diff --git a/test/functional/apps/dashboard_elements/input_control_vis/input_control_options.ts b/test/functional/apps/dashboard_elements/input_control_vis/input_control_options.ts
index cccf19de4070..675f386eea34 100644
--- a/test/functional/apps/dashboard_elements/input_control_vis/input_control_options.ts
+++ b/test/functional/apps/dashboard_elements/input_control_vis/input_control_options.ts
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }: FtrProviderContext) {
   describe('input control options', () => {
     before(async () => {
       await visualize.initTests();
+      await timePicker.resetDefaultAbsoluteRangeViaUiSettings();
       await common.navigateToApp('visualize');
       await visualize.loadSavedVisualization('input control options', {
         navigateToVisualize: false,
diff --git a/test/functional/page_objects/visualize_page.ts b/test/functional/page_objects/visualize_page.ts
index d565c5168641..315ecba11c6d 100644
--- a/test/functional/page_objects/visualize_page.ts
+++ b/test/functional/page_objects/visualize_page.ts
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ export class VisualizePageObject extends FtrService {
   private readonly elasticChart = this.ctx.getService('elasticChart');
   private readonly common = this.ctx.getPageObject('common');
   private readonly header = this.ctx.getPageObject('header');
+  private readonly timePicker = this.ctx.getPageObject('timePicker');
   private readonly visChart = this.ctx.getPageObject('visChart');
   private readonly toasts = this.ctx.getService('toasts');
 
@@ -63,6 +64,7 @@ export class VisualizePageObject extends FtrService {
       [FORMATS_UI_SETTINGS.FORMAT_BYTES_DEFAULT_PATTERN]: '0,0.[000]b',
       'visualization:visualize:legacyHeatmapChartsLibrary': isLegacyChart,
       'histogram:maxBars': 100,
+      'timepicker:timeDefaults': `{ "from": "${this.timePicker.defaultStartTimeUTC}", "to": "${this.timePicker.defaultEndTimeUTC}"}`,
     });
   }
 
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/lens/public/editor_frame_service/editor_frame/editor_frame.test.tsx b/x-pack/plugins/lens/public/editor_frame_service/editor_frame/editor_frame.test.tsx
index 7d41e326372e..ad53002a1b0c 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/lens/public/editor_frame_service/editor_frame/editor_frame.test.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/lens/public/editor_frame_service/editor_frame/editor_frame.test.tsx
@@ -5,20 +5,12 @@
  * 2.0.
  */
 
-import React, { useEffect } from 'react';
-import { ReactWrapper } from 'enzyme';
+import React from 'react';
 import { screen, within } from '@testing-library/react';
 import userEvent from '@testing-library/user-event';
 
 import { EditorFrame, EditorFrameProps } from './editor_frame';
-import {
-  DatasourceMap,
-  DatasourcePublicAPI,
-  DatasourceSuggestion,
-  Visualization,
-  VisualizationMap,
-} from '../../types';
-import { act } from '@testing-library/react';
+import { DatasourceMap, DatasourcePublicAPI, Visualization, VisualizationMap } from '../../types';
 import { coreMock } from '@kbn/core/public/mocks';
 import {
   createMockVisualization,
@@ -29,30 +21,16 @@ import {
   renderWithReduxStore,
 } from '../../mocks';
 import { inspectorPluginMock } from '@kbn/inspector-plugin/public/mocks';
-import { Droppable, useDragDropContext } from '@kbn/dom-drag-drop';
 import { uiActionsPluginMock } from '@kbn/ui-actions-plugin/public/mocks';
 import { chartPluginMock } from '@kbn/charts-plugin/public/mocks';
 import { expressionsPluginMock } from '@kbn/expressions-plugin/public/mocks';
-import { mockDataPlugin, mountWithProvider } from '../../mocks';
+import { mockDataPlugin } from '../../mocks';
 import { LensAppState, setState } from '../../state_management';
 import { getLensInspectorService } from '../../lens_inspector_service';
 import { createIndexPatternServiceMock } from '../../mocks/data_views_service_mock';
 import { dataViewPluginMocks } from '@kbn/data-views-plugin/public/mocks';
 import { EventAnnotationServiceType } from '@kbn/event-annotation-plugin/public';
 
-function generateSuggestion(state = {}): DatasourceSuggestion {
-  return {
-    state,
-    table: {
-      columns: [],
-      isMultiRow: true,
-      layerId: 'first',
-      changeType: 'unchanged',
-    },
-    keptLayerIds: ['first'],
-  };
-}
-
 function wrapDataViewsContract() {
   const dataViewsContract = dataViewPluginMocks.createStartContract();
   return {
@@ -437,180 +415,5 @@ describe('editor_frame', () => {
         })
       );
     });
-    describe('legacy tests', () => {
-      let instance: ReactWrapper;
-
-      afterEach(() => {
-        instance.unmount();
-      });
-
-      it('should use the currently selected visualization if possible on field drop', async () => {
-        mockDatasource.getLayers.mockReturnValue(['first', 'second', 'third']);
-        const suggestionVisState = {};
-        const props = {
-          ...getDefaultProps(),
-          visualizationMap: {
-            testVis: {
-              ...mockVisualization,
-              getSuggestions: () => [
-                {
-                  score: 0.2,
-                  state: {},
-                  title: 'Suggestion1',
-                  previewIcon: 'empty',
-                },
-                {
-                  score: 0.6,
-                  state: suggestionVisState,
-                  title: 'Suggestion2',
-                  previewIcon: 'empty',
-                },
-              ],
-            },
-            testVis2: {
-              ...mockVisualization2,
-              getSuggestions: () => [
-                {
-                  score: 0.8,
-                  state: {},
-                  title: 'Suggestion3',
-                  previewIcon: 'empty',
-                },
-              ],
-            },
-          },
-          datasourceMap: {
-            testDatasource: {
-              ...mockDatasource,
-              getDatasourceSuggestionsForField: () => [generateSuggestion()],
-              getDatasourceSuggestionsFromCurrentState: () => [generateSuggestion()],
-              getDatasourceSuggestionsForVisualizeField: () => [generateSuggestion()],
-              DataPanelComponent: jest.fn().mockImplementation(() => <div />),
-            },
-          },
-        } as EditorFrameProps;
-        instance = (
-          await mountWithProvider(<EditorFrame {...props} />, {
-            preloadedState: {
-              datasourceStates: {
-                testDatasource: {
-                  isLoading: false,
-                  state: {
-                    internalState1: '',
-                  },
-                },
-              },
-            },
-          })
-        ).instance;
-
-        instance.update();
-
-        act(() => {
-          instance.find('[data-test-subj="mockVisA"]').find(Droppable).prop('onDrop')!(
-            {
-              indexPatternId: '1',
-              field: {},
-              id: '1',
-              humanData: { label: 'draggedField' },
-            },
-            'field_add'
-          );
-        });
-
-        expect(mockVisualization.getConfiguration).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
-          expect.objectContaining({
-            state: suggestionVisState,
-          })
-        );
-      });
-
-      it('should use the highest priority suggestion available', async () => {
-        mockDatasource.getLayers.mockReturnValue(['first', 'second', 'third']);
-        const suggestionVisState = {};
-        const mockVisualization3 = {
-          ...createMockVisualization('testVis3', ['third']),
-          getSuggestions: () => [
-            {
-              score: 0.9,
-              state: suggestionVisState,
-              title: 'Suggestion3',
-              previewIcon: 'empty',
-            },
-            {
-              score: 0.7,
-              state: {},
-              title: 'Suggestion4',
-              previewIcon: 'empty',
-            },
-          ],
-        };
-
-        const props = {
-          ...getDefaultProps(),
-          visualizationMap: {
-            testVis: {
-              ...mockVisualization,
-              // do not return suggestions for the currently active vis, otherwise it will be chosen
-              getSuggestions: () => [],
-            },
-            testVis2: {
-              ...mockVisualization2,
-              getSuggestions: () => [],
-            },
-            testVis3: {
-              ...mockVisualization3,
-            },
-          },
-          datasourceMap: {
-            testDatasource: {
-              ...mockDatasource,
-              getDatasourceSuggestionsForField: () => [generateSuggestion()],
-              getDatasourceSuggestionsFromCurrentState: () => [generateSuggestion()],
-              getDatasourceSuggestionsForVisualizeField: () => [generateSuggestion()],
-              DataPanelComponent: jest.fn().mockImplementation(() => {
-                const [, dndDispatch] = useDragDropContext();
-                useEffect(() => {
-                  dndDispatch({
-                    type: 'startDragging',
-                    payload: {
-                      dragging: {
-                        id: 'draggedField',
-                        humanData: { label: '1' },
-                      },
-                    },
-                  });
-                }, [dndDispatch]);
-                return <div />;
-              }),
-            },
-          },
-        } as EditorFrameProps;
-
-        instance = (await mountWithProvider(<EditorFrame {...props} />)).instance;
-
-        instance.update();
-
-        act(() => {
-          instance.find(Droppable).filter('[dataTestSubj="lnsWorkspace"]').prop('onDrop')!(
-            {
-              indexPatternId: '1',
-              field: {},
-              id: '1',
-              humanData: {
-                label: 'label',
-              },
-            },
-            'field_add'
-          );
-        });
-
-        expect(mockVisualization3.getConfiguration).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
-          expect.objectContaining({
-            state: suggestionVisState,
-          })
-        );
-      });
-    });
   });
 });
diff --git a/x-pack/test/functional/apps/lens/group1/smokescreen.ts b/x-pack/test/functional/apps/lens/group1/smokescreen.ts
index dbe48cdd395d..68d9f1ee9345 100644
--- a/x-pack/test/functional/apps/lens/group1/smokescreen.ts
+++ b/x-pack/test/functional/apps/lens/group1/smokescreen.ts
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }: FtrProviderContext) {
     it('should allow creation of lens xy chart', async () => {
       await visualize.navigateToNewVisualization();
       await visualize.clickVisType('lens');
-      await lens.goToTimeRange();
 
       await lens.configureDimension({
         dimension: 'lnsXY_xDimensionPanel > lns-empty-dimension',
@@ -60,7 +59,7 @@ export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }: FtrProviderContext) {
       await visualize.gotoVisualizationLandingPage();
       await listingTable.searchForItemWithName('Afancilenstest');
       await lens.clickVisualizeListItemTitle('Afancilenstest');
-      await lens.goToTimeRange();
+
       await lens.waitForVisualization('xyVisChart');
 
       expect(await lens.getTitle()).to.eql('Afancilenstest');
@@ -75,7 +74,7 @@ export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }: FtrProviderContext) {
       await visualize.gotoVisualizationLandingPage();
       await listingTable.searchForItemWithName('lnsXYvis');
       await lens.clickVisualizeListItemTitle('lnsXYvis');
-      await lens.goToTimeRange();
+
       // Change the IP field to filters
       await lens.configureDimension({
         dimension: 'lnsXY_splitDimensionPanel > lns-dimensionTrigger',
@@ -94,7 +93,7 @@ export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }: FtrProviderContext) {
       await visualize.gotoVisualizationLandingPage();
       await listingTable.searchForItemWithName('Artistpreviouslyknownaslens');
       await lens.clickVisualizeListItemTitle('Artistpreviouslyknownaslens');
-      await lens.goToTimeRange();
+
       await lens.assertLegacyMetric('Maximum of bytes', '19,986');
       await lens.switchToVisualization('lnsDatatable');
       expect(await lens.getDatatableHeaderText()).to.eql('Maximum of bytes');
@@ -106,7 +105,6 @@ export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }: FtrProviderContext) {
     it('should transition from a multi-layer stacked bar to a multi-layer line chart and correctly remove all layers', async () => {
       await visualize.navigateToNewVisualization();
       await visualize.clickVisType('lens');
-      await lens.goToTimeRange();
 
       await lens.configureDimension({
         dimension: 'lnsXY_xDimensionPanel > lns-empty-dimension',
@@ -150,7 +148,6 @@ export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }: FtrProviderContext) {
     it('should transition selected layer in a multi layer bar using layer chart switch', async () => {
       await visualize.navigateToNewVisualization();
       await visualize.clickVisType('lens');
-      await lens.goToTimeRange();
 
       await lens.configureDimension({
         dimension: 'lnsXY_xDimensionPanel > lns-empty-dimension',
@@ -197,7 +194,7 @@ export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }: FtrProviderContext) {
       await visualize.gotoVisualizationLandingPage();
       await listingTable.searchForItemWithName('lnsXYvis');
       await lens.clickVisualizeListItemTitle('lnsXYvis');
-      await lens.goToTimeRange();
+
       await lens.removeDimension('lnsXY_splitDimensionPanel');
       await lens.switchToVisualization('line');
       await lens.configureDimension({
@@ -255,7 +252,7 @@ export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }: FtrProviderContext) {
       await visualize.navigateToNewVisualization();
       await visualize.clickVisType('lens');
       await elasticChart.setNewChartUiDebugFlag(true);
-      await lens.goToTimeRange();
+
       await lens.switchToVisualization('bar');
 
       await lens.configureDimension({
@@ -323,7 +320,6 @@ export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }: FtrProviderContext) {
     it('should transition from a multi-layer stacked bar to treemap chart using suggestions', async () => {
       await visualize.navigateToNewVisualization();
       await visualize.clickVisType('lens');
-      await lens.goToTimeRange();
 
       await lens.configureDimension({
         dimension: 'lnsXY_xDimensionPanel > lns-empty-dimension',
@@ -367,7 +363,7 @@ export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }: FtrProviderContext) {
       await visualize.gotoVisualizationLandingPage();
       await listingTable.searchForItemWithName('lnsXYvis');
       await lens.clickVisualizeListItemTitle('lnsXYvis');
-      await lens.goToTimeRange();
+
       expect(await lens.hasChartSwitchWarning('pie')).to.eql(true);
       await lens.switchToVisualization('pie');
 
@@ -394,7 +390,7 @@ export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }: FtrProviderContext) {
       await visualize.gotoVisualizationLandingPage();
       await listingTable.searchForItemWithName('lnsXYvis');
       await lens.clickVisualizeListItemTitle('lnsXYvis');
-      await lens.goToTimeRange();
+
       await lens.switchToVisualization('line');
       expect(await lens.getTitle()).to.eql('lnsXYvis');
       expect(await lens.getDimensionTriggerText('lnsXY_xDimensionPanel')).to.eql('@timestamp');
@@ -410,7 +406,7 @@ export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }: FtrProviderContext) {
       await visualize.gotoVisualizationLandingPage();
       await listingTable.searchForItemWithName('lnsPieVis');
       await lens.clickVisualizeListItemTitle('lnsPieVis');
-      await lens.goToTimeRange();
+
       expect(await lens.hasChartSwitchWarning('treemap')).to.eql(false);
       await lens.switchToVisualization('treemap');
       expect(await lens.getDimensionTriggersTexts('lnsPie_groupByDimensionPanel')).to.eql([
@@ -425,7 +421,7 @@ export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }: FtrProviderContext) {
     it('should create a pie chart and switch to datatable', async () => {
       await visualize.navigateToNewVisualization();
       await visualize.clickVisType('lens');
-      await lens.goToTimeRange();
+
       await lens.switchToVisualization('pie');
       await lens.configureDimension({
         dimension: 'lnsPie_sliceByDimensionPanel > lns-empty-dimension',
@@ -452,7 +448,7 @@ export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }: FtrProviderContext) {
     it('should create a heatmap chart and transition to barchart', async () => {
       await visualize.navigateToNewVisualization();
       await visualize.clickVisType('lens');
-      await lens.goToTimeRange();
+
       await lens.switchToVisualization('heatmap', 'heat');
 
       await lens.configureDimension({
@@ -482,7 +478,6 @@ export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }: FtrProviderContext) {
     it('should create a valid XY chart with references', async () => {
       await visualize.navigateToNewVisualization();
       await visualize.clickVisType('lens');
-      await lens.goToTimeRange();
 
       await lens.configureDimension({
         dimension: 'lnsXY_xDimensionPanel > lns-empty-dimension',
@@ -517,7 +512,7 @@ export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }: FtrProviderContext) {
     it('should allow formatting on references', async () => {
       await visualize.navigateToNewVisualization();
       await visualize.clickVisType('lens');
-      await lens.goToTimeRange();
+
       await lens.switchToVisualization('lnsDatatable');
 
       await lens.configureDimension({
@@ -563,7 +558,6 @@ export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }: FtrProviderContext) {
     it('should handle edge cases in reference-based operations', async () => {
       await visualize.navigateToNewVisualization();
       await visualize.clickVisType('lens');
-      await lens.goToTimeRange();
 
       await lens.configureDimension({
         dimension: 'lnsXY_xDimensionPanel > lns-empty-dimension',
@@ -596,7 +590,6 @@ export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }: FtrProviderContext) {
     it('should keep the field selection while transitioning to every reference-based operation', async () => {
       await visualize.navigateToNewVisualization();
       await visualize.clickVisType('lens');
-      await lens.goToTimeRange();
 
       await lens.configureDimension({
         dimension: 'lnsXY_xDimensionPanel > lns-empty-dimension',
@@ -633,7 +626,6 @@ export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }: FtrProviderContext) {
     it('should not leave an incomplete column in the visualization config with field-based operation', async () => {
       await visualize.navigateToNewVisualization();
       await visualize.clickVisType('lens');
-      await lens.goToTimeRange();
 
       await lens.configureDimension({
         dimension: 'lnsXY_yDimensionPanel > lns-empty-dimension',
@@ -646,7 +638,6 @@ export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }: FtrProviderContext) {
     it('should revert to previous configuration and not leave an incomplete column in the visualization config with reference-based operations', async () => {
       await visualize.navigateToNewVisualization();
       await visualize.clickVisType('lens');
-      await lens.goToTimeRange();
 
       await lens.configureDimension({
         dimension: 'lnsXY_xDimensionPanel > lns-empty-dimension',
@@ -682,7 +673,6 @@ export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }: FtrProviderContext) {
     it('should transition from unique count to last value', async () => {
       await visualize.navigateToNewVisualization();
       await visualize.clickVisType('lens');
-      await lens.goToTimeRange();
 
       await lens.configureDimension({
         dimension: 'lnsXY_yDimensionPanel > lns-empty-dimension',
@@ -715,7 +705,6 @@ export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }: FtrProviderContext) {
     it('should allow filtering by legend on an xy chart', async () => {
       await visualize.navigateToNewVisualization();
       await visualize.clickVisType('lens');
-      await lens.goToTimeRange();
 
       await lens.configureDimension({
         dimension: 'lnsXY_xDimensionPanel > lns-empty-dimension',
@@ -745,7 +734,7 @@ export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }: FtrProviderContext) {
     it('should allow filtering by legend on a pie chart', async () => {
       await visualize.navigateToNewVisualization();
       await visualize.clickVisType('lens');
-      await lens.goToTimeRange();
+
       await lens.switchToVisualization('pie');
 
       await lens.configureDimension({
diff --git a/x-pack/test/functional/apps/lens/group2/field_formatters.ts b/x-pack/test/functional/apps/lens/group2/field_formatters.ts
index 33c2c02e7b37..e5fe83c72cc4 100644
--- a/x-pack/test/functional/apps/lens/group2/field_formatters.ts
+++ b/x-pack/test/functional/apps/lens/group2/field_formatters.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }: FtrProviderContext) {
       before(async () => {
         await visualize.navigateToNewVisualization();
         await visualize.clickVisType('lens');
-        await lens.goToTimeRange();
         await lens.switchToVisualization('lnsDatatable');
       });
 
@@ -115,7 +114,6 @@ export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }: FtrProviderContext) {
       before(async () => {
         await visualize.navigateToNewVisualization();
         await visualize.clickVisType('lens');
-        await lens.goToTimeRange();
         await lens.switchToVisualization('lnsDatatable');
       });
 
@@ -189,7 +187,6 @@ export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }: FtrProviderContext) {
       before(async () => {
         await visualize.navigateToNewVisualization();
         await visualize.clickVisType('lens');
-        await lens.goToTimeRange();
         await lens.switchToVisualization('lnsDatatable');
       });
 
diff --git a/x-pack/test/functional/apps/lens/group2/fields_list.ts b/x-pack/test/functional/apps/lens/group2/fields_list.ts
index b08538829b13..73e6a6035ca5 100644
--- a/x-pack/test/functional/apps/lens/group2/fields_list.ts
+++ b/x-pack/test/functional/apps/lens/group2/fields_list.ts
@@ -262,6 +262,7 @@ export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }: FtrProviderContext) {
           path: '/field-update-test',
           method: 'DELETE',
         });
+        await timePicker.setDefaultAbsoluteRangeViaUiSettings();
       });
 
       it('should show new fields Available fields', async () => {
diff --git a/x-pack/test/functional/apps/lens/group2/index.ts b/x-pack/test/functional/apps/lens/group2/index.ts
index 8d74dd4930b8..790e42162dc7 100644
--- a/x-pack/test/functional/apps/lens/group2/index.ts
+++ b/x-pack/test/functional/apps/lens/group2/index.ts
@@ -36,22 +36,21 @@ export default ({ getService, loadTestFile, getPageObjects }: FtrProviderContext
       fixtureDirs = localFixtures;
       indexPatternString = localIndexPatternString;
       await esNode.load(esArchive);
-      // changing the timepicker default here saves us from having to set it in Discover (~8s)
-      await timePicker.setDefaultAbsoluteRangeViaUiSettings();
       await kibanaServer.uiSettings.update({
         defaultIndex: indexPatternString,
         'dateFormat:tz': 'UTC',
       });
       await kibanaServer.importExport.load(fixtureDirs.lensBasic);
       await kibanaServer.importExport.load(fixtureDirs.lensDefault);
+      await timePicker.setDefaultAbsoluteRangeViaUiSettings();
     });
 
     after(async () => {
       await esNode.unload(esArchive);
-      await timePicker.resetDefaultAbsoluteRangeViaUiSettings();
       await kibanaServer.importExport.unload(fixtureDirs.lensBasic);
       await kibanaServer.importExport.unload(fixtureDirs.lensDefault);
       await kibanaServer.savedObjects.cleanStandardList();
+      await timePicker.resetDefaultAbsoluteRangeViaUiSettings();
     });
 
     // total run time ~ 16m 20s
diff --git a/x-pack/test/functional/apps/lens/group2/layer_actions.ts b/x-pack/test/functional/apps/lens/group2/layer_actions.ts
index cc301c2dd57e..4417a5ecbade 100644
--- a/x-pack/test/functional/apps/lens/group2/layer_actions.ts
+++ b/x-pack/test/functional/apps/lens/group2/layer_actions.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }: FtrProviderContext) {
     it('should allow creation of lens xy chart', async () => {
       await visualize.navigateToNewVisualization();
       await visualize.clickVisType('lens');
-      await lens.goToTimeRange();
 
       // check that no sampling info is shown in the dataView picker
       expect(await testSubjects.exists('lnsChangeIndexPatternSamplingInfo')).to.be(false);
@@ -188,7 +187,6 @@ export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }: FtrProviderContext) {
     it('should show visualization modifiers for layer settings when embedded in a dashboard', async () => {
       await visualize.navigateToNewVisualization();
       await visualize.clickVisType('lens');
-      await lens.goToTimeRange();
       // click on open layer settings
       await lens.openLayerContextMenu();
       await testSubjects.click('lnsLayerSettings');
diff --git a/x-pack/test/functional/apps/lens/group2/partition.ts b/x-pack/test/functional/apps/lens/group2/partition.ts
index f828c65eab28..a6a65fdac2aa 100644
--- a/x-pack/test/functional/apps/lens/group2/partition.ts
+++ b/x-pack/test/functional/apps/lens/group2/partition.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }: FtrProviderContext) {
     before(async () => {
       await visualize.navigateToNewVisualization();
       await visualize.clickVisType('lens');
-      await lens.goToTimeRange();
     });
 
     it('should be able to nest up to 3 levels for Pie charts', async () => {
diff --git a/x-pack/test/functional/apps/lens/group2/persistent_context.ts b/x-pack/test/functional/apps/lens/group2/persistent_context.ts
index 0d34b0f68564..6a6f56578882 100644
--- a/x-pack/test/functional/apps/lens/group2/persistent_context.ts
+++ b/x-pack/test/functional/apps/lens/group2/persistent_context.ts
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }: FtrProviderContext) {
         before(async () => {
           await visualize.navigateToNewVisualization();
           await visualize.clickVisType('lens');
-          await lens.goToTimeRange();
           await navigationalSearch.focus();
           await navigationalSearch.searchFor('type:lens lnsTableVis');
           await navigationalSearch.clickOnOption(0);
@@ -74,7 +73,6 @@ export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }: FtrProviderContext) {
           await visualize.gotoVisualizationLandingPage();
           await listingTable.searchForItemWithName('lnsTableVis');
           await lens.clickVisualizeListItemTitle('lnsTableVis');
-          await lens.goToTimeRange();
           await navigationalSearch.focus();
           await navigationalSearch.searchFor('type:application lens');
           await navigationalSearch.clickOnOption(0);
@@ -109,7 +107,6 @@ export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }: FtrProviderContext) {
         await visualize.gotoVisualizationLandingPage();
         await listingTable.searchForItemWithName('lnsTableVis');
         await lens.clickVisualizeListItemTitle('lnsTableVis');
-        await lens.goToTimeRange();
         // go to empty vis
         await lens.goToListingPageViaBreadcrumbs();
         await visualize.clickNewVisualization();
diff --git a/x-pack/test/functional/apps/lens/group2/table.ts b/x-pack/test/functional/apps/lens/group2/table.ts
index 7de5645b16b0..c359039bae34 100644
--- a/x-pack/test/functional/apps/lens/group2/table.ts
+++ b/x-pack/test/functional/apps/lens/group2/table.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }: FtrProviderContext) {
       await visualize.gotoVisualizationLandingPage();
       await listingTable.searchForItemWithName('lnsXYvis');
       await lens.clickVisualizeListItemTitle('lnsXYvis');
-      await lens.goToTimeRange();
       await lens.switchToVisualization('lnsDatatable');
       // Sort by number
       await lens.changeTableSortingBy(2, 'ascending');
diff --git a/x-pack/test/functional/apps/lens/group3/add_to_dashboard.ts b/x-pack/test/functional/apps/lens/group3/add_to_dashboard.ts
index 9b5d46dd0617..433fc2dbc943 100644
--- a/x-pack/test/functional/apps/lens/group3/add_to_dashboard.ts
+++ b/x-pack/test/functional/apps/lens/group3/add_to_dashboard.ts
@@ -27,8 +27,6 @@ export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }: FtrProviderContext) {
   const createNewLens = async () => {
     await visualize.navigateToNewVisualization();
     await visualize.clickVisType('lens');
-    await lens.goToTimeRange();
-
     await lens.configureDimension({
       dimension: 'lnsXY_yDimensionPanel > lns-empty-dimension',
       operation: 'average',
@@ -48,8 +46,6 @@ export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }: FtrProviderContext) {
     await dashboardAddPanel.filterEmbeddableNames('lnsXYvis');
     await find.clickByButtonText('lnsXYvis');
     await dashboardAddPanel.closeAddPanel();
-    await lens.goToTimeRange();
-
     await dashboard.saveDashboard(dashboardName);
     await dashboard.gotoDashboardLandingPage();
     await listingTable.searchAndExpectItemsCount('dashboard', dashboardName, 1);
@@ -59,7 +55,6 @@ export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }: FtrProviderContext) {
     await visualize.gotoVisualizationLandingPage();
     await listingTable.searchForItemWithName('Artistpreviouslyknownaslens');
     await lens.clickVisualizeListItemTitle('Artistpreviouslyknownaslens');
-    await lens.goToTimeRange();
     await lens.waitForVisualization('legacyMtrVis');
     await lens.assertLegacyMetric('Maximum of bytes', '19,986');
   };
@@ -226,7 +221,6 @@ export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }: FtrProviderContext) {
     it('should add a Lens heatmap to the dashboard', async () => {
       await visualize.navigateToNewVisualization();
       await visualize.clickVisType('lens');
-      await lens.goToTimeRange();
 
       await lens.configureDimension({
         dimension: 'lnsXY_xDimensionPanel > lns-empty-dimension',
@@ -281,8 +275,6 @@ export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }: FtrProviderContext) {
           it('should not display', async () => {
             await visualize.navigateToNewVisualization();
             await visualize.clickVisType('lens');
-            await lens.goToTimeRange();
-
             await lens.configureDimension({
               dimension: 'lnsXY_yDimensionPanel > lns-empty-dimension',
               operation: 'average',
@@ -330,7 +322,6 @@ export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }: FtrProviderContext) {
           it('should not display', async () => {
             await visualize.navigateToNewVisualization();
             await visualize.clickVisType('lens');
-            await lens.goToTimeRange();
 
             await lens.configureDimension({
               dimension: 'lnsXY_yDimensionPanel > lns-empty-dimension',
diff --git a/x-pack/test/functional/apps/lens/group3/dashboard_inline_editing.ts b/x-pack/test/functional/apps/lens/group3/dashboard_inline_editing.ts
index 312bddba10ea..3790c22c377b 100644
--- a/x-pack/test/functional/apps/lens/group3/dashboard_inline_editing.ts
+++ b/x-pack/test/functional/apps/lens/group3/dashboard_inline_editing.ts
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }: FtrProviderContext) {
   const createNewLens = async () => {
     await visualize.navigateToNewVisualization();
     await visualize.clickVisType('lens');
-    await lens.goToTimeRange();
 
     await lens.configureDimension({
       dimension: 'lnsXY_yDimensionPanel > lns-empty-dimension',
@@ -39,7 +38,6 @@ export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }: FtrProviderContext) {
     await visualize.gotoVisualizationLandingPage();
     await listingTable.searchForItemWithName('lnsXYvis');
     await lens.clickVisualizeListItemTitle('lnsXYvis');
-    await lens.goToTimeRange();
     await lens.waitForVisualization('xyVisChart');
   };
 
diff --git a/x-pack/test/functional/apps/lens/group3/epoch_millis.ts b/x-pack/test/functional/apps/lens/group3/epoch_millis.ts
index 30f3ffddfcff..23a1254c1aa2 100644
--- a/x-pack/test/functional/apps/lens/group3/epoch_millis.ts
+++ b/x-pack/test/functional/apps/lens/group3/epoch_millis.ts
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }: FtrProviderContext) {
       await visualize.navigateToNewVisualization();
       await visualize.clickVisType('lens');
       await lens.switchDataPanelIndexPattern('epoch-millis*');
-      await lens.goToTimeRange();
       await lens.switchToVisualization('lnsDatatable');
       const fieldList = await lens.findAllFields();
       expect(fieldList).to.contain('@timestamp');
diff --git a/x-pack/test/functional/apps/lens/group3/runtime_fields.ts b/x-pack/test/functional/apps/lens/group3/runtime_fields.ts
index e04a00a64c81..26c2134a68e1 100644
--- a/x-pack/test/functional/apps/lens/group3/runtime_fields.ts
+++ b/x-pack/test/functional/apps/lens/group3/runtime_fields.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }: FtrProviderContext) {
     it('should be able to add runtime field and use it', async () => {
       await visualize.navigateToNewVisualization();
       await visualize.clickVisType('lens');
-      await lens.goToTimeRange();
       await lens.switchToVisualization('lnsDatatable');
       await retry.try(async () => {
         await dataViews.clickAddFieldFromSearchBar();
diff --git a/x-pack/test/functional/apps/lens/group3/terms.ts b/x-pack/test/functional/apps/lens/group3/terms.ts
index 86c43a7549e0..5c7f2c866938 100644
--- a/x-pack/test/functional/apps/lens/group3/terms.ts
+++ b/x-pack/test/functional/apps/lens/group3/terms.ts
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }: FtrProviderContext) {
         await visualize.navigateToNewVisualization();
         await visualize.clickVisType('lens');
         await elasticChart.setNewChartUiDebugFlag(true);
-        await lens.goToTimeRange();
 
         await lens.configureDimension({
           dimension: 'lnsXY_yDimensionPanel > lns-empty-dimension',
@@ -164,7 +163,6 @@ export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }: FtrProviderContext) {
           await visualize.navigateToNewVisualization();
           await visualize.clickVisType('lens');
           await elasticChart.setNewChartUiDebugFlag(true);
-          await lens.goToTimeRange();
 
           await lens.configureDimension({
             dimension: 'lnsXY_yDimensionPanel > lns-empty-dimension',
@@ -282,7 +280,6 @@ export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }: FtrProviderContext) {
         await visualize.navigateToNewVisualization();
         await visualize.clickVisType('lens');
         await elasticChart.setNewChartUiDebugFlag(true);
-        await lens.goToTimeRange();
         await lens.switchDataPanelIndexPattern(esIndexPrefix);
 
         await lens.configureDimension({
diff --git a/x-pack/test/functional/apps/lens/group4/chart_data.ts b/x-pack/test/functional/apps/lens/group4/chart_data.ts
index 512f820e7ed7..3b3a51c28947 100644
--- a/x-pack/test/functional/apps/lens/group4/chart_data.ts
+++ b/x-pack/test/functional/apps/lens/group4/chart_data.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }: FtrProviderContext) {
       await visualize.navigateToNewVisualization();
       await visualize.clickVisType('lens');
       await elasticChart.setNewChartUiDebugFlag(true);
-      await lens.goToTimeRange();
 
       await lens.configureDimension({
         dimension: 'lnsXY_xDimensionPanel > lns-empty-dimension',
diff --git a/x-pack/test/functional/apps/lens/group4/color_mapping.ts b/x-pack/test/functional/apps/lens/group4/color_mapping.ts
index 932c628a09af..008ffa1cb53e 100644
--- a/x-pack/test/functional/apps/lens/group4/color_mapping.ts
+++ b/x-pack/test/functional/apps/lens/group4/color_mapping.ts
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }: FtrProviderContext) {
     before(async () => {
       await visualize.navigateToNewVisualization();
       await visualize.clickVisType('lens');
-      await lens.goToTimeRange();
       await elasticChart.setNewChartUiDebugFlag(true);
 
       await lens.configureDimension({
diff --git a/x-pack/test/functional/apps/lens/group4/colors.ts b/x-pack/test/functional/apps/lens/group4/colors.ts
index 96e1866250da..5c5bbea4ba2c 100644
--- a/x-pack/test/functional/apps/lens/group4/colors.ts
+++ b/x-pack/test/functional/apps/lens/group4/colors.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ export default function ({ getPageObjects }: FtrProviderContext) {
     it('should allow to pick legacy color palette in xy chart', async () => {
       await visualize.navigateToNewVisualization();
       await visualize.clickVisType('lens');
-      await lens.goToTimeRange();
 
       await lens.configureDimension({
         dimension: 'lnsXY_xDimensionPanel > lns-empty-dimension',
@@ -41,7 +40,6 @@ export default function ({ getPageObjects }: FtrProviderContext) {
     it('should allow to pick color mapping palette in xy chart', async () => {
       await visualize.navigateToNewVisualization();
       await visualize.clickVisType('lens');
-      await lens.goToTimeRange();
 
       await lens.configureDimension({
         dimension: 'lnsXY_xDimensionPanel > lns-empty-dimension',
diff --git a/x-pack/test/functional/apps/lens/group4/dashboard.ts b/x-pack/test/functional/apps/lens/group4/dashboard.ts
index 563023a6d2ee..670ee2cb22da 100644
--- a/x-pack/test/functional/apps/lens/group4/dashboard.ts
+++ b/x-pack/test/functional/apps/lens/group4/dashboard.ts
@@ -61,7 +61,6 @@ export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }: FtrProviderContext) {
       await dashboardAddPanel.filterEmbeddableNames('Artistpreviouslyknownaslens');
       await find.clickByButtonText('Artistpreviouslyknownaslens');
       await dashboardAddPanel.closeAddPanel();
-      await lens.goToTimeRange();
       await lens.assertLegacyMetric('Maximum of bytes', '19,986');
     });
 
@@ -72,7 +71,6 @@ export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }: FtrProviderContext) {
       await dashboardAddPanel.filterEmbeddableNames('lnsXYvis');
       await find.clickByButtonText('lnsXYvis');
       await dashboardAddPanel.closeAddPanel();
-      await lens.goToTimeRange();
       await retry.try(async () => {
         await clickInChart(30, 5); // hardcoded position of bar, depends heavy on data and charts implementation
         await testSubjects.existOrFail('applyFiltersPopoverButton', { timeout: 2500 });
@@ -98,7 +96,6 @@ export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }: FtrProviderContext) {
       await dashboardAddPanel.filterEmbeddableNames('lnsXYvis');
       await find.clickByButtonText('lnsXYvis');
       await dashboardAddPanel.closeAddPanel();
-      await lens.goToTimeRange();
       await retry.try(async () => {
         // show the tooltip actions
         await rightClickInChart(30, 5); // hardcoded position of bar, depends heavy on data and charts implementation
@@ -122,7 +119,6 @@ export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }: FtrProviderContext) {
       await dashboardAddPanel.filterEmbeddableNames('lnsXYvis');
       await find.clickByButtonText('lnsXYvis');
       await dashboardAddPanel.closeAddPanel();
-      await lens.goToTimeRange();
       await dashboard.saveDashboard('lnsDrilldown');
 
       await panelActions.expectMissingPanelAction(
@@ -139,7 +135,6 @@ export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }: FtrProviderContext) {
       await find.clickByButtonText('lnsPieVis');
       await dashboardAddPanel.closeAddPanel();
 
-      await lens.goToTimeRange();
       await clickInChart(5, 5); // hardcoded position of the slice, depends heavy on data and charts implementation
 
       await lens.assertExactText(
@@ -189,7 +184,6 @@ export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }: FtrProviderContext) {
       await dashboard.clickNewDashboard();
       await dashboardAddPanel.clickCreateNewLink();
       await header.waitUntilLoadingHasFinished();
-      await lens.goToTimeRange();
       await lens.configureDimension({
         dimension: 'lnsXY_xDimensionPanel > lns-empty-dimension',
         operation: 'date_histogram',
@@ -251,7 +245,6 @@ export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }: FtrProviderContext) {
 
       await dashboardAddPanel.clickCreateNewLink();
       await header.waitUntilLoadingHasFinished();
-      await lens.goToTimeRange();
 
       await lens.configureDimension({
         dimension: 'lnsXY_xDimensionPanel > lns-empty-dimension',
@@ -282,7 +275,6 @@ export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }: FtrProviderContext) {
       await dashboardAddPanel.filterEmbeddableNames('lnsXYvis');
       await find.clickByButtonText('lnsXYvis');
       await dashboardAddPanel.closeAddPanel();
-      await lens.goToTimeRange();
       // type an invalid search query, hit refresh
       await queryBar.setQuery('this is > not valid');
       await queryBar.submitQuery();
diff --git a/x-pack/test/functional/apps/lens/group4/logsdb.ts b/x-pack/test/functional/apps/lens/group4/logsdb.ts
index a58b5c6bf806..8071ad58ac09 100644
--- a/x-pack/test/functional/apps/lens/group4/logsdb.ts
+++ b/x-pack/test/functional/apps/lens/group4/logsdb.ts
@@ -17,11 +17,12 @@ import {
 } from './tsdb_logsdb_helpers';
 
 export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }: FtrProviderContext) {
-  const { common, lens, discover, header } = getPageObjects([
+  const { common, lens, discover, header, timePicker } = getPageObjects([
     'common',
     'lens',
     'discover',
     'header',
+    'timePicker',
   ]);
   const testSubjects = getService('testSubjects');
   const find = getService('find');
@@ -65,6 +66,7 @@ export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }: FtrProviderContext) {
     after(async () => {
       await kibanaServer.savedObjects.cleanStandardList();
       await kibanaServer.uiSettings.replace({});
+      await timePicker.setDefaultAbsoluteRangeViaUiSettings();
       await es.indices.delete({ index: [logsdbIndex] });
     });
 
@@ -72,7 +74,6 @@ export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }: FtrProviderContext) {
       before(async () => {
         await common.navigateToApp('lens');
         await lens.switchDataPanelIndexPattern(logsdbDataView);
-        await lens.goToTimeRange();
       });
 
       afterEach(async () => {
diff --git a/x-pack/test/functional/apps/lens/group4/share.ts b/x-pack/test/functional/apps/lens/group4/share.ts
index 4d01b3cf65c9..94634b093dcc 100644
--- a/x-pack/test/functional/apps/lens/group4/share.ts
+++ b/x-pack/test/functional/apps/lens/group4/share.ts
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }: FtrProviderContext) {
     it('should disable the share button if no request is made', async () => {
       await visualize.navigateToNewVisualization();
       await visualize.clickVisType('lens');
-      await lens.goToTimeRange();
 
       expect(await lens.isShareable()).to.eql(false);
     });
diff --git a/x-pack/test/functional/apps/lens/group4/show_underlying_data.ts b/x-pack/test/functional/apps/lens/group4/show_underlying_data.ts
index 5caf47a41847..18bd3bb830bb 100644
--- a/x-pack/test/functional/apps/lens/group4/show_underlying_data.ts
+++ b/x-pack/test/functional/apps/lens/group4/show_underlying_data.ts
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }: FtrProviderContext) {
       await visualize.gotoVisualizationLandingPage();
       await listingTable.searchForItemWithName('lnsXYvis');
       await lens.clickVisualizeListItemTitle('lnsXYvis');
-      await lens.goToTimeRange();
 
       await lens.waitForVisualization('xyVisChart');
 
diff --git a/x-pack/test/functional/apps/lens/group4/show_underlying_data_dashboard.ts b/x-pack/test/functional/apps/lens/group4/show_underlying_data_dashboard.ts
index de563366af3f..40169ef15ccf 100644
--- a/x-pack/test/functional/apps/lens/group4/show_underlying_data_dashboard.ts
+++ b/x-pack/test/functional/apps/lens/group4/show_underlying_data_dashboard.ts
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }: FtrProviderContext) {
       await visualize.gotoVisualizationLandingPage();
       await listingTable.searchForItemWithName('lnsXYvis');
       await lens.clickVisualizeListItemTitle('lnsXYvis');
-      await lens.goToTimeRange();
       await lens.save('Embedded Visualization', true, false, false, 'new');
 
       await dashboard.saveDashboard(`Open in Discover Testing ${uuidv4()}`, {
diff --git a/x-pack/test/functional/apps/lens/group4/time_shift.ts b/x-pack/test/functional/apps/lens/group4/time_shift.ts
index 9cbe84f033ff..de341945b3f4 100644
--- a/x-pack/test/functional/apps/lens/group4/time_shift.ts
+++ b/x-pack/test/functional/apps/lens/group4/time_shift.ts
@@ -8,14 +8,13 @@
 import expect from '@kbn/expect';
 import { FtrProviderContext } from '../../../ftr_provider_context';
 
-export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }: FtrProviderContext) {
+export default function ({ getPageObjects }: FtrProviderContext) {
   const { visualize, lens } = getPageObjects(['visualize', 'lens']);
 
   describe('time shift', () => {
     it('should able to configure a shifted metric', async () => {
       await visualize.navigateToNewVisualization();
       await visualize.clickVisType('lens');
-      await lens.goToTimeRange();
       await lens.switchToVisualization('lnsDatatable');
       await lens.configureDimension({
         dimension: 'lnsDatatable_rows > lns-empty-dimension',
diff --git a/x-pack/test/functional/apps/lens/group5/drag_and_drop.ts b/x-pack/test/functional/apps/lens/group5/drag_and_drop.ts
index 144c9f0b8995..1950edc28a9e 100644
--- a/x-pack/test/functional/apps/lens/group5/drag_and_drop.ts
+++ b/x-pack/test/functional/apps/lens/group5/drag_and_drop.ts
@@ -16,14 +16,23 @@ export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }: FtrProviderContext) {
 
   describe('lens drag and drop tests', () => {
     describe('basic drag and drop', () => {
-      it('should construct the basic split xy chart', async () => {
+      it('should construct a bar chart when dropping a field to create top values chart', async () => {
+        await visualize.navigateToNewVisualization();
+        await visualize.clickVisType('lens');
+        await header.waitUntilLoadingHasFinished();
+        await lens.dragFieldToWorkspace('machine.os.raw', xyChartContainer);
+        expect(await lens.getDimensionTriggerText('lnsXY_xDimensionPanel')).to.eql(
+          'Top 5 values of machine.os.raw'
+        );
+        expect(await lens.getChartTypeFromChartSwitcher()).to.eql('Bar');
+      });
+      it('should construct a bar chart when dropping a time field to create a date histogram chart', async () => {
         await visualize.navigateToNewVisualization();
         await visualize.clickVisType('lens');
-        await lens.goToTimeRange();
         await header.waitUntilLoadingHasFinished();
         await lens.dragFieldToWorkspace('@timestamp', xyChartContainer);
-
         expect(await lens.getDimensionTriggerText('lnsXY_xDimensionPanel')).to.eql('@timestamp');
+        expect(await lens.getChartTypeFromChartSwitcher()).to.eql('Bar');
       });
 
       it('should allow dropping fields to existing and empty dimension triggers', async () => {
@@ -224,7 +233,6 @@ export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }: FtrProviderContext) {
       it('should drop a field to workspace', async () => {
         await visualize.navigateToNewVisualization();
         await visualize.clickVisType('lens');
-        await lens.goToTimeRange();
         await header.waitUntilLoadingHasFinished();
         await lens.dragFieldWithKeyboard('@timestamp');
         expect(await lens.getDimensionTriggerText('lnsXY_xDimensionPanel')).to.eql('@timestamp');
@@ -300,7 +308,6 @@ export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }: FtrProviderContext) {
       it('should always nest time dimension in categorical dimension', async () => {
         await visualize.navigateToNewVisualization();
         await visualize.clickVisType('lens');
-        await lens.goToTimeRange();
         await header.waitUntilLoadingHasFinished();
         await lens.dragFieldToWorkspace('@timestamp', xyChartContainer);
         await lens.waitForVisualization(xyChartContainer);
@@ -330,7 +337,6 @@ export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }: FtrProviderContext) {
         await visualize.gotoVisualizationLandingPage();
         await listingTable.searchForItemWithName('lnsXYvis');
         await lens.clickVisualizeListItemTitle('lnsXYvis');
-        await lens.goToTimeRange();
 
         await lens.createLayer('data');
 
@@ -410,7 +416,6 @@ export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }: FtrProviderContext) {
         await visualize.gotoVisualizationLandingPage();
         await listingTable.searchForItemWithName('lnsXYvis');
         await lens.clickVisualizeListItemTitle('lnsXYvis');
-        await lens.goToTimeRange();
 
         await lens.createLayer('data');
         await lens.dragFieldToDimensionTrigger(
diff --git a/x-pack/test/functional/apps/lens/group5/formula.ts b/x-pack/test/functional/apps/lens/group5/formula.ts
index 95404faf5a99..c12551bed35f 100644
--- a/x-pack/test/functional/apps/lens/group5/formula.ts
+++ b/x-pack/test/functional/apps/lens/group5/formula.ts
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }: FtrProviderContext) {
       await visualize.gotoVisualizationLandingPage();
       await listingTable.searchForItemWithName('lnsXYvis');
       await lens.clickVisualizeListItemTitle('lnsXYvis');
-      await lens.goToTimeRange();
 
       await lens.configureDimension({
         dimension: 'lnsXY_yDimensionPanel > lns-dimensionTrigger',
@@ -43,7 +42,7 @@ export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }: FtrProviderContext) {
     it('should update and delete a formula', async () => {
       await visualize.navigateToNewVisualization();
       await visualize.clickVisType('lens');
-      await lens.goToTimeRange();
+
       await lens.switchToVisualization('lnsDatatable');
 
       await lens.configureDimension({
@@ -64,7 +63,7 @@ export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }: FtrProviderContext) {
     it('should insert single quotes and escape when needed to create valid KQL', async () => {
       await visualize.navigateToNewVisualization();
       await visualize.clickVisType('lens');
-      await lens.goToTimeRange();
+
       await lens.switchToVisualization('lnsDatatable');
 
       await lens.configureDimension({
@@ -96,7 +95,7 @@ export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }: FtrProviderContext) {
     it('should insert single quotes and escape when needed to create valid field name', async () => {
       await visualize.navigateToNewVisualization();
       await visualize.clickVisType('lens');
-      await lens.goToTimeRange();
+
       await lens.switchToVisualization('lnsDatatable');
       await dataViews.clickAddFieldFromSearchBar();
       await fieldEditor.setName(`ab' "'`, true, true);
@@ -127,7 +126,7 @@ export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }: FtrProviderContext) {
     it('should persist a broken formula on close', async () => {
       await visualize.navigateToNewVisualization();
       await visualize.clickVisType('lens');
-      await lens.goToTimeRange();
+
       await lens.switchToVisualization('lnsDatatable');
 
       // Close immediately
@@ -145,7 +144,7 @@ export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }: FtrProviderContext) {
     it('should keep the formula when entering expanded mode', async () => {
       await visualize.navigateToNewVisualization();
       await visualize.clickVisType('lens');
-      await lens.goToTimeRange();
+
       await lens.switchToVisualization('lnsDatatable');
 
       await lens.configureDimension({
@@ -164,7 +163,7 @@ export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }: FtrProviderContext) {
     it('should allow an empty formula combined with a valid formula', async () => {
       await visualize.navigateToNewVisualization();
       await visualize.clickVisType('lens');
-      await lens.goToTimeRange();
+
       await lens.switchToVisualization('lnsDatatable');
 
       await lens.configureDimension({
@@ -184,7 +183,7 @@ export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }: FtrProviderContext) {
     it('should duplicate a moving average formula and be a valid table with conditional coloring', async () => {
       await visualize.navigateToNewVisualization();
       await visualize.clickVisType('lens');
-      await lens.goToTimeRange();
+
       await lens.switchToVisualization('lnsDatatable');
 
       await lens.configureDimension({
@@ -219,7 +218,7 @@ export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }: FtrProviderContext) {
     it('should keep the formula if the user does not fully transition to a quick function', async () => {
       await visualize.navigateToNewVisualization();
       await visualize.clickVisType('lens');
-      await lens.goToTimeRange();
+
       await lens.switchToVisualization('lnsDatatable');
 
       await lens.configureDimension({
@@ -240,7 +239,6 @@ export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }: FtrProviderContext) {
     it('should keep the formula if the user does not fully transition to a static value', async () => {
       await visualize.navigateToNewVisualization();
       await visualize.clickVisType('lens');
-      await lens.goToTimeRange();
 
       await lens.configureDimension({
         dimension: 'lnsXY_yDimensionPanel > lns-empty-dimension',
@@ -269,7 +267,7 @@ export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }: FtrProviderContext) {
     it('should allow numeric only formulas', async () => {
       await visualize.navigateToNewVisualization();
       await visualize.clickVisType('lens');
-      await lens.goToTimeRange();
+
       await lens.switchToVisualization('lnsDatatable');
 
       await lens.configureDimension({
@@ -289,7 +287,7 @@ export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }: FtrProviderContext) {
     it('should apply a global filter to the current formula', async () => {
       await visualize.navigateToNewVisualization();
       await visualize.clickVisType('lens');
-      await lens.goToTimeRange();
+
       await lens.switchToVisualization('lnsDatatable');
 
       await lens.configureDimension({
diff --git a/x-pack/test/functional/apps/lens/group5/gauge.ts b/x-pack/test/functional/apps/lens/group5/gauge.ts
index eea38d486833..6aab255337e7 100644
--- a/x-pack/test/functional/apps/lens/group5/gauge.ts
+++ b/x-pack/test/functional/apps/lens/group5/gauge.ts
@@ -10,13 +10,12 @@ import expect from '@kbn/expect';
 import { FtrProviderContext } from '../../../ftr_provider_context';
 
 export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }: FtrProviderContext) {
-  const { visualize, lens, timePicker } = getPageObjects(['visualize', 'lens', 'timePicker']);
+  const { visualize, lens } = getPageObjects(['visualize', 'lens']);
   const elasticChart = getService('elasticChart');
   const testSubjects = getService('testSubjects');
 
   describe('lens gauge', () => {
     before(async () => {
-      await timePicker.setDefaultAbsoluteRangeViaUiSettings();
       await visualize.navigateToNewVisualization();
       await visualize.clickVisType('lens');
       await elasticChart.setNewChartUiDebugFlag(true);
diff --git a/x-pack/test/functional/apps/lens/group5/geo_field.ts b/x-pack/test/functional/apps/lens/group5/geo_field.ts
index a5851263fae8..a184aad12c46 100644
--- a/x-pack/test/functional/apps/lens/group5/geo_field.ts
+++ b/x-pack/test/functional/apps/lens/group5/geo_field.ts
@@ -9,12 +9,13 @@ import expect from '@kbn/expect';
 import { FtrProviderContext } from '../../../ftr_provider_context';
 
 export default function ({ getPageObjects }: FtrProviderContext) {
-  const { visualize, lens, header, maps, common } = getPageObjects([
+  const { visualize, lens, header, maps, common, timePicker } = getPageObjects([
     'visualize',
     'lens',
     'header',
     'maps',
     'common',
+    'timePicker',
   ]);
   const from = 'Sep 22, 2015 @ 00:00:00.000';
   const to = 'Sep 22, 2015 @ 04:00:00.000';
@@ -25,7 +26,7 @@ export default function ({ getPageObjects }: FtrProviderContext) {
     });
 
     after(async () => {
-      await common.unsetTime();
+      await timePicker.setDefaultAbsoluteRangeViaUiSettings();
     });
 
     it('should visualize geo fields in maps', async () => {
diff --git a/x-pack/test/functional/apps/lens/group5/heatmap.ts b/x-pack/test/functional/apps/lens/group5/heatmap.ts
index 7597b0448433..7abcba0cb078 100644
--- a/x-pack/test/functional/apps/lens/group5/heatmap.ts
+++ b/x-pack/test/functional/apps/lens/group5/heatmap.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }: FtrProviderContext) {
       await visualize.navigateToNewVisualization();
       await visualize.clickVisType('lens');
       await elasticChart.setNewChartUiDebugFlag(true);
-      await lens.goToTimeRange();
 
       await lens.configureDimension({
         dimension: 'lnsXY_xDimensionPanel > lns-empty-dimension',
diff --git a/x-pack/test/functional/apps/lens/group5/tagcloud.ts b/x-pack/test/functional/apps/lens/group5/tagcloud.ts
index dd718a476a48..bab136bcc1c5 100644
--- a/x-pack/test/functional/apps/lens/group5/tagcloud.ts
+++ b/x-pack/test/functional/apps/lens/group5/tagcloud.ts
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }: FtrProviderContext) {
       await visualize.navigateToNewVisualization();
       await visualize.clickVisType('lens');
       await elasticChart.setNewChartUiDebugFlag(true);
-      await lens.goToTimeRange();
+
       await lens.switchToVisualization('lnsTagcloud', 'Tag cloud');
 
       await lens.configureDimension({
diff --git a/x-pack/test/functional/apps/lens/group6/annotations.ts b/x-pack/test/functional/apps/lens/group6/annotations.ts
index 7556440eeb3b..6738a0c7fd45 100644
--- a/x-pack/test/functional/apps/lens/group6/annotations.ts
+++ b/x-pack/test/functional/apps/lens/group6/annotations.ts
@@ -9,28 +9,14 @@ import expect from '@kbn/expect';
 import { FtrProviderContext } from '../../../ftr_provider_context';
 
 export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }: FtrProviderContext) {
-  const { visualize, lens, common, tagManagement } = getPageObjects([
-    'visualize',
-    'lens',
-    'common',
-    'tagManagement',
-  ]);
+  const { visualize, lens, tagManagement } = getPageObjects(['visualize', 'lens', 'tagManagement']);
   const find = getService('find');
   const retry = getService('retry');
   const toastsService = getService('toasts');
   const testSubjects = getService('testSubjects');
   const listingTable = getService('listingTable');
-  const from = 'Sep 19, 2015 @ 06:31:44.000';
-  const to = 'Sep 23, 2015 @ 18:31:44.000';
 
   describe('lens annotations tests', () => {
-    before(async () => {
-      await common.setTime({ from, to });
-    });
-    after(async () => {
-      await common.unsetTime();
-    });
-
     it('should show a disabled annotation layer button if there is no date histogram in data layer', async () => {
       await visualize.navigateToNewVisualization();
       await visualize.clickVisType('lens');
@@ -46,7 +32,6 @@ export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }: FtrProviderContext) {
 
     it('should add manual annotation layer with static date and allow edition', async () => {
       await lens.removeLayer();
-      await lens.goToTimeRange();
       await lens.dragFieldToWorkspace('@timestamp', 'xyVisChart');
 
       await lens.createLayer('annotations');
@@ -117,8 +102,6 @@ export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }: FtrProviderContext) {
       it('should save annotation group to library', async () => {
         await visualize.navigateToNewVisualization();
         await visualize.clickVisType('lens');
-
-        await lens.goToTimeRange();
         await lens.dragFieldToWorkspace('@timestamp', 'xyVisChart');
 
         await lens.createLayer('annotations');
@@ -166,8 +149,6 @@ export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }: FtrProviderContext) {
       it('should add annotation group from library', async () => {
         await visualize.navigateToNewVisualization();
         await visualize.clickVisType('lens');
-
-        await lens.goToTimeRange();
         await lens.dragFieldToWorkspace('@timestamp', 'xyVisChart');
 
         await lens.createLayer('annotations', ANNOTATION_GROUP_TITLE);
diff --git a/x-pack/test/functional/apps/lens/group6/disable_auto_apply.ts b/x-pack/test/functional/apps/lens/group6/disable_auto_apply.ts
index 8cccfd759450..56d182e00713 100644
--- a/x-pack/test/functional/apps/lens/group6/disable_auto_apply.ts
+++ b/x-pack/test/functional/apps/lens/group6/disable_auto_apply.ts
@@ -47,8 +47,6 @@ export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }: FtrProviderContext) {
     });
 
     it('should preserve apply-changes button with full-screen datasource', async () => {
-      await lens.goToTimeRange();
-
       await lens.disableAutoApply();
       await lens.closeSettingsMenu();
 
diff --git a/x-pack/test/functional/apps/lens/group6/inspector.ts b/x-pack/test/functional/apps/lens/group6/inspector.ts
index 56d8fd3cdd7b..a21abe85fe73 100644
--- a/x-pack/test/functional/apps/lens/group6/inspector.ts
+++ b/x-pack/test/functional/apps/lens/group6/inspector.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }: FtrProviderContext) {
       await visualize.navigateToNewVisualization();
       await visualize.clickVisType('lens');
       await elasticChart.setNewChartUiDebugFlag(true);
-      await lens.goToTimeRange();
 
       await lens.configureDimension({
         dimension: 'lnsXY_xDimensionPanel > lns-empty-dimension',
diff --git a/x-pack/test/functional/apps/lens/group6/legacy_metric.ts b/x-pack/test/functional/apps/lens/group6/legacy_metric.ts
index 9b404e7f8e53..5385422a7bfe 100644
--- a/x-pack/test/functional/apps/lens/group6/legacy_metric.ts
+++ b/x-pack/test/functional/apps/lens/group6/legacy_metric.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }: FtrProviderContext) {
       await visualize.gotoVisualizationLandingPage();
       await listingTable.searchForItemWithName('Artistpreviouslyknownaslens');
       await lens.clickVisualizeListItemTitle('Artistpreviouslyknownaslens');
-      await lens.goToTimeRange();
       await lens.assertLegacyMetric('Maximum of bytes', '19,986');
     });
 
diff --git a/x-pack/test/functional/apps/lens/group6/lens_reporting.ts b/x-pack/test/functional/apps/lens/group6/lens_reporting.ts
index 4b2a182df741..26f68e73d10e 100644
--- a/x-pack/test/functional/apps/lens/group6/lens_reporting.ts
+++ b/x-pack/test/functional/apps/lens/group6/lens_reporting.ts
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }: FtrProviderContext) {
 
     after(async () => {
       await kibanaServer.savedObjects.cleanStandardList();
-      await timePicker.resetDefaultAbsoluteRangeViaUiSettings();
+      await timePicker.setDefaultAbsoluteRangeViaUiSettings();
       await es.deleteByQuery({
         index: '.reporting-*',
         refresh: true,
@@ -78,7 +78,6 @@ export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }: FtrProviderContext) {
           await visualize.gotoVisualizationLandingPage();
           await visualize.navigateToNewVisualization();
           await visualize.clickVisType('lens');
-          await lens.goToTimeRange();
 
           await lens.configureDimension({
             dimension: 'lnsXY_xDimensionPanel > lns-empty-dimension',
diff --git a/x-pack/test/functional/apps/lens/group6/lens_tagging.ts b/x-pack/test/functional/apps/lens/group6/lens_tagging.ts
index 56f97c8751d7..b6b441249f21 100644
--- a/x-pack/test/functional/apps/lens/group6/lens_tagging.ts
+++ b/x-pack/test/functional/apps/lens/group6/lens_tagging.ts
@@ -16,13 +16,12 @@ export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }: FtrProviderContext) {
   const find = getService('find');
   const dashboardAddPanel = getService('dashboardAddPanel');
   const dashboardPanelActions = getService('dashboardPanelActions');
-  const { tagManagement, header, dashboard, visualize, lens, timePicker } = getPageObjects([
+  const { tagManagement, header, dashboard, visualize, lens } = getPageObjects([
     'tagManagement',
     'header',
     'dashboard',
     'visualize',
     'lens',
-    'timePicker',
   ]);
 
   const lensTag = 'extreme-lens-tag';
@@ -31,20 +30,14 @@ export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }: FtrProviderContext) {
   describe('lens tagging', () => {
     before(async () => {
       await esArchiver.loadIfNeeded('x-pack/test/functional/es_archives/logstash_functional');
-      await timePicker.setDefaultAbsoluteRangeViaUiSettings();
       await dashboard.navigateToApp();
       await dashboard.preserveCrossAppState();
       await dashboard.clickNewDashboard();
     });
 
-    after(async () => {
-      await timePicker.setDefaultAbsoluteRangeViaUiSettings();
-    });
-
     it('adds a new tag to a Lens visualization', async () => {
       // create lens
       await dashboardAddPanel.clickCreateNewLink();
-      await lens.goToTimeRange();
       await lens.configureDimension({
         dimension: 'lnsXY_xDimensionPanel > lns-empty-dimension',
         operation: 'date_histogram',
diff --git a/x-pack/test/functional/apps/lens/group6/metric.ts b/x-pack/test/functional/apps/lens/group6/metric.ts
index fcf8cd6f7e55..03ca571c48d0 100644
--- a/x-pack/test/functional/apps/lens/group6/metric.ts
+++ b/x-pack/test/functional/apps/lens/group6/metric.ts
@@ -76,7 +76,6 @@ export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }: FtrProviderContext) {
     it('should render a metric', async () => {
       await visualize.navigateToNewVisualization();
       await visualize.clickVisType('lens');
-      await lens.goToTimeRange();
 
       await lens.switchToVisualization('lnsMetric', 'Metric');
 
@@ -349,7 +348,6 @@ export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }: FtrProviderContext) {
     it('does carry custom formatting when transitioning from other visualization', async () => {
       await visualize.navigateToNewVisualization();
       await visualize.clickVisType('lens');
-      await lens.goToTimeRange();
 
       await lens.switchToVisualization('lnsLegacyMetric');
       // await lens.clickLegacyMetric();
diff --git a/x-pack/test/functional/apps/lens/group6/reference_lines.ts b/x-pack/test/functional/apps/lens/group6/reference_lines.ts
index 245162b5e474..b1d4a3e77ee3 100644
--- a/x-pack/test/functional/apps/lens/group6/reference_lines.ts
+++ b/x-pack/test/functional/apps/lens/group6/reference_lines.ts
@@ -29,8 +29,6 @@ export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }: FtrProviderContext) {
     });
 
     it('should add a reference layer with a static value in it', async () => {
-      await lens.goToTimeRange();
-
       await lens.configureDimension({
         dimension: 'lnsXY_xDimensionPanel > lns-empty-dimension',
         operation: 'date_histogram',
diff --git a/x-pack/test/functional/apps/lens/group6/rollup.ts b/x-pack/test/functional/apps/lens/group6/rollup.ts
index c1d3c343350d..7eab6d86b651 100644
--- a/x-pack/test/functional/apps/lens/group6/rollup.ts
+++ b/x-pack/test/functional/apps/lens/group6/rollup.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import expect from '@kbn/expect';
 import { FtrProviderContext } from '../../../ftr_provider_context';
 
 export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }: FtrProviderContext) {
-  const { visualize, lens, timePicker } = getPageObjects(['visualize', 'lens', 'timePicker']);
+  const { visualize, lens } = getPageObjects(['visualize', 'lens']);
   const find = getService('find');
   const listingTable = getService('listingTable');
   const esArchiver = getService('esArchiver');
@@ -22,20 +22,16 @@ export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }: FtrProviderContext) {
       await kibanaServer.importExport.load(
         'x-pack/test/functional/fixtures/kbn_archiver/rollup/config.json'
       );
-      await timePicker.setDefaultAbsoluteRangeViaUiSettings();
     });
 
     after(async () => {
       await esArchiver.unload('x-pack/test/functional/es_archives/lens/rollup/data');
       await kibanaServer.savedObjects.cleanStandardList();
-      await timePicker.resetDefaultAbsoluteRangeViaUiSettings();
     });
 
     it('should allow creation of lens xy chart', async () => {
       await visualize.navigateToNewVisualization();
       await visualize.clickVisType('lens');
-      await lens.goToTimeRange();
-
       await lens.configureDimension({
         dimension: 'lnsXY_xDimensionPanel > lns-empty-dimension',
         operation: 'date_histogram',
@@ -62,8 +58,6 @@ export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }: FtrProviderContext) {
       await visualize.gotoVisualizationLandingPage();
       await listingTable.searchForItemWithName('Afancilenstest');
       await lens.clickVisualizeListItemTitle('Afancilenstest');
-      await lens.goToTimeRange();
-
       expect(await lens.getTitle()).to.eql('Afancilenstest');
 
       // .echLegendItem__title is the only viable way of getting the xy chart's
@@ -82,7 +76,6 @@ export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }: FtrProviderContext) {
     it('should allow to switch from regular index to rollup index retaining config', async () => {
       await visualize.navigateToNewVisualization();
       await visualize.clickVisType('lens');
-      await lens.goToTimeRange();
       await lens.switchDataPanelIndexPattern('lens_regular_data');
       await lens.switchToVisualization('lnsLegacyMetric');
       await lens.configureDimension({
diff --git a/x-pack/test/functional/apps/lens/group6/workspace_size.ts b/x-pack/test/functional/apps/lens/group6/workspace_size.ts
index 0ba44a5249c6..9ae8f21cebf6 100644
--- a/x-pack/test/functional/apps/lens/group6/workspace_size.ts
+++ b/x-pack/test/functional/apps/lens/group6/workspace_size.ts
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }: FtrProviderContext) {
 
       await visualize.navigateToNewVisualization();
       await visualize.clickVisType('lens');
-      await lens.goToTimeRange();
       // Detect here if the Chrome bug is present, and adjust the aspect ratio accordingly if not
       if (!within(width, DEFAULT_WINDOW_SIZE[0]) || !within(height, DEFAULT_WINDOW_SIZE[1])) {
         const { width: containerWidth, height: containerHeight } =
diff --git a/x-pack/test/functional/apps/lens/open_in_lens/agg_based/gauge.ts b/x-pack/test/functional/apps/lens/open_in_lens/agg_based/gauge.ts
index 2d302bd7b746..b765bb4665bf 100644
--- a/x-pack/test/functional/apps/lens/open_in_lens/agg_based/gauge.ts
+++ b/x-pack/test/functional/apps/lens/open_in_lens/agg_based/gauge.ts
@@ -10,10 +10,9 @@ import expect from '@kbn/expect';
 import { FtrProviderContext } from '../../../../ftr_provider_context';
 
 export default function ({ getPageObjects, getService }: FtrProviderContext) {
-  const { visualize, lens, timePicker, visEditor, visChart } = getPageObjects([
+  const { visualize, lens, visEditor, visChart } = getPageObjects([
     'visualize',
     'lens',
-    'timePicker',
     'visEditor',
     'visChart',
   ]);
@@ -30,7 +29,6 @@ export default function ({ getPageObjects, getService }: FtrProviderContext) {
       await visualize.navigateToNewAggBasedVisualization();
       await visualize.clickGauge();
       await visualize.clickNewSearch();
-      await timePicker.setDefaultAbsoluteRange();
       await elasticChart.setNewChartUiDebugFlag(true);
     });
 
diff --git a/x-pack/test/functional/apps/lens/open_in_lens/agg_based/goal.ts b/x-pack/test/functional/apps/lens/open_in_lens/agg_based/goal.ts
index 89d08c0abeb1..2815a5774af0 100644
--- a/x-pack/test/functional/apps/lens/open_in_lens/agg_based/goal.ts
+++ b/x-pack/test/functional/apps/lens/open_in_lens/agg_based/goal.ts
@@ -9,11 +9,10 @@ import expect from '@kbn/expect';
 import { FtrProviderContext } from '../../../../ftr_provider_context';
 
 export default function ({ getPageObjects, getService }: FtrProviderContext) {
-  const { visualize, lens, visChart, timePicker, visEditor } = getPageObjects([
+  const { visualize, lens, visChart, visEditor } = getPageObjects([
     'visualize',
     'lens',
     'visChart',
-    'timePicker',
     'visEditor',
   ]);
 
@@ -28,7 +27,6 @@ export default function ({ getPageObjects, getService }: FtrProviderContext) {
       await visualize.navigateToNewAggBasedVisualization();
       await visualize.clickGoal();
       await visualize.clickNewSearch();
-      await timePicker.setDefaultAbsoluteRange();
     });
 
     it('should show the "Edit Visualization in Lens" menu item', async () => {
diff --git a/x-pack/test/functional/apps/lens/open_in_lens/agg_based/heatmap.ts b/x-pack/test/functional/apps/lens/open_in_lens/agg_based/heatmap.ts
index 0f30e2194273..6ebc6ce20e90 100644
--- a/x-pack/test/functional/apps/lens/open_in_lens/agg_based/heatmap.ts
+++ b/x-pack/test/functional/apps/lens/open_in_lens/agg_based/heatmap.ts
@@ -9,11 +9,10 @@ import expect from '@kbn/expect';
 import { FtrProviderContext } from '../../../../ftr_provider_context';
 
 export default function ({ getPageObjects }: FtrProviderContext) {
-  const { visualize, lens, visChart, timePicker, visEditor } = getPageObjects([
+  const { visualize, lens, visChart, visEditor } = getPageObjects([
     'visualize',
     'lens',
     'visChart',
-    'timePicker',
     'visEditor',
   ]);
 
@@ -26,7 +25,6 @@ export default function ({ getPageObjects }: FtrProviderContext) {
       await visualize.navigateToNewAggBasedVisualization();
       await visualize.clickHeatmapChart();
       await visualize.clickNewSearch();
-      await timePicker.setDefaultAbsoluteRange();
     });
 
     it('should show the "Edit Visualization in Lens" menu item if no X-axis was specified', async () => {
diff --git a/x-pack/test/functional/apps/lens/open_in_lens/agg_based/index.ts b/x-pack/test/functional/apps/lens/open_in_lens/agg_based/index.ts
index e0e5eca1a0ff..3f9c2eb1802e 100644
--- a/x-pack/test/functional/apps/lens/open_in_lens/agg_based/index.ts
+++ b/x-pack/test/functional/apps/lens/open_in_lens/agg_based/index.ts
@@ -53,11 +53,11 @@ export default function ({ loadTestFile, getService, getPageObjects }: FtrProvid
 
       await esNode.load(esArchive);
       // changing the timepicker default here saves us from having to set it in Discover (~8s)
-      await timePicker.setDefaultAbsoluteRangeViaUiSettings();
       await kibanaServer.uiSettings.update({
         defaultIndex: indexPatternString,
         'dateFormat:tz': 'UTC',
       });
+      await timePicker.setDefaultAbsoluteRangeViaUiSettings();
       await kibanaServer.importExport.load(fixtureDirs.lensBasic);
       await kibanaServer.importExport.load(fixtureDirs.lensDefault);
     });
diff --git a/x-pack/test/functional/apps/lens/open_in_lens/agg_based/metric.ts b/x-pack/test/functional/apps/lens/open_in_lens/agg_based/metric.ts
index 0ff670848d47..c0149f3b6f39 100644
--- a/x-pack/test/functional/apps/lens/open_in_lens/agg_based/metric.ts
+++ b/x-pack/test/functional/apps/lens/open_in_lens/agg_based/metric.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import expect from '@kbn/expect';
 import { FtrProviderContext } from '../../../../ftr_provider_context';
 
 export default function ({ getPageObjects, getService }: FtrProviderContext) {
-  const { visEditor, visualize, lens, timePicker, visChart } = getPageObjects([
+  const { visEditor, visualize, lens, visChart, timePicker } = getPageObjects([
     'visEditor',
     'visualize',
     'visChart',
diff --git a/x-pack/test/functional/apps/lens/open_in_lens/agg_based/navigation.ts b/x-pack/test/functional/apps/lens/open_in_lens/agg_based/navigation.ts
index 1eb41d6dc86c..d76a2ec0154b 100644
--- a/x-pack/test/functional/apps/lens/open_in_lens/agg_based/navigation.ts
+++ b/x-pack/test/functional/apps/lens/open_in_lens/agg_based/navigation.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import expect from '@kbn/expect';
 import { FtrProviderContext } from '../../../../ftr_provider_context';
 
 export default function ({ getPageObjects, getService }: FtrProviderContext) {
-  const { visualize, lens, timePicker } = getPageObjects(['visualize', 'lens', 'timePicker']);
+  const { visualize, lens } = getPageObjects(['visualize', 'lens']);
 
   const testSubjects = getService('testSubjects');
   const retry = getService('retry');
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ export default function ({ getPageObjects, getService }: FtrProviderContext) {
       await visualize.navigateToNewAggBasedVisualization();
       await visualize.clickLineChart();
       await visualize.clickNewSearch();
-      await timePicker.setDefaultAbsoluteRange();
     });
 
     it('should let the user return back to Visualize if no changes were made', async () => {
diff --git a/x-pack/test/functional/apps/lens/open_in_lens/agg_based/pie.ts b/x-pack/test/functional/apps/lens/open_in_lens/agg_based/pie.ts
index 785c1706ffbe..42a015acdd31 100644
--- a/x-pack/test/functional/apps/lens/open_in_lens/agg_based/pie.ts
+++ b/x-pack/test/functional/apps/lens/open_in_lens/agg_based/pie.ts
@@ -9,11 +9,10 @@ import expect from '@kbn/expect';
 import { FtrProviderContext } from '../../../../ftr_provider_context';
 
 export default function ({ getPageObjects, getService }: FtrProviderContext) {
-  const { visualize, visEditor, lens, timePicker, header } = getPageObjects([
+  const { visualize, visEditor, lens, header } = getPageObjects([
     'visualize',
     'lens',
     'visEditor',
-    'timePicker',
     'header',
   ]);
 
@@ -29,7 +28,6 @@ export default function ({ getPageObjects, getService }: FtrProviderContext) {
       await visualize.navigateToNewAggBasedVisualization();
       await visualize.clickPieChart();
       await visualize.clickNewSearch();
-      await timePicker.setDefaultAbsoluteRange();
     });
 
     it('should hide the "Edit Visualization in Lens" menu item if no split slices were defined', async () => {
diff --git a/x-pack/test/functional/apps/lens/open_in_lens/agg_based/table.ts b/x-pack/test/functional/apps/lens/open_in_lens/agg_based/table.ts
index 380f58f2ea8b..0b50c226cab5 100644
--- a/x-pack/test/functional/apps/lens/open_in_lens/agg_based/table.ts
+++ b/x-pack/test/functional/apps/lens/open_in_lens/agg_based/table.ts
@@ -9,11 +9,10 @@ import expect from '@kbn/expect';
 import { FtrProviderContext } from '../../../../ftr_provider_context';
 
 export default function ({ getPageObjects, getService }: FtrProviderContext) {
-  const { visualize, visEditor, lens, timePicker, header } = getPageObjects([
+  const { visualize, visEditor, lens, header } = getPageObjects([
     'visualize',
     'lens',
     'visEditor',
-    'timePicker',
     'header',
   ]);
 
@@ -29,7 +28,6 @@ export default function ({ getPageObjects, getService }: FtrProviderContext) {
       await visualize.navigateToNewAggBasedVisualization();
       await visualize.clickDataTable();
       await visualize.clickNewSearch();
-      await timePicker.setDefaultAbsoluteRange();
     });
 
     it('should not allow converting of unsupported aggregations', async () => {
diff --git a/x-pack/test/functional/apps/lens/open_in_lens/agg_based/xy.ts b/x-pack/test/functional/apps/lens/open_in_lens/agg_based/xy.ts
index d417129b58f9..4f5aa005b902 100644
--- a/x-pack/test/functional/apps/lens/open_in_lens/agg_based/xy.ts
+++ b/x-pack/test/functional/apps/lens/open_in_lens/agg_based/xy.ts
@@ -9,11 +9,10 @@ import expect from '@kbn/expect';
 import { FtrProviderContext } from '../../../../ftr_provider_context';
 
 export default function ({ getPageObjects, getService }: FtrProviderContext) {
-  const { visualize, visEditor, lens, timePicker, header, visChart } = getPageObjects([
+  const { visualize, visEditor, lens, header, visChart } = getPageObjects([
     'visualize',
     'lens',
     'visEditor',
-    'timePicker',
     'header',
     'visChart',
   ]);
@@ -30,7 +29,6 @@ export default function ({ getPageObjects, getService }: FtrProviderContext) {
       await visualize.navigateToNewAggBasedVisualization();
       await visualize.clickLineChart();
       await visualize.clickNewSearch();
-      await timePicker.setDefaultAbsoluteRange();
     });
 
     it('should show the "Edit Visualization in Lens" menu item', async () => {
diff --git a/x-pack/test/functional/page_objects/lens_page.ts b/x-pack/test/functional/page_objects/lens_page.ts
index 310f52f7e651..f4db890b2695 100644
--- a/x-pack/test/functional/page_objects/lens_page.ts
+++ b/x-pack/test/functional/page_objects/lens_page.ts
@@ -915,6 +915,10 @@ export function LensPageProvider({ getService, getPageObjects }: FtrProviderCont
         }
       });
     },
+    async getChartTypeFromChartSwitcher() {
+      const chartSwitcher = await testSubjects.find('lnsChartSwitchPopover');
+      return await chartSwitcher.getVisibleText();
+    },
 
     async openChartSwitchPopover(layerIndex = 0) {
       if (await testSubjects.exists('lnsChartSwitchList', { timeout: 50 })) {
diff --git a/x-pack/test/localization/tests/lens/formula.ts b/x-pack/test/localization/tests/lens/formula.ts
index dcb63b2bdb48..6239460f89d6 100644
--- a/x-pack/test/localization/tests/lens/formula.ts
+++ b/x-pack/test/localization/tests/lens/formula.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }: FtrProviderContext) {
       await visualize.navigateToNewVisualization();
       await visualize.clickVisType('lens');
       await elasticChart.setNewChartUiDebugFlag(true);
-      await lens.goToTimeRange();
 
       await lens.configureDimension({
         dimension: 'lnsXY_yDimensionPanel > lns-empty-dimension',
diff --git a/x-pack/test/localization/tests/lens/smokescreen.ts b/x-pack/test/localization/tests/lens/smokescreen.ts
index 5e679febb5d6..d3b33a72a720 100644
--- a/x-pack/test/localization/tests/lens/smokescreen.ts
+++ b/x-pack/test/localization/tests/lens/smokescreen.ts
@@ -170,7 +170,6 @@ export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }: FtrProviderContext) {
     it('should allow creation of lens xy chart', async () => {
       await visualize.navigateToNewVisualization();
       await visualize.clickVisType('lens');
-      await lens.goToTimeRange();
 
       await lens.configureDimension({
         dimension: 'lnsXY_xDimensionPanel > lns-empty-dimension',
@@ -207,7 +206,6 @@ export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }: FtrProviderContext) {
       await visualize.gotoVisualizationLandingPage();
       await listingTable.searchForItemWithName('Afancilenstest');
       await lens.clickVisualizeListItemTitle('Afancilenstest');
-      await lens.goToTimeRange();
       await lens.waitForVisualization('xyVisChart');
 
       expect(await lens.getTitle()).to.eql('Afancilenstest');
@@ -222,7 +220,6 @@ export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }: FtrProviderContext) {
       await visualize.gotoVisualizationLandingPage();
       await listingTable.searchForItemWithName('lnsXYvis');
       await lens.clickVisualizeListItemTitle('lnsXYvis');
-      await lens.goToTimeRange();
       // Change the IP field to filters
       await lens.configureDimension({
         dimension: 'lnsXY_splitDimensionPanel > lns-dimensionTrigger',
@@ -241,7 +238,6 @@ export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }: FtrProviderContext) {
       await visualize.gotoVisualizationLandingPage();
       await listingTable.searchForItemWithName('Artistpreviouslyknownaslens');
       await lens.clickVisualizeListItemTitle('Artistpreviouslyknownaslens');
-      await lens.goToTimeRange();
       await lens.assertLegacyMetric(termTranslator('max', 'bytes'), '19,986');
       await lens.switchToVisualization('lnsDatatable', termTranslator('datatable'));
       expect(await lens.getDatatableHeaderText()).to.eql(termTranslator('max', 'bytes'));
@@ -253,7 +249,6 @@ export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }: FtrProviderContext) {
     it('should transition from a multi-layer stacked bar to a multi-layer line chart and correctly remove all layers', async () => {
       await visualize.navigateToNewVisualization();
       await visualize.clickVisType('lens');
-      await lens.goToTimeRange();
 
       await lens.configureDimension({
         dimension: 'lnsXY_xDimensionPanel > lns-empty-dimension',
@@ -297,7 +292,6 @@ export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }: FtrProviderContext) {
     it('should transition selected layer in a multi layer bar using layer chart switch', async () => {
       await visualize.navigateToNewVisualization();
       await visualize.clickVisType('lens');
-      await lens.goToTimeRange();
 
       await lens.configureDimension({
         dimension: 'lnsXY_xDimensionPanel > lns-empty-dimension',
@@ -345,7 +339,6 @@ export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }: FtrProviderContext) {
       await visualize.gotoVisualizationLandingPage();
       await listingTable.searchForItemWithName('lnsXYvis');
       await lens.clickVisualizeListItemTitle('lnsXYvis');
-      await lens.goToTimeRange();
       await lens.removeDimension('lnsXY_splitDimensionPanel');
       await lens.switchToVisualization('line', termTranslator('line'));
       await lens.configureDimension({
@@ -403,7 +396,6 @@ export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }: FtrProviderContext) {
       await visualize.navigateToNewVisualization();
       await visualize.clickVisType('lens');
       await elasticChart.setNewChartUiDebugFlag(true);
-      await lens.goToTimeRange();
       await lens.switchToVisualization('bar', termTranslator('bar'));
 
       await lens.configureDimension({
@@ -479,7 +471,6 @@ export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }: FtrProviderContext) {
       await visualize.gotoVisualizationLandingPage();
       await listingTable.searchForItemWithName('lnsXYvis');
       await lens.clickVisualizeListItemTitle('lnsXYvis');
-      await lens.goToTimeRange();
       expect(await lens.hasChartSwitchWarning('pie', termTranslator('pie'))).to.eql(true);
       await lens.switchToVisualization('pie', termTranslator('pie'));
 
@@ -506,7 +497,6 @@ export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }: FtrProviderContext) {
       await visualize.gotoVisualizationLandingPage();
       await listingTable.searchForItemWithName('lnsXYvis');
       await lens.clickVisualizeListItemTitle('lnsXYvis');
-      await lens.goToTimeRange();
       await lens.switchToVisualization('line', termTranslator('line'));
       expect(await lens.getTitle()).to.eql('lnsXYvis');
       expect(await lens.getDimensionTriggerText('lnsXY_xDimensionPanel')).to.eql('@timestamp');
@@ -522,7 +512,6 @@ export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }: FtrProviderContext) {
       await visualize.gotoVisualizationLandingPage();
       await listingTable.searchForItemWithName('lnsPieVis');
       await lens.clickVisualizeListItemTitle('lnsPieVis');
-      await lens.goToTimeRange();
       expect(await lens.hasChartSwitchWarning('treemap', termTranslator('treemap'))).to.eql(false);
       await lens.switchToVisualization('treemap', termTranslator('treemap'));
       expect(await lens.getDimensionTriggersTexts('lnsPie_groupByDimensionPanel')).to.eql([
@@ -537,7 +526,6 @@ export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }: FtrProviderContext) {
     it('should create a pie chart and switch to datatable', async () => {
       await visualize.navigateToNewVisualization();
       await visualize.clickVisType('lens');
-      await lens.goToTimeRange();
       await lens.switchToVisualization('pie', termTranslator('pie'));
       await lens.configureDimension({
         dimension: 'lnsPie_sliceByDimensionPanel > lns-empty-dimension',
@@ -567,7 +555,6 @@ export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }: FtrProviderContext) {
     it('should create a heatmap chart and transition to barchart', async () => {
       await visualize.navigateToNewVisualization();
       await visualize.clickVisType('lens');
-      await lens.goToTimeRange();
       await lens.switchToVisualization('heatmap', termTranslator('heatmap'));
 
       await lens.configureDimension({
@@ -596,7 +583,6 @@ export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }: FtrProviderContext) {
     it('should create a valid XY chart with references', async () => {
       await visualize.navigateToNewVisualization();
       await visualize.clickVisType('lens');
-      await lens.goToTimeRange();
 
       await lens.configureDimension({
         dimension: 'lnsXY_xDimensionPanel > lns-empty-dimension',
@@ -631,7 +617,6 @@ export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }: FtrProviderContext) {
     it('should allow formatting on references', async () => {
       await visualize.navigateToNewVisualization();
       await visualize.clickVisType('lens');
-      await lens.goToTimeRange();
       await lens.switchToVisualization('lnsDatatable', termTranslator('datatable'));
 
       await lens.configureDimension({
@@ -677,7 +662,6 @@ export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }: FtrProviderContext) {
     it('should handle edge cases in reference-based operations', async () => {
       await visualize.navigateToNewVisualization();
       await visualize.clickVisType('lens');
-      await lens.goToTimeRange();
 
       await lens.configureDimension({
         dimension: 'lnsXY_xDimensionPanel > lns-empty-dimension',
@@ -713,7 +697,6 @@ export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }: FtrProviderContext) {
     it('should keep the field selection while transitioning to every reference-based operation', async () => {
       await visualize.navigateToNewVisualization();
       await visualize.clickVisType('lens');
-      await lens.goToTimeRange();
 
       await lens.configureDimension({
         dimension: 'lnsXY_xDimensionPanel > lns-empty-dimension',
@@ -748,7 +731,6 @@ export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }: FtrProviderContext) {
     it('should not leave an incomplete column in the visualization config with field-based operation', async () => {
       await visualize.navigateToNewVisualization();
       await visualize.clickVisType('lens');
-      await lens.goToTimeRange();
 
       await lens.configureDimension({
         dimension: 'lnsXY_yDimensionPanel > lns-empty-dimension',
@@ -761,7 +743,6 @@ export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }: FtrProviderContext) {
     it('should revert to previous configuration and not leave an incomplete column in the visualization config with reference-based operations', async () => {
       await visualize.navigateToNewVisualization();
       await visualize.clickVisType('lens');
-      await lens.goToTimeRange();
 
       await lens.configureDimension({
         dimension: 'lnsXY_xDimensionPanel > lns-empty-dimension',
@@ -797,7 +778,6 @@ export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }: FtrProviderContext) {
     it('should transition from unique count to last value', async () => {
       await visualize.navigateToNewVisualization();
       await visualize.clickVisType('lens');
-      await lens.goToTimeRange();
 
       await lens.configureDimension({
         dimension: 'lnsXY_yDimensionPanel > lns-empty-dimension',
@@ -828,7 +808,6 @@ export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }: FtrProviderContext) {
     it('should allow filtering by legend on an xy chart', async () => {
       await visualize.navigateToNewVisualization();
       await visualize.clickVisType('lens');
-      await lens.goToTimeRange();
 
       await lens.configureDimension({
         dimension: 'lnsXY_xDimensionPanel > lns-empty-dimension',
@@ -858,7 +837,6 @@ export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }: FtrProviderContext) {
     it('should allow filtering by legend on a pie chart', async () => {
       await visualize.navigateToNewVisualization();
       await visualize.clickVisType('lens');
-      await lens.goToTimeRange();
       await lens.switchToVisualization('pie', termTranslator('pie'));
 
       await lens.configureDimension({