diff --git a/src/legacy/core_plugins/data/public/search/aggs/agg_config.ts b/src/legacy/core_plugins/data/public/search/aggs/agg_config.ts
index ba7faf8c34b59..2b21c5c4868a5 100644
--- a/src/legacy/core_plugins/data/public/search/aggs/agg_config.ts
+++ b/src/legacy/core_plugins/data/public/search/aggs/agg_config.ts
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ import { Schema } from './schemas';
 import {
   ISearchSource,
   FetchOptions,
-  fieldFormats,
+  FieldFormatsContentType,
   KBN_FIELD_TYPES,
 } from '../../../../../../plugins/data/public';
 
@@ -383,7 +383,7 @@ export class AggConfig {
     return this.aggConfigs.timeRange;
   }
 
-  fieldFormatter(contentType?: fieldFormats.ContentType, defaultFormat?: any) {
+  fieldFormatter(contentType?: FieldFormatsContentType, defaultFormat?: any) {
     const format = this.type && this.type.getFormat(this);
 
     if (format) {
@@ -393,7 +393,7 @@ export class AggConfig {
     return this.fieldOwnFormatter(contentType, defaultFormat);
   }
 
-  fieldOwnFormatter(contentType?: fieldFormats.ContentType, defaultFormat?: any) {
+  fieldOwnFormatter(contentType?: FieldFormatsContentType, defaultFormat?: any) {
     const fieldFormatsService = npStart.plugins.data.fieldFormats;
     const field = this.getField();
     let format = field && field.format;
diff --git a/src/legacy/core_plugins/data/public/search/aggs/agg_type.ts b/src/legacy/core_plugins/data/public/search/aggs/agg_type.ts
index 56299839d0a6d..5ccf0f65c0e92 100644
--- a/src/legacy/core_plugins/data/public/search/aggs/agg_type.ts
+++ b/src/legacy/core_plugins/data/public/search/aggs/agg_type.ts
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ import { BaseParamType } from './param_types/base';
 import { AggParamType } from './param_types/agg';
 import {
   KBN_FIELD_TYPES,
-  fieldFormats,
+  IFieldFormat,
   ISearchSource,
 } from '../../../../../../plugins/data/public';
 
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ export interface AggTypeConfig<
     inspectorAdapters: Adapters,
     abortSignal?: AbortSignal
   ) => Promise<any>;
-  getFormat?: (agg: TAggConfig) => fieldFormats.FieldFormat;
+  getFormat?: (agg: TAggConfig) => IFieldFormat;
   getValue?: (agg: TAggConfig, bucket: any) => any;
   getKey?: (bucket: any, key: any, agg: TAggConfig) => any;
 }
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ export class AggType<
    * @param  {agg} agg - the agg to pick a format for
    * @return {FieldFormat}
    */
-  getFormat: (agg: TAggConfig) => fieldFormats.FieldFormat;
+  getFormat: (agg: TAggConfig) => IFieldFormat;
 
   getValue: (agg: TAggConfig, bucket: any) => any;
 
diff --git a/src/legacy/core_plugins/data/public/search/aggs/buckets/create_filter/date_range.test.ts b/src/legacy/core_plugins/data/public/search/aggs/buckets/create_filter/date_range.test.ts
index e224253a6e314..41e806668337e 100644
--- a/src/legacy/core_plugins/data/public/search/aggs/buckets/create_filter/date_range.test.ts
+++ b/src/legacy/core_plugins/data/public/search/aggs/buckets/create_filter/date_range.test.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 
 import moment from 'moment';
 import { createFilterDateRange } from './date_range';
-import { fieldFormats } from '../../../../../../../../plugins/data/public';
+import { fieldFormats, FieldFormatsGetConfigFn } from '../../../../../../../../plugins/data/public';
 import { AggConfigs } from '../../agg_configs';
 import { BUCKET_TYPES } from '../bucket_agg_types';
 import { IBucketAggConfig } from '../_bucket_agg_type';
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ jest.mock('ui/new_platform');
 
 describe('AggConfig Filters', () => {
   describe('Date range', () => {
-    const getConfig = (() => {}) as fieldFormats.GetConfigFn;
+    const getConfig = (() => {}) as FieldFormatsGetConfigFn;
     const getAggConfigs = () => {
       const field = {
         name: '@timestamp',
diff --git a/src/legacy/core_plugins/data/public/search/aggs/buckets/create_filter/histogram.test.ts b/src/legacy/core_plugins/data/public/search/aggs/buckets/create_filter/histogram.test.ts
index 1a78967261fa6..9f845847df5d9 100644
--- a/src/legacy/core_plugins/data/public/search/aggs/buckets/create_filter/histogram.test.ts
+++ b/src/legacy/core_plugins/data/public/search/aggs/buckets/create_filter/histogram.test.ts
@@ -20,13 +20,13 @@ import { createFilterHistogram } from './histogram';
 import { AggConfigs } from '../../agg_configs';
 import { BUCKET_TYPES } from '../bucket_agg_types';
 import { IBucketAggConfig } from '../_bucket_agg_type';
-import { fieldFormats } from '../../../../../../../../plugins/data/public';
+import { fieldFormats, FieldFormatsGetConfigFn } from '../../../../../../../../plugins/data/public';
 
 jest.mock('ui/new_platform');
 
 describe('AggConfig Filters', () => {
   describe('histogram', () => {
-    const getConfig = (() => {}) as fieldFormats.GetConfigFn;
+    const getConfig = (() => {}) as FieldFormatsGetConfigFn;
     const getAggConfigs = () => {
       const field = {
         name: 'bytes',
diff --git a/src/legacy/core_plugins/data/public/search/aggs/buckets/create_filter/range.test.ts b/src/legacy/core_plugins/data/public/search/aggs/buckets/create_filter/range.test.ts
index 2f74f23721813..33344ca0a3484 100644
--- a/src/legacy/core_plugins/data/public/search/aggs/buckets/create_filter/range.test.ts
+++ b/src/legacy/core_plugins/data/public/search/aggs/buckets/create_filter/range.test.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
  */
 
 import { createFilterRange } from './range';
-import { fieldFormats } from '../../../../../../../../plugins/data/public';
+import { fieldFormats, FieldFormatsGetConfigFn } from '../../../../../../../../plugins/data/public';
 import { AggConfigs } from '../../agg_configs';
 import { BUCKET_TYPES } from '../bucket_agg_types';
 import { IBucketAggConfig } from '../_bucket_agg_type';
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ jest.mock('ui/new_platform');
 
 describe('AggConfig Filters', () => {
   describe('range', () => {
-    const getConfig = (() => {}) as fieldFormats.GetConfigFn;
+    const getConfig = (() => {}) as FieldFormatsGetConfigFn;
     const getAggConfigs = () => {
       const field = {
         name: 'bytes',
diff --git a/src/legacy/core_plugins/data/public/search/aggs/buckets/range.test.ts b/src/legacy/core_plugins/data/public/search/aggs/buckets/range.test.ts
index 4c0fa7311461e..b1b0c4bc30a58 100644
--- a/src/legacy/core_plugins/data/public/search/aggs/buckets/range.test.ts
+++ b/src/legacy/core_plugins/data/public/search/aggs/buckets/range.test.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 
 import { AggConfigs } from '../agg_configs';
 import { BUCKET_TYPES } from './bucket_agg_types';
-import { fieldFormats } from '../../../../../../../plugins/data/public';
+import { FieldFormatsGetConfigFn, fieldFormats } from '../../../../../../../plugins/data/public';
 
 jest.mock('ui/new_platform');
 
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ const buckets = [
 ];
 
 describe('Range Agg', () => {
-  const getConfig = (() => {}) as fieldFormats.GetConfigFn;
+  const getConfig = (() => {}) as FieldFormatsGetConfigFn;
   const getAggConfigs = () => {
     const field = {
       name: 'bytes',
diff --git a/src/legacy/core_plugins/data/public/search/aggs/buckets/terms.ts b/src/legacy/core_plugins/data/public/search/aggs/buckets/terms.ts
index b41b16af122fa..0ed44aa876744 100644
--- a/src/legacy/core_plugins/data/public/search/aggs/buckets/terms.ts
+++ b/src/legacy/core_plugins/data/public/search/aggs/buckets/terms.ts
@@ -30,7 +30,8 @@ import { IAggConfigs } from '../agg_configs';
 import { Adapters } from '../../../../../../../plugins/inspector/public';
 import {
   ISearchSource,
-  fieldFormats,
+  IFieldFormat,
+  FieldFormatsContentType,
   KBN_FIELD_TYPES,
 } from '../../../../../../../plugins/data/public';
 
@@ -80,9 +81,9 @@ export const termsBucketAgg = new BucketAggType({
     const params = agg.params;
     return agg.getFieldDisplayName() + ': ' + params.order.text;
   },
-  getFormat(bucket): fieldFormats.FieldFormat {
+  getFormat(bucket): IFieldFormat {
     return {
-      getConverterFor: (type: fieldFormats.ContentType) => {
+      getConverterFor: (type: FieldFormatsContentType) => {
         return (val: any) => {
           if (val === '__other__') {
             return bucket.params.otherBucketLabel;
@@ -94,7 +95,7 @@ export const termsBucketAgg = new BucketAggType({
           return bucket.params.field.format.convert(val, type);
         };
       },
-    } as fieldFormats.FieldFormat;
+    } as IFieldFormat;
   },
   createFilter: createFilterTerms,
   postFlightRequest: async (
diff --git a/src/legacy/core_plugins/vis_type_metric/public/components/metric_vis_component.tsx b/src/legacy/core_plugins/vis_type_metric/public/components/metric_vis_component.tsx
index 9cad09a2e435d..64abee729f4e7 100644
--- a/src/legacy/core_plugins/vis_type_metric/public/components/metric_vis_component.tsx
+++ b/src/legacy/core_plugins/vis_type_metric/public/components/metric_vis_component.tsx
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ import { isColorDark } from '@elastic/eui';
 
 import { getFormat } from '../legacy_imports';
 import { MetricVisValue } from './metric_vis_value';
-import { fieldFormats } from '../../../../../plugins/data/public';
+import { FieldFormatsContentType, IFieldFormat } from '../../../../../plugins/data/public';
 import { Context } from '../metric_vis_fn';
 import { KibanaDatatable } from '../../../../../plugins/expressions/public';
 import { getHeatmapColors } from '../../../../../plugins/charts/public';
@@ -100,9 +100,9 @@ export class MetricVisComponent extends Component<MetricVisComponentProps> {
   }
 
   private getFormattedValue = (
-    fieldFormatter: fieldFormats.FieldFormat,
+    fieldFormatter: IFieldFormat,
     value: any,
-    format: fieldFormats.ContentType = 'text'
+    format: FieldFormatsContentType = 'text'
   ) => {
     if (isNaN(value)) return '-';
     return fieldFormatter.convert(value, format);
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ export class MetricVisComponent extends Component<MetricVisComponentProps> {
     const metrics: MetricVisMetric[] = [];
 
     let bucketColumnId: string;
-    let bucketFormatter: fieldFormats.FieldFormat;
+    let bucketFormatter: IFieldFormat;
 
     if (dimensions.bucket) {
       bucketColumnId = table.columns[dimensions.bucket.accessor].id;
diff --git a/src/legacy/ui/public/visualize/loader/pipeline_helpers/utilities.ts b/src/legacy/ui/public/visualize/loader/pipeline_helpers/utilities.ts
index d8227343159e6..7228e506accb9 100644
--- a/src/legacy/ui/public/visualize/loader/pipeline_helpers/utilities.ts
+++ b/src/legacy/ui/public/visualize/loader/pipeline_helpers/utilities.ts
@@ -22,7 +22,12 @@ import { identity } from 'lodash';
 import { IAggConfig } from 'ui/agg_types';
 import { npStart } from 'ui/new_platform';
 import { SerializedFieldFormat } from 'src/plugins/expressions/public';
-import { fieldFormats } from '../../../../../../plugins/data/public';
+import {
+  fieldFormats,
+  IFieldFormat,
+  FieldFormatId,
+  FieldFormatsContentType,
+} from '../../../../../../plugins/data/public';
 import { Vis } from '../../../../../core_plugins/visualizations/public';
 
 import { tabifyGetColumns } from '../../../agg_response/tabify/_get_columns';
@@ -45,10 +50,7 @@ const getConfig = (key: string, defaultOverride?: any): any =>
   npStart.core.uiSettings.get(key, defaultOverride);
 const DefaultFieldFormat = fieldFormats.FieldFormat.from(identity);
 
-const getFieldFormat = (
-  id?: fieldFormats.IFieldFormatId,
-  params: object = {}
-): fieldFormats.FieldFormat => {
+const getFieldFormat = (id?: FieldFormatId, params: object = {}): IFieldFormat => {
   const fieldFormatsService = npStart.plugins.data.fieldFormats;
 
   if (id) {
@@ -94,7 +96,7 @@ export const createFormat = (agg: IAggConfig): SerializedFieldFormat => {
   return formats[agg.type.name] ? formats[agg.type.name]() : format;
 };
 
-export type FormatFactory = (mapping?: SerializedFieldFormat) => fieldFormats.FieldFormat;
+export type FormatFactory = (mapping?: SerializedFieldFormat) => IFieldFormat;
 
 export const getFormat: FormatFactory = mapping => {
   if (!mapping) {
@@ -133,7 +135,7 @@ export const getFormat: FormatFactory = mapping => {
     return new IpRangeFormat();
   } else if (isTermsFieldFormat(mapping) && mapping.params) {
     const { params } = mapping;
-    const convert = (val: string, type: fieldFormats.ContentType) => {
+    const convert = (val: string, type: FieldFormatsContentType) => {
       const format = getFieldFormat(params.id, mapping.params);
 
       if (val === '__other__') {
@@ -148,8 +150,8 @@ export const getFormat: FormatFactory = mapping => {
 
     return {
       convert,
-      getConverterFor: (type: fieldFormats.ContentType) => (val: string) => convert(val, type),
-    } as fieldFormats.FieldFormat;
+      getConverterFor: (type: FieldFormatsContentType) => (val: string) => convert(val, type),
+    } as IFieldFormat;
   } else {
     return getFieldFormat(id, mapping.params);
   }
diff --git a/src/plugins/data/common/field_formats/content_types/html_content_type.ts b/src/plugins/data/common/field_formats/content_types/html_content_type.ts
index 1b6ee9e63fad1..d4701200d99e0 100644
--- a/src/plugins/data/common/field_formats/content_types/html_content_type.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/data/common/field_formats/content_types/html_content_type.ts
@@ -17,10 +17,10 @@
  * under the License.
  */
 import { escape, isFunction } from 'lodash';
-import { IFieldFormat, HtmlContextTypeConvert } from '../types';
+import { IFieldFormat, HtmlContextTypeConvert, FieldFormatsContentType } from '../types';
 import { asPrettyString, getHighlightHtml } from '../utils';
 
-export const HTML_CONTEXT_TYPE = 'html';
+export const HTML_CONTEXT_TYPE: FieldFormatsContentType = 'html';
 
 const getConvertFn = (
   format: IFieldFormat,
diff --git a/src/plugins/data/common/field_formats/content_types/text_content_type.ts b/src/plugins/data/common/field_formats/content_types/text_content_type.ts
index c91b7c6d1c18c..dc450086edc62 100644
--- a/src/plugins/data/common/field_formats/content_types/text_content_type.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/data/common/field_formats/content_types/text_content_type.ts
@@ -18,10 +18,10 @@
  */
 
 import { isFunction } from 'lodash';
-import { IFieldFormat, TextContextTypeConvert } from '../types';
+import { IFieldFormat, TextContextTypeConvert, FieldFormatsContentType } from '../types';
 import { asPrettyString } from '../utils';
 
-export const TEXT_CONTEXT_TYPE = 'text';
+export const TEXT_CONTEXT_TYPE: FieldFormatsContentType = 'text';
 
 export const setup = (
   format: IFieldFormat,
diff --git a/src/plugins/data/common/field_formats/converters/date_server.ts b/src/plugins/data/common/field_formats/converters/date_server.ts
index 9be8f066539f1..216af133bb5f5 100644
--- a/src/plugins/data/common/field_formats/converters/date_server.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/data/common/field_formats/converters/date_server.ts
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ import { FieldFormat } from '../field_format';
 import {
   TextContextTypeConvert,
   FIELD_FORMAT_IDS,
-  GetConfigFn,
+  FieldFormatsGetConfigFn,
   IFieldFormatMetaParams,
 } from '../types';
 
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ export class DateFormat extends FieldFormat {
   private memoizedPattern: string = '';
   private timeZone: string = '';
 
-  constructor(params: IFieldFormatMetaParams, getConfig?: GetConfigFn) {
+  constructor(params: IFieldFormatMetaParams, getConfig?: FieldFormatsGetConfigFn) {
     super(params, getConfig);
 
     this.memoizedConverter = memoize((val: any) => {
diff --git a/src/plugins/data/common/field_formats/field_format.ts b/src/plugins/data/common/field_formats/field_format.ts
index d605dcd2e78ac..49baa8c074da8 100644
--- a/src/plugins/data/common/field_formats/field_format.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/data/common/field_formats/field_format.ts
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@
 import { transform, size, cloneDeep, get, defaults } from 'lodash';
 import { createCustomFieldFormat } from './converters/custom';
 import {
-  GetConfigFn,
-  ContentType,
+  FieldFormatsGetConfigFn,
+  FieldFormatsContentType,
   IFieldFormatType,
   FieldFormatConvert,
   FieldFormatConvertFunction,
@@ -29,12 +29,7 @@ import {
   TextContextTypeOptions,
   IFieldFormatMetaParams,
 } from './types';
-import {
-  htmlContentTypeSetup,
-  textContentTypeSetup,
-  TEXT_CONTEXT_TYPE,
-  HTML_CONTEXT_TYPE,
-} from './content_types';
+import { htmlContentTypeSetup, textContentTypeSetup, TEXT_CONTEXT_TYPE } from './content_types';
 import { HtmlContextTypeConvert, TextContextTypeConvert } from './types';
 
 const DEFAULT_CONTEXT_TYPE = TEXT_CONTEXT_TYPE;
@@ -90,9 +85,9 @@ export abstract class FieldFormat {
   public type: any = this.constructor;
 
   protected readonly _params: any;
-  protected getConfig: GetConfigFn | undefined;
+  protected getConfig: FieldFormatsGetConfigFn | undefined;
 
-  constructor(_params: IFieldFormatMetaParams = {}, getConfig?: GetConfigFn) {
+  constructor(_params: IFieldFormatMetaParams = {}, getConfig?: FieldFormatsGetConfigFn) {
     this._params = _params;
 
     if (getConfig) {
@@ -112,7 +107,7 @@ export abstract class FieldFormat {
    */
   convert(
     value: any,
-    contentType: ContentType = DEFAULT_CONTEXT_TYPE,
+    contentType: FieldFormatsContentType = DEFAULT_CONTEXT_TYPE,
     options?: HtmlContextTypeOptions | TextContextTypeOptions
   ): string {
     const converter = this.getConverterFor(contentType);
@@ -131,7 +126,7 @@ export abstract class FieldFormat {
    * @public
    */
   getConverterFor(
-    contentType: ContentType = DEFAULT_CONTEXT_TYPE
+    contentType: FieldFormatsContentType = DEFAULT_CONTEXT_TYPE
   ): FieldFormatConvertFunction | null {
     if (!this.convertObject) {
       this.convertObject = this.setupContentType();
@@ -210,8 +205,8 @@ export abstract class FieldFormat {
 
   setupContentType(): FieldFormatConvert {
     return {
-      [TEXT_CONTEXT_TYPE]: textContentTypeSetup(this, this.textConvert),
-      [HTML_CONTEXT_TYPE]: htmlContentTypeSetup(this, this.htmlConvert),
+      text: textContentTypeSetup(this, this.textConvert),
+      html: htmlContentTypeSetup(this, this.htmlConvert),
     };
   }
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/data/common/field_formats/field_formats_registry.test.ts b/src/plugins/data/common/field_formats/field_formats_registry.test.ts
index 5f6f9fdf897ff..0b32a62744fb1 100644
--- a/src/plugins/data/common/field_formats/field_formats_registry.test.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/data/common/field_formats/field_formats_registry.test.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
  */
 import { FieldFormatsRegistry } from './field_formats_registry';
 import { BoolFormat, PercentFormat, StringFormat } from './converters';
-import { GetConfigFn, IFieldFormatType } from './types';
+import { FieldFormatsGetConfigFn, IFieldFormatType } from './types';
 import { KBN_FIELD_TYPES } from '../../common';
 
 const getValueOfPrivateField = (instance: any, field: string) => instance[field];
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ const getValueOfPrivateField = (instance: any, field: string) => instance[field]
 describe('FieldFormatsRegistry', () => {
   let fieldFormatsRegistry: FieldFormatsRegistry;
   let defaultMap = {};
-  const getConfig = (() => defaultMap) as GetConfigFn;
+  const getConfig = (() => defaultMap) as FieldFormatsGetConfigFn;
 
   beforeEach(() => {
     fieldFormatsRegistry = new FieldFormatsRegistry();
diff --git a/src/plugins/data/common/field_formats/field_formats_registry.ts b/src/plugins/data/common/field_formats/field_formats_registry.ts
index 9b85921b820c8..6e4880a221c46 100644
--- a/src/plugins/data/common/field_formats/field_formats_registry.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/data/common/field_formats/field_formats_registry.ts
@@ -23,24 +23,24 @@ import { forOwn, isFunction, memoize } from 'lodash';
 import { ES_FIELD_TYPES, KBN_FIELD_TYPES } from '../../common';
 
 import {
-  GetConfigFn,
-  IFieldFormatConfig,
+  FieldFormatsGetConfigFn,
+  FieldFormatConfig,
   FIELD_FORMAT_IDS,
   IFieldFormatType,
-  IFieldFormatId,
+  FieldFormatId,
   IFieldFormatMetaParams,
 } from './types';
 import { baseFormatters } from './constants/base_formatters';
 import { FieldFormat } from './field_format';
 
 export class FieldFormatsRegistry {
-  protected fieldFormats: Map<IFieldFormatId, IFieldFormatType> = new Map();
-  protected defaultMap: Record<string, IFieldFormatConfig> = {};
+  protected fieldFormats: Map<FieldFormatId, IFieldFormatType> = new Map();
+  protected defaultMap: Record<string, FieldFormatConfig> = {};
   protected metaParamsOptions: Record<string, any> = {};
-  protected getConfig?: GetConfigFn;
+  protected getConfig?: FieldFormatsGetConfigFn;
 
   init(
-    getConfig: GetConfigFn,
+    getConfig: FieldFormatsGetConfigFn,
     metaParamsOptions: Record<string, any> = {},
     defaultFieldConverters: IFieldFormatType[] = baseFormatters
   ) {
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ export class FieldFormatsRegistry {
   getDefaultConfig = (
     fieldType: KBN_FIELD_TYPES,
     esTypes?: ES_FIELD_TYPES[]
-  ): IFieldFormatConfig => {
+  ): FieldFormatConfig => {
     const type = this.getDefaultTypeName(fieldType, esTypes);
 
     return (
@@ -73,10 +73,10 @@ export class FieldFormatsRegistry {
   /**
    * Get a derived FieldFormat class by its id.
    *
-   * @param  {IFieldFormatId} formatId - the format id
-   * @return {FieldFormat | undefined}
+   * @param  {FieldFormatId} formatId - the format id
+   * @return {IFieldFormatType | undefined}
    */
-  getType = (formatId: IFieldFormatId): IFieldFormatType | undefined => {
+  getType = (formatId: FieldFormatId): IFieldFormatType | undefined => {
     const fieldFormat = this.fieldFormats.get(formatId);
 
     if (fieldFormat) {
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ export class FieldFormatsRegistry {
    *
    * @param  {KBN_FIELD_TYPES} fieldType
    * @param  {ES_FIELD_TYPES[]} esTypes - Array of ES data types
-   * @return {FieldFormat | undefined}
+   * @return {IFieldFormatType | undefined}
    */
   getDefaultType = (
     fieldType: KBN_FIELD_TYPES,
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ export class FieldFormatsRegistry {
    *
    * @param  {KBN_FIELD_TYPES} fieldType
    * @param  {ES_FIELD_TYPES[]} esTypes
-   * @return {ES_FIELD_TYPES | String}
+   * @return {ES_FIELD_TYPES | KBN_FIELD_TYPES}
    */
   getDefaultTypeName = (
     fieldType: KBN_FIELD_TYPES,
@@ -143,11 +143,11 @@ export class FieldFormatsRegistry {
   /**
    * Get the singleton instance of the FieldFormat type by its id.
    *
-   * @param  {IFieldFormatId} formatId
-   * @return {FIELD_FORMATS_INSTANCES[number]}
+   * @param  {FieldFormatId} formatId
+   * @return {FieldFormat}
    */
   getInstance = memoize(
-    (formatId: IFieldFormatId, params: Record<string, any> = {}): FieldFormat => {
+    (formatId: FieldFormatId, params: Record<string, any> = {}): FieldFormat => {
       const ConcreteFieldFormat = this.getType(formatId);
 
       if (!ConcreteFieldFormat) {
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ export class FieldFormatsRegistry {
 
       return new ConcreteFieldFormat(params, this.getConfig);
     },
-    (formatId: IFieldFormatId, params: Record<string, any>) =>
+    (formatId: FieldFormatId, params: Record<string, any>) =>
       JSON.stringify({
         formatId,
         ...params,
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ export class FieldFormatsRegistry {
    * Get filtered list of field formats by format type
    *
    * @param  {KBN_FIELD_TYPES} fieldType
-   * @return {FieldFormat[]}
+   * @return {IFieldFormatType[]}
    */
   getByFieldType(fieldType: KBN_FIELD_TYPES): IFieldFormatType[] {
     return [...this.fieldFormats.values()]
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ export class FieldFormatsRegistry {
    *
    * @private
    * @param  {IFieldFormatType} fieldFormat - field format type
-   * @return {FieldFormat | undefined}
+   * @return {IFieldFormatType | undefined}
    */
   private fieldFormatMetaParamsDecorator = (
     fieldFormat: IFieldFormatType
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ export class FieldFormatsRegistry {
         static id = fieldFormat.id;
         static fieldType = fieldFormat.fieldType;
 
-        constructor(params: Record<string, any> = {}, getConfig?: GetConfigFn) {
+        constructor(params: Record<string, any> = {}, getConfig?: FieldFormatsGetConfigFn) {
           super(getMetaParams(params), getConfig);
         }
       };
diff --git a/src/plugins/data/common/field_formats/index.ts b/src/plugins/data/common/field_formats/index.ts
index e54903375dcf1..0847ac0db745f 100644
--- a/src/plugins/data/common/field_formats/index.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/data/common/field_formats/index.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,42 @@
  * under the License.
  */
 
-import * as fieldFormats from './static';
+import { FieldFormatsRegistry } from './field_formats_registry';
+type IFieldFormatsRegistry = PublicMethodsOf<FieldFormatsRegistry>;
 
-export { fieldFormats };
+export { FieldFormatsRegistry, IFieldFormatsRegistry };
+export { FieldFormat } from './field_format';
+export { baseFormatters } from './constants/base_formatters';
+export {
+  BoolFormat,
+  BytesFormat,
+  ColorFormat,
+  DateFormat,
+  DateNanosFormat,
+  DurationFormat,
+  IpFormat,
+  NumberFormat,
+  PercentFormat,
+  RelativeDateFormat,
+  SourceFormat,
+  StaticLookupFormat,
+  UrlFormat,
+  StringFormat,
+  TruncateFormat,
+} from './converters';
+
+export { getHighlightRequest } from './utils';
+
+export { DEFAULT_CONVERTER_COLOR } from './constants/color_default';
+export { FIELD_FORMAT_IDS } from './types';
+export { HTML_CONTEXT_TYPE, TEXT_CONTEXT_TYPE } from './content_types';
+
+export {
+  FieldFormatsGetConfigFn,
+  FieldFormatsContentType,
+  FieldFormatConfig,
+  FieldFormatId,
+  // Used in data plugin only
+  IFieldFormatType,
+  IFieldFormat,
+} from './types';
diff --git a/src/plugins/data/common/field_formats/static.ts b/src/plugins/data/common/field_formats/static.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 186a0ff6ede5c..0000000000000
--- a/src/plugins/data/common/field_formats/static.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,58 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one or more contributor
- * license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with
- * this work for additional information regarding copyright
- * ownership. Elasticsearch B.V. licenses this file to you under
- * the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
- * not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
- * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
- * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
- * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
- * specific language governing permissions and limitations
- * under the License.
- */
-
-/**
- * Everything the file exports is public
- */
-
-export { HTML_CONTEXT_TYPE, TEXT_CONTEXT_TYPE } from './content_types';
-export { FieldFormat } from './field_format';
-export { FieldFormatsRegistry } from './field_formats_registry';
-export { getHighlightRequest, asPrettyString, getHighlightHtml } from './utils';
-
-export { baseFormatters } from './constants/base_formatters';
-export { DEFAULT_CONVERTER_COLOR } from './constants/color_default';
-
-export {
-  BoolFormat,
-  BytesFormat,
-  ColorFormat,
-  DateFormat,
-  DateNanosFormat,
-  DurationFormat,
-  IpFormat,
-  NumberFormat,
-  PercentFormat,
-  RelativeDateFormat,
-  SourceFormat,
-  StaticLookupFormat,
-  UrlFormat,
-  StringFormat,
-  TruncateFormat,
-} from './converters';
-
-export {
-  GetConfigFn,
-  FIELD_FORMAT_IDS,
-  ContentType,
-  IFieldFormatConfig,
-  IFieldFormatType,
-  IFieldFormat,
-  IFieldFormatId,
-} from './types';
diff --git a/src/plugins/data/common/field_formats/types.ts b/src/plugins/data/common/field_formats/types.ts
index b6c10c9964f67..24aa92c67b694 100644
--- a/src/plugins/data/common/field_formats/types.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/data/common/field_formats/types.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 import { FieldFormat } from './field_format';
 
 /** @public **/
-export type ContentType = 'html' | 'text';
+export type FieldFormatsContentType = 'html' | 'text';
 
 /** @internal **/
 export interface HtmlContextTypeOptions {
@@ -66,23 +66,26 @@ export enum FIELD_FORMAT_IDS {
   URL = 'url',
 }
 
-export interface IFieldFormatConfig {
-  id: IFieldFormatId;
+export interface FieldFormatConfig {
+  id: FieldFormatId;
   params: Record<string, any>;
   es?: boolean;
 }
 
-export type GetConfigFn = <T = any>(key: string, defaultOverride?: T) => T;
+export type FieldFormatsGetConfigFn = <T = any>(key: string, defaultOverride?: T) => T;
 
 export type IFieldFormat = PublicMethodsOf<FieldFormat>;
 
 /**
  * @string id type is needed for creating custom converters.
  */
-export type IFieldFormatId = FIELD_FORMAT_IDS | string;
+export type FieldFormatId = FIELD_FORMAT_IDS | string;
 
-export type IFieldFormatType = (new (params?: any, getConfig?: GetConfigFn) => FieldFormat) & {
-  id: IFieldFormatId;
+export type IFieldFormatType = (new (
+  params?: any,
+  getConfig?: FieldFormatsGetConfigFn
+) => FieldFormat) & {
+  id: FieldFormatId;
   fieldType: string | string[];
 };
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/data/public/field_formats/field_formats_service.ts b/src/plugins/data/public/field_formats/field_formats_service.ts
index 68df0aa254580..1c43ce2198645 100644
--- a/src/plugins/data/public/field_formats/field_formats_service.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/data/public/field_formats/field_formats_service.ts
@@ -18,10 +18,10 @@
  */
 
 import { CoreSetup } from 'src/core/public';
-import { fieldFormats } from '../../common/field_formats';
+import { FieldFormatsRegistry } from '../../common/field_formats';
 
 export class FieldFormatsService {
-  private readonly fieldFormatsRegistry: fieldFormats.FieldFormatsRegistry = new fieldFormats.FieldFormatsRegistry();
+  private readonly fieldFormatsRegistry: FieldFormatsRegistry = new FieldFormatsRegistry();
 
   public setup(core: CoreSetup) {
     core.uiSettings.getUpdate$().subscribe(({ key, newValue }) => {
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ export class FieldFormatsService {
 }
 
 /** @public */
-export type FieldFormatsSetup = Pick<fieldFormats.FieldFormatsRegistry, 'register'>;
+export type FieldFormatsSetup = Pick<FieldFormatsRegistry, 'register'>;
 
 /** @public */
-export type FieldFormatsStart = Omit<fieldFormats.FieldFormatsRegistry, 'init' & 'register'>;
+export type FieldFormatsStart = Omit<FieldFormatsRegistry, 'init' & 'register'>;
diff --git a/src/plugins/data/public/index.ts b/src/plugins/data/public/index.ts
index 2fa6b8deae69d..d861a1ee0dd83 100644
--- a/src/plugins/data/public/index.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/data/public/index.ts
@@ -19,6 +19,60 @@
 
 import { PluginInitializerContext } from '../../../core/public';
 
+/*
+ * Field Formatters helper namespace:
+ */
+
+import {
+  FieldFormat,
+  FieldFormatsRegistry, // exported only for tests. Consider mock.
+  DEFAULT_CONVERTER_COLOR,
+  HTML_CONTEXT_TYPE,
+  TEXT_CONTEXT_TYPE,
+  FIELD_FORMAT_IDS,
+  BoolFormat,
+  BytesFormat,
+  ColorFormat,
+  DateFormat,
+  DateNanosFormat,
+  DurationFormat,
+  IpFormat,
+  NumberFormat,
+  PercentFormat,
+  RelativeDateFormat,
+  SourceFormat,
+  StaticLookupFormat,
+  UrlFormat,
+  StringFormat,
+  TruncateFormat,
+} from '../common/field_formats';
+
+export const fieldFormats = {
+  FieldFormat,
+  FieldFormatsRegistry, // exported only for tests. Consider mock.
+
+  DEFAULT_CONVERTER_COLOR,
+  HTML_CONTEXT_TYPE,
+  TEXT_CONTEXT_TYPE,
+  FIELD_FORMAT_IDS,
+
+  BoolFormat,
+  BytesFormat,
+  ColorFormat,
+  DateFormat,
+  DateNanosFormat,
+  DurationFormat,
+  IpFormat,
+  NumberFormat,
+  PercentFormat,
+  RelativeDateFormat,
+  SourceFormat,
+  StaticLookupFormat,
+  UrlFormat,
+  StringFormat,
+  TruncateFormat,
+};
+
 export function plugin(initializerContext: PluginInitializerContext) {
   return new DataPublicPlugin(initializerContext);
 }
@@ -42,9 +96,15 @@ export {
   // timefilter
   RefreshInterval,
   TimeRange,
+  // Field Formats
+  IFieldFormat,
+  IFieldFormatsRegistry,
+  FieldFormatsContentType,
+  FieldFormatsGetConfigFn,
+  FieldFormatConfig,
+  FieldFormatId,
 } from '../common';
 export { autocomplete } from './autocomplete';
-export * from './field_formats';
 export * from './index_patterns';
 export * from './search';
 export * from './query';
@@ -54,7 +114,6 @@ export {
   esFilters,
   esKuery,
   esQuery,
-  fieldFormats,
   // index patterns
   isFilterable,
   // kbn field types
diff --git a/src/plugins/data/public/index_patterns/fields/field.ts b/src/plugins/data/public/index_patterns/fields/field.ts
index 730a2f88c5eb7..f59fbefbea451 100644
--- a/src/plugins/data/public/index_patterns/fields/field.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/data/public/index_patterns/fields/field.ts
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ import {
   IFieldType,
   getKbnFieldType,
   IFieldSubType,
-  fieldFormats,
   shortenDottedString,
+  FieldFormat,
 } from '../../../common';
 
 export type FieldSpec = Record<string, any>;
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ export class Field implements IFieldType {
 
     let format = spec.format;
 
-    if (!fieldFormats.FieldFormat.isInstanceOfFieldFormat(format)) {
+    if (!FieldFormat.isInstanceOfFieldFormat(format)) {
       const fieldFormatsService = getFieldFormats();
 
       format =
diff --git a/src/plugins/data/public/index_patterns/index_patterns/format_hit.ts b/src/plugins/data/public/index_patterns/index_patterns/format_hit.ts
index f9e15c8650ce0..9b18fb98f3e02 100644
--- a/src/plugins/data/public/index_patterns/index_patterns/format_hit.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/data/public/index_patterns/index_patterns/format_hit.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 
 import _ from 'lodash';
 import { IndexPattern } from './index_pattern';
-import { fieldFormats } from '../../../common';
+import { FieldFormatsContentType } from '../../../common';
 
 const formattedCache = new WeakMap();
 const partialFormattedCache = new WeakMap();
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ export function formatHitProvider(indexPattern: IndexPattern, defaultFormat: any
     hit: Record<string, any>,
     val: any,
     fieldName: string,
-    type: fieldFormats.ContentType = 'html'
+    type: FieldFormatsContentType = 'html'
   ) {
     const field = indexPattern.fields.getByName(fieldName);
     const format = field ? field.format : defaultFormat;
diff --git a/src/plugins/data/public/index_patterns/index_patterns/index_pattern.test.ts b/src/plugins/data/public/index_patterns/index_patterns/index_pattern.test.ts
index 059df6d4eb0f8..103f9d385b3f9 100644
--- a/src/plugins/data/public/index_patterns/index_patterns/index_pattern.test.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/data/public/index_patterns/index_patterns/index_pattern.test.ts
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ import { setNotifications, setFieldFormats } from '../../services';
 // Temporary disable eslint, will be removed after moving to new platform folder
 // eslint-disable-next-line @kbn/eslint/no-restricted-paths
 import { notificationServiceMock } from '../../../../../core/public/notifications/notifications_service.mock';
-import { fieldFormats } from '../../../common/field_formats';
+import { FieldFormatsRegistry } from '../../../common/field_formats';
 
 jest.mock('../../../../kibana_utils/public', () => {
   const originalModule = jest.requireActual('../../../../kibana_utils/public');
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ describe('IndexPattern', () => {
     setNotifications(notifications);
     setFieldFormats(({
       getDefaultInstance: jest.fn(),
-    } as unknown) as fieldFormats.FieldFormatsRegistry);
+    } as unknown) as FieldFormatsRegistry);
 
     return create(indexPatternId).then((pattern: IndexPattern) => {
       indexPattern = pattern;
diff --git a/src/plugins/data/public/mocks.ts b/src/plugins/data/public/mocks.ts
index 726cd6cfb18f0..0a093644c3939 100644
--- a/src/plugins/data/public/mocks.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/data/public/mocks.ts
@@ -18,10 +18,10 @@
  */
 import {
   Plugin,
-  FieldFormatsStart,
-  FieldFormatsSetup,
+  DataPublicPluginSetup,
+  DataPublicPluginStart,
   IndexPatternsContract,
-  fieldFormats,
+  IFieldFormatsRegistry,
 } from '.';
 import { searchSetupMock } from './search/mocks';
 import { queryServiceMock } from './query/mocks';
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ const autocompleteMock: any = {
   hasQuerySuggestions: jest.fn(),
 };
 
-const fieldFormatsMock: PublicMethodsOf<fieldFormats.FieldFormatsRegistry> = {
+const fieldFormatsMock: IFieldFormatsRegistry = {
   getByFieldType: jest.fn(),
   getDefaultConfig: jest.fn(),
   getDefaultInstance: jest.fn() as any,
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ const createSetupContract = (): Setup => {
   const setupContract = {
     autocomplete: autocompleteMock,
     search: searchSetupMock,
-    fieldFormats: fieldFormatsMock as FieldFormatsSetup,
+    fieldFormats: fieldFormatsMock as DataPublicPluginSetup['fieldFormats'],
     query: querySetupMock,
     __LEGACY: {
       esClient: {
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ const createStartContract = (): Start => {
         },
       },
     },
-    fieldFormats: fieldFormatsMock as FieldFormatsStart,
+    fieldFormats: fieldFormatsMock as DataPublicPluginStart['fieldFormats'],
     query: queryStartMock,
     ui: {
       IndexPatternSelect: jest.fn(),
diff --git a/src/plugins/data/public/search/search_source/search_source.ts b/src/plugins/data/public/search/search_source/search_source.ts
index 7b1a4533dd1c6..1ebf9a8ca534c 100644
--- a/src/plugins/data/public/search/search_source/search_source.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/data/public/search/search_source/search_source.ts
@@ -73,11 +73,12 @@ import _ from 'lodash';
 import { normalizeSortRequest } from './normalize_sort_request';
 import { filterDocvalueFields } from './filter_docvalue_fields';
 import { fieldWildcardFilter } from '../../../../kibana_utils/public';
-import { fieldFormats, esFilters, esQuery, SearchRequest } from '../..';
+import { esFilters, esQuery, SearchRequest } from '../..';
 import { SearchSourceOptions, SearchSourceFields } from './types';
 import { fetchSoon, FetchOptions, RequestFailure } from '../fetch';
 
 import { getSearchService, getUiSettings, getInjectedMetadata } from '../../services';
+import { getHighlightRequest } from '../../../common';
 
 export type ISearchSource = Pick<SearchSource, keyof SearchSource>;
 
@@ -382,10 +383,7 @@ export class SearchSource {
     body.query = esQuery.buildEsQuery(index, query, filters, esQueryConfigs);
 
     if (highlightAll && body.query) {
-      body.highlight = fieldFormats.getHighlightRequest(
-        body.query,
-        getUiSettings().get('doc_table:highlight')
-      );
+      body.highlight = getHighlightRequest(body.query, getUiSettings().get('doc_table:highlight'));
       delete searchRequest.highlightAll;
     }
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/data/public/services.ts b/src/plugins/data/public/services.ts
index 6a15893f573d8..2af87d84b780e 100644
--- a/src/plugins/data/public/services.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/data/public/services.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 
 import { NotificationsStart } from 'src/core/public';
 import { CoreSetup, CoreStart } from 'kibana/public';
-import { FieldFormatsStart } from '.';
+import { FieldFormatsStart } from './field_formats';
 import { createGetterSetter } from '../../kibana_utils/public';
 import { IndexPatternsContract } from './index_patterns';
 import { DataPublicPluginStart } from './types';
diff --git a/src/plugins/data/server/field_formats/field_formats_service.ts b/src/plugins/data/server/field_formats/field_formats_service.ts
index 923904db9def0..a31e5927ab800 100644
--- a/src/plugins/data/server/field_formats/field_formats_service.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/data/server/field_formats/field_formats_service.ts
@@ -17,16 +17,15 @@
  * under the License.
  */
 import { has } from 'lodash';
-import { fieldFormats } from '../../common/field_formats';
+import { FieldFormatsRegistry, IFieldFormatType, baseFormatters } from '../../common/field_formats';
 import { IUiSettingsClient } from '../../../../core/server';
 
 export class FieldFormatsService {
-  private readonly fieldFormatClasses: fieldFormats.IFieldFormatType[] =
-    fieldFormats.baseFormatters;
+  private readonly fieldFormatClasses: IFieldFormatType[] = baseFormatters;
 
   public setup() {
     return {
-      register: (customFieldFormat: fieldFormats.IFieldFormatType) =>
+      register: (customFieldFormat: IFieldFormatType) =>
         this.fieldFormatClasses.push(customFieldFormat),
     };
   }
@@ -34,7 +33,7 @@ export class FieldFormatsService {
   public start() {
     return {
       fieldFormatServiceFactory: async (uiSettings: IUiSettingsClient) => {
-        const fieldFormatsRegistry = new fieldFormats.FieldFormatsRegistry();
+        const fieldFormatsRegistry = new FieldFormatsRegistry();
         const uiConfigs = await uiSettings.getAll();
         const registeredUiSettings = uiSettings.getRegistered();
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/data/server/index.ts b/src/plugins/data/server/index.ts
index 45bd111a2ce4f..1dc8528dbba67 100644
--- a/src/plugins/data/server/index.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/data/server/index.ts
@@ -20,6 +20,50 @@
 import { PluginInitializerContext } from '../../../core/server';
 import { DataServerPlugin, DataPluginSetup, DataPluginStart } from './plugin';
 
+/*
+ * Field Formatters helper namespace:
+ */
+
+import {
+  FieldFormat,
+  FieldFormatsRegistry, // exported only for tests. Consider mock.
+  BoolFormat,
+  BytesFormat,
+  ColorFormat,
+  DateFormat,
+  DateNanosFormat,
+  DurationFormat,
+  IpFormat,
+  NumberFormat,
+  PercentFormat,
+  RelativeDateFormat,
+  SourceFormat,
+  StaticLookupFormat,
+  UrlFormat,
+  StringFormat,
+  TruncateFormat,
+} from '../common/field_formats';
+
+export const fieldFormats = {
+  FieldFormat,
+  FieldFormatsRegistry, // exported only for tests. Consider mock.
+
+  BoolFormat,
+  BytesFormat,
+  ColorFormat,
+  DateFormat,
+  DateNanosFormat,
+  DurationFormat,
+  IpFormat,
+  NumberFormat,
+  PercentFormat,
+  RelativeDateFormat,
+  SourceFormat,
+  StaticLookupFormat,
+  UrlFormat,
+  StringFormat,
+  TruncateFormat,
+};
 export function plugin(initializerContext: PluginInitializerContext) {
   return new DataServerPlugin(initializerContext);
 }
@@ -35,7 +79,6 @@ export {
   esFilters,
   esKuery,
   esQuery,
-  fieldFormats,
   // kbn field types
   castEsToKbnFieldTypeName,
   getKbnFieldType,
@@ -56,6 +99,9 @@ export {
   // utils
   parseInterval,
   isNestedField,
+  IFieldFormatsRegistry,
+  FieldFormatsGetConfigFn,
+  FieldFormatConfig,
 } from '../common';
 
 /**
diff --git a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/lens/public/indexpattern_plugin/field_item.test.tsx b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/lens/public/indexpattern_plugin/field_item.test.tsx
index 62e2e628c254f..46a8304cc395e 100644
--- a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/lens/public/indexpattern_plugin/field_item.test.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/lens/public/indexpattern_plugin/field_item.test.tsx
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import { FieldItem, FieldItemProps } from './field_item';
 import { coreMock } from 'src/core/public/mocks';
 import { mountWithIntl } from 'test_utils/enzyme_helpers';
 import { npStart } from 'ui/new_platform';
-import { FieldFormatsStart } from '../../../../../../src/plugins/data/public';
+import { DataPublicPluginStart } from '../../../../../../src/plugins/data/public';
 import { IndexPattern } from './types';
 
 jest.mock('ui/new_platform');
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ describe('IndexPattern Field Item', () => {
       getDefaultInstance: jest.fn(() => ({
         convert: jest.fn((s: unknown) => JSON.stringify(s)),
       })),
-    } as unknown) as FieldFormatsStart;
+    } as unknown) as DataPublicPluginStart['fieldFormats'];
   });
 
   it('should request field stats without a time field, if the index pattern has none', async () => {
diff --git a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/lens/public/metric_visualization_plugin/metric_expression.test.tsx b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/lens/public/metric_visualization_plugin/metric_expression.test.tsx
index a9a48c46f5bd0..1e0fce9f538b4 100644
--- a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/lens/public/metric_visualization_plugin/metric_expression.test.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/lens/public/metric_visualization_plugin/metric_expression.test.tsx
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import { LensMultiTable } from '../types';
 import React from 'react';
 import { shallow } from 'enzyme';
 import { MetricConfig } from './types';
-import { fieldFormats } from '../../../../../../src/plugins/data/public';
+import { IFieldFormat } from '../../../../../../src/plugins/data/public';
 
 function sampleArgs() {
   const data: LensMultiTable = {
@@ -55,9 +55,7 @@ describe('metric_expression', () => {
       const { data, args } = sampleArgs();
 
       expect(
-        shallow(
-          <MetricChart data={data} args={args} formatFactory={x => x as fieldFormats.FieldFormat} />
-        )
+        shallow(<MetricChart data={data} args={args} formatFactory={x => x as IFieldFormat} />)
       ).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
         <VisualizationContainer
           className="lnsMetricExpression__container"
@@ -98,7 +96,7 @@ describe('metric_expression', () => {
           <MetricChart
             data={data}
             args={{ ...args, mode: 'reduced' }}
-            formatFactory={x => x as fieldFormats.FieldFormat}
+            formatFactory={x => x as IFieldFormat}
           />
         )
       ).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
diff --git a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/reporting/export_types/csv/server/lib/field_format_map.test.ts b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/reporting/export_types/csv/server/lib/field_format_map.test.ts
index d1fa44773972f..9ab434e6a058b 100644
--- a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/reporting/export_types/csv/server/lib/field_format_map.test.ts
+++ b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/reporting/export_types/csv/server/lib/field_format_map.test.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,10 @@
 
 import expect from '@kbn/expect';
 
-import { fieldFormats } from '../../../../../../../../src/plugins/data/server';
+import {
+  fieldFormats,
+  FieldFormatsGetConfigFn,
+} from '../../../../../../../../src/plugins/data/server';
 import { fieldFormatMapFactory } from './field_format_map';
 
 type ConfigValue = { number: { id: string; params: {} } } | string;
@@ -29,7 +32,7 @@ describe('field format map', function() {
     number: { id: 'number', params: {} },
   };
   configMock['format:number:defaultPattern'] = '0,0.[000]';
-  const getConfig = ((key: string) => configMock[key]) as fieldFormats.GetConfigFn;
+  const getConfig = ((key: string) => configMock[key]) as FieldFormatsGetConfigFn;
   const testValue = '4000';
 
   const fieldFormatsRegistry = new fieldFormats.FieldFormatsRegistry();
diff --git a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/reporting/export_types/csv/server/lib/field_format_map.ts b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/reporting/export_types/csv/server/lib/field_format_map.ts
index dba97b508f93e..e1459e195d9f6 100644
--- a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/reporting/export_types/csv/server/lib/field_format_map.ts
+++ b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/reporting/export_types/csv/server/lib/field_format_map.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,10 @@
  */
 
 import _ from 'lodash';
-import { fieldFormats } from '../../../../../../../../src/plugins/data/server';
+import {
+  FieldFormatConfig,
+  IFieldFormatsRegistry,
+} from '../../../../../../../../src/plugins/data/server';
 
 interface IndexPatternSavedObject {
   attributes: {
@@ -25,7 +28,7 @@ interface IndexPatternSavedObject {
  */
 export function fieldFormatMapFactory(
   indexPatternSavedObject: IndexPatternSavedObject,
-  fieldFormatsRegistry: fieldFormats.FieldFormatsRegistry
+  fieldFormatsRegistry: IFieldFormatsRegistry
 ) {
   const formatsMap = new Map();
 
@@ -33,7 +36,7 @@ export function fieldFormatMapFactory(
   if (_.has(indexPatternSavedObject, 'attributes.fieldFormatMap')) {
     const fieldFormatMap = JSON.parse(indexPatternSavedObject.attributes.fieldFormatMap);
     Object.keys(fieldFormatMap).forEach(fieldName => {
-      const formatConfig: fieldFormats.IFieldFormatConfig = fieldFormatMap[fieldName];
+      const formatConfig: FieldFormatConfig = fieldFormatMap[fieldName];
 
       if (!_.isEmpty(formatConfig)) {
         formatsMap.set(
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/triggers_actions_ui/public/application/context/alerts_context.tsx b/x-pack/plugins/triggers_actions_ui/public/application/context/alerts_context.tsx
index 9b6b4a2cf1f22..04090d2c6428d 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/triggers_actions_ui/public/application/context/alerts_context.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/triggers_actions_ui/public/application/context/alerts_context.tsx
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 import React, { useContext, createContext } from 'react';
 import { HttpSetup, IUiSettingsClient, ToastsApi } from 'kibana/public';
 import { ChartsPluginSetup } from 'src/plugins/charts/public';
-import { FieldFormatsRegistry } from 'src/plugins/data/common/field_formats/static';
+import { DataPublicPluginSetup } from 'src/plugins/data/public';
 import { TypeRegistry } from '../type_registry';
 import { AlertTypeModel, ActionTypeModel } from '../../types';
 
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ export interface AlertsContextValue {
     'get$' | 'add' | 'remove' | 'addSuccess' | 'addWarning' | 'addDanger' | 'addError'
   >;
   charts?: ChartsPluginSetup;
-  dataFieldsFormats?: Pick<FieldFormatsRegistry, 'register'>;
+  dataFieldsFormats?: DataPublicPluginSetup['fieldFormats'];
 }
 
 const AlertsContext = createContext<AlertsContextValue>(null as any);