diff --git a/src/plugins/data/common/search/expressions/utils/index.ts b/src/plugins/data/common/search/expressions/utils/index.ts
index 75c1809770c787d..0fd51f3e158a627 100644
--- a/src/plugins/data/common/search/expressions/utils/index.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/data/common/search/expressions/utils/index.ts
@@ -18,3 +18,4 @@
  */
 
 export * from './courier_inspector_stats';
+export * from './serialize_agg_config';
diff --git a/src/plugins/data/common/search/expressions/utils/serialize_agg_config.ts b/src/plugins/data/common/search/expressions/utils/serialize_agg_config.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000000..47afade2b4ca7a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/plugins/data/common/search/expressions/utils/serialize_agg_config.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one or more contributor
+ * license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright
+ * ownership. Elasticsearch B.V. licenses this file to you under
+ * the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+ * not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import { KibanaDatatableColumnMeta } from '../../../../../expressions/common';
+import { IAggConfig } from '../../../index';
+
+/** @internal */
+export const serializeAggConfig = (aggConfig: IAggConfig): KibanaDatatableColumnMeta => {
+  return {
+    type: aggConfig.type.name,
+    indexPatternId: aggConfig.getIndexPattern().id,
+    aggConfigParams: aggConfig.serialize().params,
+  };
+};
diff --git a/src/plugins/data/common/search/tabify/response_writer.ts b/src/plugins/data/common/search/tabify/response_writer.ts
index da9b59cc927910c..2216ac78cbdbfd2 100644
--- a/src/plugins/data/common/search/tabify/response_writer.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/data/common/search/tabify/response_writer.ts
@@ -21,7 +21,12 @@ import { isEmpty } from 'lodash';
 import { IAggConfigs } from '../aggs';
 import { tabifyGetColumns } from './get_columns';
 
-import { TabbedResponseWriterOptions, TabbedAggColumn, TabbedAggRow, TabbedTable } from './types';
+import { TabbedResponseWriterOptions, TabbedAggColumn, TabbedAggRow } from './types';
+import { serializeAggConfig } from '../expressions/utils';
+import {
+  KibanaDatatable,
+  KibanaDatatableColumn,
+} from '../../../../expressions/common/expression_types/specs';
 
 interface BufferColumn {
   id: string;
@@ -76,9 +81,18 @@ export class TabbedAggResponseWriter {
     }
   }
 
-  response(): TabbedTable {
+  response(): KibanaDatatable {
     return {
-      columns: this.columns,
+      type: 'kibana_datatable',
+      columns: this.columns.map((column) => {
+        const cleanedColumn: KibanaDatatableColumn = {
+          id: column.id,
+          name: column.name,
+          meta: serializeAggConfig(column.aggConfig),
+          formatHint: column.aggConfig.toSerializedFieldFormat(),
+        };
+        return cleanedColumn;
+      }),
       rows: this.rows,
     };
   }
diff --git a/src/plugins/data/common/search/tabify/tabify_docs.ts b/src/plugins/data/common/search/tabify/tabify_docs.ts
index 8b779fe321fb898..f622bbabb43e653 100644
--- a/src/plugins/data/common/search/tabify/tabify_docs.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/data/common/search/tabify/tabify_docs.ts
@@ -70,7 +70,6 @@ export function flattenHit(
 }
 
 export interface TabifyDocsOptions {
-  formatted: boolean;
   deep: boolean;
   source: boolean;
 }
diff --git a/src/plugins/data/public/search/expressions/esaggs.ts b/src/plugins/data/public/search/expressions/esaggs.ts
index 1021ef0f91d52c6..e15deaa9a6f02fe 100644
--- a/src/plugins/data/public/search/expressions/esaggs.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/data/public/search/expressions/esaggs.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 
 import { get, hasIn } from 'lodash';
 import { i18n } from '@kbn/i18n';
-import { KibanaDatatable, KibanaDatatableColumn } from 'src/plugins/expressions/public';
 import { PersistedState } from '../../../../../plugins/visualizations/public';
 import { Adapters } from '../../../../../plugins/inspector/public';
 
@@ -49,7 +48,6 @@ import {
   getSearchService,
 } from '../../services';
 import { buildTabularInspectorData } from './build_tabular_inspector_data';
-import { serializeAggConfig } from './utils';
 
 export interface RequestHandlerParams {
   searchSource: ISearchSource;
@@ -279,22 +277,6 @@ export const esaggs = (): EsaggsExpressionFunctionDefinition => ({
       abortSignal: (abortSignal as unknown) as AbortSignal,
     });
 
-    const table: KibanaDatatable = {
-      type: 'kibana_datatable',
-      rows: response.rows,
-      columns: response.columns.map((column: any) => {
-        const cleanedColumn: KibanaDatatableColumn = {
-          id: column.id,
-          name: column.name,
-          meta: serializeAggConfig(column.aggConfig),
-        };
-        if (args.includeFormatHints) {
-          cleanedColumn.formatHint = column.aggConfig.toSerializedFieldFormat();
-        }
-        return cleanedColumn;
-      }),
-    };
-
-    return table;
+    return response;
   },
 });
diff --git a/src/plugins/data/public/search/expressions/utils/serialize_agg_config.ts b/src/plugins/data/public/search/expressions/utils/deserialize_agg_config.ts
similarity index 77%
rename from src/plugins/data/public/search/expressions/utils/serialize_agg_config.ts
rename to src/plugins/data/public/search/expressions/utils/deserialize_agg_config.ts
index 6ba323b65783fad..efa12e51239a9a2 100644
--- a/src/plugins/data/public/search/expressions/utils/serialize_agg_config.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/data/public/search/expressions/utils/deserialize_agg_config.ts
@@ -17,20 +17,9 @@
  * under the License.
  */
 
-import { KibanaDatatableColumnMeta } from '../../../../../../plugins/expressions/public';
-import { IAggConfig } from '../../../../common';
 import { IndexPattern } from '../../../index_patterns';
 import { getSearchService } from '../../../../public/services';
 
-/** @internal */
-export const serializeAggConfig = (aggConfig: IAggConfig): KibanaDatatableColumnMeta => {
-  return {
-    type: aggConfig.type.name,
-    indexPatternId: aggConfig.getIndexPattern().id,
-    aggConfigParams: aggConfig.serialize().params,
-  };
-};
-
 interface DeserializeAggConfigParams {
   type: string;
   aggConfigParams: Record<string, any>;
diff --git a/src/plugins/data/public/search/expressions/utils/index.ts b/src/plugins/data/public/search/expressions/utils/index.ts
index 094536fc18437b5..2919e824c4dfd7f 100644
--- a/src/plugins/data/public/search/expressions/utils/index.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/data/public/search/expressions/utils/index.ts
@@ -17,4 +17,4 @@
  * under the License.
  */
 
-export * from './serialize_agg_config';
+export * from './deserialize_agg_config';