From 654bad4a4faf667e46274f991d6b97a5e15509ed Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Matt Kime <matt@mattki.me>
Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2024 23:21:06 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 1/4] supply data view without index pattern

---
 .../main/utils/get_data_view_by_text_based_query_lang.ts       | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/plugins/discover/public/application/main/utils/get_data_view_by_text_based_query_lang.ts b/src/plugins/discover/public/application/main/utils/get_data_view_by_text_based_query_lang.ts
index 42e36c7ac9ab8b..32261f67d62861 100644
--- a/src/plugins/discover/public/application/main/utils/get_data_view_by_text_based_query_lang.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/discover/public/application/main/utils/get_data_view_by_text_based_query_lang.ts
@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@ export async function getDataViewByTextBasedQueryLang(
   }
   if ('esql' in query) {
     indexPatternFromQuery = getIndexPatternFromESQLQuery(query.esql);
+    if (indexPatternFromQuery === '') {
+      return new DataView({ fieldFormats: services.fieldFormats });
+    }
   }
   // we should find a better way to work with ESQL queries which dont need a dataview
   if (!indexPatternFromQuery && currentDataView) return currentDataView;

From 8a546bba6045d9395dc122d5d26c434336fb8da3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Matt Kime <matt@mattki.me>
Date: Tue, 9 Apr 2024 18:24:13 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 2/4] add functional test

---
 test/functional/apps/discover/group4/_esql_view.ts | 13 +++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+)

diff --git a/test/functional/apps/discover/group4/_esql_view.ts b/test/functional/apps/discover/group4/_esql_view.ts
index 1a328e415b9512..9a949801ecb12a 100644
--- a/test/functional/apps/discover/group4/_esql_view.ts
+++ b/test/functional/apps/discover/group4/_esql_view.ts
@@ -155,6 +155,19 @@ export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }: FtrProviderContext) {
           'machine.ram_range',
         ]);
       });
+
+      it('should work without a FROM statement', async function () {
+        await PageObjects.discover.selectTextBaseLang();
+        const testQuery = `ROW a = 1, b = "two", c = null`;
+
+        await monacoEditor.setCodeEditorValue(testQuery);
+        await testSubjects.click('querySubmitButton');
+        await PageObjects.header.waitUntilLoadingHasFinished();
+
+        await PageObjects.discover.dragFieldToTable('a');
+        const cell = await dataGrid.getCellElement(0, 2);
+        expect(await cell.getVisibleText()).to.be('1');
+      });
     });
 
     describe('errors', () => {

From 9c59118a01dc13dc81a3bb2b9b7a7110a93b9b3e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Matt Kime <matt@mattki.me>
Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2024 12:47:30 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 3/4] remove check for no index pattern

---
 .../main/utils/get_data_view_by_text_based_query_lang.ts  | 8 ++++++--
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/plugins/discover/public/application/main/utils/get_data_view_by_text_based_query_lang.ts b/src/plugins/discover/public/application/main/utils/get_data_view_by_text_based_query_lang.ts
index 32261f67d62861..46db1deb8c7b0e 100644
--- a/src/plugins/discover/public/application/main/utils/get_data_view_by_text_based_query_lang.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/discover/public/application/main/utils/get_data_view_by_text_based_query_lang.ts
@@ -25,12 +25,16 @@ export async function getDataViewByTextBasedQueryLang(
   }
   if ('esql' in query) {
     indexPatternFromQuery = getIndexPatternFromESQLQuery(query.esql);
+
+    /*
     if (indexPatternFromQuery === '') {
-      return new DataView({ fieldFormats: services.fieldFormats });
+      return new DataView({ id: 'esql-', fieldFormats: services.fieldFormats });
+      return getESQLAdHocDataview(indexPatternFromQuery, services.dataViews);
     }
+    */
   }
   // we should find a better way to work with ESQL queries which dont need a dataview
-  if (!indexPatternFromQuery && currentDataView) return currentDataView;
+  // if (!indexPatternFromQuery && currentDataView) return currentDataView;
 
   if (
     currentDataView?.isPersisted() ||

From a354b6b63c400e1c9c2a3b10e96109f6ca20eb05 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Matt Kime <matt@mattki.me>
Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2024 15:44:57 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 4/4] remove unneeded comments

---
 .../main/utils/get_data_view_by_text_based_query_lang.ts | 9 ---------
 1 file changed, 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/plugins/discover/public/application/main/utils/get_data_view_by_text_based_query_lang.ts b/src/plugins/discover/public/application/main/utils/get_data_view_by_text_based_query_lang.ts
index 46db1deb8c7b0e..32653aaf4f327c 100644
--- a/src/plugins/discover/public/application/main/utils/get_data_view_by_text_based_query_lang.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/discover/public/application/main/utils/get_data_view_by_text_based_query_lang.ts
@@ -25,16 +25,7 @@ export async function getDataViewByTextBasedQueryLang(
   }
   if ('esql' in query) {
     indexPatternFromQuery = getIndexPatternFromESQLQuery(query.esql);
-
-    /*
-    if (indexPatternFromQuery === '') {
-      return new DataView({ id: 'esql-', fieldFormats: services.fieldFormats });
-      return getESQLAdHocDataview(indexPatternFromQuery, services.dataViews);
-    }
-    */
   }
-  // we should find a better way to work with ESQL queries which dont need a dataview
-  // if (!indexPatternFromQuery && currentDataView) return currentDataView;
 
   if (
     currentDataView?.isPersisted() ||