diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/lens/server/migrations.test.ts b/x-pack/plugins/lens/server/migrations.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..e80308cc9acdb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/lens/server/migrations.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,161 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License;
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License.
+ */
+
+import { migrations } from './migrations';
+import { SavedObjectMigrationContext } from 'src/core/server';
+
+describe('Lens migrations', () => {
+  describe('7.7.0 missing dimensions in XY', () => {
+    const context = {} as SavedObjectMigrationContext;
+
+    const example = {
+      type: 'lens',
+      attributes: {
+        expression:
+          'kibana\n| kibana_context  query="{\\"language\\":\\"kuery\\",\\"query\\":\\"\\"}" \n| lens_merge_tables layerIds="c61a8afb-a185-4fae-a064-fb3846f6c451" \n  tables={esaggs index="logstash-*" metricsAtAllLevels=false partialRows=false includeFormatHints=true aggConfigs="[{\\"id\\":\\"2cd09808-3915-49f4-b3b0-82767eba23f7\\",\\"enabled\\":true,\\"type\\":\\"max\\",\\"schema\\":\\"metric\\",\\"params\\":{\\"field\\":\\"bytes\\"}}]" | lens_rename_columns idMap="{\\"col-0-2cd09808-3915-49f4-b3b0-82767eba23f7\\":\\"2cd09808-3915-49f4-b3b0-82767eba23f7\\"}"}\n| lens_metric_chart title="Maximum of bytes" accessor="2cd09808-3915-49f4-b3b0-82767eba23f7"',
+        state: {
+          datasourceMetaData: {
+            filterableIndexPatterns: [
+              {
+                id: 'logstash-*',
+                title: 'logstash-*',
+              },
+            ],
+          },
+          datasourceStates: {
+            indexpattern: {
+              currentIndexPatternId: 'logstash-*',
+              layers: {
+                'c61a8afb-a185-4fae-a064-fb3846f6c451': {
+                  columnOrder: ['2cd09808-3915-49f4-b3b0-82767eba23f7'],
+                  columns: {
+                    '2cd09808-3915-49f4-b3b0-82767eba23f7': {
+                      dataType: 'number',
+                      isBucketed: false,
+                      label: 'Maximum of bytes',
+                      operationType: 'max',
+                      scale: 'ratio',
+                      sourceField: 'bytes',
+                    },
+                    'd3e62a7a-c259-4fff-a2fc-eebf20b7008a': {
+                      dataType: 'number',
+                      isBucketed: false,
+                      label: 'Minimum of bytes',
+                      operationType: 'min',
+                      scale: 'ratio',
+                      sourceField: 'bytes',
+                    },
+                    'd6e40cea-6299-43b4-9c9d-b4ee305a2ce8': {
+                      dataType: 'date',
+                      isBucketed: true,
+                      label: 'Date Histogram of @timestamp',
+                      operationType: 'date_histogram',
+                      params: {
+                        interval: 'auto',
+                      },
+                      scale: 'interval',
+                      sourceField: '@timestamp',
+                    },
+                  },
+                  indexPatternId: 'logstash-*',
+                },
+              },
+            },
+          },
+          filters: [],
+          query: {
+            language: 'kuery',
+            query: '',
+          },
+          visualization: {
+            accessor: '2cd09808-3915-49f4-b3b0-82767eba23f7',
+            isHorizontal: false,
+            layerId: 'c61a8afb-a185-4fae-a064-fb3846f6c451',
+            layers: [
+              {
+                accessors: [
+                  'd3e62a7a-c259-4fff-a2fc-eebf20b7008a',
+                  '26ef70a9-c837-444c-886e-6bd905ee7335',
+                ],
+                layerId: 'c61a8afb-a185-4fae-a064-fb3846f6c451',
+                seriesType: 'area',
+                splitAccessor: '54cd64ed-2a44-4591-af84-b2624504569a',
+                xAccessor: 'd6e40cea-6299-43b4-9c9d-b4ee305a2ce8',
+              },
+            ],
+            legend: {
+              isVisible: true,
+              position: 'right',
+            },
+            preferredSeriesType: 'area',
+          },
+        },
+        title: 'Artistpreviouslyknownaslens',
+        visualizationType: 'lnsXY',
+      },
+    };
+
+    it('should not change anything by XY visualizations', () => {
+      const target = {
+        ...example,
+        attributes: {
+          ...example.attributes,
+          visualizationType: 'lnsMetric',
+        },
+      };
+      const result = migrations['7.7.0'](target, context);
+      expect(result).toEqual(target);
+    });
+
+    it('should handle missing layers', () => {
+      const result = migrations['7.7.0'](
+        {
+          ...example,
+          attributes: {
+            ...example.attributes,
+            state: {
+              ...example.attributes.state,
+              datasourceStates: {
+                indexpattern: {
+                  layers: [],
+                },
+              },
+            },
+          },
+        },
+        context
+      );
+
+      expect(result.attributes.state.visualization.layers).toEqual([
+        {
+          layerId: 'c61a8afb-a185-4fae-a064-fb3846f6c451',
+          seriesType: 'area',
+          // Removed split accessor
+          splitAccessor: undefined,
+          xAccessor: undefined,
+          // Removed a yAcccessor
+          accessors: [],
+        },
+      ]);
+    });
+
+    it('should remove only missing accessors', () => {
+      const result = migrations['7.7.0'](example, context);
+
+      expect(result.attributes.state.visualization.layers).toEqual([
+        {
+          layerId: 'c61a8afb-a185-4fae-a064-fb3846f6c451',
+          seriesType: 'area',
+          xAccessor: 'd6e40cea-6299-43b4-9c9d-b4ee305a2ce8',
+          // Removed split accessor
+          splitAccessor: undefined,
+          // Removed a yAcccessor
+          accessors: ['d3e62a7a-c259-4fff-a2fc-eebf20b7008a'],
+        },
+      ]);
+    });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/lens/server/migrations.ts b/x-pack/plugins/lens/server/migrations.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..3d238723b7438
--- /dev/null
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/lens/server/migrations.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License;
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License.
+ */
+
+import { cloneDeep } from 'lodash';
+import { SavedObjectMigrationFn } from 'src/core/server';
+
+interface XYLayerPre77 {
+  layerId: string;
+  xAccessor: string;
+  splitAccessor: string;
+  accessors: string[];
+}
+
+export const migrations: Record<string, SavedObjectMigrationFn> = {
+  '7.7.0': doc => {
+    const newDoc = cloneDeep(doc);
+    if (newDoc.attributes?.visualizationType === 'lnsXY') {
+      const datasourceState = newDoc.attributes.state?.datasourceStates?.indexpattern;
+      const datasourceLayers = datasourceState?.layers ?? {};
+      const xyState = newDoc.attributes.state?.visualization;
+      newDoc.attributes.state.visualization.layers = xyState.layers.map((layer: XYLayerPre77) => {
+        const layerId = layer.layerId;
+        const datasource = datasourceLayers[layerId];
+        return {
+          ...layer,
+          xAccessor: datasource?.columns[layer.xAccessor] ? layer.xAccessor : undefined,
+          splitAccessor: datasource?.columns[layer.splitAccessor] ? layer.splitAccessor : undefined,
+          accessors: layer.accessors.filter(accessor => !!datasource?.columns[accessor]),
+        };
+      }) as typeof xyState.layers;
+    }
+    return newDoc;
+  },
+};
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/lens/server/saved_objects.ts b/x-pack/plugins/lens/server/saved_objects.ts
index 42dc750878f45..b2eb325c09266 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/lens/server/saved_objects.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/lens/server/saved_objects.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 
 import { CoreSetup } from 'kibana/server';
 import { getEditPath } from '../common';
+import { migrations } from './migrations';
 
 export function setupSavedObjects(core: CoreSetup) {
   core.savedObjects.registerType({
@@ -22,6 +23,7 @@ export function setupSavedObjects(core: CoreSetup) {
         uiCapabilitiesPath: 'visualize.show',
       }),
     },
+    migrations,
     mappings: {
       properties: {
         title: {