ]
-        },
-        {
-          "id":"user",
-          "name":"user",
-          "type":"nested",
-          "aggregatable":false,
-          "aggIds":[
-
-          ]
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-        {
-          "id":"user.first",
-          "name":"user.first",
-          "type":"text",
-          "aggregatable":false,
-          "aggIds":[
-              "info_content",
-              "high_info_content",
-              "low_info_content"
-          ]
-        },
-        {
-          "id":"user.first.keyword",
-          "name":"user.first.keyword",
-          "type":"keyword",
-          "aggregatable":true,
-          "aggIds":[
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-              "high_distinct_count",
-              "low_distinct_count",
-              "info_content",
-              "high_info_content",
-              "low_info_content"
-          ]
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-        {
-          "id":"user.last",
-          "name":"user.last",
-          "type":"text",
-          "aggregatable":false,
-          "aggIds":[
-              "info_content",
-              "high_info_content",
-              "low_info_content"
-          ]
-        },
-        {
-          "id":"user.last.keyword",
-          "name":"user.last.keyword",
-          "type":"keyword",
-          "aggregatable":true,
-          "aggIds":[
-              "distinct_count",
-              "high_distinct_count",
-              "low_distinct_count",
-              "info_content",
-              "high_info_content",
-              "low_info_content"
-          ]
+      },
+      {
+        "id": "high_mean",
+        "title": "High mean",
+        "kibanaName": "avg",
+        "dslName": "avg",
+        "type": "metrics",
+        "mlModelPlotAgg": {
+          "max": "avg",
+          "min": "avg"
+        },
+        "fieldIds": [
+          "time_spent"
+        ]
+      },
+      {
+        "id": "low_mean",
+        "title": "Low mean",
+        "kibanaName": "avg",
+        "dslName": "avg",
+        "type": "metrics",
+        "mlModelPlotAgg": {
+          "max": "avg",
+          "min": "avg"
+        },
+        "fieldIds": [
+          "time_spent"
+        ]
+      },
+      {
+        "id": "sum",
+        "title": "Sum",
+        "kibanaName": "sum",
+        "dslName": "sum",
+        "type": "metrics",
+        "mlModelPlotAgg": {
+          "max": "sum",
+          "min": "sum"
+        },
+        "fieldIds": [
+          "time_spent"
+        ]
+      },
+      {
+        "id": "high_sum",
+        "title": "High sum",
+        "kibanaName": "sum",
+        "dslName": "sum",
+        "type": "metrics",
+        "mlModelPlotAgg": {
+          "max": "sum",
+          "min": "sum"
+        },
+        "fieldIds": [
+          "time_spent"
+        ]
+      },
+      {
+        "id": "low_sum",
+        "title": "Low sum",
+        "kibanaName": "sum",
+        "dslName": "sum",
+        "type": "metrics",
+        "mlModelPlotAgg": {
+          "max": "sum",
+          "min": "sum"
+        },
+        "fieldIds": [
+          "time_spent"
+        ]
+      },
+      {
+        "id": "median",
+        "title": "Median",
+        "kibanaName": "median",
+        "dslName": "percentiles",
+        "type": "metrics",
+        "mlModelPlotAgg": {
+          "max": "max",
+          "min": "min"
+        },
+        "fieldIds": [
+          "time_spent"
+        ]
+      },
+      {
+        "id": "high_median",
+        "title": "High median",
+        "kibanaName": "median",
+        "dslName": "percentiles",
+        "type": "metrics",
+        "mlModelPlotAgg": {
+          "max": "max",
+          "min": "min"
+        },
+        "fieldIds": [
+          "time_spent"
+        ]
+      },
+      {
+        "id": "low_median",
+        "title": "Low median",
+        "kibanaName": "median",
+        "dslName": "percentiles",
+        "type": "metrics",
+        "mlModelPlotAgg": {
+          "max": "max",
+          "min": "min"
+        },
+        "fieldIds": [
+          "time_spent"
+        ]
+      },
+      {
+        "id": "min",
+        "title": "Min",
+        "kibanaName": "min",
+        "dslName": "min",
+        "type": "metrics",
+        "mlModelPlotAgg": {
+          "max": "min",
+          "min": "min"
+        },
+        "fieldIds": [
+          "time_spent"
+        ]
+      },
+      {
+        "id": "max",
+        "title": "Max",
+        "kibanaName": "max",
+        "dslName": "max",
+        "type": "metrics",
+        "mlModelPlotAgg": {
+          "max": "max",
+          "min": "max"
+        },
+        "fieldIds": [
+          "time_spent"
+        ]
+      },
+      {
+        "id": "distinct_count",
+        "title": "Distinct count",
+        "kibanaName": "cardinality",
+        "dslName": "cardinality",
+        "type": "metrics",
+        "mlModelPlotAgg": {
+          "max": "max",
+          "min": "min"
+        },
+        "fieldIds": [
+          "group.keyword",
+          "user.first.keyword",
+          "user.last.keyword",
+          "time_spent"
+        ]
+      },
+      {
+        "id": "non_zero_count",
+        "title": "Non zero count",
+        "kibanaName": null,
+        "dslName": null,
+        "type": "metrics",
+        "mlModelPlotAgg": {
+          "max": "max",
+          "min": "min"
+        }
+      },
+      {
+        "id": "high_non_zero_count",
+        "title": "High non zero count",
+        "kibanaName": null,
+        "dslName": null,
+        "type": "metrics",
+        "mlModelPlotAgg": {
+          "max": "max",
+          "min": "min"
+        }
+      },
+      {
+        "id": "low_non_zero_count",
+        "title": "Low non zero count",
+        "kibanaName": null,
+        "dslName": null,
+        "type": "metrics",
+        "mlModelPlotAgg": {
+          "max": "max",
+          "min": "min"
+        }
+      },
+      {
+        "id": "high_distinct_count",
+        "title": "High distinct count",
+        "kibanaName": null,
+        "dslName": null,
+        "type": "metrics",
+        "mlModelPlotAgg": {
+          "max": "max",
+          "min": "min"
+        },
+        "fieldIds": [
+          "group.keyword",
+          "user.first.keyword",
+          "user.last.keyword",
+          "time_spent"
+        ]
+      },
+      {
+        "id": "low_distinct_count",
+        "title": "Low distinct count",
+        "kibanaName": null,
+        "dslName": null,
+        "type": "metrics",
+        "mlModelPlotAgg": {
+          "max": "max",
+          "min": "min"
+        },
+        "fieldIds": [
+          "group.keyword",
+          "user.first.keyword",
+          "user.last.keyword",
+          "time_spent"
+        ]
+      },
+      {
+        "id": "metric",
+        "title": "Metric",
+        "kibanaName": null,
+        "dslName": null,
+        "type": "metrics",
+        "mlModelPlotAgg": {
+          "max": "max",
+          "min": "min"
+        },
+        "fieldIds": [
+          "time_spent"
+        ]
+      },
+      {
+        "id": "varp",
+        "title": "varp",
+        "kibanaName": null,
+        "dslName": null,
+        "type": "metrics",
+        "mlModelPlotAgg": {
+          "max": "max",
+          "min": "min"
+        },
+        "fieldIds": [
+          "time_spent"
+        ]
+      },
+      {
+        "id": "high_varp",
+        "title": "High varp",
+        "kibanaName": null,
+        "dslName": null,
+        "type": "metrics",
+        "mlModelPlotAgg": {
+          "max": "max",
+          "min": "min"
+        },
+        "fieldIds": [
+          "time_spent"
+        ]
+      },
+      {
+        "id": "low_varp",
+        "title": "Low varp",
+        "kibanaName": null,
+        "dslName": null,
+        "type": "metrics",
+        "mlModelPlotAgg": {
+          "max": "max",
+          "min": "min"
+        },
+        "fieldIds": [
+          "time_spent"
+        ]
+      },
+      {
+        "id": "non_null_sum",
+        "title": "Non null sum",
+        "kibanaName": null,
+        "dslName": null,
+        "type": "metrics",
+        "mlModelPlotAgg": {
+          "max": "max",
+          "min": "min"
+        },
+        "fieldIds": [
+          "time_spent"
+        ]
+      },
+      {
+        "id": "high_non_null_sum",
+        "title": "High non null sum",
+        "kibanaName": null,
+        "dslName": null,
+        "type": "metrics",
+        "mlModelPlotAgg": {
+          "max": "max",
+          "min": "min"
+        },
+        "fieldIds": [
+          "time_spent"
+        ]
+      },
+      {
+        "id": "low_non_null_sum",
+        "title": "Low non null sum",
+        "kibanaName": null,
+        "dslName": null,
+        "type": "metrics",
+        "mlModelPlotAgg": {
+          "max": "max",
+          "min": "min"
+        },
+        "fieldIds": [
+          "time_spent"
+        ]
+      },
+      {
+        "id": "rare",
+        "title": "Rare",
+        "kibanaName": null,
+        "dslName": null,
+        "type": "metrics",
+        "mlModelPlotAgg": {
+          "max": "max",
+          "min": "min"
+        }
+      },
+      {
+        "id": "freq_rare",
+        "title": "Freq rare",
+        "kibanaName": null,
+        "dslName": null,
+        "type": "metrics",
+        "mlModelPlotAgg": {
+          "max": "max",
+          "min": "min"
+        }
+      },
+      {
+        "id": "info_content",
+        "title": "Info content",
+        "kibanaName": null,
+        "dslName": null,
+        "type": "metrics",
+        "mlModelPlotAgg": {
+          "max": "max",
+          "min": "min"
+        },
+        "fieldIds": [
+          "group",
+          "user.first",
+          "user.last",
+          "group.keyword",
+          "user.first.keyword",
+          "user.last.keyword",
+          "time_spent"
+        ]
+      },
+      {
+        "id": "high_info_content",
+        "title": "High info content",
+        "kibanaName": null,
+        "dslName": null,
+        "type": "metrics",
+        "mlModelPlotAgg": {
+          "max": "max",
+          "min": "min"
+        },
+        "fieldIds": [
+          "group",
+          "user.first",
+          "user.last",
+          "group.keyword",
+          "usr.first.keyword",
+          "user.last.keyword",
+          "time_spent"
+        ]
+      },
+      {
+        "id": "low_info_content",
+        "title": "Low info content",
+        "kibanaName": null,
+        "dslName": null,
+        "type": "metrics",
+        "mlModelPlotAgg": {
+          "max": "max",
+          "min": "min"
+        },
+        "fieldIds": [
+          "group",
+          "user.first",
+          "user.last",
+          "group.keyword",
+          "user.first.keyword",
+          "user.last.keyword",
+          "time_spent"
+        ]
+      },
+      {
+        "id": "time_of_day",
+        "title": "Time of day",
+        "kibanaName": null,
+        "dslName": null,
+        "type": "metrics",
+        "mlModelPlotAgg": {
+          "max": "max",
+          "min": "min"
+        }
+      },
+      {
+        "id": "time_of_week",
+        "title": "Time of week",
+        "kibanaName": null,
+        "dslName": null,
+        "type": "metrics",
+        "mlModelPlotAgg": {
+          "max": "max",
+          "min": "min"
         }
+      },
+      {
+        "id": "lat_long",
+        "title": "Lat long",
+        "kibanaName": null,
+        "dslName": null,
+        "type": "metrics",
+        "mlModelPlotAgg": {
+          "max": "max",
+          "min": "min"
+        },
+        "fieldIds": []
+      }
+    ],
+    "fields": [
+      {
+        "id": "group",
+        "name": "group",
+        "type": "text",
+        "aggregatable": false,
+        "counter": false,
+        "aggIds": [
+          "info_content",
+          "high_info_content",
+          "low_info_content"
+        ]
+      },
+      {
+        "id": "group.keyword",
+        "name": "group.keyword",
+        "type": "keyword",
+        "aggregatable": true,
+        "counter": false,
+        "aggIds": [
+          "distinct_count",
+          "high_distinct_count",
+          "low_distinct_count",
+          "info_content",
+          "high_info_content",
+          "low_info_content"
+        ]
+      },
+      {
+        "id": "time_spent",
+        "name": "time_spent",
+        "type": "long",
+        "aggregatable": true,
+        "counter": false,
+        "aggIds": [
+          "mean",
+          "high_mean",
+          "low_mean",
+          "sum",
+          "high_sum",
+          "low_sum",
+          "median",
+          "high_median",
+          "low_median",
+          "min",
+          "max",
+          "distinct_count",
+          "high_distinct_count",
+          "low_distinct_count",
+          "metric",
+          "varp",
+          "high_varp",
+          "low_varp",
+          "non_null_sum",
+          "high_non_null_sum",
+          "low_non_null_sum",
+          "info_content",
+          "high_info_content",
+          "low_info_content"
+        ]
+      },
+      {
+        "id": "user",
+        "name": "user",
+        "type": "nested",
+        "aggregatable": false,
+        "counter": false,
+        "aggIds": []
+      },
+      {
+        "id": "user.first",
+        "name": "user.first",
+        "type": "text",
+        "aggregatable": false,
+        "counter": false,
+        "aggIds": [
+          "info_content",
+          "high_info_content",
+          "low_info_content"
+        ]
+      },
+      {
+        "id": "user.first.keyword",
+        "name": "user.first.keyword",
+        "type": "keyword",
+        "aggregatable": true,
+        "counter": false,
+        "aggIds": [
+          "distinct_count",
+          "high_distinct_count",
+          "low_distinct_count",
+          "info_content",
+          "high_info_content",
+          "low_info_content"
+        ]
+      },
+      {
+        "id": "user.last",
+        "name": "user.last",
+        "type": "text",
+        "aggregatable": false,
+        "counter": false,
+        "aggIds": [
+          "info_content",
+          "high_info_content",
+          "low_info_content"
+        ]
+      },
+      {
+        "id": "user.last.keyword",
+        "name": "user.last.keyword",
+        "type": "keyword",
+        "aggregatable": true,
+        "counter": false,
+        "aggIds": [
+          "distinct_count",
+          "high_distinct_count",
+          "low_distinct_count",
+          "info_content",
+          "high_info_content",
+          "low_info_content"
+        ]
+      }
     ]
   }
 }
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/services/new_job_capabilities/new_job_capabilities.ts b/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/services/new_job_capabilities/new_job_capabilities.ts
index 2bc51a10ab9d2..041f508d23fa3 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/services/new_job_capabilities/new_job_capabilities.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/services/new_job_capabilities/new_job_capabilities.ts
@@ -62,4 +62,8 @@ export class NewJobCapabilitiesServiceBase {
     const agg = this._aggs.find((f) => f.id === id);
     return agg === undefined ? null : agg;
   }
+
+  protected removeCounterFields() {
+    this._fields = this._fields.filter((f) => f.counter === false);
+  }
 }
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/services/new_job_capabilities/new_job_capabilities_service.ts b/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/services/new_job_capabilities/new_job_capabilities_service.ts
index 87983326f7226..0628b23ed96cf 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/services/new_job_capabilities/new_job_capabilities_service.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/services/new_job_capabilities/new_job_capabilities_service.ts
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ class NewJobCapsService extends NewJobCapabilitiesServiceBase {
       // keyword fields over text fields.
       // e.g. if foo.keyword and foo exist, don't add foo to the list.
       this._fields = fields;
+      this.removeCounterFields();
       // set the category fields to contain fields which have been filtered to prefer text fields.
       this._catFields = catFields;
       this._dateFields = dateFields;
@@ -154,6 +155,7 @@ function addEventRateField(aggs: Aggregation[], fields: Field[]) {
     name: 'Event rate',
     type: ES_FIELD_TYPES.INTEGER,
     aggregatable: true,
+    counter: false,
     aggs: [],
   };
 
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/services/new_job_capabilities/new_job_capabilities_service_analytics.ts b/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/services/new_job_capabilities/new_job_capabilities_service_analytics.ts
index 6796db5424993..56e9342b19c7e 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/services/new_job_capabilities/new_job_capabilities_service_analytics.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/services/new_job_capabilities/new_job_capabilities_service_analytics.ts
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ class NewJobCapsServiceAnalytics extends NewJobCapabilitiesServiceBase {
       // keyword fields over text fields.
       // e.g. if foo.keyword and foo exist, don't add foo to the list.
       this._fields = fieldsPreferringKeyword;
+      this.removeCounterFields();
     } catch (error) {
       console.error('Unable to load analytics index fields', error); // eslint-disable-line no-console
     }
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/ml/server/models/job_service/new_job_caps/__mocks__/results/cloudwatch_rollup_job_caps.json b/x-pack/plugins/ml/server/models/job_service/new_job_caps/__mocks__/results/cloudwatch_rollup_job_caps.json
index ae940ffbf4828..dff97f5d6085e 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/ml/server/models/job_service/new_job_caps/__mocks__/results/cloudwatch_rollup_job_caps.json
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/ml/server/models/job_service/new_job_caps/__mocks__/results/cloudwatch_rollup_job_caps.json
@@ -44,7 +44,12 @@
           "max": "avg",
           "min": "avg"
         },
-        "fieldIds": ["CPUUtilization", "DiskReadBytes", "NetworkIn", "NetworkOut"]
+        "fieldIds": [
+          "CPUUtilization",
+          "DiskReadBytes",
+          "NetworkIn",
+          "NetworkOut"
+        ]
       },
       {
         "id": "high_mean",
@@ -56,7 +61,12 @@
           "max": "avg",
           "min": "avg"
         },
-        "fieldIds": ["CPUUtilization", "DiskReadBytes", "NetworkIn", "NetworkOut"]
+        "fieldIds": [
+          "CPUUtilization",
+          "DiskReadBytes",
+          "NetworkIn",
+          "NetworkOut"
+        ]
       },
       {
         "id": "low_mean",
@@ -68,7 +78,12 @@
           "max": "avg",
           "min": "avg"
         },
-        "fieldIds": ["CPUUtilization", "DiskReadBytes", "NetworkIn", "NetworkOut"]
+        "fieldIds": [
+          "CPUUtilization",
+          "DiskReadBytes",
+          "NetworkIn",
+          "NetworkOut"
+        ]
       },
       {
         "id": "sum",
@@ -80,7 +95,10 @@
           "max": "sum",
           "min": "sum"
         },
-        "fieldIds": ["DiskReadBytes", "DiskWriteOps"]
+        "fieldIds": [
+          "DiskReadBytes",
+          "DiskWriteOps"
+        ]
       },
       {
         "id": "high_sum",
@@ -92,7 +110,10 @@
           "max": "sum",
           "min": "sum"
         },
-        "fieldIds": ["DiskReadBytes", "DiskWriteOps"]
+        "fieldIds": [
+          "DiskReadBytes",
+          "DiskWriteOps"
+        ]
       },
       {
         "id": "low_sum",
@@ -104,7 +125,10 @@
           "max": "sum",
           "min": "sum"
         },
-        "fieldIds": ["DiskReadBytes", "DiskWriteOps"]
+        "fieldIds": [
+          "DiskReadBytes",
+          "DiskWriteOps"
+        ]
       },
       {
         "dslName": "percentiles",
@@ -152,7 +176,10 @@
           "max": "min",
           "min": "min"
         },
-        "fieldIds": ["NetworkIn", "NetworkOut"]
+        "fieldIds": [
+          "NetworkIn",
+          "NetworkOut"
+        ]
       },
       {
         "id": "max",
@@ -164,7 +191,10 @@
           "max": "max",
           "min": "max"
         },
-        "fieldIds": ["CPUUtilization", "DiskReadBytes"]
+        "fieldIds": [
+          "CPUUtilization",
+          "DiskReadBytes"
+        ]
       },
       {
         "dslName": "cardinality",
@@ -418,6 +448,7 @@
         "name": "@timestamp",
         "type": "date",
         "aggregatable": true,
+        "counter": false,
         "aggIds": []
       },
       {
@@ -425,35 +456,67 @@
         "name": "CPUUtilization",
         "type": "double",
         "aggregatable": true,
-        "aggIds": ["mean", "high_mean", "low_mean", "max"]
+        "counter": false,
+        "aggIds": [
+          "mean",
+          "high_mean",
+          "low_mean",
+          "max"
+        ]
       },
       {
         "id": "DiskReadBytes",
         "name": "DiskReadBytes",
         "type": "double",
         "aggregatable": true,
-        "aggIds": ["mean", "high_mean", "low_mean", "sum", "high_sum", "low_sum", "max"]
+        "counter": false,
+        "aggIds": [
+          "mean",
+          "high_mean",
+          "low_mean",
+          "sum",
+          "high_sum",
+          "low_sum",
+          "max"
+        ]
       },
       {
         "id": "DiskWriteOps",
         "name": "DiskWriteOps",
         "type": "double",
         "aggregatable": true,
-        "aggIds": ["sum", "high_sum", "low_sum"]
+        "counter": false,
+        "aggIds": [
+          "sum",
+          "high_sum",
+          "low_sum"
+        ]
       },
       {
         "id": "NetworkIn",
         "name": "NetworkIn",
         "type": "double",
         "aggregatable": true,
-        "aggIds": ["mean", "high_mean", "low_mean", "min"]
+        "counter": false,
+        "aggIds": [
+          "mean",
+          "high_mean",
+          "low_mean",
+          "min"
+        ]
       },
       {
         "id": "NetworkOut",
         "name": "NetworkOut",
         "type": "double",
         "aggregatable": true,
-        "aggIds": ["mean", "high_mean", "low_mean", "min"]
+        "counter": false,
+        "aggIds": [
+          "mean",
+          "high_mean",
+          "low_mean",
+          "min"
+        ]
       }
     ]
   }
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/ml/server/models/job_service/new_job_caps/__mocks__/results/farequote_job_caps.json b/x-pack/plugins/ml/server/models/job_service/new_job_caps/__mocks__/results/farequote_job_caps.json
index 9c10f9083be5e..bb5e21f8a9da6 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/ml/server/models/job_service/new_job_caps/__mocks__/results/farequote_job_caps.json
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/ml/server/models/job_service/new_job_caps/__mocks__/results/farequote_job_caps.json
@@ -472,6 +472,7 @@
         "name": "@timestamp",
         "type": "date",
         "aggregatable": true,
+        "counter": false,
         "aggIds": []
       },
       {
@@ -479,6 +480,7 @@
         "name": "airline",
         "type": "keyword",
         "aggregatable": true,
+        "counter": false,
         "aggIds": [
           "distinct_count",
           "high_distinct_count",
@@ -493,6 +495,7 @@
         "name": "responsetime",
         "type": "float",
         "aggregatable": true,
+        "counter": false,
         "aggIds": [
           "mean",
           "high_mean",
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/ml/server/models/job_service/new_job_caps/field_service.ts b/x-pack/plugins/ml/server/models/job_service/new_job_caps/field_service.ts
index 83144d20b39bc..ba3c0c9c0f759 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/ml/server/models/job_service/new_job_caps/field_service.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/ml/server/models/job_service/new_job_caps/field_service.ts
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ class FieldsService {
               name: k,
               type: field.type as ES_FIELD_TYPES,
               aggregatable: this.isFieldAggregatable(field),
+              counter: this.isCounterField(field),
               aggs: [],
             });
           }
@@ -101,11 +102,14 @@ class FieldsService {
     return fields.sort((a, b) => a.id.localeCompare(b.id));
   }
 
+  private isCounterField(field: estypes.FieldCapsFieldCapability) {
+    return field.time_series_metric === 'counter';
+  }
   // check to see whether the field is aggregatable
   // If it is a counter field from a time series data stream, we cannot currently
   // support any aggregations and so it cannot be used as a field_name in a detector.
   private isFieldAggregatable(field: estypes.FieldCapsFieldCapability) {
-    return field.time_series_metric !== 'counter' ?? field.aggregatable;
+    return field.aggregatable && this.isCounterField(field) === false;
   }
 
   // public function to load fields from _field_caps and create a list