diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/explorer/explorer_charts/__snapshots__/explorer_chart_config_builder.test.js.snap b/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/explorer/explorer_charts/__snapshots__/explorer_chart_config_builder.test.js.snap
index 3713b28a103e..e2e1140f5c5b 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/explorer/explorer_charts/__snapshots__/explorer_chart_config_builder.test.js.snap
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/explorer/explorer_charts/__snapshots__/explorer_chart_config_builder.test.js.snap
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ Object {
   "jobId": "mock-job-id",
   "metricFieldName": "responsetime",
   "metricFunction": "avg",
+  "summaryCountFieldName": undefined,
   "timeField": "@timestamp",
 }
 `;
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/explorer/explorer_charts/__snapshots__/explorer_charts_container_service.test.js.snap b/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/explorer/explorer_charts/__snapshots__/explorer_charts_container_service.test.js.snap
index ecb7fc07711e..80ad6ed6bfab 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/explorer/explorer_charts/__snapshots__/explorer_charts_container_service.test.js.snap
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/explorer/explorer_charts/__snapshots__/explorer_charts_container_service.test.js.snap
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ Object {
       "loading": true,
       "metricFieldName": "responsetime",
       "metricFunction": "avg",
+      "summaryCountFieldName": undefined,
       "timeField": "@timestamp",
     },
   ],
@@ -600,6 +601,7 @@ Object {
       "plotLatest": 1486783800000,
       "selectedEarliest": 1486656000000,
       "selectedLatest": 1486670399999,
+      "summaryCountFieldName": undefined,
       "timeField": "@timestamp",
     },
   ],
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/explorer/explorer_charts/explorer_charts_container_service.js b/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/explorer/explorer_charts/explorer_charts_container_service.js
index a2c530c9ca49..3dc1c0234584 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/explorer/explorer_charts/explorer_charts_container_service.js
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/explorer/explorer_charts/explorer_charts_container_service.js
@@ -126,6 +126,7 @@ export const anomalyDataChange = function (
           datafeedQuery,
           config.metricFunction,
           config.metricFieldName,
+          config.summaryCountFieldName,
           config.timeField,
           range.min,
           range.max,
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/services/results_service/result_service_rx.ts b/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/services/results_service/result_service_rx.ts
index 79afe2ba5a0a..514449385bf0 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/services/results_service/result_service_rx.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/services/results_service/result_service_rx.ts
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import { CriteriaField } from './index';
 import { findAggField } from '../../../../common/util/validation_utils';
 import { getDatafeedAggregations } from '../../../../common/util/datafeed_utils';
 import { aggregationTypeTransform } from '../../../../common/util/anomaly_utils';
+import { ES_AGGREGATION } from '../../../../common/constants/aggregation_types';
 
 interface ResultResponse {
   success: boolean;
@@ -68,6 +69,7 @@ export function resultsServiceRxProvider(mlApiServices: MlApiServices) {
       query: object | undefined,
       metricFunction: string, // ES aggregation name
       metricFieldName: string,
+      summaryCountFieldName: string | undefined,
       timeFieldName: string,
       earliestMs: number,
       latestMs: number,
@@ -153,9 +155,8 @@ export function resultsServiceRxProvider(mlApiServices: MlApiServices) {
         body.query.bool.minimum_should_match = shouldCriteria.length / 2;
       }
 
+      body.aggs.byTime.aggs = {};
       if (metricFieldName !== undefined && metricFieldName !== '') {
-        body.aggs.byTime.aggs = {};
-
         const metricAgg: any = {
           [metricFunction]: {},
         };
@@ -186,8 +187,23 @@ export function resultsServiceRxProvider(mlApiServices: MlApiServices) {
         } else {
           body.aggs.byTime.aggs.metric = metricAgg;
         }
+      } else {
+        // if metricFieldName is not defined, it's probably a variation of the non zero count function
+        // refer to buildConfigFromDetector
+        if (summaryCountFieldName !== undefined && metricFunction === ES_AGGREGATION.CARDINALITY) {
+          // if so, check if summaryCountFieldName is an aggregation field
+          if (typeof aggFields === 'object' && Object.keys(aggFields).length > 0) {
+            // first item under aggregations can be any name, not necessarily 'buckets'
+            const accessor = Object.keys(aggFields)[0];
+            const tempAggs = { ...(aggFields[accessor].aggs ?? aggFields[accessor].aggregations) };
+            const foundCardinalityField = findAggField(tempAggs, summaryCountFieldName);
+            if (foundCardinalityField !== undefined) {
+              tempAggs.metric = foundCardinalityField;
+            }
+            body.aggs.byTime.aggs = tempAggs;
+          }
+        }
       }
-
       return mlApiServices.esSearch$({ index, body }).pipe(
         map((resp: any) => {
           const obj: MetricData = { success: true, results: {} };
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/timeseriesexplorer/timeseries_search_service.ts b/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/timeseriesexplorer/timeseries_search_service.ts
index 90c39497a9a1..0fbac571d1bd 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/timeseriesexplorer/timeseries_search_service.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/timeseriesexplorer/timeseries_search_service.ts
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ function getMetricData(
         chartConfig.datafeedConfig.query,
         esMetricFunction ?? chartConfig.metricFunction,
         chartConfig.metricFieldName,
+        chartConfig.summaryCountFieldName,
         chartConfig.timeField,
         earliestMs,
         latestMs,
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/util/chart_config_builder.js b/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/util/chart_config_builder.js
index 2fa869b058aa..a30280f1220c 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/util/chart_config_builder.js
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/util/chart_config_builder.js
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ export function buildConfigFromDetector(job, detectorIndex) {
     timeField: job.data_description.time_field,
     interval: job.analysis_config.bucket_span,
     datafeedConfig: job.datafeed_config,
+    summaryCountFieldName: job.analysis_config.summary_count_field_name,
   };
 
   if (detector.field_name !== undefined) {
@@ -63,10 +64,17 @@ export function buildConfigFromDetector(job, detectorIndex) {
           'field',
         ]);
     }
-
-    if (detector.function === ML_JOB_AGGREGATION.NON_ZERO_COUNT && cardinalityField !== undefined) {
+    if (
+      (detector.function === ML_JOB_AGGREGATION.NON_ZERO_COUNT ||
+        detector.function === ML_JOB_AGGREGATION.LOW_NON_ZERO_COUNT ||
+        detector.function === ML_JOB_AGGREGATION.HIGH_NON_ZERO_COUNT ||
+        detector.function === ML_JOB_AGGREGATION.COUNT ||
+        detector.function === ML_JOB_AGGREGATION.HIGH_COUNT ||
+        detector.function === ML_JOB_AGGREGATION.LOW_COUNT) &&
+      cardinalityField !== undefined
+    ) {
       config.metricFunction = ES_AGGREGATION.CARDINALITY;
-      config.metricFieldName = cardinalityField;
+      config.metricFieldName = undefined;
     } else {
       // For count detectors using summary_count_field, plot sum(summary_count_field_name)
       config.metricFunction = ES_AGGREGATION.SUM;