diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/ml/common/types/file_datavisualizer.ts b/x-pack/plugins/ml/common/types/file_datavisualizer.ts
index c997a4e24f8689..a8b775c8d5f609 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/ml/common/types/file_datavisualizer.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/ml/common/types/file_datavisualizer.ts
@@ -84,7 +84,12 @@ export interface Settings {
 }
 
 export interface Mappings {
-  [key: string]: any;
+  _meta?: {
+    created_by: string;
+  };
+  properties: {
+    [key: string]: any;
+  };
 }
 
 export interface IngestPipelineWrapper {
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/ml/server/models/file_data_visualizer/import_data.ts b/x-pack/plugins/ml/server/models/file_data_visualizer/import_data.ts
index 6108454c08aa75..26dba7c2f00c14 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/ml/server/models/file_data_visualizer/import_data.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/ml/server/models/file_data_visualizer/import_data.ts
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ export function importDataProvider({ asCurrentUser }: IScopedClusterClient) {
         _meta: {
           created_by: INDEX_META_DATA_CREATED_BY,
         },
-        properties: mappings,
+        properties: mappings.properties,
       },
     };