diff --git a/ui/src/dashboards/utils/tableGraph.ts b/ui/src/dashboards/utils/tableGraph.ts
index 405920bf2c..0cd7257c68 100644
--- a/ui/src/dashboards/utils/tableGraph.ts
+++ b/ui/src/dashboards/utils/tableGraph.ts
@@ -259,10 +259,13 @@ export const transformTableData = (
 ): TransformTableDataReturnType => {
   const {verticalTimeAxis} = tableOptions
 
-  const resolvedFieldOptions = resolveFieldOptions(fieldOptions, data[0])
-
   const excludedData = excludeNoisyColumns(data)
 
+  const resolvedFieldOptions = resolveFieldOptions(
+    fieldOptions,
+    excludedData[0]
+  )
+
   const {sortedData, sortedTimeVals} = sortTableData(excludedData, sortOptions)
 
   const filteredData = filterTableColumns(sortedData, resolvedFieldOptions)