diff --git a/src/plugins/profiling/public/app.tsx b/src/plugins/profiling/public/app.tsx
index 7aace0a4cd7f93..62ea6e44e26b63 100644
--- a/src/plugins/profiling/public/app.tsx
+++ b/src/plugins/profiling/public/app.tsx
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ import { Services } from './services';
 
 type Props = Services;
 
-function App({ fetchTopN, fetchElasticFlamechart, fetchPixiFlamechart }: Props) {
+function App({ fetchTopN, fetchElasticFlamechart, fetchPixiFlamechart, fetchTopNData }: Props) {
   const [topn, setTopN] = useState({
     samples: [],
     series: new Map(),
diff --git a/src/plugins/profiling/public/plugin.tsx b/src/plugins/profiling/public/plugin.tsx
index 2d828ebb612500..a314488e8d860e 100644
--- a/src/plugins/profiling/public/plugin.tsx
+++ b/src/plugins/profiling/public/plugin.tsx
@@ -6,18 +6,29 @@
  * Side Public License, v 1.
  */
 
-import { AppMountParameters, CoreSetup, CoreStart, Plugin } from '../../../core/public';
+import { AppMountParameters, CoreSetup, CoreStart, Plugin } from 'kibana/public';
 import { getServices } from './services';
+import { DataPublicPluginSetup, DataPublicPluginStart } from '../../data/public';
 
-export class ProdfilerPlugin implements Plugin {
-  public setup(core: CoreSetup) {
+export interface ProdfilerPluginStartDeps {
+  data: DataPublicPluginStart;
+}
+
+export interface ProdfilerPluginSetupDeps {
+  data: DataPublicPluginSetup;
+}
+
+export class ProdfilerPlugin
+  implements Plugin<void, void, ProdfilerPluginSetupDeps, ProdfilerPluginStartDeps>
+{
+  public setup(core: CoreSetup<ProdfilerPluginStartDeps>) {
     // Register an application into the side navigation menu
     core.application.register({
       id: 'prodfiler',
       title: 'Prodfiler',
       async mount({ element }: AppMountParameters) {
-        const [coreStart] = await core.getStartServices();
-        const startServices = getServices(coreStart);
+        const [coreStart, dataPlugin] = await core.getStartServices();
+        const startServices = getServices(coreStart, dataPlugin);
         const { renderApp } = await import('./app');
         return renderApp(startServices, element);
       },
diff --git a/src/plugins/profiling/public/services.ts b/src/plugins/profiling/public/services.ts
index 31911d6b6451b0..97c1536d531ddc 100644
--- a/src/plugins/profiling/public/services.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/profiling/public/services.ts
@@ -8,11 +8,15 @@
 
 import { CoreStart, HttpFetchError, HttpFetchQuery } from 'kibana/public';
 import { getRemoteRoutePaths } from '../common';
+import { ProdfilerPluginStartDeps } from './plugin';
+import { DownsampledRequest, DownsampledTopNResponse } from '../common/types';
 
 export interface Services {
   fetchTopN: (type: string, seconds: string) => Promise<any[] | HttpFetchError>;
   fetchElasticFlamechart: (seconds: string) => Promise<any[] | HttpFetchError>;
   fetchPixiFlamechart: (seconds: string) => Promise<any[] | HttpFetchError>;
+  // FIXME
+  fetchTopNData?: (searchField: string, seconds: string) => Promise<DownsampledTopNResponse>;
 }
 
 function getFetchQuery(seconds: string): HttpFetchQuery {
@@ -27,11 +31,35 @@ function getFetchQuery(seconds: string): HttpFetchQuery {
   } as HttpFetchQuery;
 }
 
-export function getServices(core: CoreStart): Services {
+export function getServices(core: CoreStart, data?: ProdfilerPluginStartDeps): Services {
   // To use local fixtures instead, use getLocalRoutePaths
   const paths = getRemoteRoutePaths();
 
   return {
+    fetchTopNData: (searchField: string, seconds: string): Promise<DownsampledTopNResponse> => {
+      const unixTime = Math.floor(Date.now() / 1000);
+      return (
+        data!.data.search
+          .search<DownsampledRequest, DownsampledTopNResponse>(
+            {
+              params: {
+                projectID: 5,
+                timeFrom: unixTime - parseInt(seconds, 10),
+                timeTo: unixTime,
+                // FIXME remove hard-coded value for topN items length and expose it through the UI
+                topNItems: 100,
+                searchField,
+              },
+            },
+            {
+              strategy: 'downsampledTopN',
+            }
+          )
+          // get the results and prepare the Promise
+          .toPromise<DownsampledTopNResponse>()
+      );
+    },
+
     fetchTopN: async (type: string, seconds: string) => {
       try {
         const query = getFetchQuery(seconds);