diff --git a/src/plugins/plugin_integration/opensearch_dashboards.json b/src/plugins/plugin_integration/opensearch_dashboards.json
index dda963e2996d..c87b0a10ce35 100644
--- a/src/plugins/plugin_integration/opensearch_dashboards.json
+++ b/src/plugins/plugin_integration/opensearch_dashboards.json
@@ -3,5 +3,5 @@
   "version": "opensearchDashboards",
   "server": true,
   "ui": true,
-  "requiredPlugins": ["data", "visualizations", "savedObjects", "opensearchDashboardsUtils"]
+  "requiredPlugins": ["data", "savedObjects", "opensearchDashboardsUtils"]
 }
diff --git a/src/plugins/plugin_integration/public/index.ts b/src/plugins/plugin_integration/public/index.ts
index 9011382f5759..08eab8873e32 100644
--- a/src/plugins/plugin_integration/public/index.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/plugin_integration/public/index.ts
@@ -1,31 +1,6 @@
 /*
+ * Copyright OpenSearch Contributors
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
- *
- * The OpenSearch Contributors require contributions made to
- * this file be licensed under the Apache-2.0 license or a
- * compatible open source license.
- *
- * Any modifications Copyright OpenSearch Contributors. See
- * GitHub history for details.
- */
-
-/*
- * 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 { PluginInitializerContext } from 'src/core/public';
@@ -35,3 +10,12 @@ export function plugin(initializerContext: PluginInitializerContext) {
   return new PluginIntegrationPlugin(initializerContext);
 }
 export { PluginIntegrationSetup, PluginIntegrationStart };
+
+export {
+  VisLayer,
+  VisLayers,
+  PointInTimeEventsVisLayer,
+  PointInTimeEvent,
+  PointInTimeEventMetadata,
+  isPointInTimeEventsVisLayer,
+} from './types';
diff --git a/src/plugins/plugin_integration/public/plugin.ts b/src/plugins/plugin_integration/public/plugin.ts
index 38c7d93003ec..78c079b6b9b5 100644
--- a/src/plugins/plugin_integration/public/plugin.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/plugin_integration/public/plugin.ts
@@ -1,31 +1,6 @@
 /*
+ * Copyright OpenSearch Contributors
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
- *
- * The OpenSearch Contributors require contributions made to
- * this file be licensed under the Apache-2.0 license or a
- * compatible open source license.
- *
- * Any modifications Copyright OpenSearch Contributors. See
- * GitHub history for details.
- */
-
-/*
- * 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 { PluginInitializerContext, CoreSetup, CoreStart, Plugin } from '../../../core/public';
diff --git a/src/plugins/plugin_integration/public/types.test.ts b/src/plugins/plugin_integration/public/types.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6aa2ca8d96e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/plugins/plugin_integration/public/types.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright OpenSearch Contributors
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ */
+
+import { VisLayer, isPointInTimeEventsVisLayer } from './types';
+
+describe('isPointInTimeEventsVisLayer()', function () {
+  it('should return false if no events field', function () {
+    const visLayer = {
+      id: 'visLayerId',
+      name: 'visLayerName',
+      field1: 'value1',
+      field2: 'value2',
+    } as VisLayer;
+    expect(isPointInTimeEventsVisLayer(visLayer)).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it('should return true if events field exists', function () {
+    const visLayer = {
+      id: 'testId',
+      name: 'testName',
+      events: [
+        {
+          timestamp: 123,
+          resourceId: 'testId',
+          resourceName: 'testName',
+        },
+      ],
+    } as VisLayer;
+    expect(isPointInTimeEventsVisLayer(visLayer)).toBe(true);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/plugins/plugin_integration/public/types.ts b/src/plugins/plugin_integration/public/types.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3716e964659f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/plugins/plugin_integration/public/types.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright OpenSearch Contributors
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ */
+
+export interface VisLayer {
+  // will be used as the column ID
+  id: string;
+  // will be used as the name when hovering over the tooltip
+  name: string;
+}
+
+export type VisLayers = VisLayer[];
+
+export interface PointInTimeEventMetadata {
+  resourceId: string;
+  resourceName: string;
+  tooltip?: string;
+}
+
+export interface PointInTimeEvent {
+  timestamp: number;
+  metadata: PointInTimeEventMetadata;
+}
+
+export interface PointInTimeEventsVisLayer extends VisLayer {
+  events: PointInTimeEvent[];
+}
+
+// used to determine what vis layer's interface is being implemented.
+// currently PointInTimeEventsLayer is the only interface extending VisLayer
+export const isPointInTimeEventsVisLayer = (obj: any) => {
+  return 'events' in obj;
+};
diff --git a/src/plugins/plugin_integration/server/index.ts b/src/plugins/plugin_integration/server/index.ts
index 7b9659f90f42..25adbc15fd57 100644
--- a/src/plugins/plugin_integration/server/index.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/plugin_integration/server/index.ts
@@ -1,31 +1,6 @@
 /*
+ * Copyright OpenSearch Contributors
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
- *
- * The OpenSearch Contributors require contributions made to
- * this file be licensed under the Apache-2.0 license or a
- * compatible open source license.
- *
- * Any modifications Copyright OpenSearch Contributors. See
- * GitHub history for details.
- */
-
-/*
- * 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 { PluginInitializerContext } from '../../../core/server';
diff --git a/src/plugins/plugin_integration/server/plugin.ts b/src/plugins/plugin_integration/server/plugin.ts
index 5c2e7784eb89..c5fedf3fcd97 100644
--- a/src/plugins/plugin_integration/server/plugin.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/plugin_integration/server/plugin.ts
@@ -1,31 +1,6 @@
 /*
+ * Copyright OpenSearch Contributors
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
- *
- * The OpenSearch Contributors require contributions made to
- * this file be licensed under the Apache-2.0 license or a
- * compatible open source license.
- *
- * Any modifications Copyright OpenSearch Contributors. See
- * GitHub history for details.
- */
-
-/*
- * 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 {