diff --git a/src/plugins/data/common/field_formats/converters/date_server.ts b/src/plugins/data/common/field_formats/converters/date_server.ts
index 0c214e424f163..34278ea9fe641 100644
--- a/src/plugins/data/common/field_formats/converters/date_server.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/data/common/field_formats/converters/date_server.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 import { memoize, noop } from 'lodash';
 import moment from 'moment-timezone';
 import { KBN_FIELD_TYPES } from '../../kbn_field_types/types';
-import { FieldFormat } from '../field_format';
+import { FieldFormat, IFieldFormatMetaParams } from '../field_format';
 import { TextContextTypeConvert, FIELD_FORMAT_IDS } from '../types';
 
 export class DateFormat extends FieldFormat {
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ export class DateFormat extends FieldFormat {
   private memoizedPattern: string = '';
   private timeZone: string = '';
 
-  constructor(params: Record<string, any>, getConfig: Function) {
+  constructor(params: IFieldFormatMetaParams, getConfig: Function) {
     super(params, getConfig);
 
     this.memoizedConverter = memoize((val: any) => {
diff --git a/src/plugins/data/common/field_formats/converters/url.ts b/src/plugins/data/common/field_formats/converters/url.ts
index 3c88511a4c63e..21688dd8d1138 100644
--- a/src/plugins/data/common/field_formats/converters/url.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/data/common/field_formats/converters/url.ts
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import { i18n } from '@kbn/i18n';
 import { escape, memoize } from 'lodash';
 import { getHighlightHtml } from '../utils';
 import { KBN_FIELD_TYPES } from '../../kbn_field_types/types';
-import { FieldFormat } from '../field_format';
+import { FieldFormat, IFieldFormatMetaParams } from '../field_format';
 import { TextContextTypeConvert, HtmlContextTypeConvert, FIELD_FORMAT_IDS } from '../types';
 
 const templateMatchRE = /{{([\s\S]+?)}}/g;
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ export class UrlFormat extends FieldFormat {
   ];
   static urlTypes = URL_TYPES;
 
-  constructor(params: Record<string, any>) {
+  constructor(params: IFieldFormatMetaParams) {
     super(params);
     this.compileTemplate = memoize(this.compileTemplate);
   }
diff --git a/src/plugins/data/common/field_formats/field_format.ts b/src/plugins/data/common/field_formats/field_format.ts
index 50f07846a3ceb..a0621b27f5bc0 100644
--- a/src/plugins/data/common/field_formats/field_format.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/data/common/field_formats/field_format.ts
@@ -37,6 +37,15 @@ import { HtmlContextTypeConvert, TextContextTypeConvert } from './types';
 
 const DEFAULT_CONTEXT_TYPE = TEXT_CONTEXT_TYPE;
 
+export interface IFieldFormatMetaParams {
+  [key: string]: any;
+  parsedUrl?: {
+    origin: string;
+    pathname?: string;
+    basePath?: string;
+  };
+}
+
 export abstract class FieldFormat {
   /**
    * @property {string} - Field Format Id
@@ -90,7 +99,7 @@ export abstract class FieldFormat {
   protected readonly _params: any;
   protected getConfig: Function | undefined;
 
-  constructor(_params: Record<string, any> = {}, getConfig?: Function) {
+  constructor(_params: IFieldFormatMetaParams = {}, getConfig?: Function) {
     this._params = _params;
 
     if (getConfig) {
diff --git a/src/plugins/data/common/field_formats/index.ts b/src/plugins/data/common/field_formats/index.ts
index b751b097b5ed2..b1e8744e26745 100644
--- a/src/plugins/data/common/field_formats/index.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/data/common/field_formats/index.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,12 @@
  */
 
 export { HTML_CONTEXT_TYPE, TEXT_CONTEXT_TYPE } from './content_types';
-export { FieldFormat, IFieldFormatType, IFieldFormatId } from './field_format';
+export {
+  FieldFormat,
+  IFieldFormatType,
+  IFieldFormatId,
+  IFieldFormatMetaParams,
+} from './field_format';
 export { getHighlightRequest, asPrettyString, getHighlightHtml } from './utils';
 export * from './converters';
 export * from './constants';
diff --git a/src/plugins/data/public/field_formats_provider/field_formats.ts b/src/plugins/data/public/field_formats_provider/field_formats.ts
index 38a29de1e2d58..d3d57d42028cd 100644
--- a/src/plugins/data/public/field_formats_provider/field_formats.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/data/public/field_formats_provider/field_formats.ts
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import {
   IFieldFormatType,
   IFieldFormatId,
   FieldFormat,
+  IFieldFormatMetaParams,
 } from '../../common';
 import { FieldType } from './types';
 
@@ -76,9 +77,9 @@ export class FieldFormatRegisty {
    * Get a derived FieldFormat class by its id.
    *
    * @param  {IFieldFormatId} formatId - the format id
-   * @return {FieldFormat | void}
+   * @return {FieldFormat | undefined}
    */
-  getType = (formatId: IFieldFormatId): IFieldFormatType | void => {
+  getType = (formatId: IFieldFormatId): IFieldFormatType | undefined => {
     const fieldFormat = this.fieldFormats.get(formatId);
 
     if (fieldFormat) {
@@ -88,6 +89,8 @@ export class FieldFormatRegisty {
         return decoratedFieldFormat as IFieldFormatType;
       }
     }
+
+    return undefined;
   };
 
   /**
@@ -97,12 +100,12 @@ export class FieldFormatRegisty {
    *
    * @param  {KBN_FIELD_TYPES} fieldType
    * @param  {ES_FIELD_TYPES[]} esTypes - Array of ES data types
-   * @return {FieldFormat | void}
+   * @return {FieldFormat | undefined}
    */
   getDefaultType = (
     fieldType: KBN_FIELD_TYPES,
     esTypes: ES_FIELD_TYPES[]
-  ): IFieldFormatType | void => {
+  ): IFieldFormatType | undefined => {
     const config = this.getDefaultConfig(fieldType, esTypes);
 
     return this.getType(config.id);
@@ -113,11 +116,11 @@ export class FieldFormatRegisty {
    * using the format:defaultTypeMap config map
    *
    * @param  {ES_FIELD_TYPES[]} esTypes - Array of ES data types
-   * @return {ES_FIELD_TYPES | void}
+   * @return {ES_FIELD_TYPES | undefined}
    */
-  getTypeNameByEsTypes = (esTypes: ES_FIELD_TYPES[] | undefined): ES_FIELD_TYPES | void => {
+  getTypeNameByEsTypes = (esTypes: ES_FIELD_TYPES[] | undefined): ES_FIELD_TYPES | undefined => {
     if (!Array.isArray(esTypes)) {
-      return;
+      return undefined;
     }
 
     return esTypes.find(type => this.defaultMap[type] && this.defaultMap[type].es);
@@ -241,11 +244,11 @@ export class FieldFormatRegisty {
    *
    * @private
    * @param  {IFieldFormatType} fieldFormat - field format type
-   * @return {FieldFormat | void}
+   * @return {FieldFormat | undefined}
    */
   private fieldFormatMetaParamsDecorator = (
     fieldFormat: IFieldFormatType
-  ): IFieldFormatType | void => {
+  ): IFieldFormatType | undefined => {
     const getMetaParams = (customParams: Record<string, any>) => this.buildMetaParams(customParams);
 
     if (fieldFormat) {
@@ -258,6 +261,8 @@ export class FieldFormatRegisty {
         }
       };
     }
+
+    return undefined;
   };
 
   /**
@@ -267,7 +272,7 @@ export class FieldFormatRegisty {
    * @param  {Record<string, any>} custom params
    * @return {Record<string, any>}
    */
-  private buildMetaParams = <T extends ...>(customParams: T = {}): T & {parsedUrl: ParsedUrl} => ({
+  private buildMetaParams = <T extends IFieldFormatMetaParams>(customParams: T): T => ({
     parsedUrl: {
       origin: window.location.origin,
       pathname: window.location.pathname,