diff --git a/packages/content-management/table_list_view_table/src/components/item_details.tsx b/packages/content-management/table_list_view_table/src/components/item_details.tsx
index 0b2f52b216905..6c14c9c52021d 100644
--- a/packages/content-management/table_list_view_table/src/components/item_details.tsx
+++ b/packages/content-management/table_list_view_table/src/components/item_details.tsx
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ export function ItemDetails<T extends UserContentCommonSchema>({
   );
 
   const onClickTitleHandler = useMemo(() => {
-    if (!onClickTitle) {
+    if (!onClickTitle || getDetailViewLink?.(item)) {
       return undefined;
     }
 
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ export function ItemDetails<T extends UserContentCommonSchema>({
       e.preventDefault();
       onClickTitle(item);
     }) as React.MouseEventHandler<HTMLAnchorElement>;
-  }, [item, onClickTitle]);
+  }, [item, onClickTitle, getDetailViewLink]);
 
   const renderTitle = useCallback(() => {
     const href = getDetailViewLink ? getDetailViewLink(item) : undefined;
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ export function ItemDetails<T extends UserContentCommonSchema>({
       <RedirectAppLinks coreStart={redirectAppLinksCoreStart}>
         {/* eslint-disable-next-line  @elastic/eui/href-or-on-click */}
         <EuiLink
-          href={getDetailViewLink ? getDetailViewLink(item) : undefined}
+          href={getDetailViewLink?.(item)}
           onClick={onClickTitleHandler}
           data-test-subj={`${id}ListingTitleLink-${item.attributes.title.split(' ').join('-')}`}
         >
diff --git a/packages/content-management/table_list_view_table/src/table_list_view_table.tsx b/packages/content-management/table_list_view_table/src/table_list_view_table.tsx
index ccf6ef791d8d4..f7de8935ea949 100644
--- a/packages/content-management/table_list_view_table/src/table_list_view_table.tsx
+++ b/packages/content-management/table_list_view_table/src/table_list_view_table.tsx
@@ -289,12 +289,6 @@ function TableListViewTableComp<T extends UserContentCommonSchema>({
     );
   }
 
-  if (getDetailViewLink && onClickTitle) {
-    throw new Error(
-      `[TableListView] Either "getDetailViewLink" or "onClickTitle" can be provided. Not both.`
-    );
-  }
-
   if (contentEditor.isReadonly === false && contentEditor.onSave === undefined) {
     throw new Error(
       `[TableListView] A value for [contentEditor.onSave()] must be provided when [contentEditor.isReadonly] is false.`
diff --git a/src/plugins/dashboard/public/dashboard_app/top_nav/dashboard_editing_toolbar.tsx b/src/plugins/dashboard/public/dashboard_app/top_nav/dashboard_editing_toolbar.tsx
index 0190bbaefa00b..6afdf1429663b 100644
--- a/src/plugins/dashboard/public/dashboard_app/top_nav/dashboard_editing_toolbar.tsx
+++ b/src/plugins/dashboard/public/dashboard_app/top_nav/dashboard_editing_toolbar.tsx
@@ -54,12 +54,14 @@ export function DashboardEditingToolbar({ isDisabled }: { isDisabled?: boolean }
           trackUiMetric(METRIC_TYPE.CLICK, `${visType.name}:create`);
         }
 
-        if ('aliasPath' in visType) {
-          appId = visType.aliasApp;
-          path = visType.aliasPath;
-        } else {
+        if (!('alias' in visType)) {
+          // this visualization is not an alias
           appId = 'visualize';
           path = `#/create?type=${encodeURIComponent(visType.name)}`;
+        } else if (visType.alias && 'path' in visType.alias) {
+          // this visualization **is** an alias, and it has an app to redirect to for creation
+          appId = visType.alias.app;
+          path = visType.alias.path;
         }
       } else {
         appId = 'visualize';
diff --git a/src/plugins/dashboard/public/dashboard_app/top_nav/editor_menu.tsx b/src/plugins/dashboard/public/dashboard_app/top_nav/editor_menu.tsx
index d2b6470650caa..18f26704221ab 100644
--- a/src/plugins/dashboard/public/dashboard_app/top_nav/editor_menu.tsx
+++ b/src/plugins/dashboard/public/dashboard_app/top_nav/editor_menu.tsx
@@ -104,10 +104,11 @@ export const EditorMenu = ({ createNewVisType, createNewEmbeddable, isDisabled }
   const promotedVisTypes = getSortedVisTypesByGroup(VisGroups.PROMOTED);
   const aggsBasedVisTypes = getSortedVisTypesByGroup(VisGroups.AGGBASED);
   const toolVisTypes = getSortedVisTypesByGroup(VisGroups.TOOLS);
-  const visTypeAliases = getVisTypeAliases().sort(
-    ({ promotion: a = false }: VisTypeAlias, { promotion: b = false }: VisTypeAlias) =>
+  const visTypeAliases = getVisTypeAliases()
+    .sort(({ promotion: a = false }: VisTypeAlias, { promotion: b = false }: VisTypeAlias) =>
       a === b ? 0 : a ? -1 : 1
-  );
+    )
+    .filter(({ disableCreate }: VisTypeAlias) => !disableCreate);
 
   const factories = unwrappedEmbeddableFactories.filter(
     ({ isEditable, factory: { type, canCreateNew, isContainerType } }) =>
diff --git a/src/plugins/dashboard/public/dashboard_container/component/empty_screen/dashboard_empty_screen.tsx b/src/plugins/dashboard/public/dashboard_container/component/empty_screen/dashboard_empty_screen.tsx
index 8767b5abe3567..de7d79d456b9f 100644
--- a/src/plugins/dashboard/public/dashboard_container/component/empty_screen/dashboard_empty_screen.tsx
+++ b/src/plugins/dashboard/public/dashboard_container/component/empty_screen/dashboard_empty_screen.tsx
@@ -10,21 +10,21 @@ import React, { useCallback, useMemo } from 'react';
 import useObservable from 'react-use/lib/useObservable';
 
 import {
-  EuiText,
-  EuiImage,
   EuiButton,
-  EuiFlexItem,
-  EuiFlexGroup,
   EuiButtonEmpty,
+  EuiFlexGroup,
+  EuiFlexItem,
+  EuiImage,
   EuiPageTemplate,
+  EuiText,
 } from '@elastic/eui';
 import { METRIC_TYPE } from '@kbn/analytics';
 import { ViewMode } from '@kbn/embeddable-plugin/public';
 
+import { DASHBOARD_UI_METRIC_ID } from '../../../dashboard_constants';
 import { pluginServices } from '../../../services/plugin_services';
-import { emptyScreenStrings } from '../../_dashboard_container_strings';
 import { useDashboardContainer } from '../../embeddable/dashboard_container';
-import { DASHBOARD_UI_METRIC_ID } from '../../../dashboard_constants';
+import { emptyScreenStrings } from '../../_dashboard_container_strings';
 
 export function DashboardEmptyScreen() {
   const {
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ export function DashboardEmptyScreen() {
   const originatingApp = embeddableAppContext?.currentAppId;
 
   const goToLens = useCallback(() => {
-    if (!lensAlias || !lensAlias.aliasPath) return;
+    if (!lensAlias || !lensAlias.alias) return;
     const trackUiMetric = usageCollection.reportUiCounter?.bind(
       usageCollection,
       DASHBOARD_UI_METRIC_ID
@@ -62,8 +62,8 @@ export function DashboardEmptyScreen() {
     if (trackUiMetric) {
       trackUiMetric(METRIC_TYPE.CLICK, `${lensAlias.name}:create`);
     }
-    getStateTransfer().navigateToEditor(lensAlias.aliasApp, {
-      path: lensAlias.aliasPath,
+    getStateTransfer().navigateToEditor(lensAlias.alias.app, {
+      path: lensAlias.alias.path,
       state: {
         originatingApp,
         originatingPath,
diff --git a/src/plugins/links/kibana.jsonc b/src/plugins/links/kibana.jsonc
index 5f0796d55b43a..a1e59cff9dc3b 100644
--- a/src/plugins/links/kibana.jsonc
+++ b/src/plugins/links/kibana.jsonc
@@ -12,9 +12,10 @@
       "dashboard",
       "embeddable",
       "kibanaReact",
+      "kibanaUtils",
       "presentationUtil",
       "uiActionsEnhanced",
-      "kibanaUtils"
+      "visualizations"
     ],
     "optionalPlugins": ["triggersActionsUi"],
     "requiredBundles": ["savedObjects"]
diff --git a/src/plugins/links/public/content_management/links_content_management_client.ts b/src/plugins/links/public/content_management/links_content_management_client.ts
index 777fd8731d691..586b5aff5efb8 100644
--- a/src/plugins/links/public/content_management/links_content_management_client.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/links/public/content_management/links_content_management_client.ts
@@ -7,8 +7,9 @@
  */
 
 import type { SearchQuery } from '@kbn/content-management-plugin/common';
+import { SerializableAttributes, VisualizationClient } from '@kbn/visualizations-plugin/public';
+import { CONTENT_ID as contentTypeId, CONTENT_ID } from '../../common';
 import type { LinksCrudTypes } from '../../common/content_management';
-import { CONTENT_ID as contentTypeId } from '../../common';
 import { contentManagement } from '../services/kibana_services';
 
 const get = async (id: string) => {
@@ -65,3 +66,9 @@ export const linksClient = {
   delete: deleteLinks,
   search,
 };
+
+export function getLinksClient<
+  Attr extends SerializableAttributes = SerializableAttributes
+>(): VisualizationClient<typeof CONTENT_ID, Attr> {
+  return linksClient as unknown as VisualizationClient<typeof CONTENT_ID, Attr>;
+}
diff --git a/src/plugins/links/public/editor/open_editor_flyout.tsx b/src/plugins/links/public/editor/open_editor_flyout.tsx
index 1c722a484eb1d..d47b178d5ff97 100644
--- a/src/plugins/links/public/editor/open_editor_flyout.tsx
+++ b/src/plugins/links/public/editor/open_editor_flyout.tsx
@@ -7,18 +7,20 @@
  */
 
 import React from 'react';
+import { skip, take } from 'rxjs/operators';
 
-import { withSuspense } from '@kbn/shared-ux-utility';
-import { toMountPoint } from '@kbn/react-kibana-mount';
 import { EuiLoadingSpinner, EuiPanel } from '@elastic/eui';
-import { tracksOverlays } from '@kbn/embeddable-plugin/public';
 import { DashboardContainer } from '@kbn/dashboard-plugin/public/dashboard_container';
+import { tracksOverlays } from '@kbn/embeddable-plugin/public';
+import { toMountPoint } from '@kbn/react-kibana-mount';
+import { withSuspense } from '@kbn/shared-ux-utility';
 
-import { LinksInput, LinksByReferenceInput, LinksEditorFlyoutReturn } from '../embeddable/types';
-import { coreServices } from '../services/kibana_services';
-import { runSaveToLibrary } from '../content_management/save_to_library';
+import { OverlayRef } from '@kbn/core-mount-utils-browser';
 import { Link, LinksLayoutType } from '../../common/content_management';
+import { runSaveToLibrary } from '../content_management/save_to_library';
+import { LinksByReferenceInput, LinksEditorFlyoutReturn, LinksInput } from '../embeddable/types';
 import { getLinksAttributeService } from '../services/attribute_service';
+import { coreServices } from '../services/kibana_services';
 
 const LazyLinksEditor = React.lazy(() => import('../components/editor/links_editor'));
 
@@ -40,7 +42,8 @@ export async function openEditorFlyout(
   const { attributes } = await attributeService.unwrapAttributes(initialInput);
   const isByReference = attributeService.inputIsRefType(initialInput);
   const initialLinks = attributes?.links;
-  const overlayTracker = tracksOverlays(parentDashboard) ? parentDashboard : undefined;
+  const overlayTracker =
+    parentDashboard && tracksOverlays(parentDashboard) ? parentDashboard : undefined;
 
   if (!initialLinks) {
     /**
@@ -55,6 +58,22 @@ export async function openEditorFlyout(
   }
 
   return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+    const closeEditorFlyout = (editorFlyout: OverlayRef) => {
+      if (overlayTracker) {
+        overlayTracker.clearOverlays();
+      } else {
+        editorFlyout.close();
+      }
+    };
+
+    /**
+     * Close the flyout whenever the app changes - this handles cases for when the flyout is open outside of the
+     * Dashboard app (`overlayTracker` is not available)
+     */
+    coreServices.application.currentAppId$.pipe(skip(1), take(1)).subscribe(() => {
+      if (!overlayTracker) editorFlyout.close();
+    });
+
     const onSaveToLibrary = async (newLinks: Link[], newLayout: LinksLayoutType) => {
       const newAttributes = {
         ...attributes,
@@ -74,7 +93,7 @@ export async function openEditorFlyout(
         attributes: newAttributes,
       });
       parentDashboard?.reload();
-      if (overlayTracker) overlayTracker.clearOverlays();
+      closeEditorFlyout(editorFlyout);
     };
 
     const onAddToDashboard = (newLinks: Link[], newLayout: LinksLayoutType) => {
@@ -94,12 +113,12 @@ export async function openEditorFlyout(
         attributes: newAttributes,
       });
       parentDashboard?.reload();
-      if (overlayTracker) overlayTracker.clearOverlays();
+      closeEditorFlyout(editorFlyout);
     };
 
     const onCancel = () => {
       reject();
-      if (overlayTracker) overlayTracker.clearOverlays();
+      closeEditorFlyout(editorFlyout);
     };
 
     const editorFlyout = coreServices.overlays.openFlyout(
@@ -125,6 +144,8 @@ export async function openEditorFlyout(
       }
     );
 
-    if (overlayTracker) overlayTracker.openOverlay(editorFlyout);
+    if (overlayTracker) {
+      overlayTracker.openOverlay(editorFlyout);
+    }
   });
 }
diff --git a/src/plugins/links/public/embeddable/links_embeddable_factory.ts b/src/plugins/links/public/embeddable/links_embeddable_factory.ts
index 55838c6d65229..e1446aff316af 100644
--- a/src/plugins/links/public/embeddable/links_embeddable_factory.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/links/public/embeddable/links_embeddable_factory.ts
@@ -125,8 +125,6 @@ export class LinksFactoryDefinition
     initialInput: LinksInput,
     parent?: DashboardContainer
   ): Promise<LinksEditorFlyoutReturn> {
-    if (!parent) return { newInput: {} };
-
     const { openEditorFlyout } = await import('../editor/open_editor_flyout');
 
     const { newInput, attributes } = await openEditorFlyout(
diff --git a/src/plugins/links/public/plugin.ts b/src/plugins/links/public/plugin.ts
index 7927de88b80e7..6569f6d767808 100644
--- a/src/plugins/links/public/plugin.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/links/public/plugin.ts
@@ -6,22 +6,28 @@
  * Side Public License, v 1.
  */
 
-import { CoreSetup, CoreStart, Plugin } from '@kbn/core/public';
 import {
   ContentManagementPublicSetup,
   ContentManagementPublicStart,
 } from '@kbn/content-management-plugin/public';
+import { CoreSetup, CoreStart, Plugin } from '@kbn/core/public';
 import { DashboardStart } from '@kbn/dashboard-plugin/public';
+import { DashboardContainer } from '@kbn/dashboard-plugin/public/dashboard_container';
 import { EmbeddableSetup, EmbeddableStart } from '@kbn/embeddable-plugin/public';
 import { PresentationUtilPluginStart } from '@kbn/presentation-util-plugin/public';
+import { VisualizationsSetup } from '@kbn/visualizations-plugin/public';
 
-import { APP_NAME } from '../common';
+import { APP_ICON, APP_NAME, CONTENT_ID, LATEST_VERSION } from '../common';
+import { LinksCrudTypes } from '../common/content_management';
+import { LinksStrings } from './components/links_strings';
+import { getLinksClient } from './content_management/links_content_management_client';
 import { LinksFactoryDefinition } from './embeddable';
-import { CONTENT_ID, LATEST_VERSION } from '../common';
+import { LinksByReferenceInput } from './embeddable/types';
 import { setKibanaServices } from './services/kibana_services';
 
 export interface LinksSetupDependencies {
   embeddable: EmbeddableSetup;
+  visualizations: VisualizationsSetup;
   contentManagement: ContentManagementPublicSetup;
 }
 
@@ -39,7 +45,9 @@ export class LinksPlugin
 
   public setup(core: CoreSetup<LinksStartDependencies>, plugins: LinksSetupDependencies) {
     core.getStartServices().then(([_, deps]) => {
-      plugins.embeddable.registerEmbeddableFactory(CONTENT_ID, new LinksFactoryDefinition());
+      const linksFactory = new LinksFactoryDefinition();
+
+      plugins.embeddable.registerEmbeddableFactory(CONTENT_ID, linksFactory);
 
       plugins.contentManagement.registry.register({
         id: CONTENT_ID,
@@ -48,6 +56,53 @@ export class LinksPlugin
         },
         name: APP_NAME,
       });
+
+      const getExplicitInput = async ({
+        savedObjectId,
+        parent,
+      }: {
+        savedObjectId?: string;
+        parent?: DashboardContainer;
+      }) => {
+        try {
+          await linksFactory.getExplicitInput({ savedObjectId } as LinksByReferenceInput, parent);
+        } catch {
+          // swallow any errors - this just means that the user cancelled editing
+        }
+        return;
+      };
+
+      plugins.visualizations.registerAlias({
+        disableCreate: true, // do not allow creation through visualization listing page
+        name: CONTENT_ID,
+        title: APP_NAME,
+        icon: APP_ICON,
+        description: LinksStrings.getDescription(),
+        stage: 'experimental',
+        appExtensions: {
+          visualizations: {
+            docTypes: [CONTENT_ID],
+            searchFields: ['title^3'],
+            client: getLinksClient,
+            toListItem(linkItem: LinksCrudTypes['Item']) {
+              const { id, type, updatedAt, attributes } = linkItem;
+              const { title, description } = attributes;
+
+              return {
+                id,
+                title,
+                editor: { onEdit: (savedObjectId: string) => getExplicitInput({ savedObjectId }) },
+                description,
+                updatedAt,
+                icon: APP_ICON,
+                typeTitle: APP_NAME,
+                stage: 'experimental',
+                savedObjectType: type,
+              };
+            },
+          },
+        },
+      });
     });
   }
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/links/tsconfig.json b/src/plugins/links/tsconfig.json
index e9814f4e107e7..be7692c7fa431 100644
--- a/src/plugins/links/tsconfig.json
+++ b/src/plugins/links/tsconfig.json
@@ -26,7 +26,9 @@
     "@kbn/logging",
     "@kbn/core-plugins-server",
     "@kbn/react-kibana-mount",
-    "@kbn/react-kibana-context-theme"
+    "@kbn/react-kibana-context-theme",
+    "@kbn/visualizations-plugin",
+    "@kbn/core-mount-utils-browser"
   ],
   "exclude": ["target/**/*"]
 }
diff --git a/src/plugins/visualizations/public/utils/saved_visualize_utils.test.ts b/src/plugins/visualizations/public/utils/saved_visualize_utils.test.ts
index 01475fe483c80..54de776faa624 100644
--- a/src/plugins/visualizations/public/utils/saved_visualize_utils.test.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/visualizations/public/utils/saved_visualize_utils.test.ts
@@ -504,11 +504,13 @@ describe('saved_visualize_utils', () => {
           {
             id: 'wat',
             image: undefined,
+            editor: {
+              editUrl: '/edit/wat',
+            },
             readOnly: false,
             references: undefined,
             icon: undefined,
             savedObjectType: 'visualization',
-            editUrl: '/edit/wat',
             type: 'test',
             typeName: 'test',
             typeTitle: undefined,
diff --git a/src/plugins/visualizations/public/utils/saved_visualize_utils.ts b/src/plugins/visualizations/public/utils/saved_visualize_utils.ts
index 9232504e026d3..85932c09729c3 100644
--- a/src/plugins/visualizations/public/utils/saved_visualize_utils.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/visualizations/public/utils/saved_visualize_utils.ts
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ export function mapHitSource(
     references: SavedObjectReference[];
     url: string;
     savedObjectType?: string;
-    editUrl?: string;
+    editor?: { editUrl?: string };
     updatedAt?: string;
     type?: BaseVisType;
     icon?: BaseVisType['icon'];
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ export function mapHitSource(
   newAttributes.icon = newAttributes.type?.icon;
   newAttributes.image = newAttributes.type?.image;
   newAttributes.typeTitle = newAttributes.type?.title;
-  newAttributes.editUrl = `/edit/${id}`;
+  newAttributes.editor = { editUrl: `/edit/${id}` };
   newAttributes.readOnly = Boolean(visTypes.get(typeName as string)?.disableEdit);
 
   return newAttributes;
@@ -168,7 +168,6 @@ export async function findListItems(
       return acc;
     }, acc);
   }, {} as { [visType: string]: VisualizationsAppExtension });
-
   const searchOption = (field: string, ...defaults: string[]) =>
     _(extensions).map(field).concat(defaults).compact().flatten().uniq().value() as string[];
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/visualizations/public/vis_types/vis_type_alias_registry.ts b/src/plugins/visualizations/public/vis_types/vis_type_alias_registry.ts
index 2a46b28f06dd9..617f0386f6181 100644
--- a/src/plugins/visualizations/public/vis_types/vis_type_alias_registry.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/visualizations/public/vis_types/vis_type_alias_registry.ts
@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@ import { BaseVisType } from './base_vis_type';
 export type VisualizationStage = 'experimental' | 'beta' | 'production';
 
 export interface VisualizationListItem {
-  editUrl: string;
-  editApp?: string;
   error?: string;
   icon: string;
   id: string;
@@ -32,6 +30,9 @@ export interface VisualizationListItem {
   typeTitle: string;
   image?: string;
   type?: BaseVisType | string;
+  editor:
+    | { editUrl: string; editApp?: string }
+    | { onEdit: (savedObjectId: string) => Promise<void> };
 }
 
 export interface SerializableAttributes {
@@ -86,8 +87,14 @@ export interface VisualizationsAppExtension {
 }
 
 export interface VisTypeAlias {
-  aliasPath: string;
-  aliasApp: string;
+  /**
+   * Provide `alias` when your visualization has a dedicated app for creation.
+   * TODO: Provide a generic callback to create visualizations inline.
+   */
+  alias?: {
+    app: string;
+    path: string;
+  };
   name: string;
   title: string;
   icon: string;
diff --git a/src/plugins/visualizations/public/visualize_app/components/visualize_listing.scss b/src/plugins/visualizations/public/visualize_app/components/visualize_listing.scss
index 7fe4fe05ab267..48df3fc673886 100644
--- a/src/plugins/visualizations/public/visualize_app/components/visualize_listing.scss
+++ b/src/plugins/visualizations/public/visualize_app/components/visualize_listing.scss
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
 .visListingTable__experimentalIcon {
   width: $euiSizeL;
-  vertical-align: baseline;
+  vertical-align: middle;
   padding: 0 $euiSizeS;
   margin-left: $euiSizeS;
 }
diff --git a/src/plugins/visualizations/public/visualize_app/components/visualize_listing.tsx b/src/plugins/visualizations/public/visualize_app/components/visualize_listing.tsx
index d4beb45c4e248..d1de28ac73795 100644
--- a/src/plugins/visualizations/public/visualize_app/components/visualize_listing.tsx
+++ b/src/plugins/visualizations/public/visualize_app/components/visualize_listing.tsx
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ import {
   TableListViewProps,
 } from '@kbn/content-management-table-list-view';
 import { TableListViewTable } from '@kbn/content-management-table-list-view-table';
+
 import { findListItems } from '../../utils/saved_visualize_utils';
 import { updateBasicSoAttributes } from '../../utils/saved_objects_utils/update_basic_attributes';
 import { checkForDuplicateTitle } from '../../utils/saved_objects_utils/check_for_duplicate_title';
@@ -49,17 +50,17 @@ import { getNoItemsMessage, getCustomColumn } from '../utils';
 import { getVisualizeListItemLink } from '../utils/get_visualize_list_item_link';
 import type { VisualizationStage } from '../../vis_types/vis_type_alias_registry';
 
-interface VisualizeUserContent extends VisualizationListItem, UserContentCommonSchema {
-  type: string;
-  attributes: {
-    title: string;
-    description?: string;
-    editApp: string;
-    editUrl: string;
-    readOnly: boolean;
-    error?: string;
+type VisualizeUserContent = VisualizationListItem &
+  UserContentCommonSchema & {
+    type: string;
+    attributes: {
+      id: string;
+      title: string;
+      description?: string;
+      readOnly: boolean;
+      error?: string;
+    };
   };
-}
 
 const toTableListViewSavedObject = (savedObject: Record<string, unknown>): VisualizeUserContent => {
   return {
@@ -67,19 +68,17 @@ const toTableListViewSavedObject = (savedObject: Record<string, unknown>): Visua
     updatedAt: savedObject.updatedAt as string,
     references: savedObject.references as Array<{ id: string; type: string; name: string }>,
     type: savedObject.savedObjectType as string,
-    editUrl: savedObject.editUrl as string,
-    editApp: savedObject.editApp as string,
     icon: savedObject.icon as string,
     stage: savedObject.stage as VisualizationStage,
     savedObjectType: savedObject.savedObjectType as string,
     typeTitle: savedObject.typeTitle as string,
     title: (savedObject.title as string) ?? '',
     error: (savedObject.error as string) ?? '',
+    editor: savedObject.editor as any,
     attributes: {
+      id: savedObject.id as string,
       title: (savedObject.title as string) ?? '',
       description: savedObject.description as string,
-      editApp: savedObject.editApp as string,
-      editUrl: savedObject.editUrl as string,
       readOnly: savedObject.readOnly as boolean,
       error: savedObject.error as string,
     },
@@ -120,7 +119,13 @@ const useTableListViewProps = (
   }, [closeNewVisModal]);
 
   const editItem = useCallback(
-    ({ attributes: { editUrl, editApp } }: VisualizeUserContent) => {
+    async ({ attributes: { id }, editor }: VisualizeUserContent) => {
+      if (!('editApp' in editor || 'editUrl' in editor)) {
+        await editor.onEdit(id);
+        return;
+      }
+
+      const { editApp, editUrl } = editor;
       if (editApp) {
         application.navigateToApp(editApp, { path: editUrl });
         return;
@@ -383,10 +388,19 @@ export const VisualizeListing = () => {
             entityNamePlural={i18n.translate('visualizations.listing.table.entityNamePlural', {
               defaultMessage: 'visualizations',
             })}
-            getDetailViewLink={({ attributes: { editApp, editUrl, error, readOnly } }) =>
-              readOnly
+            onClickTitle={(item) => {
+              tableViewProps.editItem?.(item);
+            }}
+            getDetailViewLink={({ editor, attributes: { error, readOnly } }) =>
+              readOnly || (editor && 'onEdit' in editor)
                 ? undefined
-                : getVisualizeListItemLink(application, kbnUrlStateStorage, editApp, editUrl, error)
+                : getVisualizeListItemLink(
+                    application,
+                    kbnUrlStateStorage,
+                    editor.editApp,
+                    editor.editUrl,
+                    error
+                  )
             }
             tableCaption={visualizeLibraryTitle}
             {...tableViewProps}
diff --git a/src/plugins/visualizations/public/visualize_app/utils/get_visualize_list_item_link.ts b/src/plugins/visualizations/public/visualize_app/utils/get_visualize_list_item_link.ts
index 524ccbad44f81..5c1a5b1ee3ebb 100644
--- a/src/plugins/visualizations/public/visualize_app/utils/get_visualize_list_item_link.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/visualizations/public/visualize_app/utils/get_visualize_list_item_link.ts
@@ -17,10 +17,10 @@ export const getVisualizeListItemLink = (
   application: ApplicationStart,
   kbnUrlStateStorage: IKbnUrlStateStorage,
   editApp: string | undefined,
-  editUrl: string,
+  editUrl: string | undefined,
   error: string | undefined = undefined
 ) => {
-  if (error) {
+  if (error || (!editApp && !editUrl)) {
     return undefined;
   }
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/visualizations/public/wizard/group_selection/group_selection.test.tsx b/src/plugins/visualizations/public/wizard/group_selection/group_selection.test.tsx
index e1e9cec25e15a..a9a21446e06a2 100644
--- a/src/plugins/visualizations/public/wizard/group_selection/group_selection.test.tsx
+++ b/src/plugins/visualizations/public/wizard/group_selection/group_selection.test.tsx
@@ -37,8 +37,10 @@ describe('GroupSelection', () => {
     {
       name: 'visWithAliasUrl',
       title: 'Vis with alias Url',
-      aliasApp: 'aliasApp',
-      aliasPath: '#/aliasApp',
+      alias: {
+        app: 'aliasApp',
+        path: '#/aliasApp',
+      },
       description: 'Vis with alias Url',
       stage: 'production',
       group: VisGroups.PROMOTED,
@@ -49,8 +51,10 @@ describe('GroupSelection', () => {
       description: 'Vis alias with promotion',
       stage: 'production',
       group: VisGroups.PROMOTED,
-      aliasApp: 'anotherApp',
-      aliasPath: '#/anotherUrl',
+      alias: {
+        app: 'anotherApp',
+        path: '#/anotherUrl',
+      },
       promotion: true,
     } as unknown,
   ] as BaseVisType[];
diff --git a/src/plugins/visualizations/public/wizard/group_selection/group_selection.tsx b/src/plugins/visualizations/public/wizard/group_selection/group_selection.tsx
index dc8aaa03161b8..3bcdff18c47a7 100644
--- a/src/plugins/visualizations/public/wizard/group_selection/group_selection.tsx
+++ b/src/plugins/visualizations/public/wizard/group_selection/group_selection.tsx
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ const VisGroup = ({ visType, onVisTypeSelected }: VisCardProps) => {
         }
         onClick={onClick}
         data-test-subj={`visType-${visType.name}`}
-        data-vis-stage={!('aliasPath' in visType) ? visType.stage : 'alias'}
+        data-vis-stage={!('alias' in visType) ? visType.stage : 'alias'}
         aria-label={`visType-${visType.name}`}
         description={
           <>
diff --git a/src/plugins/visualizations/public/wizard/new_vis_modal.test.tsx b/src/plugins/visualizations/public/wizard/new_vis_modal.test.tsx
index 907c989c7bb43..0db5f66cc5c92 100644
--- a/src/plugins/visualizations/public/wizard/new_vis_modal.test.tsx
+++ b/src/plugins/visualizations/public/wizard/new_vis_modal.test.tsx
@@ -47,8 +47,10 @@ describe('NewVisModal', () => {
       title: 'Vis with alias Url',
       stage: 'production',
       group: VisGroups.PROMOTED,
-      aliasApp: 'otherApp',
-      aliasPath: '#/aliasUrl',
+      alias: {
+        app: 'otherApp',
+        path: '#/aliasUrl',
+      },
     },
     {
       name: 'visWithSearch',
@@ -181,7 +183,7 @@ describe('NewVisModal', () => {
       );
     });
 
-    it('closes and redirects properly if visualization with aliasPath and originatingApp in props', () => {
+    it('closes and redirects properly if visualization with alias.path and originatingApp in props', () => {
       const onClose = jest.fn();
       const navigateToApp = jest.fn();
       const stateTransfer = embeddablePluginMock.createStartContract().getStateTransfer();
diff --git a/src/plugins/visualizations/public/wizard/new_vis_modal.tsx b/src/plugins/visualizations/public/wizard/new_vis_modal.tsx
index ac1f89e73700f..b1e5de3215260 100644
--- a/src/plugins/visualizations/public/wizard/new_vis_modal.tsx
+++ b/src/plugins/visualizations/public/wizard/new_vis_modal.tsx
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ class NewVisModal extends React.Component<TypeSelectionProps, TypeSelectionState
   };
 
   private onVisTypeSelected = (visType: BaseVisType | VisTypeAlias) => {
-    if (!('aliasPath' in visType) && visType.requiresSearch && visType.options.showIndexSelection) {
+    if ('visConfig' in visType && visType.requiresSearch && visType.options.showIndexSelection) {
       this.setState({
         showSearchVisModal: true,
         visType,
@@ -143,10 +143,12 @@ class NewVisModal extends React.Component<TypeSelectionProps, TypeSelectionState
     }
 
     let params;
-    if ('aliasPath' in visType) {
-      params = visType.aliasPath;
-      this.props.onClose();
-      this.navigate(visType.aliasApp, visType.aliasPath);
+    if ('alias' in visType) {
+      if (visType.alias && 'path' in visType.alias) {
+        params = visType.alias.path;
+        this.props.onClose();
+        this.navigate(visType.alias.app, visType.alias.path);
+      }
       return;
     }
 
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/canvas/public/components/workpad_header/editor_menu/__stories__/editor_menu.stories.tsx b/x-pack/plugins/canvas/public/components/workpad_header/editor_menu/__stories__/editor_menu.stories.tsx
index 915676b8f6b5c..f12a805cf18a4 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/canvas/public/components/workpad_header/editor_menu/__stories__/editor_menu.stories.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/canvas/public/components/workpad_header/editor_menu/__stories__/editor_menu.stories.tsx
@@ -70,8 +70,10 @@ const testVisTypes: BaseVisType[] = [
 const testVisTypeAliases: VisTypeAlias[] = [
   {
     title: 'Lens',
-    aliasApp: 'lens',
-    aliasPath: 'path/to/lens',
+    alias: {
+      app: 'lens',
+      path: 'path/to/lens',
+    },
     icon: 'lensApp',
     name: 'lens',
     description: 'Description of Lens app',
@@ -79,8 +81,10 @@ const testVisTypeAliases: VisTypeAlias[] = [
   },
   {
     title: 'Maps',
-    aliasApp: 'maps',
-    aliasPath: 'path/to/maps',
+    alias: {
+      app: 'maps',
+      path: 'path/to/maps',
+    },
     icon: 'gisApp',
     name: 'maps',
     description: 'Description of Maps app',
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/canvas/public/components/workpad_header/editor_menu/editor_menu.tsx b/x-pack/plugins/canvas/public/components/workpad_header/editor_menu/editor_menu.tsx
index dbcd3b9cd2786..d405a977affd3 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/canvas/public/components/workpad_header/editor_menu/editor_menu.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/canvas/public/components/workpad_header/editor_menu/editor_menu.tsx
@@ -68,12 +68,14 @@ export const EditorMenu: FC<Props> = ({ addElement }) => {
           trackCanvasUiMetric(METRIC_TYPE.CLICK, `${visType.name}:create`);
         }
 
-        if ('aliasPath' in visType) {
-          appId = visType.aliasApp;
-          path = visType.aliasPath;
-        } else {
+        if (!('alias' in visType)) {
+          // this visualization is not an alias
           appId = 'visualize';
           path = `#/create?type=${encodeURIComponent(visType.name)}`;
+        } else if (visType.alias && 'path' in visType.alias) {
+          // this visualization **is** an alias, and it has an app to redirect to for creation
+          appId = visType.alias.app;
+          path = visType.alias.path;
         }
       } else {
         appId = 'visualize';
@@ -134,7 +136,8 @@ export const EditorMenu: FC<Props> = ({ addElement }) => {
     .getAliases()
     .sort(({ promotion: a = false }: VisTypeAlias, { promotion: b = false }: VisTypeAlias) =>
       a === b ? 0 : a ? -1 : 1
-    );
+    )
+    .filter(({ disableCreate }: VisTypeAlias) => !disableCreate);
 
   const factories = unwrappedEmbeddableFactories
     .filter(
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/lens/public/vis_type_alias.ts b/x-pack/plugins/lens/public/vis_type_alias.ts
index 2fc493df38edc..20822ee76a094 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/lens/public/vis_type_alias.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/lens/public/vis_type_alias.ts
@@ -11,8 +11,10 @@ import { getBasePath, getEditPath } from '../common/constants';
 import { getLensClient } from './persistence/lens_client';
 
 export const getLensAliasConfig = (): VisTypeAlias => ({
-  aliasPath: getBasePath(),
-  aliasApp: 'lens',
+  alias: {
+    path: getBasePath(),
+    app: 'lens',
+  },
   name: 'lens',
   promotion: true,
   title: i18n.translate('xpack.lens.visTypeAlias.title', {
@@ -41,8 +43,7 @@ export const getLensAliasConfig = (): VisTypeAlias => ({
           title,
           description,
           updatedAt,
-          editUrl: getEditPath(id),
-          editApp: 'lens',
+          editor: { editUrl: getEditPath(id), editApp: 'lens' },
           icon: 'lensApp',
           stage: 'production',
           savedObjectType: type,
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/maps/public/maps_vis_type_alias.ts b/x-pack/plugins/maps/public/maps_vis_type_alias.ts
index bcbf0170afb25..e161689643612 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/maps/public/maps_vis_type_alias.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/maps/public/maps_vis_type_alias.ts
@@ -24,8 +24,10 @@ export function getMapsVisTypeAlias() {
   });
 
   return {
-    aliasApp: APP_ID,
-    aliasPath: `/${MAP_PATH}`,
+    alias: {
+      app: APP_ID,
+      path: `/${MAP_PATH}`,
+    },
     name: APP_ID,
     title: APP_NAME,
     description: appDescription,
@@ -45,8 +47,10 @@ export function getMapsVisTypeAlias() {
             title,
             description,
             updatedAt,
-            editUrl: getEditPath(id),
-            editApp: APP_ID,
+            editor: {
+              editUrl: getEditPath(id),
+              editApp: APP_ID,
+            },
             icon: APP_ICON,
             stage: 'production' as VisualizationStage,
             savedObjectType: type,