diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/8743.yml b/changelogs/fragments/8743.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4ef81b73020b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/8743.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+fix:
+- Fix error handling in query enhancement facet ([#8743](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/8743))
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/plugins/query_enhancements/common/utils.ts b/src/plugins/query_enhancements/common/utils.ts
index 0d2697dc2135..2ac1cf430f5c 100644
--- a/src/plugins/query_enhancements/common/utils.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/query_enhancements/common/utils.ts
@@ -44,7 +44,8 @@ export const removeKeyword = (queryString: string | undefined) => {
 
 export const handleFacetError = (response: any) => {
   const error = new Error(response.data.body ?? response.data);
-  error.name = response.data.status ?? response.status;
+  error.name = response.data.status ?? response.status ?? response.data.statusCode;
+  (error as any).status = error.name;
   throw error;
 };
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/query_enhancements/server/search/ppl_search_strategy.ts b/src/plugins/query_enhancements/server/search/ppl_search_strategy.ts
index 501e2287411b..d71ae6810fad 100644
--- a/src/plugins/query_enhancements/server/search/ppl_search_strategy.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/query_enhancements/server/search/ppl_search_strategy.ts
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ export const pplSearchStrategyProvider = (
           for (const [key, aggQueryString] of Object.entries(aggConfig.qs)) {
             request.body.query.query = aggQueryString;
             const rawAggs: any = await pplFacet.describeQuery(context, request);
+            if (!rawAggs.success) handleFacetError(rawResponse);
             (dataFrame as IDataFrameWithAggs).aggs = {};
             (dataFrame as IDataFrameWithAggs).aggs[key] = rawAggs.data.datarows?.map((hit: any) => {
               return {
diff --git a/src/plugins/query_enhancements/server/utils/facet.ts b/src/plugins/query_enhancements/server/utils/facet.ts
index 0b6dd52407cd..a080b8833fb7 100644
--- a/src/plugins/query_enhancements/server/utils/facet.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/query_enhancements/server/utils/facet.ts
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ export class Facet {
     const response = this.useJobs
       ? await this.fetchJobs(context, request, this.endpoint)
       : await this.fetch(context, request, this.endpoint);
-    if (!this.shimResponse) return response;
+    if (response.success === false || !this.shimResponse) return response;
 
     const { format: dataType } = request.body;
     const shimFunctions: { [key: string]: (data: any) => any } = {