diff --git a/src/legacy/core_plugins/data/public/search/expressions/build_tabular_inspector_data.ts b/src/legacy/core_plugins/data/public/search/expressions/build_tabular_inspector_data.ts
index 8f7953c408a97..e85e9deff6ddf 100644
--- a/src/legacy/core_plugins/data/public/search/expressions/build_tabular_inspector_data.ts
+++ b/src/legacy/core_plugins/data/public/search/expressions/build_tabular_inspector_data.ts
@@ -22,20 +22,8 @@ import { set } from 'lodash';
 import { FormattedData } from '../../../../../../plugins/inspector/public';
 // @ts-ignore
 import { createFilter } from './create_filter';
-interface Column {
-  id: string;
-  name: string;
-  aggConfig: any;
-}
-
-interface Row {
-  [key: string]: any;
-}
 
-interface Table {
-  columns: Column[];
-  rows: Row[];
-}
+import { TabbedTable } from '../tabify';
 
 /**
  * @deprecated
@@ -52,7 +40,7 @@ interface Table {
  * inspector. It will only be called when the data view in the inspector is opened.
  */
 export async function buildTabularInspectorData(
-  table: Table,
+  table: TabbedTable,
   queryFilter: { addFilters: (filter: any) => void }
 ) {
   const aggConfigs = table.columns.map(column => column.aggConfig);
diff --git a/src/legacy/core_plugins/data/public/search/tabify/get_columns.test.ts b/src/legacy/core_plugins/data/public/search/tabify/get_columns.test.ts
index 0328e87d8b832..cfd4cd7de640b 100644
--- a/src/legacy/core_plugins/data/public/search/tabify/get_columns.test.ts
+++ b/src/legacy/core_plugins/data/public/search/tabify/get_columns.test.ts
@@ -17,8 +17,9 @@
  * under the License.
  */
 
-import { tabifyGetColumns, AggColumn } from './get_columns';
+import { tabifyGetColumns } from './get_columns';
 import { AggConfigs, AggGroupNames, Schemas } from '../aggs';
+import { TabbedAggColumn } from './types';
 
 jest.mock('ui/new_platform');
 
@@ -140,7 +141,7 @@ describe('get columns', () => {
       false
     );
 
-    function checkColumns(column: AggColumn, i: number) {
+    function checkColumns(column: TabbedAggColumn, i: number) {
       expect(column).toHaveProperty('aggConfig');
 
       switch (i) {
diff --git a/src/legacy/core_plugins/data/public/search/tabify/get_columns.ts b/src/legacy/core_plugins/data/public/search/tabify/get_columns.ts
index 54f09f6c6364f..8bffca65b4ae2 100644
--- a/src/legacy/core_plugins/data/public/search/tabify/get_columns.ts
+++ b/src/legacy/core_plugins/data/public/search/tabify/get_columns.ts
@@ -19,14 +19,8 @@
 
 import { groupBy } from 'lodash';
 import { IAggConfig } from '../aggs';
-
-export interface AggColumn {
-  aggConfig: IAggConfig;
-  id: string;
-  name: string;
-}
-
-const getColumn = (agg: IAggConfig, i: number): AggColumn => {
+import { TabbedAggColumn } from './types';
+const getColumn = (agg: IAggConfig, i: number): TabbedAggColumn => {
   return {
     aggConfig: agg,
     id: `col-${i}-${agg.id}`,
@@ -40,14 +34,14 @@ const getColumn = (agg: IAggConfig, i: number): AggColumn => {
  * @param {AggConfigs} aggs - the agg configs object to which the aggregation response correlates
  * @param {boolean} minimalColumns - setting to true will only return a column for the last bucket/metric instead of one for each level
  */
-export function tabifyGetColumns(aggs: IAggConfig[], minimalColumns: boolean): AggColumn[] {
+export function tabifyGetColumns(aggs: IAggConfig[], minimalColumns: boolean): TabbedAggColumn[] {
   // pick the columns
   if (minimalColumns) {
     return aggs.map((agg, i) => getColumn(agg, i));
   }
 
   // supposed to be bucket,...metrics,bucket,...metrics
-  const columns: AggColumn[] = [];
+  const columns: TabbedAggColumn[] = [];
 
   // separate the metrics
   const grouped = groupBy(aggs, agg => {
diff --git a/src/legacy/core_plugins/data/public/search/tabify/index.ts b/src/legacy/core_plugins/data/public/search/tabify/index.ts
index be8d64510033c..90ac3f2fb730b 100644
--- a/src/legacy/core_plugins/data/public/search/tabify/index.ts
+++ b/src/legacy/core_plugins/data/public/search/tabify/index.ts
@@ -19,3 +19,5 @@
 
 export { tabifyAggResponse } from './tabify';
 export { tabifyGetColumns } from './get_columns';
+
+export { TabbedTable, TabbedAggRow, TabbedAggColumn } from './types';
diff --git a/src/legacy/core_plugins/data/public/search/tabify/response_writer.ts b/src/legacy/core_plugins/data/public/search/tabify/response_writer.ts
index 4c4578e505b71..c910eda024540 100644
--- a/src/legacy/core_plugins/data/public/search/tabify/response_writer.ts
+++ b/src/legacy/core_plugins/data/public/search/tabify/response_writer.ts
@@ -19,26 +19,24 @@
 
 import { isEmpty } from 'lodash';
 import { IAggConfigs } from '../aggs/agg_configs';
-import { AggColumn, tabifyGetColumns } from './get_columns';
+import { tabifyGetColumns } from './get_columns';
 
-import { TabbedResponseWriterOptions } from './types';
+import { TabbedResponseWriterOptions, TabbedAggColumn, TabbedAggRow, TabbedTable } from './types';
 
-interface TabbedAggColumn {
+interface BufferColumn {
   id: string;
   value: string | number;
 }
 
-type TabbedAggRow = Record<TabbedAggColumn['id'], TabbedAggColumn['value']>;
-
 /**
  * Writer class that collects information about an aggregation response and
  * produces a table, or a series of tables.
  */
 export class TabbedAggResponseWriter {
-  columns: AggColumn[];
+  columns: TabbedAggColumn[];
   rows: TabbedAggRow[] = [];
-  bucketBuffer: TabbedAggColumn[] = [];
-  metricBuffer: TabbedAggColumn[] = [];
+  bucketBuffer: BufferColumn[] = [];
+  metricBuffer: BufferColumn[] = [];
 
   private readonly partialRows: boolean;
 
@@ -79,7 +77,7 @@ export class TabbedAggResponseWriter {
     }
   }
 
-  response() {
+  response(): TabbedTable {
     return {
       columns: this.columns,
       rows: this.rows,
diff --git a/src/legacy/core_plugins/data/public/search/tabify/types.ts b/src/legacy/core_plugins/data/public/search/tabify/types.ts
index 3a02a2b64f0c3..964a9d2080e7b 100644
--- a/src/legacy/core_plugins/data/public/search/tabify/types.ts
+++ b/src/legacy/core_plugins/data/public/search/tabify/types.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
  */
 
 import { RangeFilterParams } from '../../../../../../plugins/data/public';
+import { IAggConfig } from '../aggs';
 
 /** @internal **/
 export interface TabbedRangeFilterParams extends RangeFilterParams {
@@ -30,3 +31,19 @@ export interface TabbedResponseWriterOptions {
   partialRows: boolean;
   timeRange?: { [key: string]: RangeFilterParams };
 }
+
+/** @public **/
+export interface TabbedAggColumn {
+  aggConfig: IAggConfig;
+  id: string;
+  name: string;
+}
+
+/** @public **/
+export type TabbedAggRow = Record<TabbedAggColumn['id'], string | number>;
+
+/** @public **/
+export interface TabbedTable {
+  columns: TabbedAggColumn[];
+  rows: TabbedAggRow[];
+}