diff --git a/src/plugins/vis_types/table/public/table_vis_fn.ts b/src/plugins/vis_types/table/public/table_vis_fn.ts
index 861923ef5086e..99c8992ff5984 100644
--- a/src/plugins/vis_types/table/public/table_vis_fn.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/vis_types/table/public/table_vis_fn.ts
@@ -126,6 +126,11 @@ export const createTableVisFn = (): TableExpressionFunctionDefinition => ({
   },
   fn(input, args, handlers) {
     const convertedData = tableVisResponseHandler(input, args);
+    const inspectorData = {
+      rows: convertedData?.table?.rows ?? input.rows,
+      columns: convertedData?.table?.columns ?? input.columns,
+      type: 'datatable',
+    } as Datatable;
 
     if (handlers?.inspectorAdapters?.tables) {
       const argsTable: Dimension[] = [
@@ -158,7 +163,7 @@ export const createTableVisFn = (): TableExpressionFunctionDefinition => ({
           }),
         ]);
       }
-      const logTable = prepareLogTable(input, argsTable);
+      const logTable = prepareLogTable(inspectorData, argsTable);
       handlers.inspectorAdapters.tables.logDatatable('default', logTable);
     }
     return {