diff --git a/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/lens/public/datasources/form_based/dimension_panel/droppable/mocks.ts b/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/lens/public/datasources/form_based/dimension_panel/droppable/mocks.ts
index 59e31be5672fe..d6a6c85b9ac0c 100644
--- a/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/lens/public/datasources/form_based/dimension_panel/droppable/mocks.ts
+++ b/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/lens/public/datasources/form_based/dimension_panel/droppable/mocks.ts
@@ -108,7 +108,6 @@ export const mockedColumns: Record<string, GenericIndexPatternColumn> = {
     dataType: 'number',
     operationType: 'static_value',
     isBucketed: false,
-    scale: 'ratio',
     params: {
       value: '0.75',
     },
diff --git a/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/lens/public/datasources/form_based/dimension_panel/droppable/on_drop_handler.test.ts b/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/lens/public/datasources/form_based/dimension_panel/droppable/on_drop_handler.test.ts
index 3c844ac8be12d..a8c6a6b58ce7d 100644
--- a/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/lens/public/datasources/form_based/dimension_panel/droppable/on_drop_handler.test.ts
+++ b/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/lens/public/datasources/form_based/dimension_panel/droppable/on_drop_handler.test.ts
@@ -1470,7 +1470,6 @@ describe('FormBasedDimensionEditorPanel: onDrop', () => {
                   params: {
                     emptyAsNull: true,
                   },
-                  scale: 'ratio',
                 },
               },
               incompleteColumns: {},
@@ -1705,7 +1704,6 @@ describe('FormBasedDimensionEditorPanel: onDrop', () => {
                     params: {
                       emptyAsNull: true,
                     },
-                    scale: 'ratio',
                     sourceField: 'timestamp',
                   },
                 },
@@ -1749,7 +1747,6 @@ describe('FormBasedDimensionEditorPanel: onDrop', () => {
                     params: {
                       emptyAsNull: true,
                     },
-                    scale: 'ratio',
                     sourceField: 'timestamp',
                   },
                 },
@@ -1793,7 +1790,6 @@ describe('FormBasedDimensionEditorPanel: onDrop', () => {
                     params: {
                       emptyAsNull: true,
                     },
-                    scale: 'ratio',
                     sourceField: 'timestamp',
                   },
                 },
@@ -1832,7 +1828,6 @@ describe('FormBasedDimensionEditorPanel: onDrop', () => {
                     params: {
                       emptyAsNull: true,
                     },
-                    scale: 'ratio',
                     sourceField: 'timestamp',
                   },
                 },
@@ -1880,7 +1875,6 @@ describe('FormBasedDimensionEditorPanel: onDrop', () => {
                       ],
                       type: 'histogram',
                     },
-                    scale: 'interval',
                     sourceField: 'bytes',
                   },
                 },
@@ -1897,7 +1891,6 @@ describe('FormBasedDimensionEditorPanel: onDrop', () => {
                     params: {
                       emptyAsNull: true,
                     },
-                    scale: 'ratio',
                     sourceField: 'timestamp',
                   },
                 },
@@ -2051,7 +2044,6 @@ describe('FormBasedDimensionEditorPanel: onDrop', () => {
                       dataType: 'number',
                       operationType: 'count',
                       isBucketed: false,
-                      scale: 'ratio',
                       sourceField: '___records___',
                       customLabel: true,
                     },
@@ -2060,7 +2052,6 @@ describe('FormBasedDimensionEditorPanel: onDrop', () => {
                       dataType: 'number',
                       operationType: 'formula',
                       isBucketed: false,
-                      scale: 'ratio',
                       params: { formula: 'count()' },
                       references: ['firstColumnX0'],
                     } as FormulaIndexPatternColumn,
@@ -2076,7 +2067,6 @@ describe('FormBasedDimensionEditorPanel: onDrop', () => {
                       dataType: 'number',
                       operationType: 'count',
                       isBucketed: false,
-                      scale: 'ratio',
                       sourceField: '___records___',
                       customLabel: true,
                     },
@@ -2085,7 +2075,6 @@ describe('FormBasedDimensionEditorPanel: onDrop', () => {
                       dataType: 'number',
                       operationType: 'formula',
                       isBucketed: false,
-                      scale: 'ratio',
                       params: { formula: 'count()' },
                       references: ['secondX0'],
                     } as FormulaIndexPatternColumn,
@@ -2140,7 +2129,6 @@ describe('FormBasedDimensionEditorPanel: onDrop', () => {
                       isFormulaBroken: false,
                     },
                     references: ['newColumnX0'],
-                    scale: 'ratio',
                   },
                   newColumnX0: {
                     customLabel: true,
@@ -2152,7 +2140,6 @@ describe('FormBasedDimensionEditorPanel: onDrop', () => {
                     params: {
                       emptyAsNull: false,
                     },
-                    scale: 'ratio',
                     sourceField: '___records___',
                     timeScale: undefined,
                     timeShift: undefined,
@@ -2198,7 +2185,6 @@ describe('FormBasedDimensionEditorPanel: onDrop', () => {
                       isFormulaBroken: false,
                     },
                     references: ['secondX0'],
-                    scale: 'ratio',
                   },
                   secondX0: {
                     customLabel: true,
@@ -2210,7 +2196,6 @@ describe('FormBasedDimensionEditorPanel: onDrop', () => {
                     params: {
                       emptyAsNull: false,
                     },
-                    scale: 'ratio',
                     sourceField: '___records___',
                     timeScale: undefined,
                     timeShift: undefined,
diff --git a/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/lens/public/datasources/form_based/dimension_panel/field_input.test.tsx b/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/lens/public/datasources/form_based/dimension_panel/field_input.test.tsx
index 619d02f0bf28f..c36ee9a0d7842 100644
--- a/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/lens/public/datasources/form_based/dimension_panel/field_input.test.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/lens/public/datasources/form_based/dimension_panel/field_input.test.tsx
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@ function getReferenceBasedOperationColumn(
     operationType: 'differences',
     isBucketed: false,
     references: ['colX'],
-    scale: 'ratio',
   };
 }
 
@@ -65,7 +64,6 @@ function getManagedBasedOperationColumn(): ReferenceBasedIndexPatternColumn {
     dataType: 'number',
     operationType: 'static_value',
     isBucketed: false,
-    scale: 'ratio',
     params: { value: 100 },
     references: [],
   } as ReferenceBasedIndexPatternColumn;
diff --git a/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/lens/public/datasources/form_based/form_based.test.ts b/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/lens/public/datasources/form_based/form_based.test.ts
index 4fade2394e26a..cf14c647a5460 100644
--- a/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/lens/public/datasources/form_based/form_based.test.ts
+++ b/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/lens/public/datasources/form_based/form_based.test.ts
@@ -734,7 +734,6 @@ describe('IndexPattern Data Source', () => {
                 operationType: 'date_histogram',
                 sourceField: 'order_date',
                 isBucketed: true,
-                scale: 'interval',
                 params: {
                   interval: 'auto',
                   includeEmptyRows: true,
@@ -747,7 +746,6 @@ describe('IndexPattern Data Source', () => {
                 dataType: 'number',
                 operationType: 'count',
                 isBucketed: false,
-                scale: 'ratio',
                 sourceField: '___records___',
                 params: {
                   emptyAsNull: false,
@@ -761,7 +759,6 @@ describe('IndexPattern Data Source', () => {
                 operationType: 'sum',
                 sourceField: 'products.price',
                 isBucketed: false,
-                scale: 'ratio',
                 timeShift: '1h',
                 params: {
                   emptyAsNull: false,
@@ -775,7 +772,6 @@ describe('IndexPattern Data Source', () => {
                 operationType: 'average',
                 sourceField: 'products.price',
                 isBucketed: false,
-                scale: 'ratio',
                 filter: {
                   query: 'NOT category : * ',
                   language: 'kuery',
@@ -792,7 +788,6 @@ describe('IndexPattern Data Source', () => {
                 operationType: 'median',
                 sourceField: 'products.price',
                 isBucketed: false,
-                scale: 'ratio',
                 params: {
                   emptyAsNull: false,
                 },
@@ -804,7 +799,6 @@ describe('IndexPattern Data Source', () => {
                 dataType: 'number',
                 operationType: 'math',
                 isBucketed: false,
-                scale: 'ratio',
                 params: {
                   tinymathAst: {
                     type: 'function',
@@ -826,7 +820,6 @@ describe('IndexPattern Data Source', () => {
                 dataType: 'number',
                 operationType: 'differences',
                 isBucketed: false,
-                scale: 'ratio',
                 references: ['col2X4'],
                 filter: {
                   query: 'category : *',
@@ -840,7 +833,6 @@ describe('IndexPattern Data Source', () => {
                 dataType: 'number',
                 operationType: 'math',
                 isBucketed: false,
-                scale: 'ratio',
                 params: {
                   tinymathAst: {
                     type: 'function',
@@ -869,7 +861,6 @@ describe('IndexPattern Data Source', () => {
                 dataType: 'number',
                 operationType: 'moving_average',
                 isBucketed: false,
-                scale: 'ratio',
                 references: ['col2X6'],
                 timeShift: '3h',
                 params: {
@@ -883,7 +874,6 @@ describe('IndexPattern Data Source', () => {
                 dataType: 'number',
                 operationType: 'formula',
                 isBucketed: false,
-                scale: 'ratio',
                 params: {
                   formula:
                     "moving_average(count() + sum(products.price, shift='1h') + differences(average(products.price, kql='NOT category : * ') + median(products.price), kql='category : *'), shift='3h')",
@@ -1368,7 +1358,6 @@ describe('IndexPattern Data Source', () => {
                   operationType: 'date_histogram',
                   sourceField: 'timestamp',
                   isBucketed: true,
-                  scale: 'interval',
                   params: {
                     interval: 'auto',
                     includeEmptyRows: true,
@@ -1381,7 +1370,6 @@ describe('IndexPattern Data Source', () => {
                   operationType: 'percentile',
                   sourceField: 'bytes',
                   isBucketed: false,
-                  scale: 'ratio',
                   params: {
                     percentile: 95,
                   },
@@ -1392,7 +1380,6 @@ describe('IndexPattern Data Source', () => {
                   operationType: 'percentile',
                   sourceField: 'bytes',
                   isBucketed: false,
-                  scale: 'ratio',
                   params: {
                     percentile: 95,
                   },
@@ -1433,7 +1420,6 @@ describe('IndexPattern Data Source', () => {
                   operationType: 'date_histogram',
                   sourceField: 'timestamp',
                   isBucketed: true,
-                  scale: 'interval',
                   params: {
                     interval: 'auto',
                     includeEmptyRows: true,
@@ -1446,7 +1432,6 @@ describe('IndexPattern Data Source', () => {
                   operationType: 'percentile',
                   sourceField: 'bytes',
                   isBucketed: false,
-                  scale: 'ratio',
                   params: {
                     percentile: 95,
                   },
@@ -1736,7 +1721,6 @@ describe('IndexPattern Data Source', () => {
                   dataType: 'number',
                   operationType: 'count',
                   isBucketed: false,
-                  scale: 'ratio',
                   sourceField: '___records___',
                   customLabel: true,
                 },
@@ -1746,7 +1730,6 @@ describe('IndexPattern Data Source', () => {
                   operationType: 'date_histogram',
                   sourceField: 'timestamp',
                   isBucketed: true,
-                  scale: 'interval',
                   params: {
                     interval: 'auto',
                   },
@@ -1756,7 +1739,6 @@ describe('IndexPattern Data Source', () => {
                   dataType: 'number',
                   operationType: 'formula',
                   isBucketed: false,
-                  scale: 'ratio',
                   params: {
                     formula: 'count() + count()',
                     isFormulaBroken: false,
@@ -1768,7 +1750,6 @@ describe('IndexPattern Data Source', () => {
                   dataType: 'number',
                   operationType: 'count',
                   isBucketed: false,
-                  scale: 'ratio',
                   sourceField: '___records___',
                   customLabel: true,
                 },
@@ -1777,7 +1758,6 @@ describe('IndexPattern Data Source', () => {
                   dataType: 'number',
                   operationType: 'math',
                   isBucketed: false,
-                  scale: 'ratio',
                   params: {
                     tinymathAst: {
                       type: 'function',
@@ -2167,7 +2147,7 @@ describe('IndexPattern Data Source', () => {
           isStaticValue: false,
           hasTimeShift: false,
           hasReducedTimeRange: false,
-          scale: undefined,
+          scale: 'ordinal',
           sortingHint: undefined,
           interval: undefined,
           hasArraySupport: false,
@@ -2668,7 +2648,6 @@ describe('IndexPattern Data Source', () => {
                     dataType: 'string',
                     isBucketed: true,
                     operationType: 'filters',
-                    scale: 'ordinal',
                     params: {
                       filters: [{ label: '', input: { language: 'kuery', query: 'bytes > 1000' } }],
                     },
@@ -2678,7 +2657,6 @@ describe('IndexPattern Data Source', () => {
                     dataType: 'string',
                     isBucketed: true,
                     operationType: 'filters',
-                    scale: 'ordinal',
                     params: {
                       filters: [{ label: '', input: { language: 'lucene', query: 'memory' } }],
                     },
@@ -2688,7 +2666,6 @@ describe('IndexPattern Data Source', () => {
                     dataType: 'string',
                     isBucketed: true,
                     operationType: 'filters',
-                    scale: 'ordinal',
                     params: {
                       filters: [
                         { label: '', input: { language: 'kuery', query: 'bytes > 5000' } },
@@ -2777,7 +2754,6 @@ describe('IndexPattern Data Source', () => {
                     dataType: 'number',
                     operationType: 'formula',
                     isBucketed: false,
-                    scale: 'ratio',
                     params: {
                       formula: "count(kql='memory > 5000') + count()",
                       isFormulaBroken: false,
@@ -2789,7 +2765,6 @@ describe('IndexPattern Data Source', () => {
                     dataType: 'number',
                     operationType: 'count',
                     isBucketed: false,
-                    scale: 'ratio',
                     sourceField: '___records___',
                     customLabel: true,
                     filter: { language: 'kuery', query: 'memory > 5000' },
@@ -2799,7 +2774,6 @@ describe('IndexPattern Data Source', () => {
                     dataType: 'number',
                     operationType: 'count',
                     isBucketed: false,
-                    scale: 'ratio',
                     sourceField: '___records___',
                     customLabel: true,
                   },
@@ -2808,7 +2782,6 @@ describe('IndexPattern Data Source', () => {
                     dataType: 'number',
                     operationType: 'math',
                     isBucketed: false,
-                    scale: 'ratio',
                     params: {
                       tinymathAst: {
                         type: 'function',
@@ -2850,7 +2823,6 @@ describe('IndexPattern Data Source', () => {
                     dataType: 'string',
                     isBucketed: true,
                     operationType: 'filters',
-                    scale: 'ordinal',
                     params: {
                       filters: [
                         { label: '', input: { language: 'kuery', query: 'bytes > 5000' } },
@@ -2937,7 +2909,6 @@ describe('IndexPattern Data Source', () => {
                     dataType: 'number',
                     operationType: 'formula',
                     isBucketed: false,
-                    scale: 'ratio',
                     filter: { language: 'kuery', query: 'bytes > 4000' },
                     params: {
                       formula: "count(kql='memory > 5000') + count()",
@@ -2950,7 +2921,6 @@ describe('IndexPattern Data Source', () => {
                     dataType: 'number',
                     operationType: 'count',
                     isBucketed: false,
-                    scale: 'ratio',
                     sourceField: '___records___',
                     customLabel: true,
                     filter: { language: 'kuery', query: 'bytes > 4000 AND memory > 5000' },
@@ -2960,7 +2930,6 @@ describe('IndexPattern Data Source', () => {
                     dataType: 'number',
                     operationType: 'count',
                     isBucketed: false,
-                    scale: 'ratio',
                     sourceField: '___records___',
                     customLabel: true,
                     filter: { language: 'kuery', query: 'bytes > 4000' },
@@ -2970,7 +2939,6 @@ describe('IndexPattern Data Source', () => {
                     dataType: 'number',
                     operationType: 'math',
                     isBucketed: false,
-                    scale: 'ratio',
                     params: {
                       tinymathAst: {
                         type: 'function',
@@ -3903,7 +3871,6 @@ describe('IndexPattern Data Source', () => {
                 operationType: 'static_value',
                 params: { value: '0' },
                 references: [],
-                scale: 'ratio',
               },
             },
           },
@@ -3953,7 +3920,6 @@ describe('IndexPattern Data Source', () => {
                 label: 'timestampLabel',
                 operationType: 'date_histogram',
                 params: { dropPartials: false, includeEmptyRows: true, interval: 'auto' },
-                scale: 'interval',
                 sourceField: 'timestamp',
               },
             },
@@ -4190,7 +4156,6 @@ describe('IndexPattern Data Source', () => {
               dataType: 'number',
               operationType: 'count',
               isBucketed: false,
-              scale: 'ratio',
               sourceField: '___records___',
             },
           },
diff --git a/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/lens/public/datasources/form_based/form_based.tsx b/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/lens/public/datasources/form_based/form_based.tsx
index 9868f821e769a..e9cf638ae6faf 100644
--- a/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/lens/public/datasources/form_based/form_based.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/lens/public/datasources/form_based/form_based.tsx
@@ -163,7 +163,21 @@ export function columnToOperation(
   uniqueLabel?: string,
   dataView?: IndexPattern | DataView
 ): OperationDescriptor {
-  const { dataType, label, isBucketed, scale, operationType, timeShift, reducedTimeRange } = column;
+  const { dataType, label, isBucketed, operationType, timeShift, reducedTimeRange } = column;
+
+  const operationDefinition = operationDefinitionMap[operationType];
+  if (!operationDefinition) {
+    throw new Error(
+      i18n.translate('xpack.lens.indexPattern.operationNotFoundErrorMessage', {
+        defaultMessage: 'Operation {operationType} not found',
+        values: { operationType },
+      })
+    );
+  }
+
+  const scale = operationDefinition.scale
+    ? operationDefinition.scale(column, dataView as IndexPattern)
+    : 'ratio';
 
   return {
     dataType: normalizeOperationDataType(dataType),
diff --git a/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/lens/public/datasources/form_based/form_based_suggestions.test.tsx b/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/lens/public/datasources/form_based/form_based_suggestions.test.tsx
index 35384bbd6bc22..5f95a57fb729a 100644
--- a/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/lens/public/datasources/form_based/form_based_suggestions.test.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/lens/public/datasources/form_based/form_based_suggestions.test.tsx
@@ -1314,7 +1314,7 @@ describe('IndexPattern Data Source suggestions', () => {
                     dataType: 'number',
                     isBucketed: false,
                     label: '',
-                    scale: undefined,
+                    scale: 'ratio',
                     isStaticValue: false,
                     hasTimeShift: false,
                     hasReducedTimeRange: false,
@@ -1408,7 +1408,7 @@ describe('IndexPattern Data Source suggestions', () => {
                     dataType: 'number',
                     isBucketed: false,
                     label: '',
-                    scale: undefined,
+                    scale: 'ratio',
                     isStaticValue: false,
                     hasTimeShift: false,
                     hasReducedTimeRange: false,
@@ -2258,7 +2258,7 @@ describe('IndexPattern Data Source suggestions', () => {
                   label: 'My Op',
                   dataType: 'string',
                   isBucketed: true,
-                  scale: undefined,
+                  scale: 'ordinal',
                   isStaticValue: false,
                   hasTimeShift: false,
                   hasReducedTimeRange: false,
@@ -2284,7 +2284,7 @@ describe('IndexPattern Data Source suggestions', () => {
                   label: 'My Op 2',
                   dataType: 'string',
                   isBucketed: true,
-                  scale: undefined,
+                  scale: 'ordinal',
                   isStaticValue: false,
                   hasTimeShift: false,
                   hasReducedTimeRange: false,
@@ -2700,7 +2700,7 @@ describe('IndexPattern Data Source suggestions', () => {
                   dataType: 'number',
                   isBucketed: false,
                   label: 'Unique count of dest',
-                  scale: undefined,
+                  scale: 'ratio',
                   isStaticValue: false,
                   hasTimeShift: false,
                   hasReducedTimeRange: false,
@@ -3212,7 +3212,7 @@ describe('IndexPattern Data Source suggestions', () => {
                   dataType: 'string',
                   isBucketed: true,
                   label: 'My Op',
-                  scale: undefined,
+                  scale: 'ordinal',
                   isStaticValue: false,
                   hasTimeShift: false,
                   hasReducedTimeRange: false,
@@ -3225,7 +3225,7 @@ describe('IndexPattern Data Source suggestions', () => {
                   dataType: 'string',
                   isBucketed: true,
                   label: 'Top 5',
-                  scale: undefined,
+                  scale: 'ordinal',
                   isStaticValue: false,
                   hasTimeShift: false,
                   hasReducedTimeRange: false,
@@ -3308,7 +3308,7 @@ describe('IndexPattern Data Source suggestions', () => {
                     dataType: 'number',
                     isBucketed: false,
                     label: 'Cumulative sum of Records',
-                    scale: undefined,
+                    scale: 'ratio',
                     isStaticValue: false,
                     hasTimeShift: false,
                     hasReducedTimeRange: false,
@@ -3322,7 +3322,7 @@ describe('IndexPattern Data Source suggestions', () => {
                     dataType: 'number',
                     isBucketed: false,
                     label: 'Cumulative sum of (incomplete)',
-                    scale: undefined,
+                    scale: 'ratio',
                     isStaticValue: false,
                     hasTimeShift: false,
                     hasReducedTimeRange: false,
@@ -3390,7 +3390,7 @@ describe('IndexPattern Data Source suggestions', () => {
                     dataType: 'date',
                     isBucketed: true,
                     label: '',
-                    scale: undefined,
+                    scale: 'interval',
                     isStaticValue: false,
                     hasTimeShift: false,
                     hasReducedTimeRange: false,
@@ -3404,7 +3404,7 @@ describe('IndexPattern Data Source suggestions', () => {
                     dataType: 'number',
                     isBucketed: false,
                     label: '',
-                    scale: undefined,
+                    scale: 'ratio',
                     isStaticValue: false,
                     hasTimeShift: false,
                     hasReducedTimeRange: false,
@@ -3418,7 +3418,7 @@ describe('IndexPattern Data Source suggestions', () => {
                     dataType: 'number',
                     isBucketed: false,
                     label: '',
-                    scale: undefined,
+                    scale: 'ratio',
                     isStaticValue: false,
                     hasTimeShift: false,
                     hasReducedTimeRange: false,
diff --git a/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/lens/public/datasources/form_based/operations/definitions/calculations/counter_rate.tsx b/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/lens/public/datasources/form_based/operations/definitions/calculations/counter_rate.tsx
index af563ccd4bef7..2aefd264509c6 100644
--- a/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/lens/public/datasources/form_based/operations/definitions/calculations/counter_rate.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/lens/public/datasources/form_based/operations/definitions/calculations/counter_rate.tsx
@@ -98,7 +98,6 @@ export const counterRateOperation: OperationDefinition<
       dataType: 'number',
       operationType: 'counter_rate',
       isBucketed: false,
-      scale: 'ratio',
       references: referenceIds,
       timeScale,
       timeShift: columnParams?.shift || previousColumn?.timeShift,
diff --git a/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/lens/public/datasources/form_based/operations/definitions/calculations/cumulative_sum.tsx b/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/lens/public/datasources/form_based/operations/definitions/calculations/cumulative_sum.tsx
index 50bcd865b855d..efa3f312f7a57 100644
--- a/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/lens/public/datasources/form_based/operations/definitions/calculations/cumulative_sum.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/lens/public/datasources/form_based/operations/definitions/calculations/cumulative_sum.tsx
@@ -94,7 +94,6 @@ export const cumulativeSumOperation: OperationDefinition<
       dataType: 'number',
       operationType: 'cumulative_sum',
       isBucketed: false,
-      scale: 'ratio',
       timeShift: columnParams?.shift || previousColumn?.timeShift,
       filter: getFilter(previousColumn, columnParams),
       references: referenceIds,
diff --git a/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/lens/public/datasources/form_based/operations/definitions/calculations/differences.tsx b/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/lens/public/datasources/form_based/operations/definitions/calculations/differences.tsx
index f91636471190e..c744c9259854b 100644
--- a/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/lens/public/datasources/form_based/operations/definitions/calculations/differences.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/lens/public/datasources/form_based/operations/definitions/calculations/differences.tsx
@@ -77,7 +77,6 @@ export const derivativeOperation: OperationDefinition<
       dataType: 'number',
       operationType: DIFFERENCES_ID,
       isBucketed: false,
-      scale: 'ratio',
       references: referenceIds,
       timeScale,
       filter: getFilter(previousColumn, columnParams),
diff --git a/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/lens/public/datasources/form_based/operations/definitions/calculations/moving_average.tsx b/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/lens/public/datasources/form_based/operations/definitions/calculations/moving_average.tsx
index 4d0912fd96425..7d62a6944964e 100644
--- a/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/lens/public/datasources/form_based/operations/definitions/calculations/moving_average.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/lens/public/datasources/form_based/operations/definitions/calculations/moving_average.tsx
@@ -99,7 +99,6 @@ export const movingAverageOperation: OperationDefinition<
       dataType: 'number',
       operationType: 'moving_average',
       isBucketed: false,
-      scale: 'ratio',
       references: referenceIds,
       timeShift: columnParams?.shift || previousColumn?.timeShift,
       filter: getFilter(previousColumn, columnParams),
diff --git a/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/lens/public/datasources/form_based/operations/definitions/calculations/overall_metric.tsx b/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/lens/public/datasources/form_based/operations/definitions/calculations/overall_metric.tsx
index df0e55ff40dfb..7e8b7fd60095d 100644
--- a/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/lens/public/datasources/form_based/operations/definitions/calculations/overall_metric.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/lens/public/datasources/form_based/operations/definitions/calculations/overall_metric.tsx
@@ -94,7 +94,6 @@ function buildOverallMetricOperation<T extends OverallMetricIndexPatternColumn<s
         dataType: 'number',
         operationType: `overall_${metric}`,
         isBucketed: false,
-        scale: 'ratio',
         references: referenceIds,
         params: getFormatFromPreviousColumn(previousColumn),
       } as T;
diff --git a/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/lens/public/datasources/form_based/operations/definitions/calculations/time_scale.tsx b/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/lens/public/datasources/form_based/operations/definitions/calculations/time_scale.tsx
index c79d25d5cf17c..271978fcedd9c 100644
--- a/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/lens/public/datasources/form_based/operations/definitions/calculations/time_scale.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/lens/public/datasources/form_based/operations/definitions/calculations/time_scale.tsx
@@ -78,7 +78,6 @@ export const timeScaleOperation: OperationDefinition<TimeScaleIndexPatternColumn
         dataType: 'number',
         operationType: NORMALIZE_BY_UNIT_ID,
         isBucketed: false,
-        scale: 'ratio',
         references: referenceIds,
         params: {
           ...getFormatFromPreviousColumn(previousColumn),
diff --git a/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/lens/public/datasources/form_based/operations/definitions/cardinality.tsx b/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/lens/public/datasources/form_based/operations/definitions/cardinality.tsx
index 14ae32b0bf595..f3c7e0a2b80c2 100644
--- a/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/lens/public/datasources/form_based/operations/definitions/cardinality.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/lens/public/datasources/form_based/operations/definitions/cardinality.tsx
@@ -120,7 +120,6 @@ export const cardinalityOperation: OperationDefinition<
       label: ofName(field.displayName, previousColumn?.timeShift, previousColumn?.reducedTimeRange),
       dataType: 'number',
       operationType: CARDINALITY_ID,
-      scale: SCALE,
       sourceField: field.name,
       isBucketed: IS_BUCKETED,
       filter: getFilter(previousColumn, columnParams),
diff --git a/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/lens/public/datasources/form_based/operations/definitions/count.tsx b/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/lens/public/datasources/form_based/operations/definitions/count.tsx
index c53fbc28b7887..c3c8fc0524218 100644
--- a/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/lens/public/datasources/form_based/operations/definitions/count.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/lens/public/datasources/form_based/operations/definitions/count.tsx
@@ -130,7 +130,6 @@ export const countOperation: OperationDefinition<CountIndexPatternColumn, 'field
       dataType: 'number',
       operationType: COUNT_ID,
       isBucketed: false,
-      scale: 'ratio',
       sourceField: field.name,
       timeScale: previousColumn?.timeScale,
       filter: getFilter(previousColumn, columnParams),
diff --git a/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/lens/public/datasources/form_based/operations/definitions/date_histogram.tsx b/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/lens/public/datasources/form_based/operations/definitions/date_histogram.tsx
index cedf2f976b2cb..f0d7ef79060a9 100644
--- a/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/lens/public/datasources/form_based/operations/definitions/date_histogram.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/lens/public/datasources/form_based/operations/definitions/date_histogram.tsx
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ export const dateHistogramOperation: OperationDefinition<
   }),
   input: 'field',
   priority: 5, // Highest priority level used
+  scale: () => 'interval',
   operationParams: [{ name: 'interval', type: 'string', required: false }],
   getErrorMessage: (layer, columnId, indexPattern) => [
     ...getInvalidFieldMessage(layer, columnId, indexPattern),
@@ -118,7 +119,6 @@ export const dateHistogramOperation: OperationDefinition<
       operationType: 'date_histogram',
       sourceField: field.name,
       isBucketed: true,
-      scale: 'interval',
       params: {
         interval: columnParams?.interval ?? autoInterval,
         includeEmptyRows: columnParams?.includeEmptyRows ?? true,
diff --git a/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/lens/public/datasources/form_based/operations/definitions/filters/filters.test.tsx b/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/lens/public/datasources/form_based/operations/definitions/filters/filters.test.tsx
index a742ce97168e0..651ac016d2bf5 100644
--- a/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/lens/public/datasources/form_based/operations/definitions/filters/filters.test.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/lens/public/datasources/form_based/operations/definitions/filters/filters.test.tsx
@@ -73,7 +73,6 @@ describe('filters', () => {
           label: 'filters',
           dataType: 'document',
           operationType: 'filters',
-          scale: 'ordinal',
           isBucketed: true,
           params: {
             filters: [
@@ -198,7 +197,6 @@ describe('filters', () => {
         label: 'Filters',
         dataType: 'string',
         operationType: 'filters',
-        scale: 'ordinal',
         isBucketed: true,
         params: {
           filters: [
@@ -235,7 +233,6 @@ describe('filters', () => {
         label: 'Filters',
         dataType: 'string',
         operationType: 'filters',
-        scale: 'ordinal',
         isBucketed: true,
         params: {
           filters: [
@@ -274,7 +271,6 @@ describe('filters', () => {
         label: 'Filters',
         dataType: 'string',
         operationType: 'filters',
-        scale: 'ordinal',
         isBucketed: true,
         params: {
           filters: [
diff --git a/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/lens/public/datasources/form_based/operations/definitions/filters/filters.tsx b/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/lens/public/datasources/form_based/operations/definitions/filters/filters.tsx
index 9b2a88f657f07..4df011d744e2c 100644
--- a/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/lens/public/datasources/form_based/operations/definitions/filters/filters.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/lens/public/datasources/form_based/operations/definitions/filters/filters.tsx
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ export const filtersOperation: OperationDefinition<
   displayName: filtersLabel,
   priority: 3, // Higher than any metric
   input: 'none',
+  scale: () => 'ordinal',
   isTransferable: () => true,
 
   getDefaultLabel: () => filtersLabel,
@@ -108,7 +109,6 @@ export const filtersOperation: OperationDefinition<
       label: filtersLabel,
       dataType: 'string',
       operationType: OPERATION_NAME,
-      scale: 'ordinal',
       isBucketed: true,
       params,
     };
diff --git a/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/lens/public/datasources/form_based/operations/definitions/formula/context_variables.test.ts b/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/lens/public/datasources/form_based/operations/definitions/formula/context_variables.test.ts
index f6278ed8a69f7..59f4b5582d647 100644
--- a/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/lens/public/datasources/form_based/operations/definitions/formula/context_variables.test.ts
+++ b/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/lens/public/datasources/form_based/operations/definitions/formula/context_variables.test.ts
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ function createLayer<T extends ConstantsIndexPatternColumn>(
         dataType: 'number',
         operationType: type,
         isBucketed: false,
-        scale: 'ratio',
         references: [],
       },
     },
@@ -112,7 +111,6 @@ describe('context variables', () => {
             operationType: 'date_histogram',
             sourceField: '@timestamp',
             isBucketed: true,
-            scale: 'interval',
             params: {
               interval: 'auto',
               includeEmptyRows: true,
diff --git a/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/lens/public/datasources/form_based/operations/definitions/formula/context_variables.tsx b/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/lens/public/datasources/form_based/operations/definitions/formula/context_variables.tsx
index 3bb1935e24223..16d2cfe3c7dcb 100644
--- a/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/lens/public/datasources/form_based/operations/definitions/formula/context_variables.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/lens/public/datasources/form_based/operations/definitions/formula/context_variables.tsx
@@ -237,7 +237,6 @@ function createContextValueBasedOperation<ColumnType extends ConstantsIndexPatte
         dataType: 'number',
         operationType: type,
         isBucketed: false,
-        scale: 'ratio',
         references: [],
       } as unknown as ColumnType;
     },
diff --git a/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/lens/public/datasources/form_based/operations/definitions/formula/editor/math_completion.test.ts b/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/lens/public/datasources/form_based/operations/definitions/formula/editor/math_completion.test.ts
index 2dfe44f2086ff..d6f8c26046ade 100644
--- a/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/lens/public/datasources/form_based/operations/definitions/formula/editor/math_completion.test.ts
+++ b/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/lens/public/datasources/form_based/operations/definitions/formula/editor/math_completion.test.ts
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ const buildGenericColumn = <T extends 'field' | 'fullReference' = 'field'>(type:
       operationType: type,
       sourceField: field?.name ?? undefined,
       isBucketed: false,
-      scale: 'ratio',
       timeScale: false,
     };
   }) as unknown as Extract<GenericOperationDefinition, { input: T }>['buildColumn'];
diff --git a/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/lens/public/datasources/form_based/operations/definitions/formula/formula.test.tsx b/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/lens/public/datasources/form_based/operations/definitions/formula/formula.test.tsx
index 85e15d5c4446a..c5a91efaa5440 100644
--- a/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/lens/public/datasources/form_based/operations/definitions/formula/formula.test.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/lens/public/datasources/form_based/operations/definitions/formula/formula.test.tsx
@@ -69,7 +69,6 @@ const operationDefinitionMap: Record<string, GenericOperationDefinition> = {
       dataType: 'number',
       operationType: 'moving_average',
       isBucketed: false,
-      scale: 'ratio',
       timeScale: undefined,
       params: { window: 5 },
       references: referenceIds,
@@ -125,7 +124,6 @@ describe('[Lens] formula', () => {
             dataType: 'number',
             operationType: 'average',
             isBucketed: false,
-            scale: 'ratio',
             sourceField: 'bytes',
           },
         },
@@ -148,7 +146,6 @@ describe('[Lens] formula', () => {
         dataType: 'number',
         operationType: 'formula',
         isBucketed: false,
-        scale: 'ratio',
         params: {},
         references: [],
       });
@@ -166,7 +163,6 @@ describe('[Lens] formula', () => {
         dataType: 'number',
         operationType: 'formula',
         isBucketed: false,
-        scale: 'ratio',
         params: { isFormulaBroken: false, formula: 'average(bytes)' },
         references: [],
       });
@@ -190,7 +186,6 @@ describe('[Lens] formula', () => {
         isBucketed: false,
         filter: undefined,
         timeScale: undefined,
-        scale: 'ratio',
         params: {},
         references: [],
       });
@@ -218,7 +213,6 @@ describe('[Lens] formula', () => {
         dataType: 'number',
         operationType: 'formula',
         isBucketed: false,
-        scale: 'ratio',
         params: {
           isFormulaBroken: false,
           formula: 'average(bytes)',
@@ -252,7 +246,6 @@ describe('[Lens] formula', () => {
         dataType: 'number',
         operationType: 'formula',
         isBucketed: false,
-        scale: 'ratio',
         params: {
           isFormulaBroken: false,
           formula: `average(bytes, kql='category.keyword: "Men\\'s Clothing" or category.keyword: "Men\\'s Shoes"')`,
@@ -281,7 +274,6 @@ describe('[Lens] formula', () => {
         dataType: 'number',
         operationType: 'formula',
         isBucketed: false,
-        scale: 'ratio',
         params: {
           isFormulaBroken: false,
           formula: `count(lucene='*')`,
@@ -299,7 +291,6 @@ describe('[Lens] formula', () => {
               dataType: 'number',
               operationType: 'moving_average',
               isBucketed: false,
-              scale: 'ratio',
               references: ['col2'],
               timeScale: 'd',
               params: { window: 3 },
@@ -313,7 +304,6 @@ describe('[Lens] formula', () => {
                   dataType: 'number',
                   operationType: 'moving_average',
                   isBucketed: false,
-                  scale: 'ratio',
                   references: ['col2'],
                   timeScale: 'd',
                   params: { window: 3 },
@@ -323,7 +313,6 @@ describe('[Lens] formula', () => {
                   isBucketed: false,
                   label: 'col1X0',
                   operationType: 'average',
-                  scale: 'ratio',
                   sourceField: 'bytes',
                   timeScale: 'd',
                 },
@@ -339,7 +328,6 @@ describe('[Lens] formula', () => {
         dataType: 'number',
         operationType: 'formula',
         isBucketed: false,
-        scale: 'ratio',
         params: {
           isFormulaBroken: false,
           formula: 'moving_average(average(bytes), window=3)',
@@ -393,7 +381,6 @@ describe('[Lens] formula', () => {
         dataType: 'number',
         operationType: 'formula',
         isBucketed: false,
-        scale: 'ratio',
         params: {},
         references: [],
       });
@@ -420,7 +407,6 @@ describe('[Lens] formula', () => {
         dataType: 'number',
         operationType: 'formula',
         isBucketed: false,
-        scale: 'ratio',
         params: { isFormulaBroken: false, formula: '0' },
         references: [],
       });
@@ -481,7 +467,6 @@ describe('[Lens] formula', () => {
         dataType: 'number',
         operationType: 'formula',
         isBucketed: false,
-        scale: 'ratio',
         params: { formula: '', isFormulaBroken: false },
         references: [],
       };
@@ -525,7 +510,6 @@ describe('[Lens] formula', () => {
             isBucketed: false,
             label: 'Part of average(bytes)',
             operationType: 'average',
-            scale: 'ratio',
             sourceField: 'bytes',
             timeScale: undefined,
           },
@@ -575,7 +559,6 @@ describe('[Lens] formula', () => {
               tinymathAst: 0,
             },
             references: [],
-            scale: 'ratio',
           },
         },
       });
@@ -929,7 +912,6 @@ describe('[Lens] formula', () => {
                   dataType: 'number',
                   operationType: 'formula',
                   isBucketed: false,
-                  scale: 'ratio',
                   params: { formula, isFormulaBroken },
                   references: [],
                 } as FormulaIndexPatternColumn,
@@ -963,7 +945,6 @@ describe('[Lens] formula', () => {
                   dataType: 'number',
                   operationType: 'formula',
                   isBucketed: false,
-                  scale: 'ratio',
                   params: { formula, isFormulaBroken: false },
                   references: [],
                 } as FormulaIndexPatternColumn,
@@ -996,7 +977,6 @@ describe('[Lens] formula', () => {
                   dataType: 'number',
                   operationType: 'formula',
                   isBucketed: false,
-                  scale: 'ratio',
                   params: { formula: '', isFormulaBroken },
                   references: [],
                 } as FormulaIndexPatternColumn,
@@ -1031,7 +1011,6 @@ describe('[Lens] formula', () => {
             dataType: 'number',
             operationType: 'formula',
             isBucketed: false,
-            scale: 'ratio',
             params: { formula, isFormulaBroken: isBroken },
             references: [],
             ...columnParams,
diff --git a/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/lens/public/datasources/form_based/operations/definitions/formula/formula.tsx b/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/lens/public/datasources/form_based/operations/definitions/formula/formula.tsx
index a3539af74db05..7dde6c066b2b5 100644
--- a/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/lens/public/datasources/form_based/operations/definitions/formula/formula.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/lens/public/datasources/form_based/operations/definitions/formula/formula.tsx
@@ -210,7 +210,6 @@ export const formulaOperation: OperationDefinition<FormulaIndexPatternColumn, 'm
         dataType: 'number',
         operationType: 'formula',
         isBucketed: false,
-        scale: 'ratio',
         params: previousFormula
           ? {
               formula: previousFormula,
diff --git a/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/lens/public/datasources/form_based/operations/definitions/formula/formula_public_api.test.ts b/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/lens/public/datasources/form_based/operations/definitions/formula/formula_public_api.test.ts
index 5290056470297..fdcfb98d93a46 100644
--- a/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/lens/public/datasources/form_based/operations/definitions/formula/formula_public_api.test.ts
+++ b/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/lens/public/datasources/form_based/operations/definitions/formula/formula_public_api.test.ts
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ const getBaseLayer = (): PersistedIndexPatternLayer => ({
       label: '@timestamp',
       operationType: 'date_histogram',
       params: { interval: 'auto' },
-      scale: 'interval',
     } as DateHistogramIndexPatternColumn,
   },
 });
@@ -103,7 +102,6 @@ describe('createFormulaPublicApi', () => {
             label: '@timestamp',
             operationType: 'date_histogram',
             params: { interval: 'auto' },
-            scale: 'interval',
           },
         },
         indexPatternId: undefined,
@@ -153,7 +151,6 @@ describe('createFormulaPublicApi', () => {
             label: '@timestamp',
             operationType: 'date_histogram',
             params: { interval: 'auto' },
-            scale: 'interval',
           },
         },
         indexPatternId: undefined,
diff --git a/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/lens/public/datasources/form_based/operations/definitions/formula/math.test.ts b/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/lens/public/datasources/form_based/operations/definitions/formula/math.test.ts
index 5ca43cb125cc8..95bda775e780f 100644
--- a/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/lens/public/datasources/form_based/operations/definitions/formula/math.test.ts
+++ b/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/lens/public/datasources/form_based/operations/definitions/formula/math.test.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ function createLayerWithMathColumn(tinymathAst: string | TinymathAST): FormBased
         dataType: 'number',
         operationType: 'math',
         isBucketed: false,
-        scale: 'ratio',
         params: {
           tinymathAst,
         },
diff --git a/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/lens/public/datasources/form_based/operations/definitions/formula/math.tsx b/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/lens/public/datasources/form_based/operations/definitions/formula/math.tsx
index cf8116d66447a..428c17ce87bc7 100644
--- a/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/lens/public/datasources/form_based/operations/definitions/formula/math.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/lens/public/datasources/form_based/operations/definitions/formula/math.tsx
@@ -58,7 +58,6 @@ export const mathOperation: OperationDefinition<MathIndexPatternColumn, 'managed
       dataType: 'number',
       operationType: 'math',
       isBucketed: false,
-      scale: 'ratio',
       params: {
         tinymathAst: '',
       },
diff --git a/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/lens/public/datasources/form_based/operations/definitions/formula/mocks/operation_mocks.ts b/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/lens/public/datasources/form_based/operations/definitions/formula/mocks/operation_mocks.ts
index 2e9c0acd41485..79c4c3befac0e 100644
--- a/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/lens/public/datasources/form_based/operations/definitions/formula/mocks/operation_mocks.ts
+++ b/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/lens/public/datasources/form_based/operations/definitions/formula/mocks/operation_mocks.ts
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ export function createOperationDefinitionMock<T extends GenericIndexPatternColum
     dataType,
     operationType: operation,
     isBucketed,
-    scale,
     timeScale,
   };
   const sharedDefinitionParams = {
diff --git a/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/lens/public/datasources/form_based/operations/definitions/index.ts b/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/lens/public/datasources/form_based/operations/definitions/index.ts
index 791024e4c9368..1fa4a74080b67 100644
--- a/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/lens/public/datasources/form_based/operations/definitions/index.ts
+++ b/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/lens/public/datasources/form_based/operations/definitions/index.ts
@@ -262,6 +262,7 @@ interface BaseOperationDefinitionProps<
    * Should be i18n-ified.
    */
   displayName: string;
+  scale?: (column: C, dataView?: IndexPattern) => 'ratio' | 'ordinal' | 'interval';
   /**
    * The default label is assigned by the editor
    */
diff --git a/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/lens/public/datasources/form_based/operations/definitions/last_value.test.tsx b/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/lens/public/datasources/form_based/operations/definitions/last_value.test.tsx
index 2beefab2f1439..2392d568309a6 100644
--- a/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/lens/public/datasources/form_based/operations/definitions/last_value.test.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/lens/public/datasources/form_based/operations/definitions/last_value.test.tsx
@@ -974,7 +974,6 @@ describe('last_value', () => {
             label: 'Last value of test',
             operationType: 'last_value',
             params: { sortField: 'timestamp' },
-            scale: 'ratio',
             sourceField: 'bytes',
           } as LastValueIndexPatternColumn,
         },
diff --git a/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/lens/public/datasources/form_based/operations/definitions/last_value.tsx b/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/lens/public/datasources/form_based/operations/definitions/last_value.tsx
index 337ec8052d0ed..62c57088e3553 100644
--- a/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/lens/public/datasources/form_based/operations/definitions/last_value.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/lens/public/datasources/form_based/operations/definitions/last_value.tsx
@@ -184,6 +184,16 @@ export const lastValueOperation: OperationDefinition<
       column.reducedTimeRange
     ),
   input: 'field',
+  scale: (column, dataview) => {
+    if (!dataview) {
+      return 'ratio';
+    }
+    const field = dataview.getFieldByName(column.sourceField);
+    if (!field) {
+      return 'ratio';
+    }
+    return getScale(field?.type);
+  },
   onFieldChange: (oldColumn, field) => {
     const newParams = { ...oldColumn.params };
 
@@ -198,7 +208,6 @@ export const lastValueOperation: OperationDefinition<
       label: ofName(field.displayName, oldColumn.timeShift, oldColumn.reducedTimeRange),
       sourceField: field.name,
       params: newParams,
-      scale: getScale(field.type),
       filter:
         oldColumn.filter && comparePreviousColumnFilter(oldColumn.filter, oldColumn.sourceField)
           ? getExistsFilter(field.name)
@@ -251,7 +260,6 @@ export const lastValueOperation: OperationDefinition<
       dataType: field.type as DataType,
       operationType: LAST_VALUE_ID,
       isBucketed: false,
-      scale: getScale(field.type),
       sourceField: field.name,
       filter: getFilter(previousColumn, columnParams) || getExistsFilter(field.name),
       timeShift: columnParams?.shift || previousColumn?.timeShift,
diff --git a/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/lens/public/datasources/form_based/operations/definitions/metrics.tsx b/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/lens/public/datasources/form_based/operations/definitions/metrics.tsx
index 304698b1be5e9..9cd7c1c63f32a 100644
--- a/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/lens/public/datasources/form_based/operations/definitions/metrics.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/lens/public/datasources/form_based/operations/definitions/metrics.tsx
@@ -150,7 +150,6 @@ function buildMetricOperation<T extends MetricColumn<string>>({
         operationType: type,
         sourceField: field.name,
         isBucketed: false,
-        scale: 'ratio',
         timeScale: optionalTimeScaling ? previousColumn?.timeScale : undefined,
         filter: getFilter(previousColumn, columnParams),
         timeShift: columnParams?.shift || previousColumn?.timeShift,
diff --git a/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/lens/public/datasources/form_based/operations/definitions/percentile.tsx b/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/lens/public/datasources/form_based/operations/definitions/percentile.tsx
index 4adfe858f22ac..0c88e288a51ec 100644
--- a/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/lens/public/datasources/form_based/operations/definitions/percentile.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/lens/public/datasources/form_based/operations/definitions/percentile.tsx
@@ -195,7 +195,6 @@ export const percentileOperation: OperationDefinition<
       operationType: PERCENTILE_ID,
       sourceField: field.name,
       isBucketed: false,
-      scale: 'ratio',
       filter: getFilter(previousColumn, columnParams),
       timeShift: columnParams?.shift || previousColumn?.timeShift,
       reducedTimeRange: columnParams?.reducedTimeRange || previousColumn?.reducedTimeRange,
diff --git a/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/lens/public/datasources/form_based/operations/definitions/percentile_ranks.tsx b/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/lens/public/datasources/form_based/operations/definitions/percentile_ranks.tsx
index da4c3f4d77d37..cb3ecc4a110c7 100644
--- a/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/lens/public/datasources/form_based/operations/definitions/percentile_ranks.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/lens/public/datasources/form_based/operations/definitions/percentile_ranks.tsx
@@ -132,7 +132,6 @@ export const percentileRanksOperation: OperationDefinition<
       operationType: 'percentile_rank',
       sourceField: field.name,
       isBucketed: false,
-      scale: 'ratio',
       filter: getFilter(previousColumn, columnParams),
       timeShift: columnParams?.shift || previousColumn?.timeShift,
       reducedTimeRange: columnParams?.reducedTimeRange || previousColumn?.reducedTimeRange,
diff --git a/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/lens/public/datasources/form_based/operations/definitions/ranges/ranges.test.tsx b/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/lens/public/datasources/form_based/operations/definitions/ranges/ranges.test.tsx
index e85f6d6f7d550..078789389d494 100644
--- a/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/lens/public/datasources/form_based/operations/definitions/ranges/ranges.test.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/lens/public/datasources/form_based/operations/definitions/ranges/ranges.test.tsx
@@ -137,14 +137,12 @@ describe('ranges', () => {
   function setToHistogramMode() {
     const column = layer.columns.col1 as RangeIndexPatternColumn;
     column.dataType = 'number';
-    column.scale = 'interval';
     column.params.type = MODES.Histogram;
   }
 
   function setToRangeMode() {
     const column = layer.columns.col1 as RangeIndexPatternColumn;
     column.dataType = 'string';
-    column.scale = 'ordinal';
     column.params.type = MODES.Range;
   }
 
@@ -158,7 +156,6 @@ describe('ranges', () => {
           label: sourceField,
           dataType: 'number',
           operationType: 'range',
-          scale: 'interval',
           isBucketed: true,
           sourceField,
           params: {
diff --git a/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/lens/public/datasources/form_based/operations/definitions/ranges/ranges.tsx b/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/lens/public/datasources/form_based/operations/definitions/ranges/ranges.tsx
index afc48e04cf7d6..38d1d0201fe40 100644
--- a/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/lens/public/datasources/form_based/operations/definitions/ranges/ranges.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/lens/public/datasources/form_based/operations/definitions/ranges/ranges.tsx
@@ -82,6 +82,10 @@ export const rangeOperation: OperationDefinition<
   }),
   priority: 4, // Higher than terms, so numbers get histogram
   input: 'field',
+  scale: (column) => {
+    const type = column.params?.type ?? MODES.Histogram;
+    return type === MODES.Histogram ? 'interval' : 'ordinal';
+  },
   getErrorMessage: (layer, columnId, indexPattern) =>
     getInvalidFieldMessage(layer, columnId, indexPattern),
   getPossibleOperationForField: ({ aggregationRestrictions, aggregatable, type }) => {
@@ -110,7 +114,6 @@ export const rangeOperation: OperationDefinition<
       operationType: 'range',
       sourceField: field.name,
       isBucketed: true,
-      scale: type === MODES.Histogram ? 'interval' : 'ordinal', // ordinal for Range
       params: {
         includeEmptyRows: columnParams?.includeEmptyRows ?? true,
         type: columnParams?.type ?? MODES.Histogram,
diff --git a/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/lens/public/datasources/form_based/operations/definitions/static_value.test.tsx b/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/lens/public/datasources/form_based/operations/definitions/static_value.test.tsx
index ffc0b176ae048..320340f883043 100644
--- a/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/lens/public/datasources/form_based/operations/definitions/static_value.test.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/lens/public/datasources/form_based/operations/definitions/static_value.test.tsx
@@ -248,7 +248,6 @@ describe('static_value', () => {
         dataType: 'number',
         operationType: 'static_value',
         isBucketed: false,
-        scale: 'ratio',
         params: { value: '100' },
         references: [],
       });
@@ -264,7 +263,6 @@ describe('static_value', () => {
             dataType: 'number',
             operationType: 'static_value',
             isBucketed: false,
-            scale: 'ratio',
             params: { value: '23' },
             references: [],
           } as StaticValueIndexPatternColumn,
@@ -274,7 +272,6 @@ describe('static_value', () => {
         dataType: 'number',
         operationType: 'static_value',
         isBucketed: false,
-        scale: 'ratio',
         params: { value: '23' },
         references: [],
       });
@@ -294,7 +291,6 @@ describe('static_value', () => {
         dataType: 'number',
         operationType: 'static_value',
         isBucketed: false,
-        scale: 'ratio',
         params: { value: '23' },
         references: [],
       });
@@ -311,7 +307,6 @@ describe('static_value', () => {
               dataType: 'number',
               operationType: 'static_value',
               isBucketed: false,
-              scale: 'ratio',
               params: { value: '23' },
               references: [],
             } as StaticValueIndexPatternColumn,
@@ -323,7 +318,6 @@ describe('static_value', () => {
         dataType: 'number',
         operationType: 'static_value',
         isBucketed: false,
-        scale: 'ratio',
         params: { value: '53' },
         references: [],
       });
diff --git a/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/lens/public/datasources/form_based/operations/definitions/static_value.tsx b/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/lens/public/datasources/form_based/operations/definitions/static_value.tsx
index 1dcff18f562e1..bd6d9acbba09a 100644
--- a/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/lens/public/datasources/form_based/operations/definitions/static_value.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/lens/public/datasources/form_based/operations/definitions/static_value.tsx
@@ -130,7 +130,6 @@ export const staticValueOperation: OperationDefinition<
       dataType: 'number',
       operationType: 'static_value',
       isBucketed: false,
-      scale: 'ratio',
       params: { ...previousParams, value: String(previousParams.value ?? defaultValue) },
       references: [],
     };
diff --git a/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/lens/public/datasources/form_based/operations/definitions/terms/helpers.test.ts b/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/lens/public/datasources/form_based/operations/definitions/terms/helpers.test.ts
index f71e724ed5d25..6bc725f76049c 100644
--- a/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/lens/public/datasources/form_based/operations/definitions/terms/helpers.test.ts
+++ b/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/lens/public/datasources/form_based/operations/definitions/terms/helpers.test.ts
@@ -168,7 +168,6 @@ describe('getDisallowedTermsMessage()', () => {
             dataType: 'number',
             operationType: 'moving_average',
             isBucketed: false,
-            scale: 'ratio',
             references: ['col2'],
             timeShift: '3h',
             params: {
@@ -435,7 +434,6 @@ describe('isSortableByColumn()', () => {
             operationType: 'differences',
             isBucketed: false,
             references: ['colX'],
-            scale: 'ratio',
           },
         ]),
         'col2'
@@ -453,7 +451,6 @@ describe('isSortableByColumn()', () => {
             operationType: 'differences',
             isBucketed: false,
             references: ['col3'],
-            scale: 'ratio',
           },
           {
             label: 'Average',
@@ -477,7 +474,6 @@ describe('isSortableByColumn()', () => {
             dataType: 'number',
             operationType: 'static_value',
             isBucketed: false,
-            scale: 'ratio',
             params: { value: 100 },
             references: [],
           } as ReferenceBasedIndexPatternColumn,
@@ -497,7 +493,6 @@ describe('isSortableByColumn()', () => {
             operationType: 'percentile_rank',
             sourceField: 'bytes',
             isBucketed: false,
-            scale: 'ratio',
             params: { value: 1024.5 },
           } as PercentileRanksIndexPatternColumn,
         ]),
@@ -516,7 +511,6 @@ describe('isSortableByColumn()', () => {
             operationType: 'percentile_rank',
             sourceField: 'bytes',
             isBucketed: false,
-            scale: 'ratio',
             params: { value: 1024 },
           } as PercentileRanksIndexPatternColumn,
         ]),
diff --git a/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/lens/public/datasources/form_based/operations/definitions/terms/index.tsx b/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/lens/public/datasources/form_based/operations/definitions/terms/index.tsx
index 62c5b777bf37b..db7c209a12d62 100644
--- a/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/lens/public/datasources/form_based/operations/definitions/terms/index.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/lens/public/datasources/form_based/operations/definitions/terms/index.tsx
@@ -136,6 +136,7 @@ export const termsOperation: OperationDefinition<
   }),
   priority: 3, // Higher than any metric
   input: 'field',
+  scale: () => 'ordinal',
   getCurrentFields: (targetColumn) => {
     return [targetColumn.sourceField, ...(targetColumn?.params?.secondaryFields ?? [])];
   },
@@ -237,7 +238,6 @@ export const termsOperation: OperationDefinition<
       label: ofName(field.displayName),
       dataType: field.type as DataType,
       operationType: 'terms',
-      scale: 'ordinal',
       sourceField: field.name,
       isBucketed: true,
       params: {
diff --git a/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/lens/public/datasources/form_based/operations/definitions/terms/terms.test.tsx b/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/lens/public/datasources/form_based/operations/definitions/terms/terms.test.tsx
index aa7c75b15d022..ca9ca7b143ff0 100644
--- a/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/lens/public/datasources/form_based/operations/definitions/terms/terms.test.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/lens/public/datasources/form_based/operations/definitions/terms/terms.test.tsx
@@ -316,7 +316,6 @@ describe('terms', () => {
               operationType: 'max',
               sourceField: 'price',
               isBucketed: false,
-              scale: 'ratio',
             },
             orderBy: {
               type: 'custom',
@@ -2424,7 +2423,6 @@ describe('terms', () => {
                 dataType: 'number',
                 operationType: 'median',
                 isBucketed: false,
-                scale: 'ratio',
                 sourceField: 'bytes',
               },
             },
@@ -2488,7 +2486,6 @@ describe('terms', () => {
                 dataType: 'number',
                 operationType: 'median',
                 isBucketed: false,
-                scale: 'ratio',
                 sourceField: 'bytes',
               },
             },
@@ -2556,7 +2553,6 @@ describe('terms', () => {
                 dataType: 'number',
                 operationType: 'median',
                 isBucketed: false,
-                scale: 'ratio',
                 sourceField: 'bytes',
               },
             },
@@ -2638,7 +2634,6 @@ describe('terms', () => {
                 dataType: 'number',
                 operationType: 'count',
                 isBucketed: false,
-                scale: 'ratio',
                 sourceField: '___records___',
               },
             },
@@ -2731,7 +2726,6 @@ describe('terms', () => {
               otherBucket: true,
               size: 5,
             },
-            scale: 'ordinal',
             sourceField: 'bytes',
           } as TermsIndexPatternColumn,
         },
diff --git a/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/lens/public/datasources/form_based/operations/layer_helpers.test.ts b/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/lens/public/datasources/form_based/operations/layer_helpers.test.ts
index a7aafc0c272d7..a13cb1ad9a358 100644
--- a/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/lens/public/datasources/form_based/operations/layer_helpers.test.ts
+++ b/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/lens/public/datasources/form_based/operations/layer_helpers.test.ts
@@ -166,7 +166,6 @@ describe('state_helpers', () => {
         isBucketed: false,
         label: 'Part of 5 + moving_average(sum(bytes), window=5)',
         operationType: 'sum' as const,
-        scale: 'ratio' as const,
         sourceField: 'bytes',
       };
       const movingAvg = {
@@ -1290,7 +1289,6 @@ describe('state_helpers', () => {
                   dataType: 'number',
                   operationType: 'formula',
                   isBucketed: false,
-                  scale: 'ratio',
                   params: { isFormulaBroken: false, formula: 'average(bytes)' },
                   references: [],
                 } as FormulaIndexPatternColumn,
@@ -1319,7 +1317,6 @@ describe('state_helpers', () => {
                   dataType: 'number',
                   operationType: 'formula',
                   isBucketed: false,
-                  scale: 'ratio',
                   params: { isFormulaBroken: false, formula: 'average(bytes)' },
                   references: [],
                 } as FormulaIndexPatternColumn,
@@ -1348,7 +1345,6 @@ describe('state_helpers', () => {
                   dataType: 'number',
                   operationType: 'formula',
                   isBucketed: false,
-                  scale: 'ratio',
                   params: { isFormulaBroken: false, formula: 'average(bytes)' },
                   references: [],
                 } as FormulaIndexPatternColumn,
@@ -1376,7 +1372,6 @@ describe('state_helpers', () => {
                   dataType: 'number',
                   operationType: 'counter_rate',
                   isBucketed: false,
-                  scale: 'ratio',
                   references: ['col2'],
                   timeScale: 's',
                   timeShift: '',
@@ -1387,7 +1382,6 @@ describe('state_helpers', () => {
                   label: 'Max of bytes',
                   dataType: 'number',
                   operationType: 'max',
-                  scale: 'ratio',
                   sourceField: indexPattern.fields[2].displayName,
                 } as MaxIndexPatternColumn,
               },
@@ -2008,7 +2002,6 @@ describe('state_helpers', () => {
               isBucketed: false,
               label: 'formulaX0',
               operationType: 'sum' as const,
-              scale: 'ratio' as const,
               sourceField: 'bytes',
             },
             formulaX1: {
@@ -2307,7 +2300,6 @@ describe('state_helpers', () => {
                 dataType: 'number',
                 operationType: 'formula',
                 isBucketed: false,
-                scale: 'ratio',
                 params: {
                   isFormulaBroken: false,
                   formula: 'average(bytes)',
@@ -2785,7 +2777,6 @@ describe('state_helpers', () => {
               dataType: 'number',
               operationType: 'count',
               isBucketed: false,
-              scale: 'ratio',
               sourceField: '___records___',
               customLabel: true,
             },
@@ -2795,7 +2786,6 @@ describe('state_helpers', () => {
               operationType: 'date_histogram',
               sourceField: 'timestamp',
               isBucketed: true,
-              scale: 'interval',
               params: {
                 interval: 'auto',
               },
@@ -2805,7 +2795,6 @@ describe('state_helpers', () => {
               dataType: 'number',
               operationType: 'formula',
               isBucketed: false,
-              scale: 'ratio',
               params: {
                 formula: 'count() + count()',
                 isFormulaBroken: false,
@@ -2817,7 +2806,6 @@ describe('state_helpers', () => {
               dataType: 'number',
               operationType: 'count',
               isBucketed: false,
-              scale: 'ratio',
               sourceField: '___records___',
               customLabel: true,
             },
@@ -2826,7 +2814,6 @@ describe('state_helpers', () => {
               dataType: 'number',
               operationType: 'math',
               isBucketed: false,
-              scale: 'ratio',
               params: {
                 tinymathAst: {
                   type: 'function',
@@ -2959,7 +2946,6 @@ describe('state_helpers', () => {
             dataType: 'number',
             operationType: 'moving_average',
             isBucketed: false,
-            scale: 'ratio',
             references: ['col2'],
             timeScale: undefined,
             filter: undefined,
@@ -3496,7 +3482,6 @@ describe('state_helpers', () => {
             isBucketed: false,
             label: 'formulaX0',
             operationType: 'sum' as const,
-            scale: 'ratio' as const,
             sourceField: 'bytes',
           },
           formulaX1: {
diff --git a/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/lens/public/datasources/form_based/utils.test.tsx b/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/lens/public/datasources/form_based/utils.test.tsx
index 8acff913a04f0..2e42f5878a575 100644
--- a/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/lens/public/datasources/form_based/utils.test.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/lens/public/datasources/form_based/utils.test.tsx
@@ -463,7 +463,6 @@ describe('indexpattern_datasource utils', () => {
                 params: {
                   emptyAsNull: true,
                 },
-                scale: 'ratio',
                 sourceField: '___records___',
               },
               '62f73507-09c4-4bf9-9e6f-a9692e348d94': {
@@ -482,7 +481,6 @@ describe('indexpattern_datasource utils', () => {
                   isFormulaBroken: false,
                 },
                 references: ['62f73507-09c4-4bf9-9e6f-a9692e348d94X0'],
-                scale: 'ratio',
                 // here's the issue - this should not be here
                 sourceField: '___records___',
               },
diff --git a/x-pack/solutions/observability/plugins/exploratory_view/public/components/shared/exploratory_view/configurations/alerts_configs/kpi_over_time_config.ts b/x-pack/solutions/observability/plugins/exploratory_view/public/components/shared/exploratory_view/configurations/alerts_configs/kpi_over_time_config.ts
index 233cdac7e0b29..177a0275b1a0d 100644
--- a/x-pack/solutions/observability/plugins/exploratory_view/public/components/shared/exploratory_view/configurations/alerts_configs/kpi_over_time_config.ts
+++ b/x-pack/solutions/observability/plugins/exploratory_view/public/components/shared/exploratory_view/configurations/alerts_configs/kpi_over_time_config.ts
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ export function getAlertsKPIConfig({ spaceId }: ConfigProps): SeriesConfig {
       dataType: 'date',
       operationType: 'date_histogram',
       isBucketed: true,
-      scale: 'interval',
       sourceField: REPORT_METRIC_TIMESTAMP,
     },
     yAxisColumns: [
diff --git a/x-pack/solutions/observability/plugins/exploratory_view/public/components/shared/exploratory_view/configurations/infra_logs/kpi_over_time_config.ts b/x-pack/solutions/observability/plugins/exploratory_view/public/components/shared/exploratory_view/configurations/infra_logs/kpi_over_time_config.ts
index 9629b3c8396f7..f7ec46341e593 100644
--- a/x-pack/solutions/observability/plugins/exploratory_view/public/components/shared/exploratory_view/configurations/infra_logs/kpi_over_time_config.ts
+++ b/x-pack/solutions/observability/plugins/exploratory_view/public/components/shared/exploratory_view/configurations/infra_logs/kpi_over_time_config.ts
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ export function getLogsKPIConfig(configProps: ConfigProps): SeriesConfig {
       operationType: 'date_histogram',
       sourceField: '@timestamp',
       isBucketed: true,
-      scale: 'interval',
     },
     yAxisColumns: [
       {
@@ -34,7 +33,6 @@ export function getLogsKPIConfig(configProps: ConfigProps): SeriesConfig {
         dataType: 'number',
         operationType: 'count',
         isBucketed: false,
-        scale: 'ratio',
         sourceField: RECORDS_FIELD,
         timeScale: 'm',
       },
diff --git a/x-pack/solutions/observability/plugins/exploratory_view/public/components/shared/exploratory_view/configurations/lens_attributes.test.ts b/x-pack/solutions/observability/plugins/exploratory_view/public/components/shared/exploratory_view/configurations/lens_attributes.test.ts
index 846044a7a7b0a..6bfcc5bc207fa 100644
--- a/x-pack/solutions/observability/plugins/exploratory_view/public/components/shared/exploratory_view/configurations/lens_attributes.test.ts
+++ b/x-pack/solutions/observability/plugins/exploratory_view/public/components/shared/exploratory_view/configurations/lens_attributes.test.ts
@@ -129,7 +129,6 @@ describe('Lens Attribute', () => {
           interval: 'auto',
           includeEmptyRows: true,
         },
-        scale: 'interval',
         sourceField: '@timestamp',
       },
       ...PERCENTILE_RANKS.reduce((acc: Record<string, any>, rank, index) => {
@@ -146,7 +145,6 @@ describe('Lens Attribute', () => {
           params: {
             percentile: Number(rank.slice(0, 2)),
           },
-          scale: 'ratio',
           sourceField: 'transaction.duration.us',
         };
         return acc;
@@ -266,7 +264,6 @@ describe('Lens Attribute', () => {
         ],
         type: 'histogram',
       },
-      scale: 'interval',
       sourceField: 'transaction.duration.us',
     });
   });
@@ -288,7 +285,6 @@ describe('Lens Attribute', () => {
         ],
         type: 'histogram',
       },
-      scale: 'interval',
       sourceField: 'transaction.duration.us',
     });
   });
@@ -303,7 +299,6 @@ describe('Lens Attribute', () => {
         interval: 'auto',
         includeEmptyRows: true,
       },
-      scale: 'interval',
       sourceField: '@timestamp',
     });
   });
@@ -325,7 +320,6 @@ describe('Lens Attribute', () => {
         ],
         type: 'histogram',
       },
-      scale: 'interval',
       sourceField: 'transaction.duration.us',
     });
   });
@@ -513,7 +507,6 @@ describe('Lens Attribute', () => {
                 isBucketed: false,
                 label: 'Count of records',
                 operationType: 'count',
-                scale: 'ratio',
                 sourceField: '___records___',
               },
               orderBy: {
@@ -523,7 +516,6 @@ describe('Lens Attribute', () => {
               otherBucket: true,
               size: 10,
             },
-            scale: 'ordinal',
             sourceField: 'user_agent.name',
           },
           'x-axis-column-layer0': {
@@ -542,7 +534,6 @@ describe('Lens Attribute', () => {
               ],
               type: 'histogram',
             },
-            scale: 'interval',
             sourceField: LCP_FIELD,
           },
           'y-axis-column-layer0-0': {
@@ -583,7 +574,6 @@ describe('Lens Attribute', () => {
             params: {
               emptyAsNull: false,
             },
-            scale: 'ratio',
             sourceField: RECORDS_FIELD,
           },
           'y-axis-column-layer0X1': {
@@ -600,7 +590,6 @@ describe('Lens Attribute', () => {
             params: {
               emptyAsNull: false,
             },
-            scale: 'ratio',
             sourceField: RECORDS_FIELD,
           },
           'y-axis-column-layer0X2': {
@@ -610,7 +599,6 @@ describe('Lens Attribute', () => {
             label: 'Part of Pages loaded',
             operationType: 'overall_sum',
             references: ['y-axis-column-layer0X1'],
-            scale: 'ratio',
           },
           'y-axis-column-layer0X3': {
             customLabel: true,
@@ -631,7 +619,6 @@ describe('Lens Attribute', () => {
               },
             },
             references: ['y-axis-column-layer0X0', 'y-axis-column-layer0X2'],
-            scale: 'ratio',
           },
         },
         incompleteColumns: {},
diff --git a/x-pack/solutions/observability/plugins/exploratory_view/public/components/shared/exploratory_view/configurations/lens_attributes.ts b/x-pack/solutions/observability/plugins/exploratory_view/public/components/shared/exploratory_view/configurations/lens_attributes.ts
index 282ae5b768267..83f2ba31bfe04 100644
--- a/x-pack/solutions/observability/plugins/exploratory_view/public/components/shared/exploratory_view/configurations/lens_attributes.ts
+++ b/x-pack/solutions/observability/plugins/exploratory_view/public/components/shared/exploratory_view/configurations/lens_attributes.ts
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ import {
   MaxIndexPatternColumn,
   MedianIndexPatternColumn,
   MinIndexPatternColumn,
-  OperationMetadata,
   OperationType,
   PercentileIndexPatternColumn,
   PersistedIndexPatternLayer,
@@ -78,7 +77,6 @@ export function buildNumberColumn(sourceField: string) {
     sourceField,
     dataType: 'number' as DataType,
     isBucketed: false,
-    scale: 'ratio' as OperationMetadata['scale'],
   };
 }
 
@@ -266,7 +264,6 @@ export class LensAttributes {
       label: labels[sourceField],
       dataType: fieldMeta?.type as DataType,
       operationType: 'terms',
-      scale: 'ordinal',
       isBucketed: true,
       params: {
         orderBy,
@@ -281,7 +278,6 @@ export class LensAttributes {
                 dataType: 'number',
                 operationType: 'count',
                 isBucketed: false,
-                scale: 'ratio',
                 sourceField: '___records___',
               },
             }
@@ -301,7 +297,6 @@ export class LensAttributes {
       dataType: 'number',
       operationType: 'range',
       isBucketed: true,
-      scale: 'interval',
       params: {
         type: 'histogram',
         ranges: [{ from: 0, to: 1000, label: '' }],
@@ -321,7 +316,6 @@ export class LensAttributes {
       label: label ?? 'Filters',
       dataType: 'string',
       operationType: 'filters',
-      scale: 'ordinal',
       isBucketed: true,
       params: {
         filters: paramFilters,
@@ -495,7 +489,6 @@ export class LensAttributes {
       label: '@timestamp',
       operationType: 'date_histogram',
       params: { interval: 'auto', includeEmptyRows: true },
-      scale: 'interval',
     };
   }
 
@@ -506,7 +499,6 @@ export class LensAttributes {
       label: 'Top values of ' + label || sourceField,
       dataType: 'string',
       isBucketed: true,
-      scale: 'ordinal',
       params: {
         size: 10,
         orderBy: {
@@ -864,7 +856,6 @@ export class LensAttributes {
       label: label || 'Count of records',
       customLabel: true,
       operationType: 'count',
-      scale: 'ratio',
       sourceField: RECORDS_FIELD,
       filter: columnFilter,
       ...(timeScale ? { timeScale } : {}),
diff --git a/x-pack/solutions/observability/plugins/exploratory_view/public/components/shared/exploratory_view/configurations/lens_attributes/single_metric_attributes.test.ts b/x-pack/solutions/observability/plugins/exploratory_view/public/components/shared/exploratory_view/configurations/lens_attributes/single_metric_attributes.test.ts
index 3d57c017e6621..9d1de7fe3075e 100644
--- a/x-pack/solutions/observability/plugins/exploratory_view/public/components/shared/exploratory_view/configurations/lens_attributes/single_metric_attributes.test.ts
+++ b/x-pack/solutions/observability/plugins/exploratory_view/public/components/shared/exploratory_view/configurations/lens_attributes/single_metric_attributes.test.ts
@@ -86,7 +86,6 @@ describe('SingleMetricAttributes', () => {
                     isBucketed: false,
                     label: 'Page load time',
                     operationType: 'median',
-                    scale: 'ratio',
                     sourceField: 'transaction.duration.us',
                     params: {
                       emptyAsNull: true,
@@ -157,7 +156,6 @@ describe('SingleMetricAttributes', () => {
                     params: {
                       percentile: 99,
                     },
-                    scale: 'ratio',
                     sourceField: 'transaction.duration.us',
                   },
                 },
diff --git a/x-pack/solutions/observability/plugins/exploratory_view/public/components/shared/exploratory_view/configurations/test_data/mobile_test_attribute.ts b/x-pack/solutions/observability/plugins/exploratory_view/public/components/shared/exploratory_view/configurations/test_data/mobile_test_attribute.ts
index 7e479fad1db0d..5406ef2098f90 100644
--- a/x-pack/solutions/observability/plugins/exploratory_view/public/components/shared/exploratory_view/configurations/test_data/mobile_test_attribute.ts
+++ b/x-pack/solutions/observability/plugins/exploratory_view/public/components/shared/exploratory_view/configurations/test_data/mobile_test_attribute.ts
@@ -39,14 +39,12 @@ export const testMobileKPIAttr = {
                 label: '@timestamp',
                 operationType: 'date_histogram',
                 params: { interval: 'auto', includeEmptyRows: true },
-                scale: 'interval',
               },
               'y-axis-column-layer0-0': {
                 isBucketed: false,
                 label: 'test-series',
                 operationType: 'median',
                 params: {},
-                scale: 'ratio',
                 sourceField: 'system.memory.usage',
                 customLabel: true,
                 dataType: 'number',
diff --git a/x-pack/solutions/observability/plugins/exploratory_view/public/components/shared/exploratory_view/configurations/test_data/sample_attribute.ts b/x-pack/solutions/observability/plugins/exploratory_view/public/components/shared/exploratory_view/configurations/test_data/sample_attribute.ts
index 7c054a908ba3b..78cc9fe8cc67c 100644
--- a/x-pack/solutions/observability/plugins/exploratory_view/public/components/shared/exploratory_view/configurations/test_data/sample_attribute.ts
+++ b/x-pack/solutions/observability/plugins/exploratory_view/public/components/shared/exploratory_view/configurations/test_data/sample_attribute.ts
@@ -58,7 +58,6 @@ export const sampleAttribute = {
                   ],
                   type: 'histogram',
                 },
-                scale: 'interval',
                 sourceField: 'transaction.duration.us',
               },
               'y-axis-column-layer0-0': {
@@ -99,7 +98,6 @@ export const sampleAttribute = {
                 params: {
                   emptyAsNull: false,
                 },
-                scale: 'ratio',
                 sourceField: RECORDS_FIELD,
                 timeScale: undefined,
                 timeShift: undefined,
@@ -118,7 +116,6 @@ export const sampleAttribute = {
                 params: {
                   emptyAsNull: false,
                 },
-                scale: 'ratio',
                 sourceField: RECORDS_FIELD,
                 timeScale: undefined,
                 timeShift: undefined,
@@ -131,7 +128,6 @@ export const sampleAttribute = {
                 operationType: 'overall_sum',
                 params: undefined,
                 references: ['y-axis-column-layer0X1'],
-                scale: 'ratio',
               },
               'y-axis-column-layer0X3': {
                 customLabel: true,
@@ -152,7 +148,6 @@ export const sampleAttribute = {
                   },
                 },
                 references: ['y-axis-column-layer0X0', 'y-axis-column-layer0X2'],
-                scale: 'ratio',
               },
             },
             incompleteColumns: {},
@@ -175,7 +170,6 @@ export const sampleAttribute = {
                 params: {
                   percentile: 50,
                 },
-                scale: 'ratio',
                 sourceField: 'transaction.duration.us',
               },
               '75th-percentile-reference-line-layer0-reference-lines': {
@@ -187,7 +181,6 @@ export const sampleAttribute = {
                 params: {
                   percentile: 75,
                 },
-                scale: 'ratio',
                 sourceField: 'transaction.duration.us',
               },
               '90th-percentile-reference-line-layer0-reference-lines': {
@@ -199,7 +192,6 @@ export const sampleAttribute = {
                 params: {
                   percentile: 90,
                 },
-                scale: 'ratio',
                 sourceField: 'transaction.duration.us',
               },
               '95th-percentile-reference-line-layer0-reference-lines': {
@@ -211,7 +203,6 @@ export const sampleAttribute = {
                 params: {
                   percentile: 95,
                 },
-                scale: 'ratio',
                 sourceField: 'transaction.duration.us',
               },
               '99th-percentile-reference-line-layer0-reference-lines': {
@@ -223,7 +214,6 @@ export const sampleAttribute = {
                 params: {
                   percentile: 99,
                 },
-                scale: 'ratio',
                 sourceField: 'transaction.duration.us',
               },
             },
diff --git a/x-pack/solutions/observability/plugins/exploratory_view/public/components/shared/exploratory_view/configurations/test_data/sample_attribute_cwv.ts b/x-pack/solutions/observability/plugins/exploratory_view/public/components/shared/exploratory_view/configurations/test_data/sample_attribute_cwv.ts
index 50f316139027e..42e4e7378bb85 100644
--- a/x-pack/solutions/observability/plugins/exploratory_view/public/components/shared/exploratory_view/configurations/test_data/sample_attribute_cwv.ts
+++ b/x-pack/solutions/observability/plugins/exploratory_view/public/components/shared/exploratory_view/configurations/test_data/sample_attribute_cwv.ts
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@ export const sampleAttributeCoreWebVital = {
                   otherBucket: true,
                   size: 10,
                 },
-                scale: 'ordinal',
                 sourceField: 'user_agent.os.name',
               },
               'y-axis-column-1': {
@@ -64,7 +63,6 @@ export const sampleAttributeCoreWebVital = {
                 isBucketed: false,
                 label: 'Average',
                 operationType: 'count',
-                scale: 'ratio',
                 sourceField: RECORDS_FIELD,
               },
               'y-axis-column-2': {
@@ -77,7 +75,6 @@ export const sampleAttributeCoreWebVital = {
                 isBucketed: false,
                 label: 'Poor',
                 operationType: 'count',
-                scale: 'ratio',
                 sourceField: RECORDS_FIELD,
               },
               'y-axis-column-layer0-0': {
@@ -91,7 +88,6 @@ export const sampleAttributeCoreWebVital = {
                 isBucketed: false,
                 label: 'Good',
                 operationType: 'count',
-                scale: 'ratio',
                 sourceField: RECORDS_FIELD,
               },
             },
diff --git a/x-pack/solutions/observability/plugins/exploratory_view/public/components/shared/exploratory_view/configurations/test_data/sample_attribute_kpi.ts b/x-pack/solutions/observability/plugins/exploratory_view/public/components/shared/exploratory_view/configurations/test_data/sample_attribute_kpi.ts
index af5d7a91a541d..c0d8efd100c24 100644
--- a/x-pack/solutions/observability/plugins/exploratory_view/public/components/shared/exploratory_view/configurations/test_data/sample_attribute_kpi.ts
+++ b/x-pack/solutions/observability/plugins/exploratory_view/public/components/shared/exploratory_view/configurations/test_data/sample_attribute_kpi.ts
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ export const sampleAttributeKpi = {
                   interval: 'auto',
                   includeEmptyRows: true,
                 },
-                scale: 'interval',
                 sourceField: '@timestamp',
               },
               'y-axis-column-layer0-0': {
@@ -52,7 +51,6 @@ export const sampleAttributeKpi = {
                 label: 'test-series',
                 customLabel: true,
                 operationType: 'count',
-                scale: 'ratio',
                 sourceField: RECORDS_FIELD,
               },
             },
diff --git a/x-pack/solutions/observability/plugins/exploratory_view/public/components/shared/exploratory_view/configurations/test_data/sample_attribute_with_reference_lines.ts b/x-pack/solutions/observability/plugins/exploratory_view/public/components/shared/exploratory_view/configurations/test_data/sample_attribute_with_reference_lines.ts
index 66be0cf60083d..bc447a858a6eb 100644
--- a/x-pack/solutions/observability/plugins/exploratory_view/public/components/shared/exploratory_view/configurations/test_data/sample_attribute_with_reference_lines.ts
+++ b/x-pack/solutions/observability/plugins/exploratory_view/public/components/shared/exploratory_view/configurations/test_data/sample_attribute_with_reference_lines.ts
@@ -58,7 +58,6 @@ export const sampleAttributeWithReferenceLines = {
                   ],
                   type: 'histogram',
                 },
-                scale: 'interval',
                 sourceField: 'transaction.duration.us',
               },
               'y-axis-column-layer0-0': {
@@ -99,7 +98,6 @@ export const sampleAttributeWithReferenceLines = {
                 params: {
                   emptyAsNull: false,
                 },
-                scale: 'ratio',
                 sourceField: RECORDS_FIELD,
                 timeScale: undefined,
                 timeShift: undefined,
@@ -118,7 +116,6 @@ export const sampleAttributeWithReferenceLines = {
                 params: {
                   emptyAsNull: false,
                 },
-                scale: 'ratio',
                 sourceField: RECORDS_FIELD,
                 timeScale: undefined,
                 timeShift: undefined,
@@ -131,7 +128,6 @@ export const sampleAttributeWithReferenceLines = {
                 operationType: 'overall_sum',
                 params: undefined,
                 references: ['y-axis-column-layer0X1'],
-                scale: 'ratio',
               },
               'y-axis-column-layer0X3': {
                 customLabel: true,
@@ -152,7 +148,6 @@ export const sampleAttributeWithReferenceLines = {
                   },
                 },
                 references: ['y-axis-column-layer0X0', 'y-axis-column-layer0X2'],
-                scale: 'ratio',
               },
             },
             incompleteColumns: {},
@@ -175,7 +170,6 @@ export const sampleAttributeWithReferenceLines = {
                 params: {
                   percentile: 50,
                 },
-                scale: 'ratio',
                 sourceField: 'transaction.duration.us',
               },
               '75th-percentile-reference-line-layer0-reference-lines': {
@@ -187,7 +181,6 @@ export const sampleAttributeWithReferenceLines = {
                 params: {
                   percentile: 75,
                 },
-                scale: 'ratio',
                 sourceField: 'transaction.duration.us',
               },
               '90th-percentile-reference-line-layer0-reference-lines': {
@@ -199,7 +192,6 @@ export const sampleAttributeWithReferenceLines = {
                 params: {
                   percentile: 90,
                 },
-                scale: 'ratio',
                 sourceField: 'transaction.duration.us',
               },
               '95th-percentile-reference-line-layer0-reference-lines': {
@@ -211,7 +203,6 @@ export const sampleAttributeWithReferenceLines = {
                 params: {
                   percentile: 95,
                 },
-                scale: 'ratio',
                 sourceField: 'transaction.duration.us',
               },
               '99th-percentile-reference-line-layer0-reference-lines': {
@@ -223,7 +214,6 @@ export const sampleAttributeWithReferenceLines = {
                 params: {
                   percentile: 99,
                 },
-                scale: 'ratio',
                 sourceField: 'transaction.duration.us',
               },
             },
diff --git a/x-pack/solutions/observability/plugins/exploratory_view/public/components/shared/exploratory_view/configurations/test_data/test_formula_metric_attribute.ts b/x-pack/solutions/observability/plugins/exploratory_view/public/components/shared/exploratory_view/configurations/test_data/test_formula_metric_attribute.ts
index a269a7d4c6059..404a4bcd9d5d5 100644
--- a/x-pack/solutions/observability/plugins/exploratory_view/public/components/shared/exploratory_view/configurations/test_data/test_formula_metric_attribute.ts
+++ b/x-pack/solutions/observability/plugins/exploratory_view/public/components/shared/exploratory_view/configurations/test_data/test_formula_metric_attribute.ts
@@ -71,7 +71,6 @@ export const sampleMetricFormulaAttribute = {
                 params: {
                   emptyAsNull: false,
                 },
-                scale: 'ratio',
                 sourceField: '___records___',
               },
               'layer-0-column-1X1': {
@@ -87,7 +86,6 @@ export const sampleMetricFormulaAttribute = {
                 params: {
                   emptyAsNull: false,
                 },
-                scale: 'ratio',
                 sourceField: '___records___',
               },
               'layer-0-column-1X2': {
@@ -121,7 +119,6 @@ export const sampleMetricFormulaAttribute = {
                   },
                 },
                 references: ['layer-0-column-1X0', 'layer-0-column-1X1'],
-                scale: 'ratio',
               },
             },
             indexPatternId: 'apm-*',
diff --git a/x-pack/solutions/observability/plugins/exploratory_view/public/components/shared/exploratory_view/embeddable/embeddable.test.tsx b/x-pack/solutions/observability/plugins/exploratory_view/public/components/shared/exploratory_view/embeddable/embeddable.test.tsx
index e8f6ee48dc206..507ef43e099d0 100644
--- a/x-pack/solutions/observability/plugins/exploratory_view/public/components/shared/exploratory_view/embeddable/embeddable.test.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/solutions/observability/plugins/exploratory_view/public/components/shared/exploratory_view/embeddable/embeddable.test.tsx
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ const mockLensAttrs = {
                 isBucketed: false,
                 label: ' ',
                 operationType: 'unique_count',
-                scale: 'ratio',
                 sourceField: 'host.name',
               },
             },