diff --git a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/infra/server/routes/metrics_explorer/lib/populate_series_with_tsvb_data.ts b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/infra/server/routes/metrics_explorer/lib/populate_series_with_tsvb_data.ts
index 8f1efb9e3de89..80ccad9567a0f 100644
--- a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/infra/server/routes/metrics_explorer/lib/populate_series_with_tsvb_data.ts
+++ b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/infra/server/routes/metrics_explorer/lib/populate_series_with_tsvb_data.ts
@@ -63,7 +63,14 @@ export const populateSeriesWithTSVBData = (
       timestampField: options.timerange.field,
       timerange: options.timerange,
     },
-    model.requires
+    options.metrics
+      .filter(metric => metric.field)
+      .map(metric => {
+        return metric
+          .field!.split(/\./)
+          .slice(0, 2)
+          .join('.');
+      })
   );
 
   if (calculatedInterval) {
diff --git a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/infra/server/utils/calculate_metric_interval.ts b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/infra/server/utils/calculate_metric_interval.ts
index 09abe17a3cf87..7696abd2ac250 100644
--- a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/infra/server/utils/calculate_metric_interval.ts
+++ b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/infra/server/utils/calculate_metric_interval.ts
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ export const calculateMetricInterval = async (
     return;
   }
 
-  return Math.max(...intervals);
+  return Math.max(...intervals) / 1000;
 };
 
 interface PeriodAggregationData {