diff --git a/src/plugins/vis_augmenter/public/expressions/index.ts b/src/plugins/vis_augmenter/public/expressions/index.ts
index f7bcfbd083fe..9f269633f307 100644
--- a/src/plugins/vis_augmenter/public/expressions/index.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/vis_augmenter/public/expressions/index.ts
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
  */
 
-export * from './vis_layers';
+export * from './types';
diff --git a/src/plugins/vis_augmenter/public/expressions/vis_layers.ts b/src/plugins/vis_augmenter/public/expressions/types.ts
similarity index 56%
rename from src/plugins/vis_augmenter/public/expressions/vis_layers.ts
rename to src/plugins/vis_augmenter/public/expressions/types.ts
index 8cfa7d4b4ae8..b907e570e108 100644
--- a/src/plugins/vis_augmenter/public/expressions/vis_layers.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/vis_augmenter/public/expressions/types.ts
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
  */
 
-import { ExpressionTypeDefinition } from '../../../expressions';
-import { VisLayers } from '../';
+import { ExpressionTypeDefinition, ExpressionFunctionDefinition } from '../../../expressions';
+import { VisLayers, VisLayerTypes } from '../';
 
 const name = 'vis_layers';
 
@@ -31,3 +31,17 @@ export const visLayers: ExpressionTypeDefinition<typeof name, ExprVisLayers> = {
     },
   },
 };
+
+export type VisLayerFunctionDefinition = ExpressionFunctionDefinition<
+  string,
+  ExprVisLayers,
+  any,
+  Promise<ExprVisLayers>
+>;
+
+export interface VisLayerExpressionFn {
+  type: keyof typeof VisLayerTypes;
+  name: string;
+  // plugin expression fns can freely set custom arguments
+  args: { [key: string]: any };
+}
diff --git a/src/plugins/vis_augmenter/public/index.ts b/src/plugins/vis_augmenter/public/index.ts
index 1e4976d21709..e374cbe8d2cf 100644
--- a/src/plugins/vis_augmenter/public/index.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/vis_augmenter/public/index.ts
@@ -18,14 +18,8 @@ export {
   SavedObjectOpenSearchDashboardsServicesWithAugmentVis,
 } from './saved_augment_vis';
 
-export {
-  ISavedAugmentVis,
-  VisLayerExpressionFn,
-  AugmentVisSavedObject,
-  VisLayerFunctionDefinition,
-  VisLayer,
-  VisLayers,
-} from './types';
+export { VisLayer, VisLayers, VisLayerTypes } from './types';
 
 export * from './expressions';
 export * from './utils';
+export * from './saved_augment_vis';
diff --git a/src/plugins/vis_augmenter/public/saved_augment_vis/index.ts b/src/plugins/vis_augmenter/public/saved_augment_vis/index.ts
index 5ac3a159132e..ce1680204953 100644
--- a/src/plugins/vis_augmenter/public/saved_augment_vis/index.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/vis_augmenter/public/saved_augment_vis/index.ts
@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@
 
 export * from './saved_augment_vis';
 export * from './utils';
+export * from './types';
diff --git a/src/plugins/vis_augmenter/public/saved_augment_vis/types.ts b/src/plugins/vis_augmenter/public/saved_augment_vis/types.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..dee349cb9001
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/plugins/vis_augmenter/public/saved_augment_vis/types.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright OpenSearch Contributors
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ */
+
+import { SavedObject } from '../../../saved_objects/public';
+import { VisLayerExpressionFn } from '../expressions';
+
+export interface ISavedAugmentVis {
+  id?: string;
+  title: string;
+  description?: string;
+  pluginResourceId: string;
+  visName?: string;
+  visId?: string;
+  visLayerExpressionFn: VisLayerExpressionFn;
+  version?: number;
+}
+
+export interface AugmentVisSavedObject extends SavedObject, ISavedAugmentVis {}
diff --git a/src/plugins/vis_augmenter/public/types.ts b/src/plugins/vis_augmenter/public/types.ts
index 78e812ba53fc..920a8db02843 100644
--- a/src/plugins/vis_augmenter/public/types.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/vis_augmenter/public/types.ts
@@ -3,9 +3,6 @@
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
  */
 
-import { SavedObject } from '../../saved_objects/public';
-import { ExpressionFunctionDefinition } from '../../expressions';
-
 export enum VisLayerTypes {
   PointInTimeEvents = 'PointInTimeEvents',
 }
@@ -48,34 +45,3 @@ export const isPointInTimeEventsVisLayer = (obj: any) => {
 export const isValidVisLayer = (obj: any) => {
   return obj?.type in VisLayerTypes;
 };
-
-export interface ISavedAugmentVis {
-  id?: string;
-  title: string;
-  description?: string;
-  pluginResourceId: string;
-  visName?: string;
-  visId?: string;
-  visLayerExpressionFn: VisLayerExpressionFn;
-  version?: number;
-}
-
-export interface VisLayerExpressionFn {
-  type: keyof typeof VisLayerTypes;
-  name: string;
-  // plugin expression fns can freely set custom arguments
-  args: { [key: string]: any };
-}
-
-export interface AugmentVisSavedObject extends SavedObject, ISavedAugmentVis {}
-
-export interface VisLayerResponseValue {
-  visLayers: object;
-}
-
-export type VisLayerFunctionDefinition = ExpressionFunctionDefinition<
-  string,
-  VisLayerResponseValue,
-  any,
-  Promise<VisLayerResponseValue>
->;
diff --git a/src/plugins/vis_augmenter/public/utils/utils.ts b/src/plugins/vis_augmenter/public/utils/utils.ts
index efac67f6e793..e556f5c2a318 100644
--- a/src/plugins/vis_augmenter/public/utils/utils.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/vis_augmenter/public/utils/utils.ts
@@ -19,6 +19,11 @@ export const isEligibleForVisLayers = (vis: Vis): boolean => {
   return vis.params.type === 'line';
 };
 
+/**
+ * Using a SavedAugmentVisLoader, fetch all saved objects that are of 'augment-vis' type
+ * and filter out to return the ones associated to the particular vis via
+ * matching vis ID.
+ */
 export const getAugmentVisSavedObjs = async (
   visId: string | undefined,
   loader: SavedAugmentVisLoader | undefined
@@ -32,6 +37,13 @@ export const getAugmentVisSavedObjs = async (
   }
 };
 
+/**
+ * Given an array of augment-vis saved objects that contain expression function details,
+ * construct a pipeline that will execute each of these expression functions.
+ * Note that the order does not matter; each expression function should be taking
+ * in the current output and appending its results to it, such that the end result
+ * contains the results from each expression function that was ran.
+ */
 export const buildPipelineFromAugmentVisSavedObjs = (objs: ISavedAugmentVis[]): string => {
   const visLayerExpressionFns = [] as Array<
     ExpressionAstFunctionBuilder<VisLayerFunctionDefinition>
diff --git a/src/plugins/visualizations/public/embeddable/visualize_embeddable.ts b/src/plugins/visualizations/public/embeddable/visualize_embeddable.ts
index d8bb68417dc9..580094fd1756 100644
--- a/src/plugins/visualizations/public/embeddable/visualize_embeddable.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/visualizations/public/embeddable/visualize_embeddable.ts
@@ -417,7 +417,7 @@ export class VisualizeEmbeddable
       timefilter: this.timefilter,
       timeRange: this.timeRange,
       abortSignal: this.abortController!.signal,
-      visLayers: !isEmpty(exprVisLayers) ? exprVisLayers.layers : ([] as VisLayers),
+      visLayers: isEmpty(exprVisLayers) ? ([] as VisLayers) : exprVisLayers.layers,
     });
 
     if (this.handler && !abortController.signal.aborted) {