diff --git a/src/core_plugins/tile_map/public/coordinate_maps_visualization.js b/src/core_plugins/tile_map/public/coordinate_maps_visualization.js
index 55d7bc3beb0a..c7e3b69beeac 100644
--- a/src/core_plugins/tile_map/public/coordinate_maps_visualization.js
+++ b/src/core_plugins/tile_map/public/coordinate_maps_visualization.js
@@ -31,14 +31,20 @@ export function CoordinateMapsVisualizationProvider(Notifier, Private) {
         precisionChange = (previousPrecision !== this._kibanaMap.getGeohashPrecision());
         previousPrecision = this._kibanaMap.getGeohashPrecision();
         const geohashAgg = this._getGeoHashAgg();
+        if (!geohashAgg) {
+          return;
+        }
         const isAutoPrecision = typeof geohashAgg.params.autoPrecision === 'boolean' ? geohashAgg.params.autoPrecision : true;
-        if (geohashAgg && isAutoPrecision) {
+        if (isAutoPrecision) {
           geohashAgg.params.precision = previousPrecision;
         }
       });
       this._kibanaMap.on('zoomend', () => {
-        const agg = this._getGeoHashAgg();
-        const isAutoPrecision = typeof agg.params.autoPrecision === 'boolean' ? agg.params.autoPrecision : true;
+        const geohashAgg = this._getGeoHashAgg();
+        if (!geohashAgg) {
+          return;
+        }
+        const isAutoPrecision = typeof geohashAgg.params.autoPrecision === 'boolean' ? geohashAgg.params.autoPrecision : true;
         if (!isAutoPrecision) {
           return;
         }
diff --git a/test/functional/apps/visualize/_tile_map.js b/test/functional/apps/visualize/_tile_map.js
index 546243dd0721..c50ebdadf568 100644
--- a/test/functional/apps/visualize/_tile_map.js
+++ b/test/functional/apps/visualize/_tile_map.js
@@ -6,174 +6,212 @@ export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }) {
   const remote = getService('remote');
   const PageObjects = getPageObjects(['common', 'visualize', 'header', 'settings']);
 
-  describe('tile map visualize app', function describeIndexTests() {
-    before(async function () {
-      // Make sure the window is height enough to show the spy panel without hiding the map
-      remote.setWindowSize(1280, 1000);
 
-      const fromTime = '2015-09-19 06:31:44.000';
-      const toTime = '2015-09-23 18:31:44.000';
+  describe('tile map visualize app', function () {
 
-      log.debug('navigateToApp visualize');
-      await PageObjects.common.navigateToUrl('visualize', 'new');
-      log.debug('clickTileMap');
-      await PageObjects.visualize.clickTileMap();
-      await PageObjects.visualize.clickNewSearch();
-      log.debug('Set absolute time range from \"' + fromTime + '\" to \"' + toTime + '\"');
-      await PageObjects.header.setAbsoluteRange(fromTime, toTime);
-      log.debug('select bucket Geo Coordinates');
-      await PageObjects.visualize.clickBucket('Geo Coordinates');
-      log.debug('Click aggregation Geohash');
-      await PageObjects.visualize.selectAggregation('Geohash');
-      log.debug('Click field geo.coordinates');
-      await retry.try(async function tryingForTime() {
-        await PageObjects.visualize.selectField('geo.coordinates');
+
+    describe('incomplete config', function describeIndexTests() {
+
+
+      before(async function () {
+        // Make sure the window is height enough to show the spy panel without hiding the map
+        remote.setWindowSize(1280, 1000);
+
+        const fromTime = '2015-09-19 06:31:44.000';
+        const toTime = '2015-09-23 18:31:44.000';
+
+        log.debug('navigateToApp visualize');
+        await PageObjects.common.navigateToUrl('visualize', 'new');
+        log.debug('clickTileMap');
+        await PageObjects.visualize.clickTileMap();
+        await PageObjects.visualize.clickNewSearch();
+        log.debug('Set absolute time range from \"' + fromTime + '\" to \"' + toTime + '\"');
+        await PageObjects.header.setAbsoluteRange(fromTime, toTime);
+
+        //do not configure aggs
       });
-      await PageObjects.visualize.clickGo();
-      await PageObjects.header.waitUntilLoadingHasFinished();
+
+
+      it('should be able to zoom in twice', async () => {
+        //should not throw
+        await PageObjects.visualize.clickMapZoomIn();
+        await PageObjects.visualize.clickMapZoomIn();
+      });
+
+
     });
 
-    /**
-     * manually compare data due to possible small difference in numbers. This is browser dependent.
-     */
-    function compareTableData(expected, actual) {
-      log.debug('comparing expected: ', expected);
-      log.debug('with actual: ', actual);
 
-      expect(actual.length).to.eql(expected.length);
 
-      function tokenize(row) {
-        const tokens = row.split(' ');
+    describe('complete config', function describeIndexTests() {
+      before(async function () {
+        // Make sure the window is height enough to show the spy panel without hiding the map
+        remote.setWindowSize(1280, 1000);
 
-        let geohashIndex;
-        let countIndex;
-        let latIndex;
-        let lonIndex;
-        if (tokens.length === 8) {
-          // table row aggregations: geohash_grid -> count -> geocentroid
-          geohashIndex = 0;
-          countIndex = 1;
-          latIndex = 4;
-          lonIndex = 6;
-        } else if (tokens.length === 9) {
-          // table row aggregations: filter -> geohash_grid -> count -> geocentroid
-          geohashIndex = 1;
-          countIndex = 2;
-          latIndex = 5;
-          lonIndex = 7;
-        } else {
-          log.error(`Unexpected number of tokens contained in spy table row: ${row}`);
+        const fromTime = '2015-09-19 06:31:44.000';
+        const toTime = '2015-09-23 18:31:44.000';
+
+        log.debug('navigateToApp visualize');
+        await PageObjects.common.navigateToUrl('visualize', 'new');
+        log.debug('clickTileMap');
+        await PageObjects.visualize.clickTileMap();
+        await PageObjects.visualize.clickNewSearch();
+        log.debug('Set absolute time range from \"' + fromTime + '\" to \"' + toTime + '\"');
+        await PageObjects.header.setAbsoluteRange(fromTime, toTime);
+        log.debug('select bucket Geo Coordinates');
+        await PageObjects.visualize.clickBucket('Geo Coordinates');
+        log.debug('Click aggregation Geohash');
+        await PageObjects.visualize.selectAggregation('Geohash');
+        log.debug('Click field geo.coordinates');
+        await retry.try(async function tryingForTime() {
+          await PageObjects.visualize.selectField('geo.coordinates');
+        });
+        await PageObjects.visualize.clickGo();
+        await PageObjects.header.waitUntilLoadingHasFinished();
+      });
+
+      /**
+       * manually compare data due to possible small difference in numbers. This is browser dependent.
+       */
+      function compareTableData(expected, actual) {
+        log.debug('comparing expected: ', expected);
+        log.debug('with actual: ', actual);
+
+        expect(actual.length).to.eql(expected.length);
+
+        function tokenize(row) {
+          const tokens = row.split(' ');
+
+          let geohashIndex;
+          let countIndex;
+          let latIndex;
+          let lonIndex;
+          if (tokens.length === 8) {
+            // table row aggregations: geohash_grid -> count -> geocentroid
+            geohashIndex = 0;
+            countIndex = 1;
+            latIndex = 4;
+            lonIndex = 6;
+          } else if (tokens.length === 9) {
+            // table row aggregations: filter -> geohash_grid -> count -> geocentroid
+            geohashIndex = 1;
+            countIndex = 2;
+            latIndex = 5;
+            lonIndex = 7;
+          } else {
+            log.error(`Unexpected number of tokens contained in spy table row: ${row}`);
+          }
+          return {
+            geohash: tokens[geohashIndex],
+            count: tokens[countIndex],
+            lat: Math.floor(parseFloat(tokens[latIndex])),
+            lon: Math.floor(parseFloat(tokens[lonIndex]))
+          };
         }
-        return {
-          geohash: tokens[geohashIndex],
-          count: tokens[countIndex],
-          lat: Math.floor(parseFloat(tokens[latIndex])),
-          lon: Math.floor(parseFloat(tokens[lonIndex]))
-        };
+
+        expect(actual.map(tokenize)).to.eql(expected.map(tokenize));
       }
 
-      expect(actual.map(tokenize)).to.eql(expected.map(tokenize));
-    }
+      describe('Only request data around extent of map option', async () => {
+        before(async () => await PageObjects.visualize.openSpyPanel());
 
-    describe('Only request data around extent of map option', async () => {
-      before(async () => await PageObjects.visualize.openSpyPanel());
+        it('when checked adds filters to aggregation', async () => {
+          const tableHeaders = await PageObjects.visualize.getDataTableHeaders();
+          expect(tableHeaders.trim()).to.equal('filter geohash_grid Count Geo Centroid');
+        });
 
-      it('when checked adds filters to aggregation', async () => {
-        const tableHeaders = await PageObjects.visualize.getDataTableHeaders();
-        expect(tableHeaders.trim()).to.equal('filter geohash_grid Count Geo Centroid');
+        it('when not checked does not add filters to aggregation', async () => {
+          await PageObjects.visualize.toggleIsFilteredByCollarCheckbox();
+          await PageObjects.visualize.clickGo();
+          await PageObjects.header.waitUntilLoadingHasFinished();
+          const tableHeaders = await PageObjects.visualize.getDataTableHeaders();
+          expect(tableHeaders.trim()).to.equal('geohash_grid Count Geo Centroid');
+        });
+
+        after(async () => {
+          await PageObjects.visualize.closeSpyPanel();
+          await PageObjects.visualize.toggleIsFilteredByCollarCheckbox();
+          await PageObjects.visualize.clickGo();
+          await PageObjects.header.waitUntilLoadingHasFinished();
+        });
       });
 
-      it('when not checked does not add filters to aggregation', async () => {
-        await PageObjects.visualize.toggleIsFilteredByCollarCheckbox();
-        await PageObjects.visualize.clickGo();
-        await PageObjects.header.waitUntilLoadingHasFinished();
-        const tableHeaders = await PageObjects.visualize.getDataTableHeaders();
-        expect(tableHeaders.trim()).to.equal('geohash_grid Count Geo Centroid');
+      describe('tile map chart', function indexPatternCreation() {
+        it('should display spy panel toggle button', async function () {
+          const spyToggleExists = await PageObjects.visualize.getSpyToggleExists();
+          expect(spyToggleExists).to.be(true);
+        });
+
+        it('should show correct tile map data on default zoom level', async function () {
+          const expectedTableData = ['9 5,787 { "lat": 37.22448418632405, "lon": -103.01935195013255 }',
+            'd 5,600 { "lat": 37.44271478370398, "lon": -81.72692197253595 }',
+            'c 1,319 { "lat": 47.72720855392425, "lon": -109.84745063951028 }',
+            'b 999 { "lat": 62.04130042948433, "lon": -155.28087269195967 }',
+            'f 187 { "lat": 45.656166475784175, "lon": -82.45831044201545 }',
+            '8 108 { "lat": 18.85260305600241, "lon": -156.5148810390383 }'];
+          //level 1
+          await PageObjects.visualize.clickMapZoomOut();
+          //level 0
+          await PageObjects.visualize.clickMapZoomOut();
+
+          await PageObjects.visualize.openSpyPanel();
+          await PageObjects.visualize.setSpyPanelPageSize('All');
+          await PageObjects.visualize.selectTableInSpyPaneSelect();
+          const actualTableData = await PageObjects.visualize.getDataTableData();
+          compareTableData(expectedTableData, actualTableData.trim().split('\n'));
+          await PageObjects.visualize.closeSpyPanel();
+        });
+
+        it('should not be able to zoom out beyond 0', async function () {
+          await PageObjects.visualize.zoomAllTheWayOut();
+          const enabled = await PageObjects.visualize.getMapZoomOutEnabled();
+          expect(enabled).to.be(false);
+        });
+
+        // See https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/13137 if this test starts failing intermittently
+        it('Fit data bounds should zoom to level 3', async function () {
+          const expectedPrecision2DataTable = [
+            '- dn 1,429 { "lat": 36.38058884214008, "lon": -84.78904345856186 }',
+            '- dp 1,418 { "lat": 41.64735764514311, "lon": -84.89821054446622 }',
+            '- 9y 1,215 { "lat": 36.45605112115542, "lon": -95.0664575824997 }',
+            '- 9z 1,099 { "lat": 42.18533764798381, "lon": -95.16736779696697 }',
+            '- dr 1,076 { "lat": 42.02351013780139, "lon": -73.98091798822212 }',
+            '- dj 982 { "lat": 31.672735499211466, "lon": -84.50815450245526 }',
+            '- 9v 938 { "lat": 31.380767446489873, "lon": -95.2705099188121 }',
+            '- 9q 722 { "lat": 36.51360723008776, "lon": -119.18302692440686 }',
+            '- 9w 475 { "lat": 36.39264289740669, "lon": -106.91102287667363 }',
+            '- cb 457 { "lat": 46.70940601270996, "lon": -95.81077801137022 }'
+          ];
+
+          await PageObjects.visualize.clickMapFitDataBounds();
+          await PageObjects.visualize.openSpyPanel();
+          await PageObjects.visualize.selectTableInSpyPaneSelect();
+          const data = await PageObjects.visualize.getDataTableData();
+          await compareTableData(expectedPrecision2DataTable, data.trim().split('\n'));
+          await PageObjects.visualize.closeSpyPanel();
+        });
+
+        it('Newly saved visualization retains map bounds', async () => {
+          const vizName1 = 'Visualization TileMap';
+
+          await PageObjects.visualize.clickMapZoomIn();
+          await PageObjects.visualize.clickMapZoomIn();
+
+          const mapBounds = await PageObjects.visualize.getMapBounds();
+
+          await PageObjects.visualize.closeSpyPanel();
+          await PageObjects.visualize.saveVisualization(vizName1);
+
+          const afterSaveMapBounds = await PageObjects.visualize.getMapBounds();
+
+          // For some reason the values are slightly different, so we can't check that they are equal. But we did
+          // have a bug where after the save, there were _no_ map bounds. So this checks for the later case, but
+          // until we figure out how to make sure the map center is always the exact same, we can't comparison check.
+          expect(mapBounds).to.not.be(undefined);
+          expect(afterSaveMapBounds).to.not.be(undefined);
+        });
+
       });
-
-      after(async () => {
-        await PageObjects.visualize.closeSpyPanel();
-        await PageObjects.visualize.toggleIsFilteredByCollarCheckbox();
-        await PageObjects.visualize.clickGo();
-        await PageObjects.header.waitUntilLoadingHasFinished();
-      });
-    });
-
-    describe('tile map chart', function indexPatternCreation() {
-      it('should display spy panel toggle button', async function () {
-        const spyToggleExists = await PageObjects.visualize.getSpyToggleExists();
-        expect(spyToggleExists).to.be(true);
-      });
-
-      it('should show correct tile map data on default zoom level', async function () {
-        const expectedTableData = ['9 5,787 { "lat": 37.22448418632405, "lon": -103.01935195013255 }',
-          'd 5,600 { "lat": 37.44271478370398, "lon": -81.72692197253595 }',
-          'c 1,319 { "lat": 47.72720855392425, "lon": -109.84745063951028 }',
-          'b 999 { "lat": 62.04130042948433, "lon": -155.28087269195967 }',
-          'f 187 { "lat": 45.656166475784175, "lon": -82.45831044201545 }',
-          '8 108 { "lat": 18.85260305600241, "lon": -156.5148810390383 }'];
-        //level 1
-        await PageObjects.visualize.clickMapZoomOut();
-        //level 0
-        await PageObjects.visualize.clickMapZoomOut();
-
-        await PageObjects.visualize.openSpyPanel();
-        await PageObjects.visualize.setSpyPanelPageSize('All');
-        await PageObjects.visualize.selectTableInSpyPaneSelect();
-        const actualTableData = await PageObjects.visualize.getDataTableData();
-        compareTableData(expectedTableData, actualTableData.trim().split('\n'));
-        await PageObjects.visualize.closeSpyPanel();
-      });
-
-      it('should not be able to zoom out beyond 0', async function () {
-        await PageObjects.visualize.zoomAllTheWayOut();
-        const enabled = await PageObjects.visualize.getMapZoomOutEnabled();
-        expect(enabled).to.be(false);
-      });
-
-      // See https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/13137 if this test starts failing intermittently
-      it('Fit data bounds should zoom to level 3', async function () {
-        const expectedPrecision2DataTable = [
-          '- dn 1,429 { "lat": 36.38058884214008, "lon": -84.78904345856186 }',
-          '- dp 1,418 { "lat": 41.64735764514311, "lon": -84.89821054446622 }',
-          '- 9y 1,215 { "lat": 36.45605112115542, "lon": -95.0664575824997 }',
-          '- 9z 1,099 { "lat": 42.18533764798381, "lon": -95.16736779696697 }',
-          '- dr 1,076 { "lat": 42.02351013780139, "lon": -73.98091798822212 }',
-          '- dj 982 { "lat": 31.672735499211466, "lon": -84.50815450245526 }',
-          '- 9v 938 { "lat": 31.380767446489873, "lon": -95.2705099188121 }',
-          '- 9q 722 { "lat": 36.51360723008776, "lon": -119.18302692440686 }',
-          '- 9w 475 { "lat": 36.39264289740669, "lon": -106.91102287667363 }',
-          '- cb 457 { "lat": 46.70940601270996, "lon": -95.81077801137022 }'
-        ];
-
-        await PageObjects.visualize.clickMapFitDataBounds();
-        await PageObjects.visualize.openSpyPanel();
-        await PageObjects.visualize.selectTableInSpyPaneSelect();
-        const data = await PageObjects.visualize.getDataTableData();
-        await compareTableData(expectedPrecision2DataTable, data.trim().split('\n'));
-        await PageObjects.visualize.closeSpyPanel();
-      });
-
-      it('Newly saved visualization retains map bounds', async () => {
-        const vizName1 = 'Visualization TileMap';
-
-        await PageObjects.visualize.clickMapZoomIn();
-        await PageObjects.visualize.clickMapZoomIn();
-
-        const mapBounds = await PageObjects.visualize.getMapBounds();
-
-        await PageObjects.visualize.closeSpyPanel();
-        await PageObjects.visualize.saveVisualization(vizName1);
-
-        const afterSaveMapBounds = await PageObjects.visualize.getMapBounds();
-
-        // For some reason the values are slightly different, so we can't check that they are equal. But we did
-        // have a bug where after the save, there were _no_ map bounds. So this checks for the later case, but
-        // until we figure out how to make sure the map center is always the exact same, we can't comparison check.
-        expect(mapBounds).to.not.be(undefined);
-        expect(afterSaveMapBounds).to.not.be(undefined);
-      });
-
     });
   });
 }