diff --git a/public/components/application_analytics/components/flyout_components/service_detail_flyout.tsx b/public/components/application_analytics/components/flyout_components/service_detail_flyout.tsx
index 94fb24262..418fb222b 100644
--- a/public/components/application_analytics/components/flyout_components/service_detail_flyout.tsx
+++ b/public/components/application_analytics/components/flyout_components/service_detail_flyout.tsx
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ export function ServiceDetailFlyout(props: ServiceFlyoutProps) {
     handleServiceViewRequest(serviceName, http, serviceDSL, setFields, mode);
     handleServiceMapRequest(http, serviceDSL, mode, '', setServiceMap, serviceName);
     const spanDSL = filtersToDsl(mode, filters, query, startTime, endTime, 'app', appConfigs);
-    spanDSL.query.bool.must.push({
+    spanDSL.query.bool.filter.push({
       term: {
         serviceName,
       },
diff --git a/public/components/trace_analytics/components/common/helper_functions.tsx b/public/components/trace_analytics/components/common/helper_functions.tsx
index aa110ea50..cb889ebd8 100644
--- a/public/components/trace_analytics/components/common/helper_functions.tsx
+++ b/public/components/trace_analytics/components/common/helper_functions.tsx
@@ -403,10 +403,10 @@ export const filtersToDsl = (
       },
     },
   };
-  DSL.query.bool.must.push(timeFilter);
+  DSL.query.bool.filter.push(timeFilter);
   DSL.custom.timeFilter.push(timeFilter);
   if (query.length > 0) {
-    DSL.query.bool.must.push({
+    DSL.query.bool.filter.push({
       query_string: {
         query,
       },
diff --git a/public/components/trace_analytics/components/services/service_view.tsx b/public/components/trace_analytics/components/services/service_view.tsx
index 356f17ea1..bc93b6793 100644
--- a/public/components/trace_analytics/components/services/service_view.tsx
+++ b/public/components/trace_analytics/components/services/service_view.tsx
@@ -405,13 +405,13 @@ export function ServiceView(props: ServiceViewProps) {
       processTimeStamp(props.endTime, mode)
     );
     if (mode === 'data_prepper') {
-      spanDSL.query.bool.must.push({
+      spanDSL.query.bool.filter.push({
         term: {
           serviceName: props.serviceName,
         },
       });
     } else if (mode === 'jaeger') {
-      spanDSL.query.bool.must.push({
+      spanDSL.query.bool.filter.push({
         term: {
           'process.serviceName': props.serviceName,
         },
@@ -419,7 +419,7 @@ export function ServiceView(props: ServiceViewProps) {
     }
     spanFilters.map(({ field, value }) => {
       if (value != null) {
-        spanDSL.query.bool.must.push({
+        spanDSL.query.bool.filter.push({
           term: {
             [field]: value,
           },
diff --git a/public/components/trace_analytics/components/traces/span_detail_panel.tsx b/public/components/trace_analytics/components/traces/span_detail_panel.tsx
index dedbd58aa..e59fb7e2f 100644
--- a/public/components/trace_analytics/components/traces/span_detail_panel.tsx
+++ b/public/components/trace_analytics/components/traces/span_detail_panel.tsx
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ export function SpanDetailPanel(props: {
           };
     spanFilters.map(({ field, value }) => {
       if (value != null) {
-        spanDSL.query.bool.must.push({
+        spanDSL.query.bool.filter.push({
           term: {
             [field]: value,
           },
diff --git a/public/components/trace_analytics/requests/queries/services_queries.ts b/public/components/trace_analytics/requests/queries/services_queries.ts
index ab3cd3ce0..b9bc9e124 100644
--- a/public/components/trace_analytics/requests/queries/services_queries.ts
+++ b/public/components/trace_analytics/requests/queries/services_queries.ts
@@ -46,14 +46,14 @@ export const getServicesQuery = (
   };
   if (mode === 'jaeger') {
     if (serviceName) {
-      query.query.bool.must.push({
+      query.query.bool.filter.push({
         term: {
           'process.serviceName': serviceName,
         },
       });
     }
     DSL?.custom?.serviceNames?.map((service: string) => {
-      query.query.bool.must.push({
+      query.query.bool.filter.push({
         term: {
           'process.serviceName': service,
         },
@@ -68,14 +68,14 @@ export const getServicesQuery = (
     });
   } else {
     if (serviceName) {
-      query.query.bool.must.push({
+      query.query.bool.filter.push({
         term: {
           serviceName,
         },
       });
     }
     DSL?.custom?.serviceNames?.map((service: string) => {
-      query.query.bool.must.push({
+      query.query.bool.filter.push({
         term: {
           serviceName: service,
         },
@@ -457,8 +457,8 @@ export const getServiceMetricsQuery = (
     },
   };
   if (DSL.custom?.timeFilter.length > 0) {
-    jaegerQuery.query.bool.must.push(...DSL.custom.timeFilter);
-    dataPrepperQuery.query.bool.must.push(...DSL.custom.timeFilter);
+    jaegerQuery.query.bool.filter.push(...DSL.custom.timeFilter);
+    dataPrepperQuery.query.bool.filter.push(...DSL.custom.timeFilter);
   }
   return mode === 'jaeger' ? jaegerQuery : dataPrepperQuery;
 };
diff --git a/public/components/trace_analytics/requests/queries/traces_queries.ts b/public/components/trace_analytics/requests/queries/traces_queries.ts
index f60820ddc..c9297999a 100644
--- a/public/components/trace_analytics/requests/queries/traces_queries.ts
+++ b/public/components/trace_analytics/requests/queries/traces_queries.ts
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ export const getTracesQuery = (
           order: {
             [field]: direction,
           },
+          execution_hint: 'map',
         },
         aggs: {
           latency: {
@@ -118,6 +119,7 @@ export const getTracesQuery = (
         },
       },
     },
+    track_total_hits: false,
   };
   const dataPrepperQuery: any = {
     size: 0,
@@ -137,6 +139,7 @@ export const getTracesQuery = (
           order: {
             [field]: direction,
           },
+          execution_hint: 'map',
         },
         aggs: {
           latency: {
@@ -173,14 +176,15 @@ export const getTracesQuery = (
         },
       },
     },
+    track_total_hits: false,
   };
   if (traceId) {
-    jaegerQuery.query.bool.must.push({
+    jaegerQuery.query.bool.filter.push({
       term: {
         traceID: traceId,
       },
     });
-    dataPrepperQuery.query.bool.must.push({
+    dataPrepperQuery.query.bool.filter.push({
       term: {
         traceId,
       },
diff --git a/server/routes/trace_analytics_dsl_router.ts b/server/routes/trace_analytics_dsl_router.ts
index 4fe62ab5d..4d99ea401 100644
--- a/server/routes/trace_analytics_dsl_router.ts
+++ b/server/routes/trace_analytics_dsl_router.ts
@@ -126,6 +126,7 @@ export function registerTraceAnalyticsDslRouter(router: IRouter, dataSourceEnabl
             })
           ),
           script_fields: schema.maybe(schema.any()),
+          track_total_hits: schema.maybe(schema.boolean()),
         }),
         query: schema.object({
           dataSourceMDSId: schema.maybe(schema.string({ defaultValue: '' })),