diff --git a/src/legacy/core_plugins/interpreter/common/types/kibana_datatable.js b/src/legacy/core_plugins/interpreter/common/types/kibana_datatable.js
index 477f43b2f1e673..a87615099e7ca6 100644
--- a/src/legacy/core_plugins/interpreter/common/types/kibana_datatable.js
+++ b/src/legacy/core_plugins/interpreter/common/types/kibana_datatable.js
@@ -23,11 +23,15 @@ export const kibanaDatatable = () => ({
   name: 'kibana_datatable',
   from: {
     datatable: context => {
-      context.columns.forEach(c => c.id = c.name);
       return {
         type: 'kibana_datatable',
         rows: context.rows,
-        columns: context.columns,
+        columns: context.columns.map(column => {
+          return {
+            id: column.name,
+            name: column.name,
+          };
+        }),
       };
     },
     pointseries: context => {
diff --git a/src/legacy/core_plugins/interpreter/public/functions/index.js b/src/legacy/core_plugins/interpreter/public/functions/index.js
index e7d658821633fb..2f6778b007515a 100644
--- a/src/legacy/core_plugins/interpreter/public/functions/index.js
+++ b/src/legacy/core_plugins/interpreter/public/functions/index.js
@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@ import { esaggs } from './esaggs';
 import { kibana } from './kibana';
 import { kibanaContext } from './kibana_context';
 import { visualization } from './visualization';
+import { visDimension } from './vis_dimension';
 
 export const functions = [
-  clog, esaggs, kibana, kibanaContext, visualization
+  clog, esaggs, kibana, kibanaContext, visualization, visDimension,
 ];
diff --git a/src/legacy/core_plugins/interpreter/public/functions/vis_dimension.js b/src/legacy/core_plugins/interpreter/public/functions/vis_dimension.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..e1a6c41198bad4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/legacy/core_plugins/interpreter/public/functions/vis_dimension.js
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one or more contributor
+ * license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright
+ * ownership. Elasticsearch B.V. licenses this file to you under
+ * the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+ * not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import { i18n } from '@kbn/i18n';
+
+export const visDimension = () => ({
+  name: 'visdimension',
+  help: i18n.translate('interpreter.function.visDimension.help', {
+    defaultMessage: 'Generates visConfig dimension object'
+  }),
+  type: 'vis_dimension',
+  context: {
+    types: [
+      'kibana_datatable'
+    ],
+  },
+  args: {
+    accessor: {
+      types: ['string', 'number'],
+      aliases: ['_'],
+      help: i18n.translate('interpreter.function.visDimension.accessor.help', {
+        defaultMessage: 'Column in your dataset to use (either column index or column name)'
+      }),
+    },
+    format: {
+      types: ['string'],
+      default: 'string'
+    },
+    formatParams: {
+      types: ['string'],
+      default: '"{}"',
+    }
+  },
+  fn: (context, args) => {
+    const accessor = Number.isInteger(args.accessor) ?
+      args.accessor :
+      context.columns.find(c => c.id === args.accessor);
+    if (accessor === undefined) {
+      throw new Error(i18n.translate('interpreter.function.visDimension.error.accessor', {
+        defaultMessage: 'Column name provided is invalid'
+      }));
+    }
+
+    return {
+      type: 'vis_dimension',
+      accessor: accessor,
+      format: {
+        id: args.format,
+        params: JSON.parse(args.formatParams),
+      }
+    };
+  },
+});
diff --git a/src/legacy/core_plugins/tagcloud/public/__snapshots__/tag_cloud_fn.test.js.snap b/src/legacy/core_plugins/tagcloud/public/__snapshots__/tag_cloud_fn.test.js.snap
index c8449b2dde463e..8e28be33515f7b 100644
--- a/src/legacy/core_plugins/tagcloud/public/__snapshots__/tag_cloud_fn.test.js.snap
+++ b/src/legacy/core_plugins/tagcloud/public/__snapshots__/tag_cloud_fn.test.js.snap
@@ -12,11 +12,9 @@ Object {
       "maxFontSize": 72,
       "metric": Object {
         "accessor": 0,
-        "aggType": "count",
         "format": Object {
           "id": "number",
         },
-        "params": Object {},
       },
       "minFontSize": 18,
       "orientation": "single",
diff --git a/src/legacy/core_plugins/tagcloud/public/tag_cloud_fn.js b/src/legacy/core_plugins/tagcloud/public/tag_cloud_fn.js
index 59360af6adeb3e..e49e31fe4741dc 100644
--- a/src/legacy/core_plugins/tagcloud/public/tag_cloud_fn.js
+++ b/src/legacy/core_plugins/tagcloud/public/tag_cloud_fn.js
@@ -32,13 +32,61 @@ export const tagcloud = () => ({
     defaultMessage: 'Tagcloud visualization'
   }),
   args: {
-    visConfig: {
-      types: ['string', 'null'],
-      default: '"{}"',
+    scale: {
+      types: ['string'],
+      default: 'linear',
+      options: ['linear', 'log', 'square root'],
+      help: i18n.translate('tagCloud.function.scale.help', {
+        defaultMessage: 'Scale to determine font size of a word'
+      }),
+    },
+    orientation: {
+      types: ['string'],
+      default: 'single',
+      options: ['single', 'right angled', 'multiple'],
+      help: i18n.translate('tagCloud.function.orientation.help', {
+        defaultMessage: 'Orientation of words inside tagcloud'
+      }),
+    },
+    minFontSize: {
+      types: ['number'],
+      default: 18,
+    },
+    maxFontSize: {
+      types: ['number'],
+      default: 72
+    },
+    showLabel: {
+      types: ['boolean'],
+      default: true,
+    },
+    metric: {
+      types: ['vis_dimension'],
+      help: i18n.translate('tagCloud.function.metric.help', {
+        defaultMessage: 'metric dimension configuration'
+      }),
+      required: true,
+    },
+    bucket: {
+      types: ['vis_dimension'],
+      help: i18n.translate('tagCloud.function.bucket.help', {
+        defaultMessage: 'bucket dimension configuration'
+      }),
     },
   },
   fn(context, args) {
-    const visConfig = JSON.parse(args.visConfig);
+    const visConfig = {
+      scale: args.scale,
+      orientation: args.orientation,
+      minFontSize: args.minFontSize,
+      maxFontSize: args.maxFontSize,
+      showLabel: args.showLabel,
+      metric: args.metric,
+    };
+
+    if (args.bucket !== undefined) {
+      visConfig.bucket = args.bucket;
+    }
 
     return {
       type: 'render',
diff --git a/src/legacy/core_plugins/tagcloud/public/tag_cloud_fn.test.js b/src/legacy/core_plugins/tagcloud/public/tag_cloud_fn.test.js
index d0098d7905ced1..774a9dc35b290f 100644
--- a/src/legacy/core_plugins/tagcloud/public/tag_cloud_fn.test.js
+++ b/src/legacy/core_plugins/tagcloud/public/tag_cloud_fn.test.js
@@ -33,18 +33,11 @@ describe('interpreter/functions#tagcloud', () => {
     minFontSize: 18,
     maxFontSize: 72,
     showLabel: true,
-    metric: {
-      accessor: 0,
-      format: {
-        id: 'number',
-      },
-      params: {},
-      aggType: 'count',
-    },
+    metric: { accessor: 0, format: { id: 'number' } },
   };
 
   it('returns an object with the correct structure', () => {
-    const actual = fn(context, { visConfig: JSON.stringify(visConfig) });
+    const actual = fn(context, visConfig);
     expect(actual).toMatchSnapshot();
   });
 });
diff --git a/src/legacy/ui/public/visualize/loader/pipeline_helpers/__snapshots__/build_pipeline.test.js.snap b/src/legacy/ui/public/visualize/loader/pipeline_helpers/__snapshots__/build_pipeline.test.js.snap
index ab94880cf53f62..776e62070b8e1c 100644
--- a/src/legacy/ui/public/visualize/loader/pipeline_helpers/__snapshots__/build_pipeline.test.js.snap
+++ b/src/legacy/ui/public/visualize/loader/pipeline_helpers/__snapshots__/build_pipeline.test.js.snap
@@ -26,9 +26,9 @@ exports[`visualize loader pipeline helpers: build pipeline buildPipelineVisFunct
 
 exports[`visualize loader pipeline helpers: build pipeline buildPipelineVisFunction handles table function without splits or buckets 1`] = `"kibana_table visConfig='{\\"foo\\":\\"bar\\",\\"dimensions\\":{\\"metrics\\":[0,1],\\"buckets\\":[]}}' "`;
 
-exports[`visualize loader pipeline helpers: build pipeline buildPipelineVisFunction handles tagcloud function with buckets 1`] = `"tagcloud visConfig='{\\"metric\\":0,\\"bucket\\":1}' "`;
+exports[`visualize loader pipeline helpers: build pipeline buildPipelineVisFunction handles tagcloud function with buckets 1`] = `"tagcloud metric={visdimension 0}  bucket={visdimension 1 } "`;
 
-exports[`visualize loader pipeline helpers: build pipeline buildPipelineVisFunction handles tagcloud function without buckets 1`] = `"tagcloud visConfig='{\\"metric\\":0}' "`;
+exports[`visualize loader pipeline helpers: build pipeline buildPipelineVisFunction handles tagcloud function without buckets 1`] = `"tagcloud metric={visdimension 0} "`;
 
 exports[`visualize loader pipeline helpers: build pipeline buildPipelineVisFunction handles tile_map function 1`] = `"tilemap visConfig='{\\"metric\\":{},\\"dimensions\\":{\\"metric\\":0,\\"geohash\\":1,\\"geocentroid\\":3}}' "`;
 
diff --git a/src/legacy/ui/public/visualize/loader/pipeline_helpers/build_pipeline.test.js b/src/legacy/ui/public/visualize/loader/pipeline_helpers/build_pipeline.test.js
index 50aafbe2848cd7..69fe781d5ef5ab 100644
--- a/src/legacy/ui/public/visualize/loader/pipeline_helpers/build_pipeline.test.js
+++ b/src/legacy/ui/public/visualize/loader/pipeline_helpers/build_pipeline.test.js
@@ -170,15 +170,15 @@ describe('visualize loader pipeline helpers: build pipeline', () => {
       const params = {};
 
       it('without buckets', () => {
-        const schemas = { metric: [0] };
+        const schemas = { metric: [{ accessor: 0 }] };
         const actual = buildPipelineVisFunction.tagcloud({ params }, schemas);
         expect(actual).toMatchSnapshot();
       });
 
       it('with buckets', () => {
         const schemas = {
-          metric: [0],
-          segment: [1, 2]
+          metric: [{ accessor: 0 }],
+          segment: [{ accessor: 1 }]
         };
         const actual = buildPipelineVisFunction.tagcloud({ params }, schemas);
         expect(actual).toMatchSnapshot();
diff --git a/src/legacy/ui/public/visualize/loader/pipeline_helpers/build_pipeline.ts b/src/legacy/ui/public/visualize/loader/pipeline_helpers/build_pipeline.ts
index 080c21a6675e4c..332672eead67f2 100644
--- a/src/legacy/ui/public/visualize/loader/pipeline_helpers/build_pipeline.ts
+++ b/src/legacy/ui/public/visualize/loader/pipeline_helpers/build_pipeline.ts
@@ -238,11 +238,35 @@ export const buildPipelineVisFunction: BuildPipelineVisFunction = {
     return `kibana_metric ${prepareJson('visConfig', visConfig)}`;
   },
   tagcloud: (visState, schemas) => {
-    const visConfig = {
-      ...visState.params,
-      ...buildVisConfig.tagcloud(schemas),
-    };
-    return `tagcloud ${prepareJson('visConfig', visConfig)}`;
+    const { scale, orientation, minFontSize, maxFontSize, showLabel } = visState.params;
+    const { metric, bucket } = buildVisConfig.tagcloud(schemas);
+    let expr = `tagcloud metric={visdimension ${metric.accessor}} `;
+
+    if (scale) {
+      expr += `scale='${scale}' `;
+    }
+    if (orientation) {
+      expr += `orientation='${orientation}' `;
+    }
+    if (minFontSize) {
+      expr += `minFontSize=${minFontSize} `;
+    }
+    if (maxFontSize) {
+      expr += `maxFontSize=${maxFontSize} `;
+    }
+    if (showLabel) {
+      expr += `showLabel=${showLabel} `;
+    }
+
+    if (bucket) {
+      expr += ` bucket={visdimension ${bucket.accessor} `;
+      if (bucket.format) {
+        expr += `format=${bucket.format.id} `;
+        expr += prepareJson('formatParams', bucket.format.params);
+      }
+      expr += '} ';
+    }
+    return expr;
   },
   region_map: (visState, schemas) => {
     const visConfig = {
diff --git a/test/interpreter_functional/README.md b/test/interpreter_functional/README.md
index 6918afe3eb90ed..336bfe3405a014 100644
--- a/test/interpreter_functional/README.md
+++ b/test/interpreter_functional/README.md
@@ -12,10 +12,16 @@ To run these tests during development you can use the following commands:
 ```
 # Start the test server (can continue running)
 node scripts/functional_tests_server.js --config test/interpreter_functional/config.js
+
 # Start a test run
 node scripts/functional_test_runner.js --config test/interpreter_functional/config.js
 ```
 
 # Writing tests
 
-Look into test_suites/run_pipeline/basic.js for examples
\ No newline at end of file
+Look into test_suites/run_pipeline/basic.js for examples
+
+to update baseline screenshots and snapshots run with:
+```
+node scripts/functional_test_runner.js --config test/interpreter_functional/config.js --updateBaselines
+```
\ No newline at end of file
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diff --git a/test/interpreter_functional/screenshots/baseline/tagcloud_fontsize.png b/test/interpreter_functional/screenshots/baseline/tagcloud_fontsize.png
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diff --git a/test/interpreter_functional/screenshots/baseline/tagcloud_invalid_data.png b/test/interpreter_functional/screenshots/baseline/tagcloud_invalid_data.png
new file mode 100644
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diff --git a/test/interpreter_functional/screenshots/baseline/tagcloud_metric_data.png b/test/interpreter_functional/screenshots/baseline/tagcloud_metric_data.png
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..8e2a52bf44c1b5
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diff --git a/test/interpreter_functional/screenshots/baseline/tagcloud_options.png b/test/interpreter_functional/screenshots/baseline/tagcloud_options.png
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..8e2a52bf44c1b5
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diff --git a/test/interpreter_functional/snapshots/baseline/tagcloud_all_data.json b/test/interpreter_functional/snapshots/baseline/tagcloud_all_data.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..1325c7fbed03ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/interpreter_functional/snapshots/baseline/tagcloud_all_data.json
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{"as":"visualization","type":"render","value":{"params":{"listenOnChange":true},"visConfig":{"bucket":{"accessor":1,"format":{"id":"string","params":{}},"type":"vis_dimension"},"maxFontSize":72,"metric":{"accessor":0,"format":{"id":"string","params":{}},"type":"vis_dimension"},"minFontSize":18,"orientation":"single","scale":"linear","showLabel":true},"visData":{"columns":[{"id":"col-0-2","name":"response.raw: Descending"},{"id":"col-1-1","name":"Count"}],"rows":[{"col-0-2":"200","col-1-1":12891},{"col-0-2":"404","col-1-1":696},{"col-0-2":"503","col-1-1":417}],"type":"kibana_datatable"},"visType":"tagcloud"}}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/interpreter_functional/snapshots/baseline/tagcloud_fontsize.json b/test/interpreter_functional/snapshots/baseline/tagcloud_fontsize.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..2b063b518665af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/interpreter_functional/snapshots/baseline/tagcloud_fontsize.json
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{"as":"visualization","type":"render","value":{"params":{"listenOnChange":true},"visConfig":{"bucket":{"accessor":1,"format":{"id":"string","params":{}},"type":"vis_dimension"},"maxFontSize":40,"metric":{"accessor":0,"format":{"id":"string","params":{}},"type":"vis_dimension"},"minFontSize":20,"orientation":"single","scale":"linear","showLabel":true},"visData":{"columns":[{"id":"col-0-2","name":"response.raw: Descending"},{"id":"col-1-1","name":"Count"}],"rows":[{"col-0-2":"200","col-1-1":12891},{"col-0-2":"404","col-1-1":696},{"col-0-2":"503","col-1-1":417}],"type":"kibana_datatable"},"visType":"tagcloud"}}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/interpreter_functional/snapshots/baseline/tagcloud_invalid_data.json b/test/interpreter_functional/snapshots/baseline/tagcloud_invalid_data.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..ae78b3321f0be5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/interpreter_functional/snapshots/baseline/tagcloud_invalid_data.json
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{"error":{"message":"[tagcloud] > [vis_dimension] > Objects must have a type property","stack":"Error: [vis_dimension] > Objects must have a type property\n    at getType (http://localhost:5620/bundles/commons.bundle.js:15876:27)\n    at cast (http://localhost:5620/bundles/commons.bundle.js:15683:46)\n    at _callee3$ (http://localhost:5620/bundles/commons.bundle.js:31552:35)\n    at tryCatch (webpack://%5Bname%5D/./node_modules/regenerator-runtime/runtime.js?:62:40)\n    at Generator.invoke [as _invoke] (webpack://%5Bname%5D/./node_modules/regenerator-runtime/runtime.js?:288:22)\n    at Generator.prototype.(anonymous function) [as next] (webpack://%5Bname%5D/./node_modules/regenerator-runtime/runtime.js?:114:21)\n    at asyncGeneratorStep (http://localhost:5620/bundles/commons.bundle.js:31397:103)\n    at _next (http://localhost:5620/bundles/commons.bundle.js:31399:194)\n    at http://localhost:5620/bundles/commons.bundle.js:31399:364\n    at new Promise (<anonymous>)"},"type":"error"}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/interpreter_functional/snapshots/baseline/tagcloud_metric_data.json b/test/interpreter_functional/snapshots/baseline/tagcloud_metric_data.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..6152fd406961fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/interpreter_functional/snapshots/baseline/tagcloud_metric_data.json
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{"as":"visualization","type":"render","value":{"params":{"listenOnChange":true},"visConfig":{"maxFontSize":72,"metric":{"accessor":0,"format":{"id":"string","params":{}},"type":"vis_dimension"},"minFontSize":18,"orientation":"single","scale":"linear","showLabel":true},"visData":{"columns":[{"id":"col-0-2","name":"response.raw: Descending"},{"id":"col-1-1","name":"Count"}],"rows":[{"col-0-2":"200","col-1-1":12891},{"col-0-2":"404","col-1-1":696},{"col-0-2":"503","col-1-1":417}],"type":"kibana_datatable"},"visType":"tagcloud"}}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/interpreter_functional/snapshots/baseline/tagcloud_options.json b/test/interpreter_functional/snapshots/baseline/tagcloud_options.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..e4c6b09a264ddb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/interpreter_functional/snapshots/baseline/tagcloud_options.json
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{"as":"visualization","type":"render","value":{"params":{"listenOnChange":true},"visConfig":{"bucket":{"accessor":1,"format":{"id":"string","params":{}},"type":"vis_dimension"},"maxFontSize":72,"metric":{"accessor":0,"format":{"id":"string","params":{}},"type":"vis_dimension"},"minFontSize":18,"orientation":"multiple","scale":"log","showLabel":true},"visData":{"columns":[{"id":"col-0-2","name":"response.raw: Descending"},{"id":"col-1-1","name":"Count"}],"rows":[{"col-0-2":"200","col-1-1":12891},{"col-0-2":"404","col-1-1":696},{"col-0-2":"503","col-1-1":417}],"type":"kibana_datatable"},"visType":"tagcloud"}}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/interpreter_functional/test_suites/run_pipeline/index.js b/test/interpreter_functional/test_suites/run_pipeline/index.js
index ecedc7bd4678b5..130eb2a35ea0eb 100644
--- a/test/interpreter_functional/test_suites/run_pipeline/index.js
+++ b/test/interpreter_functional/test_suites/run_pipeline/index.js
@@ -37,5 +37,6 @@ export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects, loadTestFile }) {
     });
 
     loadTestFile(require.resolve('./basic'));
+    loadTestFile(require.resolve('./tag_cloud'));
   });
 }
diff --git a/test/interpreter_functional/test_suites/run_pipeline/tag_cloud.js b/test/interpreter_functional/test_suites/run_pipeline/tag_cloud.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..3bcbf8f2075ad8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/interpreter_functional/test_suites/run_pipeline/tag_cloud.js
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one or more contributor
+ * license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright
+ * ownership. Elasticsearch B.V. licenses this file to you under
+ * the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+ * not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import { expectExpressionProvider } from './helpers';
+
+// this file showcases how to use testing utilities defined in helpers.js together with the kbn_tp_run_pipeline
+// test plugin to write autmated tests for interprete
+export default function ({ getService, updateBaselines }) {
+
+  let expectExpression;
+  describe('tag cloud pipeline expression tests', () => {
+    before(() => {
+      expectExpression = expectExpressionProvider({ getService, updateBaselines });
+    });
+
+    // we should not use this for tests like the ones below. this should be unit tested.
+    // - tests against a single function could easily be written as unit tests (and should be)
+    describe('correctly renders tagcloud', () => {
+      let dataContext;
+      before(async () => {
+        const expression = `kibana | kibana_context | esaggs index='logstash-*' aggConfigs='[
+          {"id":"1","enabled":true,"type":"count","schema":"metric","params":{}},
+          {"id":"2","enabled":true,"type":"terms","schema":"segment","params":
+            {"field":"response.raw","size":4,"order":"desc","orderBy":"1"}
+          }]'`;
+        // we execute the part of expression that fetches the data and store its response
+        dataContext = await expectExpression('partial_tagcloud_test', expression).getResponse();
+      });
+
+      it.skip('with invalid data', async () => {
+        const expression = 'tagcloud metric={visdimension 0}';
+        await (await expectExpression('tagcloud_invalid_data', expression).toMatchSnapshot()).toMatchScreenshot();
+      });
+
+      it('with just metric data', async () => {
+        const expression = 'tagcloud metric={visdimension 0}';
+        await (await expectExpression('tagcloud_metric_data', expression, dataContext).toMatchSnapshot()).toMatchScreenshot();
+      });
+
+      it('with metric and bucket data', async () => {
+        const expression = 'tagcloud metric={visdimension 0} bucket={visdimension 1}';
+        await (await expectExpression('tagcloud_all_data', expression, dataContext).toMatchSnapshot()).toMatchScreenshot();
+      });
+
+      it('with font size options', async () => {
+        const expression = 'tagcloud metric={visdimension 0} bucket={visdimension 1} minFontSize=20 maxFontSize=40';
+        await (await expectExpression('tagcloud_fontsize', expression, dataContext).toMatchSnapshot()).toMatchScreenshot();
+      });
+
+      it('with scale and orientation options', async () => {
+        const expression = 'tagcloud metric={visdimension 0} bucket={visdimension 1} scale="log" orientation="multiple"';
+        await (await expectExpression('tagcloud_options', expression, dataContext).toMatchSnapshot()).toMatchScreenshot();
+      });
+    });
+  });
+}