diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 8330075b717..a9210c679f1 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ Inspired from [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/)
 - [BUG][Data Explorer][Discover] Add onQuerySubmit to top nav and allow force update to embeddable ([#5160](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/5160))
 - [BUG][Discover] Fix misc navigation issues ([#5168](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/5168))
 - [BUG][Discover] Fix mobile view ([#5168](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/5168))
+- [BUG][Data Explorer][Discover] Automatically load solo added default index pattern ([#5171](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/5171))
 
 ### 🚞 Infrastructure
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/data_explorer/public/index.ts b/src/plugins/data_explorer/public/index.ts
index 635a0ec285d..cb33d2b7d90 100644
--- a/src/plugins/data_explorer/public/index.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/data_explorer/public/index.ts
@@ -14,4 +14,10 @@ export function plugin() {
 }
 export { DataExplorerPluginSetup, DataExplorerPluginStart, DataExplorerServices } from './types';
 export { ViewProps, ViewDefinition, DefaultViewState } from './services/view_service';
-export { RootState, useTypedSelector, useTypedDispatch } from './utils/state_management';
+export {
+  RootState,
+  Store,
+  useTypedSelector,
+  useTypedDispatch,
+  setIndexPattern,
+} from './utils/state_management';
diff --git a/src/plugins/discover/public/application/utils/state_management/index.ts b/src/plugins/discover/public/application/utils/state_management/index.ts
index d72cc772e6c..9e0d5bc64ff 100644
--- a/src/plugins/discover/public/application/utils/state_management/index.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/discover/public/application/utils/state_management/index.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,13 @@
  */
 
 import { TypedUseSelectorHook } from 'react-redux';
-import { RootState, useTypedDispatch, useTypedSelector } from '../../../../../data_explorer/public';
+import {
+  RootState,
+  Store as StoreType,
+  setIndexPattern as updateIndexPattern,
+  useTypedDispatch,
+  useTypedSelector,
+} from '../../../../../data_explorer/public';
 import { DiscoverState } from './discover_slice';
 
 export * from './discover_slice';
@@ -15,3 +21,4 @@ export interface DiscoverRootState extends RootState {
 
 export const useSelector: TypedUseSelectorHook<DiscoverRootState> = useTypedSelector;
 export const useDispatch = useTypedDispatch;
+export { StoreType, updateIndexPattern };
diff --git a/src/plugins/discover/public/application/view_components/canvas/discover_table.tsx b/src/plugins/discover/public/application/view_components/canvas/discover_table.tsx
index 3cdf48a30df..e57a0b7c766 100644
--- a/src/plugins/discover/public/application/view_components/canvas/discover_table.tsx
+++ b/src/plugins/discover/public/application/view_components/canvas/discover_table.tsx
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ export const DiscoverTable = ({ history }: Props) => {
       query: { filterManager },
     },
   } = services;
-  const { data$, refetch$, indexPattern } = useDiscoverContext();
+  const { data$, refetch$, indexPattern, savedSearch } = useDiscoverContext();
   const [fetchState, setFetchState] = useState<SearchData>({
     status: data$.getValue().status,
     rows: [],
@@ -71,7 +71,6 @@ export const DiscoverTable = ({ history }: Props) => {
   );
 
   const { rows } = fetchState || {};
-  const { savedSearch } = useSearch(services);
 
   useEffect(() => {
     const subscription = data$.subscribe((next) => {
diff --git a/src/plugins/discover/public/application/view_components/utils/use_index_pattern.ts b/src/plugins/discover/public/application/view_components/utils/use_index_pattern.ts
index 87263910798..10a795abac3 100644
--- a/src/plugins/discover/public/application/view_components/utils/use_index_pattern.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/discover/public/application/view_components/utils/use_index_pattern.ts
@@ -6,46 +6,72 @@
 import { useEffect, useState } from 'react';
 import { i18n } from '@osd/i18n';
 import { IndexPattern } from '../../../../../data/public';
-import { useSelector } from '../../utils/state_management';
+import { useSelector, updateIndexPattern, StoreType } from '../../utils/state_management';
 import { DiscoverServices } from '../../../build_services';
+import { getIndexPatternId } from '../../helpers/get_index_pattern_id';
 
-export const useIndexPattern = (services: DiscoverServices) => {
-  const indexPatternId = useSelector((state) => state.metadata.indexPattern);
+/**
+ * Custom hook to fetch and manage the index pattern based on the provided services.
+ *
+ * This hook does the following:
+ * 1. Check if there's an `indexPatternId` from the state.
+ * 2. If not, fetch a list of index patterns, determine the default, and update the store with it.
+ * 3. Once an `indexPatternId` is determined (either from the state or by fetching the default),
+ *    it fetches the details of the index pattern.
+ * 4. If there's any error fetching the index pattern details, a warning notification is shown.
+ *
+ * @param services - The services needed to fetch the index patterns and show notifications.
+ * @param store - The redux store in data_explorer to dispatch actions.
+ * @returns - The fetched index pattern.
+ */
+export const useIndexPattern = (services: DiscoverServices, store: StoreType) => {
+  const indexPatternIdFromState = useSelector((state) => state.metadata.indexPattern);
   const [indexPattern, setIndexPattern] = useState<IndexPattern | undefined>(undefined);
-  const { data, toastNotifications } = services;
+  const { data, toastNotifications, uiSettings: config } = services;
 
   useEffect(() => {
     let isMounted = true;
-    if (!indexPatternId) return;
-    const indexPatternMissingWarning = i18n.translate(
-      'discover.valueIsNotConfiguredIndexPatternIDWarningTitle',
-      {
-        defaultMessage: '{id} is not a configured index pattern ID',
-        values: {
-          id: `"${indexPatternId}"`,
-        },
-      }
-    );
 
-    data.indexPatterns
-      .get(indexPatternId)
-      .then((result) => {
-        if (isMounted) {
-          setIndexPattern(result);
-        }
-      })
-      .catch(() => {
-        if (isMounted) {
-          toastNotifications.addDanger({
-            title: indexPatternMissingWarning,
-          });
-        }
+    const fetchIndexPatternDetails = (id: string) => {
+      data.indexPatterns
+        .get(id)
+        .then((result) => {
+          if (isMounted) {
+            setIndexPattern(result);
+          }
+        })
+        .catch(() => {
+          if (isMounted) {
+            const indexPatternMissingWarning = i18n.translate(
+              'discover.valueIsNotConfiguredIndexPatternIDWarningTitle',
+              {
+                defaultMessage: '{id} is not a configured index pattern ID',
+                values: {
+                  id: `"${id}"`,
+                },
+              }
+            );
+            toastNotifications.addDanger({
+              title: indexPatternMissingWarning,
+            });
+          }
+        });
+    };
+
+    if (!indexPatternIdFromState) {
+      data.indexPatterns.getCache().then((indexPatternList) => {
+        const newId = getIndexPatternId('', indexPatternList, config.get('defaultIndex'));
+        store!.dispatch(updateIndexPattern(newId));
+        fetchIndexPatternDetails(newId);
       });
+    } else {
+      fetchIndexPatternDetails(indexPatternIdFromState);
+    }
 
     return () => {
       isMounted = false;
     };
-  }, [indexPatternId, data.indexPatterns, toastNotifications]);
+  }, [indexPatternIdFromState, data.indexPatterns, toastNotifications, config, store]);
 
   return indexPattern;
 };
diff --git a/src/plugins/discover/public/application/view_components/utils/use_search.ts b/src/plugins/discover/public/application/view_components/utils/use_search.ts
index 4066d0063a3..d8c25e1a98e 100644
--- a/src/plugins/discover/public/application/view_components/utils/use_search.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/discover/public/application/view_components/utils/use_search.ts
@@ -70,8 +70,8 @@ export const useSearch = (services: DiscoverViewServices) => {
   const initalSearchComplete = useRef(false);
   const [savedSearch, setSavedSearch] = useState<SavedSearch | undefined>(undefined);
   const { savedSearch: savedSearchId, sort, interval } = useSelector((state) => state.discover);
-  const indexPattern = useIndexPattern(services);
-  const { data, filterManager, getSavedSearchById, core, toastNotifications } = services;
+  const { data, filterManager, getSavedSearchById, core, toastNotifications, store } = services;
+  const indexPattern = useIndexPattern(services, store);
   const timefilter = data.query.timefilter.timefilter;
   const fetchStateRef = useRef<{
     abortController: AbortController | undefined;