diff --git a/src/platform/packages/shared/presentation/presentation_publishing/interfaces/publishes_data_views.ts b/src/platform/packages/shared/presentation/presentation_publishing/interfaces/publishes_data_views.ts
index b3a9da716d6be..0518e1d6c2892 100644
--- a/src/platform/packages/shared/presentation/presentation_publishing/interfaces/publishes_data_views.ts
+++ b/src/platform/packages/shared/presentation/presentation_publishing/interfaces/publishes_data_views.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@
 import { DataView } from '@kbn/data-views-plugin/common';
 import { PublishingSubject } from '../publishing_subject';
 
+/**
+ * This API publishes a list of data views that it uses. Note that this should not contain any
+ * ad-hoc data views.
+ */
 export interface PublishesDataViews {
   dataViews$: PublishingSubject<DataView[] | undefined>;
 }
diff --git a/src/platform/plugins/shared/controls/public/controls/data_controls/options_list_control/get_options_list_control_factory.tsx b/src/platform/plugins/shared/controls/public/controls/data_controls/options_list_control/get_options_list_control_factory.tsx
index 1d0c786c23f06..5880e5487873b 100644
--- a/src/platform/plugins/shared/controls/public/controls/data_controls/options_list_control/get_options_list_control_factory.tsx
+++ b/src/platform/plugins/shared/controls/public/controls/data_controls/options_list_control/get_options_list_control_factory.tsx
@@ -153,6 +153,7 @@ export const getOptionsListControlFactory = (): DataControlFactory<
         });
 
       /** Fetch the suggestions and perform validation */
+      const suggestionLoadError$ = new BehaviorSubject<Error | undefined>(undefined);
       const loadMoreSubject = new Subject<void>();
       const fetchSubscription = fetchAndValidate$({
         api: {
@@ -169,13 +170,13 @@ export const getOptionsListControlFactory = (): DataControlFactory<
         sort$,
         controlFetch$: (onReload: () => void) => controlGroupApi.controlFetch$(uuid, onReload),
       }).subscribe((result) => {
-        // if there was an error during fetch, set blocking error and return early
+        // if there was an error during fetch, set suggestion load error and return early
         if (Object.hasOwn(result, 'error')) {
-          dataControlManager.api.setBlockingError((result as { error: Error }).error);
+          suggestionLoadError$.next((result as { error: Error }).error);
           return;
-        } else if (dataControlManager.api.blockingError$.getValue()) {
+        } else if (suggestionLoadError$.getValue()) {
           // otherwise,  if there was a previous error, clear it
-          dataControlManager.api.setBlockingError(undefined);
+          suggestionLoadError$.next(undefined);
         }
 
         // fetch was successful so set all attributes from result
@@ -305,9 +306,22 @@ export const getOptionsListControlFactory = (): DataControlFactory<
         },
       });
 
+      const blockingError$ = new BehaviorSubject<Error | undefined>(undefined);
+      const errorsSubscription = combineLatest([
+        dataControlManager.api.blockingError$,
+        suggestionLoadError$,
+      ])
+        .pipe(
+          map(([controlError, suggestionError]) => {
+            return controlError ?? suggestionError;
+          })
+        )
+        .subscribe((error) => blockingError$.next(error));
+
       const api = finalizeApi({
         ...unsavedChangesApi,
         ...dataControlManager.api,
+        blockingError$,
         dataLoading$: temporaryStateManager.api.dataLoading$,
         getTypeDisplayName: OptionsListStrings.control.getDisplayName,
         serializeState,
@@ -446,6 +460,7 @@ export const getOptionsListControlFactory = (): DataControlFactory<
               validSearchStringSubscription.unsubscribe();
               hasSelectionsSubscription.unsubscribe();
               selectionsSubscription.unsubscribe();
+              errorsSubscription.unsubscribe();
             };
           }, []);
 
diff --git a/src/platform/plugins/shared/dashboard/public/dashboard_api/data_views_manager.ts b/src/platform/plugins/shared/dashboard/public/dashboard_api/data_views_manager.ts
index 34d2d10433292..ce1b799d3ee7c 100644
--- a/src/platform/plugins/shared/dashboard/public/dashboard_api/data_views_manager.ts
+++ b/src/platform/plugins/shared/dashboard/public/dashboard_api/data_views_manager.ts
@@ -42,7 +42,10 @@ export function initializeDataViewsManager(
   const dataViewsSubscription = combineLatest([controlGroupDataViewsPipe, childDataViewsPipe])
     .pipe(
       switchMap(async ([controlGroupDataViews, childDataViews]) => {
-        const allDataViews = [...(controlGroupDataViews ?? []), ...childDataViews];
+        const allDataViews = [...(controlGroupDataViews ?? []), ...childDataViews].filter(
+          (dataView) => dataView.isPersisted()
+        );
+
         if (allDataViews.length === 0) {
           try {
             const defaultDataView = await dataService.dataViews.getDefaultDataView();
diff --git a/src/platform/plugins/shared/data_views/common/data_views/abstract_data_views.ts b/src/platform/plugins/shared/data_views/common/data_views/abstract_data_views.ts
index 6da94426c960d..ffb7c86f63c23 100644
--- a/src/platform/plugins/shared/data_views/common/data_views/abstract_data_views.ts
+++ b/src/platform/plugins/shared/data_views/common/data_views/abstract_data_views.ts
@@ -235,6 +235,9 @@ export abstract class AbstractDataView {
     this.originalSavedObjectBody = this.getAsSavedObjectBody();
   };
 
+  /**
+   * Returns true if the data view is persisted, and false if the dataview is adhoc.
+   */
   isPersisted() {
     return typeof this.version === 'string';
   }