diff --git a/alerting/src/main/kotlin/org/opensearch/alerting/DocumentLevelMonitorRunner.kt b/alerting/src/main/kotlin/org/opensearch/alerting/DocumentLevelMonitorRunner.kt
index 5d5f8dbb4..903f2ecc7 100644
--- a/alerting/src/main/kotlin/org/opensearch/alerting/DocumentLevelMonitorRunner.kt
+++ b/alerting/src/main/kotlin/org/opensearch/alerting/DocumentLevelMonitorRunner.kt
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ class DocumentLevelMonitorRunner : MonitorRunner() {
                      * This is done to avoid de-dupe Alerts generated by Aggregation Sigma Rules
                      **/
                     val localNode = monitorCtx.clusterService!!.localNode()
-                    val nodeMap: Map<String, DiscoveryNode> = if (monitor?.fanoutEnabled == true) {
+                    val nodeMap: Map<String, DiscoveryNode> = if (docLevelMonitorInput?.fanoutEnabled == true) {
                         getNodes(monitorCtx)
                     } else {
                         logger.info("Fan-out is disabled for chained findings monitor ${monitor.id}")
diff --git a/alerting/src/test/kotlin/org/opensearch/alerting/DocumentMonitorRunnerIT.kt b/alerting/src/test/kotlin/org/opensearch/alerting/DocumentMonitorRunnerIT.kt
index a769fc7af..f6ef9309a 100644
--- a/alerting/src/test/kotlin/org/opensearch/alerting/DocumentMonitorRunnerIT.kt
+++ b/alerting/src/test/kotlin/org/opensearch/alerting/DocumentMonitorRunnerIT.kt
@@ -2765,7 +2765,7 @@ class DocumentMonitorRunnerIT : AlertingRestTestCase() {
         )
 
         val docQuery = DocLevelQuery(query = "test_field:\"us-west-2\"", fields = listOf(), name = "3")
-        val docLevelInput = DocLevelMonitorInput("description", listOf(aliasName), listOf(docQuery))
+        val docLevelInput = DocLevelMonitorInput("description", listOf(aliasName), listOf(docQuery), false)
 
         val action = randomAction(template = randomTemplateScript("Hello {{ctx.monitor.name}}"), destinationId = createDestination().id)
         val monitor = createMonitor(
@@ -2773,8 +2773,7 @@ class DocumentMonitorRunnerIT : AlertingRestTestCase() {
                 inputs = listOf(docLevelInput),
                 triggers = listOf(randomDocumentLevelTrigger(condition = ALWAYS_RUN, actions = listOf(action))),
                 enabled = true,
-                schedule = IntervalSchedule(1, ChronoUnit.MINUTES),
-                fanoutEnabled = false
+                schedule = IntervalSchedule(1, ChronoUnit.MINUTES)
             )
         )
 
diff --git a/alerting/src/test/kotlin/org/opensearch/alerting/TestHelpers.kt b/alerting/src/test/kotlin/org/opensearch/alerting/TestHelpers.kt
index 77cf6a538..2330974f4 100644
--- a/alerting/src/test/kotlin/org/opensearch/alerting/TestHelpers.kt
+++ b/alerting/src/test/kotlin/org/opensearch/alerting/TestHelpers.kt
@@ -227,26 +227,6 @@ fun randomDocumentLevelMonitor(
     )
 }
 
-fun randomDocumentLevelMonitor(
-    name: String = OpenSearchRestTestCase.randomAlphaOfLength(10),
-    user: User? = randomUser(),
-    inputs: List<Input> = listOf(DocLevelMonitorInput("description", listOf("index"), emptyList())),
-    schedule: Schedule = IntervalSchedule(interval = 5, unit = ChronoUnit.MINUTES),
-    enabled: Boolean = randomBoolean(),
-    triggers: List<Trigger> = (1..randomInt(10)).map { randomQueryLevelTrigger() },
-    enabledTime: Instant? = if (enabled) Instant.now().truncatedTo(ChronoUnit.MILLIS) else null,
-    lastUpdateTime: Instant = Instant.now().truncatedTo(ChronoUnit.MILLIS),
-    withMetadata: Boolean = false,
-    fanoutEnabled: Boolean? = true,
-): Monitor {
-    return Monitor(
-        name = name, monitorType = Monitor.MonitorType.DOC_LEVEL_MONITOR.value, enabled = enabled, inputs = inputs,
-        schedule = schedule, triggers = triggers, enabledTime = enabledTime, lastUpdateTime = lastUpdateTime, user = user,
-        uiMetadata = if (withMetadata) mapOf("foo" to "bar") else mapOf(),
-        fanoutEnabled = fanoutEnabled
-    )
-}
-
 fun randomWorkflow(
     id: String = Workflow.NO_ID,
     monitorIds: List<String>,
diff --git a/sample-remote-monitor-plugin/src/main/java/org/opensearch/alerting/SampleRemoteMonitorRestHandler.java b/sample-remote-monitor-plugin/src/main/java/org/opensearch/alerting/SampleRemoteMonitorRestHandler.java
index f03dbb017..91c97a636 100644
--- a/sample-remote-monitor-plugin/src/main/java/org/opensearch/alerting/SampleRemoteMonitorRestHandler.java
+++ b/sample-remote-monitor-plugin/src/main/java/org/opensearch/alerting/SampleRemoteMonitorRestHandler.java
@@ -96,8 +96,7 @@ protected RestChannelConsumer prepareRequest(RestRequest restRequest, NodeClient
                 new DataSources(),
                 false,
                 false,
-                "sample-remote-monitor-plugin",
-                true
+                "sample-remote-monitor-plugin"
         );
         IndexMonitorRequest indexMonitorRequest1 = new IndexMonitorRequest(
                 Monitor.NO_ID,
@@ -137,7 +136,7 @@ public void onFailure(Exception e) {
             };
         } else if (runMonitorParam.equals("multiple")) {
             SampleRemoteMonitorInput2 input2 = new SampleRemoteMonitorInput2("hello",
-                    new DocLevelMonitorInput("test", List.of("test"), List.of(new DocLevelQuery("query", "query", List.of(), "test:1", List.of()))));
+                    new DocLevelMonitorInput("test", List.of("test"), List.of(new DocLevelQuery("query", "query", List.of(), "test:1", List.of())), true));
             BytesStreamOutput out1 = new BytesStreamOutput();
             input2.writeTo(out1);
             BytesReference input1Serialized1 = out1.bytes();
@@ -159,8 +158,7 @@ public void onFailure(Exception e) {
                     new DataSources(),
                     false,
                     false,
-                    "sample-remote-monitor-plugin",
-                    true
+                    "sample-remote-monitor-plugin"
             );
             IndexMonitorRequest indexMonitorRequest2 = new IndexMonitorRequest(
                     Monitor.NO_ID,
@@ -222,7 +220,7 @@ public void onFailure(Exception e) {
             sampleRemoteDocLevelMonitorInput.writeTo(out2);
             BytesReference sampleRemoteDocLevelMonitorInputSerialized = out2.bytes();
 
-            DocLevelMonitorInput docLevelMonitorInput = new DocLevelMonitorInput("description", index, emptyList());
+            DocLevelMonitorInput docLevelMonitorInput = new DocLevelMonitorInput("description", index, emptyList(), true);
             RemoteDocLevelMonitorInput remoteDocLevelMonitorInput = new RemoteDocLevelMonitorInput(sampleRemoteDocLevelMonitorInputSerialized, docLevelMonitorInput);
 
             Monitor remoteDocLevelMonitor = new Monitor(
@@ -245,8 +243,7 @@ public void onFailure(Exception e) {
                     new DataSources(),
                     false,
                     false,
-                    "sample-remote-monitor-plugin",
-                    true
+                    "sample-remote-monitor-plugin"
             );
             IndexMonitorRequest indexDocLevelMonitorRequest = new IndexMonitorRequest(
                     Monitor.NO_ID,