diff --git a/src/legacy/ui/public/agg_table/__tests__/_table.js b/src/legacy/ui/public/agg_table/__tests__/_table.js
index 9a51e99344ee9..a67e09a3d0d29 100644
--- a/src/legacy/ui/public/agg_table/__tests__/_table.js
+++ b/src/legacy/ui/public/agg_table/__tests__/_table.js
@@ -181,12 +181,12 @@ describe('AggTable Directive', function () {
       $scope.dimensions = {
         buckets: [
           { accessor: 0, params: {} },
-          { accessor: 1, format: { id: 'date', params: { pattern: 'YYYY-MM-DD' } }, params: { isDate: true } }
+          { accessor: 1, format: { id: 'date', params: { pattern: 'YYYY-MM-DD' } } },
         ], metrics: [
-          { accessor: 2, format: { id: 'number' }, params: { isNumeric: true } },
-          { accessor: 3, format: { id: 'date' }, params: { isDate: true } },
-          { accessor: 4, format: { id: 'number' }, params: { isNumeric: true } },
-          { accessor: 5, format: { id: 'number' }, params: { isNumeric: true } }
+          { accessor: 2, format: { id: 'number' } },
+          { accessor: 3, format: { id: 'date' } },
+          { accessor: 4, format: { id: 'number' } },
+          { accessor: 5, format: { id: 'number' } },
         ]
       };
       const response = await tableAggResponse(
diff --git a/src/legacy/ui/public/agg_table/agg_table.js b/src/legacy/ui/public/agg_table/agg_table.js
index 821678fbcbdef..206aa10475d09 100644
--- a/src/legacy/ui/public/agg_table/agg_table.js
+++ b/src/legacy/ui/public/agg_table/agg_table.js
@@ -125,7 +125,8 @@ uiModules
               formattedColumn.class = 'visualize-table-right';
             }
 
-            const { isNumeric, isDate } = dimension.params;
+            const isDate = _.get(dimension, 'format.id') === 'date' || _.get(dimension, 'format.params.id') === 'date';
+            const isNumeric = _.get(dimension, 'format.id') === 'number' || _.get(dimension, 'format.params.id') === 'number';
 
             if (isNumeric || isDate || $scope.totalFunc === 'count') {
               const sum = tableRows => {
diff --git a/src/legacy/ui/public/visualize/loader/pipeline_helpers/build_pipeline.ts b/src/legacy/ui/public/visualize/loader/pipeline_helpers/build_pipeline.ts
index 04d8d64b43235..080c21a6675e4 100644
--- a/src/legacy/ui/public/visualize/loader/pipeline_helpers/build_pipeline.ts
+++ b/src/legacy/ui/public/visualize/loader/pipeline_helpers/build_pipeline.ts
@@ -28,10 +28,15 @@ interface SchemaFormat {
   params?: any;
 }
 
+interface SchemaConfigParams {
+  precision?: number;
+  useGeocentroid?: boolean;
+}
+
 interface SchemaConfig {
   accessor: number;
   format: SchemaFormat | {};
-  params: any;
+  params: SchemaConfigParams;
   aggType: string;
 }
 
@@ -104,43 +109,39 @@ export const getSchemas = (vis: Vis, timeRange?: any): Schemas => {
   };
 
   const createSchemaConfig = (accessor: number, agg: AggConfig): SchemaConfig => {
-    const schema = {
-      accessor,
-      format: {},
-      params: {},
-      aggType: agg.type.name,
-    };
-
     if (agg.type.name === 'date_histogram') {
       agg.params.timeRange = timeRange;
       setBounds(agg, true);
     }
-    if (agg.type.name === 'geohash_grid') {
-      schema.params = {
-        precision: agg.params.precision,
-        useGeocentroid: agg.params.useGeocentroid,
-      };
-    }
 
-    if (
-      [
-        'derivative',
-        'moving_avg',
-        'serial_diff',
-        'cumulative_sum',
-        'sum_bucket',
-        'avg_bucket',
-        'min_bucket',
-        'max_bucket',
-      ].includes(agg.type.name)
-    ) {
-      const subAgg = agg.params.customMetric || agg.aggConfigs.byId[agg.params.metricAgg];
-      schema.format = createFormat(subAgg);
-    } else {
-      schema.format = createFormat(agg);
+    const hasSubAgg = [
+      'derivative',
+      'moving_avg',
+      'serial_diff',
+      'cumulative_sum',
+      'sum_bucket',
+      'avg_bucket',
+      'min_bucket',
+      'max_bucket',
+    ].includes(agg.type.name);
+
+    const format = createFormat(
+      hasSubAgg ? agg.params.customMetric || agg.aggConfigs.byId[agg.params.metricAgg] : agg
+    );
+
+    const params: SchemaConfigParams = {};
+
+    if (agg.type.name === 'geohash_grid') {
+      params.precision = agg.params.precision;
+      params.useGeocentroid = agg.params.useGeocentroid;
     }
 
-    return schema;
+    return {
+      accessor,
+      format,
+      params,
+      aggType: agg.type.name,
+    };
   };
 
   let cnt = 0;