diff --git a/src/plugins/discover/public/application/apps/main/utils/get_sharing_data.test.ts b/src/plugins/discover/public/application/apps/main/utils/get_sharing_data.test.ts
index 71c86217236a1..ec508d46cf782 100644
--- a/src/plugins/discover/public/application/apps/main/utils/get_sharing_data.test.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/discover/public/application/apps/main/utils/get_sharing_data.test.ts
@@ -156,6 +156,43 @@ describe('getSharingData', () => {
     ]);
   });
 
+  test('getSearchSource supports nested fields', async () => {
+    const fields = [
+      ...indexPatternMock.fields,
+      {
+        name: 'cool-field-2.field',
+        type: 'keyword',
+        subType: {
+          nested: {
+            path: 'cool-field-2.field.path',
+          },
+        },
+      },
+    ];
+    const index = {
+      ...indexPatternMock,
+      name: 'the-data-view',
+      timeFieldName: 'cool-timefield',
+      fields: {
+        getAll: () => fields,
+        getByName: (name: string) => fields.find((field) => field.name === name),
+      },
+    } as unknown as IndexPattern;
+    const searchSourceMock = createSearchSourceMock({ index });
+    const { getSearchSource } = await getSharingData(
+      searchSourceMock,
+      {
+        columns: ['cool-field-1', 'cool-field-2'],
+      },
+      services
+    );
+    expect(getSearchSource().fields).toStrictEqual([
+      'cool-timefield',
+      'cool-field-1',
+      'cool-field-2.*',
+    ]);
+  });
+
   test('fields have prepended timeField', async () => {
     const index = { ...indexPatternMock } as IndexPattern;
     index.timeFieldName = 'cool-timefield';
diff --git a/src/plugins/discover/public/application/apps/main/utils/get_sharing_data.ts b/src/plugins/discover/public/application/apps/main/utils/get_sharing_data.ts
index a8d8a755a7666..b527822838e62 100644
--- a/src/plugins/discover/public/application/apps/main/utils/get_sharing_data.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/discover/public/application/apps/main/utils/get_sharing_data.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ import type { Capabilities } from 'kibana/public';
 import type { IUiSettingsClient } from 'src/core/public';
 import type { DataPublicPluginStart } from 'src/plugins/data/public';
 import type { Filter, ISearchSource, SearchSourceFields } from 'src/plugins/data/common';
+import { escapeRegExp } from 'lodash';
+import type { IndexPattern } from 'src/plugins/data/public';
+import { getDataViewFieldSubtypeNested } from '@kbn/es-query';
 import {
   DOC_HIDE_TIME_COLUMN_SETTING,
   SORT_DEFAULT_ORDER_SETTING,
@@ -92,7 +95,20 @@ export async function getSharingData(
        */
       const useFieldsApi = !config.get(SEARCH_FIELDS_FROM_SOURCE);
       if (useFieldsApi && columns.length) {
-        searchSource.setField('fields', columns);
+        searchSource.setField(
+          'fields',
+          columns.map((column) => {
+            let field = column;
+
+            // If this column is a nested field, add a wildcard to the field name in order to fetch
+            // all leaf fields for the report, since the fields API doesn't support nested field roots
+            if (isNestedFieldParent(column, index)) {
+              field = `${column}.*`;
+            }
+
+            return field;
+          })
+        );
       }
       return searchSource.getSerializedFields(true);
     },
@@ -115,3 +131,18 @@ export const showPublicUrlSwitch = (anonymousUserCapabilities: Capabilities) =>
 
   return !!discover.show;
 };
+
+function isNestedFieldParent(fieldName: string, dataView: IndexPattern): boolean {
+  const nestedRootRegex = new RegExp(escapeRegExp(fieldName) + '(\\.|$)');
+  return (
+    !dataView.fields.getByName(fieldName) &&
+    !!dataView.fields.getAll().find((patternField) => {
+      // We only want to match a full path segment
+      const subTypeNested = getDataViewFieldSubtypeNested(patternField);
+      if (!subTypeNested) {
+        return false;
+      }
+      return nestedRootRegex.test(subTypeNested?.nested.path ?? '');
+    })
+  );
+}
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/reporting/public/panel_actions/get_csv_panel_action.test.ts b/x-pack/plugins/reporting/public/panel_actions/get_csv_panel_action.test.ts
index 4fc909a3f97a4..74b49d8fc9894 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/reporting/public/panel_actions/get_csv_panel_action.test.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/reporting/public/panel_actions/get_csv_panel_action.test.ts
@@ -119,7 +119,9 @@ describe('GetCsvReportPanelAction', () => {
       createCopy: () => mockSearchSource,
       removeField: jest.fn(),
       setField: jest.fn(),
-      getField: jest.fn(),
+      getField: jest.fn((name) =>
+        name === 'index' ? { fields: { getAll: () => [], getByName: () => undefined } } : undefined
+      ),
       getSerializedFields: jest.fn().mockImplementation(() => ({ testData: 'testDataValue' })),
     } as unknown as SearchSource;
     context.embeddable.getSavedSearch = () => {