diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/public/components/alerts/alerts.js b/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/public/components/alerts/alerts.js
index 765aa6fc3e55a..089314d083889 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/public/components/alerts/alerts.js
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/public/components/alerts/alerts.js
@@ -162,6 +162,9 @@ const AlertsUI = ({ alerts, angular, sorting, pagination, onTableChange, intl })
         },
       }}
       onTableChange={onTableChange}
+      executeQueryOptions={{
+        defaultFields: ['message', 'category']
+      }}
     />
   );
 };
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/public/components/apm/instances/instances.js b/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/public/components/apm/instances/instances.js
index 52652230dcac6..f43e896d89ce6 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/public/components/apm/instances/instances.js
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/public/components/apm/instances/instances.js
@@ -130,6 +130,9 @@ export function ApmServerInstancesUI({ apms, intl }) {
               ]
             }}
             onTableChange={onTableChange}
+            executeQueryOptions={{
+              defaultFields: ['name']
+            }}
           />
         </EuiPageContent>
       </EuiPageBody>
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/public/components/beats/listing/listing.js b/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/public/components/beats/listing/listing.js
index bc66c6074c306..54a6d3f4dd2a5 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/public/components/beats/listing/listing.js
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/public/components/beats/listing/listing.js
@@ -126,6 +126,9 @@ class ListingUI extends PureComponent {
                 ]
               }}
               onTableChange={onTableChange}
+              executeQueryOptions={{
+                defaultFields: ['name', 'type']
+              }}
             />
           </EuiPageContent>
         </EuiPageBody>
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/public/components/cluster/listing/listing.js b/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/public/components/cluster/listing/listing.js
index 170e034169193..9864076f27036 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/public/components/cluster/listing/listing.js
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/public/components/cluster/listing/listing.js
@@ -455,6 +455,9 @@ export class Listing extends Component {
                 },
               }}
               onTableChange={onTableChange}
+              executeQueryOptions={{
+                defaultFields: ['cluster_name']
+              }}
             />
           </EuiPageContent>
         </EuiPageBody>
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/public/components/elasticsearch/ccr/__snapshots__/ccr.test.js.snap b/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/public/components/elasticsearch/ccr/__snapshots__/ccr.test.js.snap
index fa62763f2fbac..5551cf8e905cf 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/public/components/elasticsearch/ccr/__snapshots__/ccr.test.js.snap
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/public/components/elasticsearch/ccr/__snapshots__/ccr.test.js.snap
@@ -50,7 +50,14 @@ exports[`Ccr that it renders normally 1`] = `
               },
             ]
           }
-          executeQueryOptions={Object {}}
+          executeQueryOptions={
+            Object {
+              "defaultFields": Array [
+                "index",
+                "follows",
+              ],
+            }
+          }
           itemId="id"
           itemIdToExpandedRowMap={Object {}}
           items={
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/public/components/elasticsearch/ccr/ccr.js b/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/public/components/elasticsearch/ccr/ccr.js
index 3ddbe31bcd373..33cc774824587 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/public/components/elasticsearch/ccr/ccr.js
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/public/components/elasticsearch/ccr/ccr.js
@@ -140,6 +140,9 @@ class CcrUI extends Component {
               )
             }
           ]}
+          executeQueryOptions={{
+            defaultFields: ['shardId']
+          }}
           sorting={true}
           pagination={pagination}
         />
@@ -239,6 +242,9 @@ class CcrUI extends Component {
         ]}
         items={items}
         pagination={pagination}
+        executeQueryOptions={{
+          defaultFields: ['index', 'follows']
+        }}
         sorting={sorting}
         itemId="id"
         itemIdToExpandedRowMap={this.state.itemIdToExpandedRowMap}
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/public/components/elasticsearch/indices/indices.js b/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/public/components/elasticsearch/indices/indices.js
index dceb2e2ab4e88..da09228d32ced 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/public/components/elasticsearch/indices/indices.js
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/public/components/elasticsearch/indices/indices.js
@@ -179,6 +179,9 @@ const ElasticsearchIndicesUI = ({
               },
             }}
             onTableChange={onTableChange}
+            executeQueryOptions={{
+              defaultFields: ['name']
+            }}
           />
         </EuiPageContent>
       </EuiPageBody>
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/public/components/elasticsearch/nodes/nodes.js b/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/public/components/elasticsearch/nodes/nodes.js
index 185c37c9be127..1f7c792ca29a6 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/public/components/elasticsearch/nodes/nodes.js
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/public/components/elasticsearch/nodes/nodes.js
@@ -226,6 +226,9 @@ function ElasticsearchNodesUI({ clusterStatus, nodes, showCgroupMetricsElasticse
               },
             }}
             onTableChange={onTableChange}
+            executeQueryOptions={{
+              defaultFields: ['name']
+            }}
           />
         </EuiPageContent>
       </EuiPageBody>
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/public/components/elasticsearch/shard_activity/shard_activity.js b/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/public/components/elasticsearch/shard_activity/shard_activity.js
index c12b1ed59921c..06daffdbc173e 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/public/components/elasticsearch/shard_activity/shard_activity.js
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/public/components/elasticsearch/shard_activity/shard_activity.js
@@ -155,6 +155,9 @@ class ShardActivityUI extends React.Component {
           search={false}
           pagination={pagination}
           onTableChange={onTableChange}
+          executeQueryOptions={{
+            defaultFields: ['name']
+          }}
         />
       </Fragment>
     );
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/public/components/logstash/listing/listing.js b/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/public/components/logstash/listing/listing.js
index 2670501dab570..c5152e84c91a1 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/public/components/logstash/listing/listing.js
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/public/components/logstash/listing/listing.js
@@ -150,6 +150,9 @@ class ListingUI extends PureComponent {
                 },
               }}
               onTableChange={onTableChange}
+              executeQueryOptions={{
+                defaultFields: ['name']
+              }}
             />
           </EuiPageContent>
         </EuiPageBody>
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/public/components/logstash/pipeline_listing/pipeline_listing.js b/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/public/components/logstash/pipeline_listing/pipeline_listing.js
index 73a78434e7116..b3d8875007302 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/public/components/logstash/pipeline_listing/pipeline_listing.js
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/public/components/logstash/pipeline_listing/pipeline_listing.js
@@ -174,6 +174,9 @@ class PipelineListingUI extends Component {
                 },
               }}
               onTableChange={onTableChange}
+              executeQueryOptions={{
+                defaultFields: ['id']
+              }}
             />
           </EuiPageContent>
         </EuiPageBody>
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/public/directives/elasticsearch/ml_job_listing/index.js b/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/public/directives/elasticsearch/ml_job_listing/index.js
index 4d8558df6dcc6..e98561fddf457 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/public/directives/elasticsearch/ml_job_listing/index.js
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/public/directives/elasticsearch/ml_job_listing/index.js
@@ -156,6 +156,9 @@ uiModule.directive('monitoringMlListing', kbnUrl => {
                       },
                     }}
                     onTableChange={scope.onTableChange}
+                    executeQueryOptions={{
+                      defaultFields: ['job_id']
+                    }}
                   />
                 </EuiPageContent>
               </EuiPageBody>
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/public/views/kibana/instances/index.js b/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/public/views/kibana/instances/index.js
index f6d088bb292fc..ebf21d6899f58 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/public/views/kibana/instances/index.js
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/public/views/kibana/instances/index.js
@@ -167,6 +167,9 @@ uiRoutes.when('/kibana/instances', {
                       },
                     }}
                     onTableChange={this.onTableChange}
+                    executeQueryOptions={{
+                      defaultFields: ['name']
+                    }}
                   />
 
                 </EuiPageContent>