diff --git a/src/legacy/core_plugins/kibana/public/visualize/embeddable/visualize_embeddable.ts b/src/legacy/core_plugins/kibana/public/visualize/embeddable/visualize_embeddable.ts
index 79acc189b6a29b3..273cc6a69d90dee 100644
--- a/src/legacy/core_plugins/kibana/public/visualize/embeddable/visualize_embeddable.ts
+++ b/src/legacy/core_plugins/kibana/public/visualize/embeddable/visualize_embeddable.ts
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ export class VisualizeEmbeddable extends Embeddable<VisualizeInput, VisualizeOut
 
     div.setAttribute('data-test-subj', 'visualizationLoader');
     div.setAttribute('data-shared-item', '');
-    div.setAttribute('data-shared-item-container', '');
+    div.setAttribute('data-shared-items-container', '');
     div.setAttribute('data-rendering-count', '0');
     div.setAttribute('data-render-complete', 'false');
 
diff --git a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/reporting/export_types/common/lib/screenshots/get_element_position_data.ts b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/reporting/export_types/common/lib/screenshots/get_element_position_data.ts
index 927cf9ec7d80135..22d73868690e3fe 100644
--- a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/reporting/export_types/common/lib/screenshots/get_element_position_data.ts
+++ b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/reporting/export_types/common/lib/screenshots/get_element_position_data.ts
@@ -47,5 +47,11 @@ export const getElementPositionAndAttributes = async (
     args: [layout.selectors.screenshot, { title: 'data-title', description: 'data-description' }],
   });
 
+  if (elementsPositionAndAttributes.length === 0) {
+    throw new Error(
+      `No shared items containers were found on the page! Reporting requires an element with the '${layout.selectors.screenshot}' attributes on the page.`
+    );
+  }
+
   return elementsPositionAndAttributes;
 };