diff --git a/src/plugins/discover/public/application/components/sidebar/lib/visualize_url_utils.ts b/src/plugins/discover/public/application/components/sidebar/lib/visualize_url_utils.ts
index d598f28a0ad12..0c1a44d7845cf 100644
--- a/src/plugins/discover/public/application/components/sidebar/lib/visualize_url_utils.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/discover/public/application/components/sidebar/lib/visualize_url_utils.ts
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ export function getVisualizeUrl(
       params: {
         field: field.name,
         size: parseInt(aggsTermSize, 10),
-        orderBy: '2',
+        orderBy: '1',
       },
     };
   }
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ export function getVisualizeUrl(
         query: state.query,
         vis: {
           type,
-          aggs: [{ schema: 'metric', type: 'count', id: '2' }, agg],
+          aggs: [{ schema: 'metric', type: 'count', id: '1' }, agg],
         },
       } as any),
     },
diff --git a/test/functional/apps/discover/_field_visualize.ts b/test/functional/apps/discover/_field_visualize.ts
index e202dcb7e2af7..b0db6c149e41a 100644
--- a/test/functional/apps/discover/_field_visualize.ts
+++ b/test/functional/apps/discover/_field_visualize.ts
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }: FtrProviderContext) {
   const kibanaServer = getService('kibanaServer');
   const log = getService('log');
   const queryBar = getService('queryBar');
-  const PageObjects = getPageObjects(['common', 'discover', 'header', 'timePicker']);
+  const PageObjects = getPageObjects(['common', 'discover', 'header', 'timePicker', 'visualize']);
   const defaultSettings = {
     defaultIndex: 'logstash-*',
   };
@@ -48,6 +48,13 @@ export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }: FtrProviderContext) {
       await PageObjects.timePicker.setDefaultAbsoluteRange();
     });
 
+    it('should be able to visualize a field and save the visualization', async () => {
+      await PageObjects.discover.findFieldByName('type');
+      log.debug('visualize a type field');
+      await PageObjects.discover.clickFieldListItemVisualize('type');
+      await PageObjects.visualize.saveVisualizationExpectSuccess('Top 5 server types');
+    });
+
     it('should visualize a field in area chart', async () => {
       await PageObjects.discover.findFieldByName('phpmemory');
       log.debug('visualize a phpmemory field');