diff --git a/test/functional/apps/home/_sample_data.js b/test/functional/apps/home/_sample_data.js
index 927435f37e1eaf..954c2dd110585c 100644
--- a/test/functional/apps/home/_sample_data.js
+++ b/test/functional/apps/home/_sample_data.js
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import expect from '@kbn/expect';
 export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }) {
   const retry = getService('retry');
   const find = getService('find');
+  const log = getService('log');
   const pieChart = getService('pieChart');
   const renderable = getService('renderable');
   const dashboardExpect = getService('dashboardExpect');
@@ -94,27 +95,22 @@ export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }) {
       });
 
 
-      it.skip('pie charts rendered', async () => {
-        await pieChart.expectPieSliceCount(4);
-      });
+      it('should render visualizations', async () => {
+        await PageObjects.home.launchSampleDataSet('flights');
+        await PageObjects.header.waitUntilLoadingHasFinished();
+        await renderable.waitForRender();
 
-      it.skip('area, bar and heatmap charts rendered', async () => {
+        log.debug('Checking pie charts rendered');
+        await pieChart.expectPieSliceCount(4);
+        log.debug('Checking area, bar and heatmap charts rendered');
         await dashboardExpect.seriesElementCount(15);
-      });
-
-      it.skip('saved searches render', async () => {
+        log.debug('Checking saved searches rendered');
         await dashboardExpect.savedSearchRowCount(50);
-      });
-
-      it.skip('input controls render', async () => {
+        log.debug('Checking input controls rendered');
         await dashboardExpect.inputControlItemCount(3);
-      });
-
-      it.skip('tag cloud renders', async () => {
+        log.debug('Checking tag cloud rendered');
         await dashboardExpect.tagCloudWithValuesFound(['Sunny', 'Rain', 'Clear', 'Cloudy', 'Hail']);
-      });
-
-      it.skip('vega chart renders', async () => {
+        log.debug('Checking vega chart rendered');
         const tsvb = await find.existsByCssSelector('.vgaVis__view');
         expect(tsvb).to.be(true);
       });
diff --git a/test/functional/apps/visualize/_tsvb_chart.ts b/test/functional/apps/visualize/_tsvb_chart.ts
index 0ca72d7fa76414..cf52e6e8a5aed4 100644
--- a/test/functional/apps/visualize/_tsvb_chart.ts
+++ b/test/functional/apps/visualize/_tsvb_chart.ts
@@ -95,24 +95,20 @@ export default function({ getService, getPageObjects }: FtrProviderContext) {
       });
     });
 
-    describe.skip('switch index patterns', () => {
-      before(async () => {
+    describe('switch index patterns', () => {
+      beforeEach(async () => {
         log.debug('Load kibana_sample_data_flights data');
         await esArchiver.loadIfNeeded('kibana_sample_data_flights');
-        await PageObjects.visualBuilder.resetPage(
-          '2015-09-19 06:31:44.000',
-          '2018-10-31 00:0:00.000'
-        );
+        await PageObjects.visualBuilder.resetPage();
         await PageObjects.visualBuilder.clickMetric();
+        await PageObjects.visualBuilder.checkMetricTabIsPresent();
       });
       after(async () => {
         await esArchiver.unload('kibana_sample_data_flights');
       });
       it('should be able to switch between index patterns', async () => {
-        const expectedMetricValue = '156';
         const value = await PageObjects.visualBuilder.getMetricValue();
-        log.debug(`metric value: ${value}`);
-        expect(value).to.eql(expectedMetricValue);
+        expect(value).to.eql('156');
         await PageObjects.visualBuilder.clickMetricPanelOptions();
         const fromTime = '2018-10-22 00:00:00.000';
         const toTime = '2018-10-28 23:59:59.999';
@@ -120,7 +116,6 @@ export default function({ getService, getPageObjects }: FtrProviderContext) {
         await PageObjects.visualBuilder.setIndexPatternValue('kibana_sample_data_flights');
         await PageObjects.visualBuilder.selectIndexPatternTimeField('timestamp');
         const newValue = await PageObjects.visualBuilder.getMetricValue();
-        log.debug(`metric value: ${newValue}`);
         expect(newValue).to.eql('10');
       });
     });
diff --git a/test/functional/page_objects/visual_builder_page.ts b/test/functional/page_objects/visual_builder_page.ts
index bba019d2732fe2..95d6e6fa229620 100644
--- a/test/functional/page_objects/visual_builder_page.ts
+++ b/test/functional/page_objects/visual_builder_page.ts
@@ -388,8 +388,7 @@ export function VisualBuilderPageProvider({ getService, getPageObjects }: FtrPro
     }
 
     public async clickMetricPanelOptions() {
-      const button = await testSubjects.find('metricEditorPanelOptionsBtn');
-      await button.click();
+      await testSubjects.click('metricEditorPanelOptionsBtn');
       await PageObjects.header.waitUntilLoadingHasFinished();
     }
 
@@ -401,11 +400,7 @@ export function VisualBuilderPageProvider({ getService, getPageObjects }: FtrPro
     }
 
     public async selectIndexPatternTimeField(timeField: string) {
-      const el = await testSubjects.find('comboBoxSearchInput');
-      await el.clearValue();
-      await el.type(timeField);
-      await el.pressKeys(browser.keys.RETURN);
-      await PageObjects.header.waitUntilLoadingHasFinished();
+      await comboBox.set('metricsIndexPatternFieldsSelect', timeField);
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/x-pack/test/functional/apps/monitoring/elasticsearch/nodes.js b/x-pack/test/functional/apps/monitoring/elasticsearch/nodes.js
index 29573c5baa195d..d3a31e47dc34c6 100644
--- a/x-pack/test/functional/apps/monitoring/elasticsearch/nodes.js
+++ b/x-pack/test/functional/apps/monitoring/elasticsearch/nodes.js
@@ -222,8 +222,7 @@ export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }) {
         });
       });
 
-      // Skip until https://github.com/elastic/eui/issues/1318 is implemented
-      it.skip('should filter for specific indices', async () => {
+      it('should filter for specific indices', async () => {
         await nodesList.setFilter('01');
         const rows = await nodesList.getRows();
         expect(rows.length).to.be(1);