diff --git a/src/plugins/vis_type_timeseries/common/types.ts b/src/plugins/vis_type_timeseries/common/types.ts
index 4520069244527..8973060848b41 100644
--- a/src/plugins/vis_type_timeseries/common/types.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/vis_type_timeseries/common/types.ts
@@ -18,8 +18,9 @@
  */
 
 import { TypeOf } from '@kbn/config-schema';
-import { metricsItems, panel, seriesItems } from './vis_schema';
+import { metricsItems, panel, seriesItems, visPayloadSchema } from './vis_schema';
 
 export type SeriesItemsSchema = TypeOf<typeof seriesItems>;
 export type MetricsItemsSchema = TypeOf<typeof metricsItems>;
 export type PanelSchema = TypeOf<typeof panel>;
+export type VisPayload = TypeOf<typeof visPayloadSchema>;
diff --git a/src/plugins/vis_type_timeseries/common/vis_schema.ts b/src/plugins/vis_type_timeseries/common/vis_schema.ts
index 40f776050617e..27f09fb574b0f 100644
--- a/src/plugins/vis_type_timeseries/common/vis_schema.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/vis_type_timeseries/common/vis_schema.ts
@@ -273,4 +273,5 @@ export const visPayloadSchema = schema.object({
     min: stringRequired,
     max: stringRequired,
   }),
+  sessionId: schema.maybe(schema.string()),
 });
diff --git a/src/plugins/vis_type_timeseries/public/request_handler.js b/src/plugins/vis_type_timeseries/public/request_handler.js
index e33d0e254f609..12b7f3d417ef6 100644
--- a/src/plugins/vis_type_timeseries/public/request_handler.js
+++ b/src/plugins/vis_type_timeseries/public/request_handler.js
@@ -32,7 +32,8 @@ export const metricsRequestHandler = async ({
   const config = getUISettings();
   const timezone = getTimezone(config);
   const uiStateObj = uiState.get(visParams.type, {});
-  const parsedTimeRange = getDataStart().query.timefilter.timefilter.calculateBounds(timeRange);
+  const dataSearch = getDataStart();
+  const parsedTimeRange = dataSearch.query.timefilter.timefilter.calculateBounds(timeRange);
   const scaledDataFormat = config.get('dateFormat:scaled');
   const dateFormat = config.get('dateFormat');
 
@@ -53,6 +54,7 @@ export const metricsRequestHandler = async ({
           panels: [visParams],
           state: uiStateObj,
           savedObjectId: savedObjectId || 'unsaved',
+          sessionId: dataSearch.search.session.getSessionId(),
         }),
       });
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/vis_type_timeseries/server/lib/search_strategies/strategies/abstract_search_strategy.test.js b/src/plugins/vis_type_timeseries/server/lib/search_strategies/strategies/abstract_search_strategy.test.js
index 9710f7daf69b6..2c38e883cd69f 100644
--- a/src/plugins/vis_type_timeseries/server/lib/search_strategies/strategies/abstract_search_strategy.test.js
+++ b/src/plugins/vis_type_timeseries/server/lib/search_strategies/strategies/abstract_search_strategy.test.js
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ describe('AbstractSearchStrategy', () => {
   beforeEach(() => {
     mockedFields = {};
     req = {
+      payload: {},
       pre: {
         indexPatternsService: {
           getFieldsForWildcard: jest.fn().mockReturnValue(mockedFields),
@@ -60,6 +61,9 @@ describe('AbstractSearchStrategy', () => {
 
     const responses = await abstractSearchStrategy.search(
       {
+        payload: {
+          sessionId: 1,
+        },
         requestContext: {
           search: { search: searchFn },
         },
@@ -76,7 +80,9 @@ describe('AbstractSearchStrategy', () => {
         },
         indexType: undefined,
       },
-      {}
+      {
+        sessionId: 1,
+      }
     );
   });
 });
diff --git a/src/plugins/vis_type_timeseries/server/lib/search_strategies/strategies/abstract_search_strategy.ts b/src/plugins/vis_type_timeseries/server/lib/search_strategies/strategies/abstract_search_strategy.ts
index eb22fcb1dd689..b1e21edf8b588 100644
--- a/src/plugins/vis_type_timeseries/server/lib/search_strategies/strategies/abstract_search_strategy.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/vis_type_timeseries/server/lib/search_strategies/strategies/abstract_search_strategy.ts
@@ -23,8 +23,10 @@ import {
   IUiSettingsClient,
   SavedObjectsClientContract,
 } from 'kibana/server';
+
 import { Framework } from '../../../plugin';
 import { IndexPatternsFetcher } from '../../../../../data/server';
+import { VisPayload } from '../../../../common/types';
 
 /**
  * ReqFacade is a regular KibanaRequest object extended with additional service
@@ -32,17 +34,17 @@ import { IndexPatternsFetcher } from '../../../../../data/server';
  *
  * This will be replaced by standard KibanaRequest and RequestContext objects in a later version.
  */
-export type ReqFacade = FakeRequest & {
+export interface ReqFacade<T = unknown> extends FakeRequest {
   requestContext: RequestHandlerContext;
   framework: Framework;
-  payload: unknown;
+  payload: T;
   pre: {
     indexPatternsService?: IndexPatternsFetcher;
   };
   getUiSettingsService: () => IUiSettingsClient;
   getSavedObjectsClient: () => SavedObjectsClientContract;
   getEsShardTimeout: () => Promise<number>;
-};
+}
 
 export class AbstractSearchStrategy {
   public indexType?: string;
@@ -53,8 +55,10 @@ export class AbstractSearchStrategy {
     this.additionalParams = additionalParams;
   }
 
-  async search(req: ReqFacade, bodies: any[], options = {}) {
+  async search(req: ReqFacade<VisPayload>, bodies: any[], options = {}) {
     const requests: any[] = [];
+    const { sessionId } = req.payload;
+
     bodies.forEach((body) => {
       requests.push(
         req.requestContext
@@ -67,6 +71,7 @@ export class AbstractSearchStrategy {
               indexType: this.indexType,
             },
             {
+              sessionId,
               ...options,
             }
           )