diff --git a/test/functional/apps/dashboard/index.js b/test/functional/apps/dashboard/index.js
index 1e310c1ddd26..5a30456bd59a 100644
--- a/test/functional/apps/dashboard/index.js
+++ b/test/functional/apps/dashboard/index.js
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ export default function ({ getService, loadTestFile }) {
       after(unloadCurrentData);
 
       loadTestFile(require.resolve('./empty_dashboard'));
+      loadTestFile(require.resolve('./url_field_formatter'));
       loadTestFile(require.resolve('./embeddable_rendering'));
       loadTestFile(require.resolve('./create_and_add_embeddables'));
       loadTestFile(require.resolve('./edit_embeddable_redirects'));
diff --git a/test/functional/apps/dashboard/url_field_formatter.ts b/test/functional/apps/dashboard/url_field_formatter.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9b05b9b777b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/functional/apps/dashboard/url_field_formatter.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+/*
+ * 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 expect from '@kbn/expect';
+import { WebElementWrapper } from 'test/functional/services/lib/web_element_wrapper';
+import { FtrProviderContext } from '../../ftr_provider_context';
+
+export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }: FtrProviderContext) {
+  const { common, dashboard, settings, timePicker, visChart } = getPageObjects([
+    'common',
+    'dashboard',
+    'settings',
+    'timePicker',
+    'visChart',
+  ]);
+  const esArchiver = getService('esArchiver');
+  const kibanaServer = getService('kibanaServer');
+  const testSubjects = getService('testSubjects');
+  const browser = getService('browser');
+  const fieldName = 'clientip';
+
+  const clickFieldAndCheckUrl = async (fieldLink: WebElementWrapper) => {
+    const fieldValue = await fieldLink.getVisibleText();
+    await fieldLink.click();
+    const windowHandlers = await browser.getAllWindowHandles();
+    expect(windowHandlers.length).to.equal(2);
+    await browser.switchToWindow(windowHandlers[1]);
+    const currentUrl = await browser.getCurrentUrl();
+    const fieldUrl = common.getHostPort() + '/app/' + fieldValue;
+    expect(currentUrl).to.equal(fieldUrl);
+  };
+
+  describe('Changing field formatter to Url', () => {
+    before(async function () {
+      await esArchiver.load('dashboard/current/kibana');
+      await kibanaServer.uiSettings.replace({
+        defaultIndex: '0bf35f60-3dc9-11e8-8660-4d65aa086b3c',
+      });
+      await common.navigateToApp('settings');
+      await settings.clickKibanaIndexPatterns();
+      await settings.clickIndexPatternLogstash();
+      await settings.filterField(fieldName);
+      await settings.openControlsByName(fieldName);
+      await settings.setFieldFormat('url');
+      await settings.controlChangeSave();
+    });
+
+    it('applied on dashboard', async () => {
+      await common.navigateToApp('dashboard');
+      await dashboard.loadSavedDashboard('dashboard with everything');
+      await dashboard.waitForRenderComplete();
+      const fieldLink = await visChart.getFieldLinkInVisTable(`${fieldName}: Descending`, 1);
+      await clickFieldAndCheckUrl(fieldLink);
+    });
+
+    it('applied on discover', async () => {
+      await common.navigateToApp('discover');
+      await timePicker.setAbsoluteRange(
+        'Sep 19, 2017 @ 06:31:44.000',
+        'Sep 23, 2018 @ 18:31:44.000'
+      );
+      await testSubjects.click('docTableExpandToggleColumn');
+      const fieldLink = await testSubjects.find(`tableDocViewRow-${fieldName}-value`);
+      await clickFieldAndCheckUrl(fieldLink);
+    });
+
+    afterEach(async function () {
+      const windowHandlers = await browser.getAllWindowHandles();
+      if (windowHandlers.length > 1) {
+        await browser.closeCurrentWindow();
+        await browser.switchToWindow(windowHandlers[0]);
+      }
+    });
+  });
+}
diff --git a/test/functional/page_objects/visualize_chart_page.ts b/test/functional/page_objects/visualize_chart_page.ts
index 673fba0c346b..590631ad48b0 100644
--- a/test/functional/page_objects/visualize_chart_page.ts
+++ b/test/functional/page_objects/visualize_chart_page.ts
@@ -302,6 +302,20 @@ export function VisualizeChartPageProvider({ getService, getPageObjects }: FtrPr
       return element.getVisibleText();
     }
 
+    public async getFieldLinkInVisTable(fieldName: string, rowIndex: number = 1) {
+      const tableVis = await testSubjects.find('tableVis');
+      const $ = await tableVis.parseDomContent();
+      const headers = $('span[ng-bind="::col.title"]')
+        .toArray()
+        .map((header: any) => $(header).text());
+      const fieldColumnIndex = headers.indexOf(fieldName);
+      return await find.byCssSelector(
+        `[data-test-subj="paginated-table-body"] tr:nth-of-type(${rowIndex}) td:nth-of-type(${
+          fieldColumnIndex + 1
+        }) a`
+      );
+    }
+
     /**
      * If you are writing new tests, you should rather look into getTableVisContent method instead.
      * @deprecated Use getTableVisContent instead.