When attempting to create an index on non-metadata field the server reports:
> load ('jstests/core/timeseries/timeseries_simple.js') ... > db.timeseries_simple.createIndex({"time":1, "usage_system":1}) { "ok" : 0, "errmsg" : "BadValue: Invalid index spec for time-series collection: { time: 1.0, usage_system: 1.0 }. Index must be on the 'time' field: usage_system: 1.0 Command request: { createIndexes: \"timeseries_simple\", v: 2, indexes: [ { key: { time: 1.0, usage_system: 1.0 }, name: \"time_1_usage_system_1\" } ], ignoreUnknownIndexOptions: false }", "code" : 67, "codeName" : "CannotCreateIndex" }