diff --git a/src/plugins/discover/public/components/discover_grid/get_render_cell_value.test.tsx b/src/plugins/discover/public/components/discover_grid/get_render_cell_value.test.tsx
index 4479e051b1f264..07ed170258fb11 100644
--- a/src/plugins/discover/public/components/discover_grid/get_render_cell_value.test.tsx
+++ b/src/plugins/discover/public/components/discover_grid/get_render_cell_value.test.tsx
@@ -96,6 +96,50 @@ describe('Discover grid cell rendering', function () {
     expect(component.html()).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`"<span>100</span>"`);
   });
 
+  it('renders bytes column correctly using _source when details is true', () => {
+    const DiscoverGridCellValue = getRenderCellValueFn(
+      indexPatternMock,
+      rowsSource,
+      rowsSource.map(flatten),
+      false,
+      [],
+      100
+    );
+    const component = shallow(
+      <DiscoverGridCellValue
+        rowIndex={0}
+        columnId="bytes"
+        isDetails={true}
+        isExpanded={false}
+        isExpandable={true}
+        setCellProps={jest.fn()}
+      />
+    );
+    expect(component.html()).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`"<span>100</span>"`);
+  });
+
+  it('renders bytes column correctly using fields when details is true', () => {
+    const DiscoverGridCellValue = getRenderCellValueFn(
+      indexPatternMock,
+      rowsFields,
+      rowsFields.map(flatten),
+      false,
+      [],
+      100
+    );
+    const component = shallow(
+      <DiscoverGridCellValue
+        rowIndex={0}
+        columnId="bytes"
+        isDetails={true}
+        isExpanded={false}
+        isExpandable={true}
+        setCellProps={jest.fn()}
+      />
+    );
+    expect(component.html()).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`"<span>100</span>"`);
+  });
+
   it('renders _source column correctly', () => {
     const DiscoverGridCellValue = getRenderCellValueFn(
       indexPatternMock,
@@ -514,13 +558,16 @@ describe('Discover grid cell rendering', function () {
       />
     );
     expect(component).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
-      <span>
-        {
-        "object.value": [
-          100
-        ]
-      }
-      </span>
+      <JsonCodeEditor
+        json={
+          Object {
+            "object.value": Array [
+              100,
+            ],
+          }
+        }
+        width={370}
+      />
     `);
   });
 
@@ -634,9 +681,15 @@ describe('Discover grid cell rendering', function () {
       />
     );
     expect(component).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
-      <Fragment>
-        .gz
-      </Fragment>
+      <span
+        dangerouslySetInnerHTML={
+          Object {
+            "__html": Array [
+              ".gz",
+            ],
+          }
+        }
+      />
     `);
 
     const componentWithDetails = shallow(
@@ -650,13 +703,14 @@ describe('Discover grid cell rendering', function () {
       />
     );
     expect(componentWithDetails).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
-      <JsonCodeEditor
-        json={
-          Array [
-            ".gz",
-          ]
+      <span
+        dangerouslySetInnerHTML={
+          Object {
+            "__html": Array [
+              ".gz",
+            ],
+          }
         }
-        width={370}
       />
     `);
   });
diff --git a/src/plugins/discover/public/components/discover_grid/get_render_cell_value.tsx b/src/plugins/discover/public/components/discover_grid/get_render_cell_value.tsx
index 436281b119bff4..5e1a1a7e39db87 100644
--- a/src/plugins/discover/public/components/discover_grid/get_render_cell_value.tsx
+++ b/src/plugins/discover/public/components/discover_grid/get_render_cell_value.tsx
@@ -8,8 +8,7 @@
 
 import React, { Fragment, useContext, useEffect } from 'react';
 import { euiLightVars as themeLight, euiDarkVars as themeDark } from '@kbn/ui-theme';
-import type { DataView } from 'src/plugins/data/common';
-
+import type { DataView, DataViewField } from 'src/plugins/data/common';
 import {
   EuiDataGridCellValueElementProps,
   EuiDescriptionList,
@@ -64,89 +63,35 @@ export const getRenderCellValueFn =
       return <span>-</span>;
     }
 
-    if (
+    /**
+     * when using the fields api this code is used to show top level objects
+     * this is used for legacy stuff like displaying products of our ecommerce dataset
+     */
+    const useTopLevelObjectColumns = Boolean(
       useNewFieldsApi &&
-      !field &&
-      row &&
-      row.fields &&
-      !(row.fields as Record<string, unknown[]>)[columnId]
-    ) {
-      const innerColumns = Object.fromEntries(
-        Object.entries(row.fields as Record<string, unknown[]>).filter(([key]) => {
-          return key.indexOf(`${columnId}.`) === 0;
-        })
-      );
-      if (isDetails) {
-        // nicely formatted JSON for the expanded view
-        return <span>{JSON.stringify(innerColumns, null, 2)}</span>;
-      }
-
-      // Put the most important fields first
-      const highlights: Record<string, unknown> = (row.highlight as Record<string, unknown>) ?? {};
-      const highlightPairs: Array<[string, string]> = [];
-      const sourcePairs: Array<[string, string]> = [];
-      Object.entries(innerColumns).forEach(([key, values]) => {
-        const subField = indexPattern.getFieldByName(key);
-        const displayKey = indexPattern.fields.getByName
-          ? indexPattern.fields.getByName(key)?.displayName
-          : undefined;
-        const formatter = subField
-          ? indexPattern.getFormatterForField(subField)
-          : { convert: (v: unknown, ...rest: unknown[]) => String(v) };
-        const formatted = (values as unknown[])
-          .map((val: unknown) =>
-            formatter.convert(val, 'html', {
-              field: subField,
-              hit: row,
-              indexPattern,
-            })
-          )
-          .join(', ');
-        const pairs = highlights[key] ? highlightPairs : sourcePairs;
-        if (displayKey) {
-          if (fieldsToShow.includes(displayKey)) {
-            pairs.push([displayKey, formatted]);
-          }
-        } else {
-          pairs.push([key, formatted]);
-        }
-      });
-
-      return (
-        // If you change the styling of this list (specifically something that will change the line-height)
-        // make sure to adjust the img overwrites attached to dscDiscoverGrid__descriptionListDescription
-        // in discover_grid.scss
-        <EuiDescriptionList type="inline" compressed className="dscDiscoverGrid__descriptionList">
-          {[...highlightPairs, ...sourcePairs]
-            .slice(0, maxDocFieldsDisplayed)
-            .map(([key, value]) => (
-              <Fragment key={key}>
-                <EuiDescriptionListTitle>{key}</EuiDescriptionListTitle>
-                <EuiDescriptionListDescription
-                  dangerouslySetInnerHTML={{ __html: value }}
-                  className="dscDiscoverGrid__descriptionListDescription"
-                />
-              </Fragment>
-            ))}
-        </EuiDescriptionList>
-      );
-    }
+        !field &&
+        row?.fields &&
+        !(row.fields as Record<string, unknown[]>)[columnId]
+    );
 
-    if (typeof rowFlattened[columnId] === 'object' && isDetails) {
-      return (
-        <JsonCodeEditor
-          json={rowFlattened[columnId] as Record<string, unknown>}
-          width={defaultMonacoEditorWidth}
-        />
+    if (isDetails) {
+      return renderPopoverContent(
+        row,
+        rowFlattened,
+        field,
+        columnId,
+        indexPattern,
+        useTopLevelObjectColumns
       );
     }
 
-    if (field && field.type === '_source') {
-      if (isDetails) {
-        // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
-        return <JsonCodeEditor json={row as any} width={defaultMonacoEditorWidth} />;
-      }
-      const pairs = formatHit(row, indexPattern, fieldsToShow);
+    if (field?.type === '_source' || useTopLevelObjectColumns) {
+      const pairs = useTopLevelObjectColumns
+        ? getTopLevelObjectPairs(row, columnId, indexPattern, fieldsToShow).slice(
+            0,
+            maxDocFieldsDisplayed
+          )
+        : formatHit(row, indexPattern, fieldsToShow);
 
       return (
         <EuiDescriptionList type="inline" compressed className="dscDiscoverGrid__descriptionList">
@@ -163,20 +108,6 @@ export const getRenderCellValueFn =
       );
     }
 
-    if (!field?.type && rowFlattened && typeof rowFlattened[columnId] === 'object') {
-      if (isDetails) {
-        // nicely formatted JSON for the expanded view
-        return (
-          <JsonCodeEditor
-            json={rowFlattened[columnId] as Record<string, unknown>}
-            width={defaultMonacoEditorWidth}
-          />
-        );
-      }
-
-      return <>{formatFieldValue(rowFlattened[columnId], row, indexPattern, field)}</>;
-    }
-
     return (
       <span
         // formatFieldValue guarantees sanitized values
@@ -187,3 +118,89 @@ export const getRenderCellValueFn =
       />
     );
   };
+
+/**
+ * Helper function to show top level objects
+ * this is used for legacy stuff like displaying products of our ecommerce dataset
+ */
+function getInnerColumns(fields: Record<string, unknown[]>, columnId: string) {
+  return Object.fromEntries(
+    Object.entries(fields).filter(([key]) => {
+      return key.indexOf(`${columnId}.`) === 0;
+    })
+  );
+}
+
+/**
+ * Helper function for the cell popover
+ */
+function renderPopoverContent(
+  rowRaw: ElasticSearchHit,
+  rowFlattened: Record<string, unknown>,
+  field: DataViewField | undefined,
+  columnId: string,
+  dataView: DataView,
+  useTopLevelObjectColumns: boolean
+) {
+  if (useTopLevelObjectColumns || field?.type === '_source') {
+    const json = useTopLevelObjectColumns
+      ? getInnerColumns(rowRaw.fields as Record<string, unknown[]>, columnId)
+      : rowRaw;
+    return (
+      <JsonCodeEditor json={json as Record<string, unknown>} width={defaultMonacoEditorWidth} />
+    );
+  }
+
+  return (
+    <span
+      // formatFieldValue guarantees sanitized values
+      // eslint-disable-next-line react/no-danger
+      dangerouslySetInnerHTML={{
+        __html: formatFieldValue(rowFlattened[columnId], rowRaw, dataView, field),
+      }}
+    />
+  );
+}
+/**
+ * Helper function to show top level objects
+ * this is used for legacy stuff like displaying products of our ecommerce dataset
+ */
+function getTopLevelObjectPairs(
+  row: ElasticSearchHit,
+  columnId: string,
+  dataView: DataView,
+  fieldsToShow: string[]
+) {
+  const innerColumns = getInnerColumns(row.fields as Record<string, unknown[]>, columnId);
+  // Put the most important fields first
+  const highlights: Record<string, unknown> = (row.highlight as Record<string, unknown>) ?? {};
+  const highlightPairs: Array<[string, string]> = [];
+  const sourcePairs: Array<[string, string]> = [];
+  Object.entries(innerColumns).forEach(([key, values]) => {
+    const subField = dataView.getFieldByName(key);
+    const displayKey = dataView.fields.getByName
+      ? dataView.fields.getByName(key)?.displayName
+      : undefined;
+    const formatter = subField
+      ? dataView.getFormatterForField(subField)
+      : { convert: (v: unknown, ...rest: unknown[]) => String(v) };
+    const formatted = (values as unknown[])
+      .map((val: unknown) =>
+        formatter.convert(val, 'html', {
+          field: subField,
+          hit: row,
+          indexPattern: dataView,
+        })
+      )
+      .join(', ');
+    const pairs = highlights[key] ? highlightPairs : sourcePairs;
+    if (displayKey) {
+      if (fieldsToShow.includes(displayKey)) {
+        pairs.push([displayKey, formatted]);
+      }
+    } else {
+      pairs.push([key, formatted]);
+    }
+  });
+  return [...highlightPairs, ...sourcePairs];
+}