diff --git a/packages/grafana-data/src/types/dataFrame.ts b/packages/grafana-data/src/types/dataFrame.ts
index c560260b4cb..add607d0a53 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-data/src/types/dataFrame.ts
+++ b/packages/grafana-data/src/types/dataFrame.ts
@@ -63,11 +63,11 @@ export interface Vector<T = any> {
   toJSON(): any; // same results as toArray()
 }
 
-export interface Field<T = any> {
+export interface Field<T = any, V = Vector<T>> {
   name: string; // The column name
   type: FieldType;
   config: FieldConfig;
-  values: Vector<T>; // `buffer` when JSON
+  values: V; // The raw field values
 
   /**
    * Cache of reduced values
diff --git a/packages/grafana-data/src/utils/__snapshots__/csv.test.ts.snap b/packages/grafana-data/src/utils/__snapshots__/csv.test.ts.snap
index 9ed980de01c..550e3629019 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-data/src/utils/__snapshots__/csv.test.ts.snap
+++ b/packages/grafana-data/src/utils/__snapshots__/csv.test.ts.snap
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ Object {
       "values": Array [
         null,
         4,
-        NaN,
+        undefined,
         NaN,
       ],
     },
diff --git a/packages/grafana-data/src/utils/csv.ts b/packages/grafana-data/src/utils/csv.ts
index e00a3d3059d..fd3664676e2 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-data/src/utils/csv.ts
+++ b/packages/grafana-data/src/utils/csv.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import isNumber from 'lodash/isNumber';
 // Types
 import { DataFrame, Field, FieldType, FieldConfig } from '../types';
 import { guessFieldTypeFromValue } from './processDataFrame';
-import { DataFrameHelper } from './dataFrameHelper';
+import { MutableDataFrame } from './dataFrameHelper';
 
 export enum CSVHeaderStyle {
   full,
@@ -55,8 +55,8 @@ export class CSVReader {
   callback?: CSVParseCallbacks;
 
   state: ParseState;
-  data: DataFrameHelper[];
-  current: DataFrameHelper;
+  data: MutableDataFrame[];
+  current: MutableDataFrame;
 
   constructor(options?: CSVOptions) {
     if (!options) {
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ export class CSVReader {
     this.config = options.config || {};
     this.callback = options.callback;
 
-    this.current = new DataFrameHelper({ fields: [] });
+    this.current = new MutableDataFrame({ fields: [] });
     this.state = ParseState.Starting;
     this.data = [];
   }
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ export class CSVReader {
             if (isName || headerKeys.hasOwnProperty(k)) {
               // Starting a new table after reading rows
               if (this.state === ParseState.ReadingRows) {
-                this.current = new DataFrameHelper({ fields: [] });
+                this.current = new MutableDataFrame({ fields: [] });
                 this.data.push(this.current);
               }
 
@@ -171,8 +171,8 @@ export class CSVReader {
     }
   };
 
-  readCSV(text: string): DataFrameHelper[] {
-    this.current = new DataFrameHelper({ fields: [] });
+  readCSV(text: string): MutableDataFrame[] {
+    this.current = new MutableDataFrame({ fields: [] });
     this.data = [this.current];
 
     const papacfg = {
diff --git a/packages/grafana-data/src/utils/dataFrameHelper.test.ts b/packages/grafana-data/src/utils/dataFrameHelper.test.ts
index 89385f066bc..0792d67ba42 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-data/src/utils/dataFrameHelper.test.ts
+++ b/packages/grafana-data/src/utils/dataFrameHelper.test.ts
@@ -1,20 +1,17 @@
-import { DataFrameDTO, FieldDTO, FieldType } from '../types';
-import { DataFrameHelper } from './dataFrameHelper';
+import { DataFrameDTO, FieldType } from '../types';
+import { FieldCache, MutableDataFrame } from './dataFrameHelper';
+import { toDataFrame } from './processDataFrame';
 
 describe('dataFrameHelper', () => {
-  const frame: DataFrameDTO = {
+  const frame = toDataFrame({
     fields: [
       { name: 'time', type: FieldType.time, values: [100, 200, 300] },
       { name: 'name', type: FieldType.string, values: ['a', 'b', 'c'] },
       { name: 'value', type: FieldType.number, values: [1, 2, 3] },
       { name: 'value', type: FieldType.number, values: [4, 5, 6] },
     ],
-  };
-  const ext = new DataFrameHelper(frame);
-
-  it('Should get a valid count for the fields', () => {
-    expect(ext.length).toEqual(3);
   });
+  const ext = new FieldCache(frame);
 
   it('Should get the first field with a duplicate name', () => {
     const field = ext.getFieldByName('value');
@@ -25,15 +22,17 @@ describe('dataFrameHelper', () => {
 
 describe('FieldCache', () => {
   it('when creating a new FieldCache from fields should be able to query cache', () => {
-    const fields: FieldDTO[] = [
-      { name: 'time', type: FieldType.time },
-      { name: 'string', type: FieldType.string },
-      { name: 'number', type: FieldType.number },
-      { name: 'boolean', type: FieldType.boolean },
-      { name: 'other', type: FieldType.other },
-      { name: 'undefined' },
-    ];
-    const fieldCache = new DataFrameHelper({ fields });
+    const frame = toDataFrame({
+      fields: [
+        { name: 'time', type: FieldType.time },
+        { name: 'string', type: FieldType.string },
+        { name: 'number', type: FieldType.number },
+        { name: 'boolean', type: FieldType.boolean },
+        { name: 'other', type: FieldType.other },
+        { name: 'undefined' },
+      ],
+    });
+    const fieldCache = new FieldCache(frame);
     const allFields = fieldCache.getFields();
     expect(allFields).toHaveLength(6);
 
@@ -99,17 +98,55 @@ describe('reverse', () => {
         ],
       };
 
-      const helper = new DataFrameHelper(frame);
+      const helper = new MutableDataFrame(frame);
 
-      expect(helper.getFieldByName('time')!.values.toArray()).toEqual([100, 200, 300]);
-      expect(helper.getFieldByName('name')!.values.toArray()).toEqual(['a', 'b', 'c']);
-      expect(helper.getFieldByName('value')!.values.toArray()).toEqual([1, 2, 3]);
+      expect(helper.values.time.toArray()).toEqual([100, 200, 300]);
+      expect(helper.values.name.toArray()).toEqual(['a', 'b', 'c']);
+      expect(helper.values.value.toArray()).toEqual([1, 2, 3]);
 
       helper.reverse();
 
-      expect(helper.getFieldByName('time')!.values.toArray()).toEqual([300, 200, 100]);
-      expect(helper.getFieldByName('name')!.values.toArray()).toEqual(['c', 'b', 'a']);
-      expect(helper.getFieldByName('value')!.values.toArray()).toEqual([3, 2, 1]);
+      expect(helper.values.time.toArray()).toEqual([300, 200, 100]);
+      expect(helper.values.name.toArray()).toEqual(['c', 'b', 'a']);
+      expect(helper.values.value.toArray()).toEqual([3, 2, 1]);
     });
   });
 });
+
+describe('Apending DataFrame', () => {
+  it('Should append values', () => {
+    const dto: DataFrameDTO = {
+      fields: [
+        { name: 'time', type: FieldType.time, values: [100] },
+        { name: 'name', type: FieldType.string, values: ['a', 'b'] },
+        { name: 'value', type: FieldType.number, values: [1, 2, 3] },
+      ],
+    };
+
+    const frame = new MutableDataFrame(dto);
+    expect(frame.values.time.toArray()).toEqual([100, null, null]);
+
+    // Set a value on the second row
+    frame.set(1, { time: 200, name: 'BB', value: 20 });
+    expect(frame.toArray()).toEqual([
+      { time: 100, name: 'a', value: 1 }, // 1
+      { time: 200, name: 'BB', value: 20 }, // 2
+      { time: null, name: null, value: 3 }, // 3
+    ]);
+
+    // Set a value on the second row
+    frame.add({ value2: 'XXX' }, true);
+    expect(frame.toArray()).toEqual([
+      { time: 100, name: 'a', value: 1, value2: null }, // 1
+      { time: 200, name: 'BB', value: 20, value2: null }, // 2
+      { time: null, name: null, value: 3, value2: null }, // 3
+      { time: null, name: null, value: null, value2: 'XXX' }, // 4
+    ]);
+
+    // Make sure length survives a spread operator
+    const keys = Object.keys(frame);
+    const copy = { ...frame } as any;
+    expect(keys).toContain('length');
+    expect(copy.length).toEqual(frame.length);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/grafana-data/src/utils/dataFrameHelper.ts b/packages/grafana-data/src/utils/dataFrameHelper.ts
index 5732d5c240f..e569fd7b40c 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-data/src/utils/dataFrameHelper.ts
+++ b/packages/grafana-data/src/utils/dataFrameHelper.ts
@@ -1,174 +1,43 @@
 import { Field, FieldType, DataFrame, Vector, FieldDTO, DataFrameDTO } from '../types/dataFrame';
-import { Labels, QueryResultMeta } from '../types/data';
-import { guessFieldTypeForField, guessFieldTypeFromValue } from './processDataFrame';
-import { ArrayVector } from './vector';
+import { Labels, QueryResultMeta, KeyValue } from '../types/data';
+import { guessFieldTypeForField, guessFieldTypeFromValue, toDataFrameDTO } from './processDataFrame';
+import { ArrayVector, MutableVector, vectorToArray, CircularVector } from './vector';
 import isArray from 'lodash/isArray';
+import isString from 'lodash/isString';
 
-export class DataFrameHelper implements DataFrame {
-  refId?: string;
-  meta?: QueryResultMeta;
-  name?: string;
-  fields: Field[];
-  labels?: Labels;
-  length = 0; // updated so it is the length of all fields
+export class FieldCache {
+  fields: Field[] = [];
 
   private fieldByName: { [key: string]: Field } = {};
   private fieldByType: { [key: string]: Field[] } = {};
 
-  constructor(data?: DataFrame | DataFrameDTO) {
-    if (!data) {
-      data = { fields: [] }; //
-    }
-    this.refId = data.refId;
-    this.meta = data.meta;
-    this.name = data.name;
-    this.labels = data.labels;
-    this.fields = [];
-    for (let i = 0; i < data.fields.length; i++) {
-      this.addField(data.fields[i]);
-    }
-  }
+  constructor(private data: DataFrame) {
+    this.fields = data.fields;
 
-  addFieldFor(value: any, name?: string): Field {
-    if (!name) {
-      name = `Field ${this.fields.length + 1}`;
-    }
-    return this.addField({
-      name,
-      type: guessFieldTypeFromValue(value),
-    });
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Reverse the direction of all fields
-   */
-  reverse() {
-    for (const f of this.fields) {
-      f.values.toArray().reverse();
-    }
-  }
-
-  private updateTypeIndex(field: Field) {
-    // Make sure it has a type
-    if (field.type === FieldType.other) {
-      const t = guessFieldTypeForField(field);
-      if (t) {
-        field.type = t;
+    for (const field of data.fields) {
+      // Make sure it has a type
+      if (field.type === FieldType.other) {
+        const t = guessFieldTypeForField(field);
+        if (t) {
+          field.type = t;
+        }
       }
-    }
-    if (!this.fieldByType[field.type]) {
-      this.fieldByType[field.type] = [];
-    }
-    this.fieldByType[field.type].push(field);
-  }
+      if (!this.fieldByType[field.type]) {
+        this.fieldByType[field.type] = [];
+      }
+      this.fieldByType[field.type].push(field);
 
-  addField(f: Field | FieldDTO): Field {
-    const type = f.type || FieldType.other;
-    const values =
-      !f.values || isArray(f.values)
-        ? new ArrayVector(f.values as any[] | undefined) // array or empty
-        : (f.values as Vector);
-
-    // And a name
-    let name = f.name;
-    if (!name) {
-      if (type === FieldType.time) {
-        name = `Time ${this.fields.length + 1}`;
+      if (this.fieldByName[field.name]) {
+        console.warn('Duplicate field names in DataFrame: ', field.name);
       } else {
-        name = `Column ${this.fields.length + 1}`;
+        this.fieldByName[field.name] = field;
       }
     }
-    const field: Field = {
-      name,
-      type,
-      config: f.config || {},
-      values,
-    };
-    this.updateTypeIndex(field);
-
-    if (this.fieldByName[field.name]) {
-      console.warn('Duplicate field names in DataFrame: ', field.name);
-    } else {
-      this.fieldByName[field.name] = field;
-    }
-
-    // Make sure the lengths all match
-    if (field.values.length !== this.length) {
-      if (field.values.length > this.length) {
-        // Add `null` to all other values
-        const newlen = field.values.length;
-        for (const fx of this.fields) {
-          const arr = fx.values as ArrayVector;
-          while (fx.values.length !== newlen) {
-            arr.buffer.push(null);
-          }
-        }
-        this.length = field.values.length;
-      } else {
-        const arr = field.values as ArrayVector;
-        while (field.values.length !== this.length) {
-          arr.buffer.push(null);
-        }
-      }
-    }
-
-    this.fields.push(field);
-    return field;
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * This will add each value to the corresponding column
-   */
-  appendRow(row: any[]) {
-    for (let i = this.fields.length; i < row.length; i++) {
-      this.addFieldFor(row[i]);
-    }
-
-    // The first line may change the field types
-    if (this.length < 1) {
-      this.fieldByType = {};
-      for (let i = 0; i < this.fields.length; i++) {
-        const f = this.fields[i];
-        if (!f.type || f.type === FieldType.other) {
-          f.type = guessFieldTypeFromValue(row[i]);
-        }
-        this.updateTypeIndex(f);
-      }
-    }
-
-    for (let i = 0; i < this.fields.length; i++) {
-      const f = this.fields[i];
-      let v = row[i];
-      if (!f.parse) {
-        f.parse = makeFieldParser(v, f);
-      }
-      v = f.parse(v);
-
-      const arr = f.values as ArrayVector;
-      arr.buffer.push(v); // may be undefined
-    }
-    this.length++;
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Add any values that match the field names
-   */
-  appendRowFrom(obj: { [key: string]: any }) {
-    for (const f of this.fields) {
-      const v = obj[f.name];
-      if (!f.parse) {
-        f.parse = makeFieldParser(v, f);
-      }
-
-      const arr = f.values as ArrayVector;
-      arr.buffer.push(f.parse(v)); // may be undefined
-    }
-    this.length++;
   }
 
   getFields(type?: FieldType): Field[] {
     if (!type) {
-      return [...this.fields]; // All fields
+      return [...this.data.fields]; // All fields
     }
     const fields = this.fieldByType[type];
     if (fields) {
@@ -202,7 +71,7 @@ export class DataFrameHelper implements DataFrame {
   }
 }
 
-function makeFieldParser(value: string, field: Field): (value: string) => any {
+function makeFieldParser(value: any, field: Field): (value: string) => any {
   if (!field.type) {
     if (field.name === 'time' || field.name === 'Time') {
       field.type = FieldType.time;
@@ -227,3 +96,297 @@ function makeFieldParser(value: string, field: Field): (value: string) => any {
   // Just pass the string back
   return (value: string) => value;
 }
+
+export type MutableField<T = any> = Field<T, MutableVector<T>>;
+
+type MutableVectorCreator = (buffer?: any[]) => MutableVector;
+
+export const MISSING_VALUE: any = null;
+
+export class MutableDataFrame<T = any> implements DataFrame, MutableVector<T> {
+  name?: string;
+  labels?: Labels;
+  refId?: string;
+  meta?: QueryResultMeta;
+
+  fields: MutableField[] = [];
+  values: KeyValue<MutableVector> = {};
+
+  private first: Vector = new ArrayVector();
+  private creator: MutableVectorCreator;
+
+  constructor(source?: DataFrame | DataFrameDTO, creator?: MutableVectorCreator) {
+    // This creates the underlying storage buffers
+    this.creator = creator
+      ? creator
+      : (buffer?: any[]) => {
+          return new ArrayVector(buffer);
+        };
+
+    // Copy values from
+    if (source) {
+      const { name, labels, refId, meta, fields } = source;
+      if (name) {
+        this.name = name;
+      }
+      if (labels) {
+        this.labels = labels;
+      }
+      if (refId) {
+        this.refId = refId;
+      }
+      if (meta) {
+        this.meta = meta;
+      }
+      if (fields) {
+        for (const f of fields) {
+          this.addField(f);
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
+    // Get Length to show up if you use spread
+    Object.defineProperty(this, 'length', {
+      enumerable: true,
+      get: () => {
+        return this.first.length;
+      },
+    });
+  }
+
+  // Defined for Vector interface
+  get length() {
+    return this.first.length;
+  }
+
+  addFieldFor(value: any, name?: string): MutableField {
+    return this.addField({
+      name: name || '', // Will be filled in
+      type: guessFieldTypeFromValue(value),
+    });
+  }
+
+  addField(f: Field | FieldDTO, startLength?: number): MutableField {
+    let buffer: any[] | undefined = undefined;
+
+    if (f.values) {
+      if (isArray(f.values)) {
+        buffer = f.values as any[];
+      } else {
+        buffer = (f.values as Vector).toArray();
+      }
+    }
+
+    let type = f.type;
+
+    if (!type && ('time' === f.name || 'Time' === f.name)) {
+      type = FieldType.time;
+    } else {
+      if (!type && buffer && buffer.length) {
+        type = guessFieldTypeFromValue(buffer[0]);
+      }
+      if (!type) {
+        type = FieldType.other;
+      }
+    }
+
+    // Make sure it has a name
+    let name = f.name;
+    if (!name) {
+      if (type === FieldType.time) {
+        name = this.values['Time'] ? `Time ${this.fields.length + 1}` : 'Time';
+      } else {
+        name = `Field ${this.fields.length + 1}`;
+      }
+    }
+
+    const field: MutableField = {
+      name,
+      type,
+      config: f.config || {},
+      values: this.creator(buffer),
+    };
+
+    if (type === FieldType.other) {
+      type = guessFieldTypeForField(field);
+      if (type) {
+        field.type = type;
+      }
+    }
+
+    this.fields.push(field);
+    this.first = this.fields[0].values;
+
+    // The Field Already exists
+    if (this.values[name]) {
+      console.warn(`Duplicate field names found: ${name}, only the first will be accessible`);
+    } else {
+      this.values[name] = field.values;
+    }
+
+    // Make sure the field starts with a given length
+    if (startLength) {
+      while (field.values.length < startLength) {
+        field.values.add(MISSING_VALUE);
+      }
+    } else {
+      this.validate();
+    }
+
+    return field;
+  }
+
+  validate() {
+    // Make sure all arrays are the same length
+    const length = this.fields.reduce((v: number, f) => {
+      return Math.max(v, f.values.length);
+    }, 0);
+
+    // Add empty elements until everything mastches
+    for (const field of this.fields) {
+      while (field.values.length !== length) {
+        field.values.add(MISSING_VALUE);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  private addMissingFieldsFor(value: any) {
+    for (const key of Object.keys(value)) {
+      if (!this.values[key]) {
+        this.addField({
+          name: key,
+          type: guessFieldTypeFromValue(value[key]),
+        });
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Reverse all values
+   */
+  reverse() {
+    for (const f of this.fields) {
+      f.values.reverse();
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * This will add each value to the corresponding column
+   */
+  appendRow(row: any[]) {
+    // Add any extra columns
+    for (let i = this.fields.length; i < row.length; i++) {
+      this.addField({
+        name: `Field ${i + 1}`,
+        type: guessFieldTypeFromValue(row[i]),
+      });
+    }
+
+    // The first line may change the field types
+    if (this.length < 1) {
+      for (let i = 0; i < this.fields.length; i++) {
+        const f = this.fields[i];
+        if (!f.type || f.type === FieldType.other) {
+          f.type = guessFieldTypeFromValue(row[i]);
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
+    for (let i = 0; i < this.fields.length; i++) {
+      const f = this.fields[i];
+      let v = row[i];
+      if (f.type !== FieldType.string && isString(v)) {
+        if (!f.parse) {
+          f.parse = makeFieldParser(v, f);
+        }
+        v = f.parse(v);
+      }
+      f.values.add(v);
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Add all properties of the value as fields on the frame
+   */
+  add(value: T, addMissingFields?: boolean) {
+    if (addMissingFields) {
+      this.addMissingFieldsFor(value);
+    }
+
+    // Will add one value for every field
+    const obj = value as any;
+    for (const field of this.fields) {
+      let val = obj[field.name];
+
+      if (field.type !== FieldType.string && isString(val)) {
+        if (!field.parse) {
+          field.parse = makeFieldParser(val, field);
+        }
+        val = field.parse(val);
+      }
+
+      if (val === undefined) {
+        val = MISSING_VALUE;
+      }
+
+      field.values.add(val);
+    }
+  }
+
+  set(index: number, value: T, addMissingFields?: boolean) {
+    if (index > this.length) {
+      throw new Error('Unable ot set value beyond current length');
+    }
+
+    if (addMissingFields) {
+      this.addMissingFieldsFor(value);
+    }
+
+    const obj = (value as any) || {};
+    for (const field of this.fields) {
+      field.values.set(index, obj[field.name]);
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Get an object with a property for each field in the DataFrame
+   */
+  get(idx: number): T {
+    const v: any = {};
+    for (const field of this.fields) {
+      v[field.name] = field.values.get(idx);
+    }
+    return v as T;
+  }
+
+  toArray(): T[] {
+    return vectorToArray(this);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * The simplified JSON values used in JSON.stringify()
+   */
+  toJSON() {
+    return toDataFrameDTO(this);
+  }
+}
+
+interface CircularOptions {
+  append?: 'head' | 'tail';
+  capacity?: number;
+}
+
+/**
+ * This dataframe can have values constantly added, and will never
+ * exceed the given capacity
+ */
+export class CircularDataFrame<T = any> extends MutableDataFrame<T> {
+  constructor(options: CircularOptions) {
+    super(undefined, (buffer?: any[]) => {
+      return new CircularVector({
+        buffer,
+        ...options,
+      });
+    });
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/grafana-data/src/utils/dataFrameView.test.ts b/packages/grafana-data/src/utils/dataFrameView.test.ts
index f78c6a212d9..8755cfc827a 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-data/src/utils/dataFrameView.test.ts
+++ b/packages/grafana-data/src/utils/dataFrameView.test.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { FieldType, DataFrameDTO } from '../types/index';
-import { DataFrameHelper } from './dataFrameHelper';
+import { MutableDataFrame } from './dataFrameHelper';
 import { DataFrameView } from './dataFrameView';
 import { DateTime } from './moment_wrapper';
 
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ describe('dataFrameView', () => {
       { name: 'value', type: FieldType.number, values: [1, 2, 3] },
     ],
   };
-  const ext = new DataFrameHelper(frame);
+  const ext = new MutableDataFrame(frame);
   const vector = new DataFrameView<MySpecialObject>(ext);
 
   it('Should get a typed vector', () => {
@@ -73,4 +73,12 @@ describe('dataFrameView', () => {
     expect(first.name).toEqual('b');
     expect(first.name).toEqual(second.name);
   });
+
+  it('toJSON returns plain object', () => {
+    expect(vector.toJSON()[0]).toEqual({
+      time: 100,
+      name: 'a',
+      value: 1,
+    });
+  });
 });
diff --git a/packages/grafana-data/src/utils/fieldReducer.test.ts b/packages/grafana-data/src/utils/fieldReducer.test.ts
index 5660ca6d7de..9c6509123ad 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-data/src/utils/fieldReducer.test.ts
+++ b/packages/grafana-data/src/utils/fieldReducer.test.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { fieldReducers, ReducerID, reduceField } from './fieldReducer';
 
 import _ from 'lodash';
 import { Field, FieldType } from '../types/index';
-import { DataFrameHelper } from './dataFrameHelper';
+import { MutableDataFrame } from './dataFrameHelper';
 import { ArrayVector } from './vector';
 import { guessFieldTypeFromValue } from './processDataFrame';
 
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ function createField<T>(name: string, values?: T[], type?: FieldType): Field<T>
 }
 
 describe('Stats Calculators', () => {
-  const basicTable = new DataFrameHelper({
+  const basicTable = new MutableDataFrame({
     fields: [{ name: 'a', values: [10, 20] }, { name: 'b', values: [20, 30] }, { name: 'c', values: [30, 40] }],
   });
 
diff --git a/packages/grafana-data/src/utils/processDataFrame.test.ts b/packages/grafana-data/src/utils/processDataFrame.test.ts
index 816e575f924..babf7f5ee6c 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-data/src/utils/processDataFrame.test.ts
+++ b/packages/grafana-data/src/utils/processDataFrame.test.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import {
 } from './processDataFrame';
 import { FieldType, TimeSeries, TableData, DataFrameDTO } from '../types/index';
 import { dateTime } from './moment_wrapper';
-import { DataFrameHelper } from './dataFrameHelper';
+import { MutableDataFrame } from './dataFrameHelper';
 
 describe('toDataFrame', () => {
   it('converts timeseries to series', () => {
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ describe('toDataFrame', () => {
   });
 
   it('Guess Colum Types from series', () => {
-    const series = new DataFrameHelper({
+    const series = new MutableDataFrame({
       fields: [
         { name: 'A (number)', values: [123, null] },
         { name: 'B (strings)', values: [null, 'Hello'] },
diff --git a/packages/grafana-data/src/utils/processDataFrame.ts b/packages/grafana-data/src/utils/processDataFrame.ts
index 0e829180ae3..c6d35126ac9 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-data/src/utils/processDataFrame.ts
+++ b/packages/grafana-data/src/utils/processDataFrame.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import {
 } from '../types/index';
 import { isDateTime } from './moment_wrapper';
 import { ArrayVector, SortedVector } from './vector';
-import { DataFrameHelper } from './dataFrameHelper';
+import { MutableDataFrame } from './dataFrameHelper';
 import { deprecationWarning } from './deprecationWarning';
 
 function convertTableToDataFrame(table: TableData): DataFrame {
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ export const toDataFrame = (data: any): DataFrame => {
   if (data.hasOwnProperty('fields')) {
     // @deprecated -- remove in 6.5
     if (data.hasOwnProperty('rows')) {
-      const v = new DataFrameHelper(data as DataFrameDTO);
+      const v = new MutableDataFrame(data as DataFrameDTO);
       const rows = data.rows as any[][];
       for (let i = 0; i < rows.length; i++) {
         v.appendRow(rows[i]);
@@ -234,7 +234,9 @@ export const toDataFrame = (data: any): DataFrame => {
     if (data.hasOwnProperty('length')) {
       return data as DataFrame;
     }
-    return new DataFrameHelper(data as DataFrameDTO);
+
+    // This will convert the array values into Vectors
+    return new MutableDataFrame(data as DataFrameDTO);
   }
   if (data.hasOwnProperty('datapoints')) {
     return convertTimeSeriesToDataFrame(data);
@@ -344,6 +346,35 @@ export function sortDataFrame(data: DataFrame, sortIndex?: number, reverse = fal
   };
 }
 
+/**
+ * Returns a copy with all values reversed
+ */
+export function reverseDataFrame(data: DataFrame): DataFrame {
+  return {
+    ...data,
+    fields: data.fields.map(f => {
+      const copy = [...f.values.toArray()];
+      copy.reverse();
+      return {
+        ...f,
+        values: new ArrayVector(copy),
+      };
+    }),
+  };
+}
+
+export const getTimeField = (series: DataFrame): { timeField?: Field; timeIndex?: number } => {
+  for (let i = 0; i < series.fields.length; i++) {
+    if (series.fields[i].type === FieldType.time) {
+      return {
+        timeField: series.fields[i],
+        timeIndex: i,
+      };
+    }
+  }
+  return {};
+};
+
 /**
  * Wrapper to get an array from each field value
  */
diff --git a/packages/grafana-data/src/utils/transformers/append.test.ts b/packages/grafana-data/src/utils/transformers/append.test.ts
index 5e9c8feaefd..4881c714f28 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-data/src/utils/transformers/append.test.ts
+++ b/packages/grafana-data/src/utils/transformers/append.test.ts
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ describe('Append Transformer', () => {
     const fieldC = processed.fields[2];
 
     expect(fieldA.values.toArray()).toEqual([1, 2, 3, 4]);
-    expect(fieldB.values.toArray()).toEqual([100, 200, undefined, undefined]);
-    expect(fieldC.values.toArray()).toEqual([undefined, undefined, 3000, 4000]);
+    expect(fieldB.values.toArray()).toEqual([100, 200, null, null]);
+    expect(fieldC.values.toArray()).toEqual([null, null, 3000, 4000]);
   });
 });
diff --git a/packages/grafana-data/src/utils/transformers/append.ts b/packages/grafana-data/src/utils/transformers/append.ts
index 9129033c735..b982cdb1478 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-data/src/utils/transformers/append.ts
+++ b/packages/grafana-data/src/utils/transformers/append.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
 import { DataTransformerInfo } from './transformers';
 import { DataFrame } from '../../types/dataFrame';
 import { DataTransformerID } from './ids';
-import { DataFrameHelper } from '../dataFrameHelper';
-import { KeyValue } from '../../types/data';
-import { AppendedVectors } from '../vector';
+import { MutableDataFrame } from '../dataFrameHelper';
 
 export interface AppendOptions {}
 
@@ -23,34 +21,37 @@ export const appendTransformer: DataTransformerInfo<AppendOptions> = {
         return data;
       }
 
-      let length = 0;
-      const processed = new DataFrameHelper();
-      for (let i = 0; i < data.length; i++) {
+      // Add the first row
+      const processed = new MutableDataFrame();
+      for (const f of data[0].fields) {
+        processed.addField({
+          ...f,
+          values: [...f.values.toArray()],
+        });
+      }
+
+      for (let i = 1; i < data.length; i++) {
         const frame = data[i];
-        const used: KeyValue<boolean> = {};
+        const startLength = frame.length;
         for (let j = 0; j < frame.fields.length; j++) {
           const src = frame.fields[j];
-          if (used[src.name]) {
-            continue;
+          let vals = processed.values[src.name];
+          if (!vals) {
+            vals = processed.addField(
+              {
+                ...src,
+                values: [],
+              },
+              startLength
+            ).values;
           }
-          used[src.name] = true;
 
-          let f = processed.getFieldByName(src.name);
-          if (!f) {
-            f = processed.addField({
-              ...src,
-              values: new AppendedVectors(length),
-            });
+          // Add each row
+          for (let k = 0; k < frame.length; k++) {
+            vals.add(src.values.get(k));
           }
-          (f.values as AppendedVectors).append(src.values);
-        }
-
-        // Make sure all fields have their length updated
-        length += frame.length;
-        processed.length = length;
-        for (const f of processed.fields) {
-          (f.values as AppendedVectors).setLength(processed.length);
         }
+        processed.validate();
       }
       return [processed];
     };
diff --git a/packages/grafana-data/src/utils/vector.ts b/packages/grafana-data/src/utils/vector.ts
index 339ebd9b06d..0a625b01b49 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-data/src/utils/vector.ts
+++ b/packages/grafana-data/src/utils/vector.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,29 @@ export function vectorToArray<T>(v: Vector<T>): T[] {
   return arr;
 }
 
-export class ArrayVector<T = any> implements Vector<T> {
+/**
+ * Apache arrow vectors are Read/Write
+ */
+export interface ReadWriteVector<T = any> extends Vector<T> {
+  set: (index: number, value: T) => void;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Vector with standard manipulation functions
+ */
+export interface MutableVector<T = any> extends ReadWriteVector<T> {
+  /**
+   * Adds the value to the vector
+   */
+  add: (value: T) => void;
+
+  /**
+   * modifies the vector so it is now the oposite order
+   */
+  reverse: () => void;
+}
+
+export class ArrayVector<T = any> implements MutableVector<T> {
   buffer: T[];
 
   constructor(buffer?: T[]) {
@@ -19,10 +41,22 @@ export class ArrayVector<T = any> implements Vector<T> {
     return this.buffer.length;
   }
 
+  add(value: T) {
+    this.buffer.push(value);
+  }
+
   get(index: number): T {
     return this.buffer[index];
   }
 
+  set(index: number, value: T) {
+    this.buffer[index] = value;
+  }
+
+  reverse() {
+    this.buffer.reverse();
+  }
+
   toArray(): T[] {
     return this.buffer;
   }
@@ -109,7 +143,7 @@ interface CircularOptions<T> {
  * This supports addting to the 'head' or 'tail' and will grow the buffer
  * to match a configured capacity.
  */
-export class CircularVector<T = any> implements Vector<T> {
+export class CircularVector<T = any> implements MutableVector<T> {
   private buffer: T[];
   private index: number;
   private capacity: number;
@@ -202,6 +236,10 @@ export class CircularVector<T = any> implements Vector<T> {
     }
   }
 
+  reverse() {
+    this.buffer.reverse();
+  }
+
   /**
    * Add the value to the buffer
    */
@@ -211,6 +249,10 @@ export class CircularVector<T = any> implements Vector<T> {
     return this.buffer[(index + this.index) % this.buffer.length];
   }
 
+  set(index: number, value: T) {
+    this.buffer[(index + this.index) % this.buffer.length] = value;
+  }
+
   get length() {
     return this.buffer.length;
   }
diff --git a/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/Logs/LogRowContextProvider.test.ts b/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/Logs/LogRowContextProvider.test.ts
index dc2b827766f..de46c188fe7 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/Logs/LogRowContextProvider.test.ts
+++ b/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/Logs/LogRowContextProvider.test.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { DataFrameHelper, FieldType, LogRowModel } from '@grafana/data';
+import { FieldType, LogRowModel, MutableDataFrame } from '@grafana/data';
 import { getRowContexts } from './LogRowContextProvider';
 import { Labels, LogLevel } from '@grafana/data/src';
 import { DataQueryResponse } from '../../types';
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import { DataQueryResponse } from '../../types';
 describe('getRowContexts', () => {
   describe('when called with a DataFrame and results are returned', () => {
     it('then the result should be in correct format', async () => {
-      const firstResult = new DataFrameHelper({
+      const firstResult = new MutableDataFrame({
         refId: 'B',
         labels: {},
         fields: [
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ describe('getRowContexts', () => {
           { name: 'line', type: FieldType.string, values: ['3', '2', '1'] },
         ],
       });
-      const secondResult = new DataFrameHelper({
+      const secondResult = new MutableDataFrame({
         refId: 'B',
         labels: {},
         fields: [
diff --git a/packages/grafana-ui/src/utils/fieldDisplay.test.ts b/packages/grafana-ui/src/utils/fieldDisplay.test.ts
index fc9d3f7620a..05d710ac174 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-ui/src/utils/fieldDisplay.test.ts
+++ b/packages/grafana-ui/src/utils/fieldDisplay.test.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { getFieldProperties, getFieldDisplayValues, GetFieldDisplayValuesOptions } from './fieldDisplay';
-import { ReducerID, Threshold, DataFrameHelper } from '@grafana/data';
+import { ReducerID, Threshold, toDataFrame } from '@grafana/data';
 import { GrafanaThemeType } from '../types/theme';
 import { getTheme } from '../themes/index';
 
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ describe('FieldDisplay', () => {
   // Simple test dataset
   const options: GetFieldDisplayValuesOptions = {
     data: [
-      new DataFrameHelper({
+      toDataFrame({
         name: 'Series Name',
         fields: [
           { name: 'Field 1', values: ['a', 'b', 'c'] },
diff --git a/packages/grafana-ui/src/utils/fieldDisplay.ts b/packages/grafana-ui/src/utils/fieldDisplay.ts
index 66e06f01e0c..e718396bf18 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-ui/src/utils/fieldDisplay.ts
+++ b/packages/grafana-ui/src/utils/fieldDisplay.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import {
   DisplayValue,
   GraphSeriesValue,
   DataFrameView,
+  getTimeField,
 } from '@grafana/data';
 
 import toNumber from 'lodash/toNumber';
@@ -82,17 +83,6 @@ export interface GetFieldDisplayValuesOptions {
 
 export const DEFAULT_FIELD_DISPLAY_VALUES_LIMIT = 25;
 
-const getTimeColumnIdx = (series: DataFrame) => {
-  let timeColumn = -1;
-  for (let i = 0; i < series.fields.length; i++) {
-    if (series.fields[i].type === FieldType.time) {
-      timeColumn = i;
-      break;
-    }
-  }
-  return timeColumn;
-};
-
 export const getFieldDisplayValues = (options: GetFieldDisplayValuesOptions): FieldDisplay[] => {
   const { data, replaceVariables, fieldOptions } = options;
   const { defaults, override } = fieldOptions;
@@ -117,7 +107,7 @@ export const getFieldDisplayValues = (options: GetFieldDisplayValuesOptions): Fi
 
       scopedVars[DataLinkBuiltInVars.seriesName] = { text: 'Series', value: series.name };
 
-      const timeColumn = getTimeColumnIdx(series);
+      const { timeField } = getTimeField(series);
       const view = new DataFrameView(series);
 
       for (let i = 0; i < series.fields.length && !hitLimit; i++) {
@@ -184,9 +174,9 @@ export const getFieldDisplayValues = (options: GetFieldDisplayValuesOptions): Fi
           let sparkline: GraphSeriesValue[][] | undefined = undefined;
 
           // Single sparkline for every reducer
-          if (options.sparkline && timeColumn >= 0) {
+          if (options.sparkline && timeField) {
             sparkline = getFlotPairs({
-              xField: series.fields[timeColumn],
+              xField: timeField,
               yField: series.fields[i],
             });
           }
diff --git a/packages/grafana-ui/src/utils/flotPairs.test.ts b/packages/grafana-ui/src/utils/flotPairs.test.ts
index c2327066c91..292c4abfb9d 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-ui/src/utils/flotPairs.test.ts
+++ b/packages/grafana-ui/src/utils/flotPairs.test.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 import { getFlotPairs } from './flotPairs';
-import { DataFrameHelper } from '@grafana/data';
+import { MutableDataFrame } from '@grafana/data';
 
 describe('getFlotPairs', () => {
-  const series = new DataFrameHelper({
+  const series = new MutableDataFrame({
     fields: [
       { name: 'a', values: [1, 2, 3] },
       { name: 'b', values: [100, 200, 300] },
diff --git a/public/app/core/logs_model.ts b/public/app/core/logs_model.ts
index 9daf2237d25..3f5bb62417e 100644
--- a/public/app/core/logs_model.ts
+++ b/public/app/core/logs_model.ts
@@ -15,13 +15,13 @@ import {
   LogsMetaItem,
   LogsMetaKind,
   LogsDedupStrategy,
-  DataFrameHelper,
   GraphSeriesXY,
   LoadingState,
   dateTime,
   toUtc,
   NullValueMode,
   toDataFrame,
+  FieldCache,
 } from '@grafana/data';
 import { getThemeColor } from 'app/core/utils/colors';
 import { hasAnsiCodes } from 'app/core/utils/text';
@@ -238,22 +238,22 @@ export function logSeriesToLogsModel(logSeries: DataFrame[]): LogsModel {
 
   for (let i = 0; i < logSeries.length; i++) {
     const series = logSeries[i];
-    const data = new DataFrameHelper(series);
+    const fieldCache = new FieldCache(series);
     const uniqueLabels = findUniqueLabels(series.labels, commonLabels);
     if (Object.keys(uniqueLabels).length > 0) {
       hasUniqueLabels = true;
     }
 
-    const timeFieldIndex = data.getFirstFieldOfType(FieldType.time);
-    const stringField = data.getFirstFieldOfType(FieldType.string);
-    const logLevelField = data.getFieldByName('level');
+    const timeFieldIndex = fieldCache.getFirstFieldOfType(FieldType.time);
+    const stringField = fieldCache.getFirstFieldOfType(FieldType.string);
+    const logLevelField = fieldCache.getFieldByName('level');
 
     let seriesLogLevel: LogLevel | undefined = undefined;
     if (series.labels && Object.keys(series.labels).indexOf('level') !== -1) {
       seriesLogLevel = getLogLevelFromKey(series.labels['level']);
     }
 
-    for (let j = 0; j < data.length; j++) {
+    for (let j = 0; j < series.length; j++) {
       const ts = timeFieldIndex.values.get(j);
       const time = dateTime(ts);
       const timeEpochMs = time.valueOf();
diff --git a/public/app/core/specs/logs_model.test.ts b/public/app/core/specs/logs_model.test.ts
index c6479b2b062..aa687d05ddf 100644
--- a/public/app/core/specs/logs_model.test.ts
+++ b/public/app/core/specs/logs_model.test.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import {
   LogsMetaKind,
   LogsDedupStrategy,
   LogLevel,
-  DataFrameHelper,
+  MutableDataFrame,
   toDataFrame,
 } from '@grafana/data';
 import { dedupLogRows, dataFrameToLogsModel } from '../logs_model';
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ describe('dataFrameToLogsModel', () => {
 
   it('given series without a time field should return empty logs model', () => {
     const series: DataFrame[] = [
-      new DataFrameHelper({
+      new MutableDataFrame({
         fields: [
           {
             name: 'message',
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ describe('dataFrameToLogsModel', () => {
 
   it('given series without a string field should return empty logs model', () => {
     const series: DataFrame[] = [
-      new DataFrameHelper({
+      new MutableDataFrame({
         fields: [
           {
             name: 'time',
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ describe('dataFrameToLogsModel', () => {
 
   it('given one series should return expected logs model', () => {
     const series: DataFrame[] = [
-      new DataFrameHelper({
+      new MutableDataFrame({
         labels: {
           filename: '/var/log/grafana/grafana.log',
           job: 'grafana',
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ describe('dataFrameToLogsModel', () => {
 
   it('given one series without labels should return expected logs model', () => {
     const series: DataFrame[] = [
-      new DataFrameHelper({
+      new MutableDataFrame({
         fields: [
           {
             name: 'time',
diff --git a/public/app/features/dashboard/state/PanelQueryRunner.test.ts b/public/app/features/dashboard/state/PanelQueryRunner.test.ts
index 1caba8e2cc4..44cb9515b77 100644
--- a/public/app/features/dashboard/state/PanelQueryRunner.test.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/dashboard/state/PanelQueryRunner.test.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { PanelQueryRunner, QueryRunnerOptions } from './PanelQueryRunner';
 import { PanelData, DataQueryRequest, DataStreamObserver, DataStreamState, ScopedVars } from '@grafana/ui';
 
-import { LoadingState, DataFrameHelper } from '@grafana/data';
+import { LoadingState, MutableDataFrame } from '@grafana/data';
 import { dateTime } from '@grafana/data';
 import { SHARED_DASHBODARD_QUERY } from 'app/plugins/datasource/dashboard/SharedQueryRunner';
 import { DashboardQuery } from 'app/plugins/datasource/dashboard/types';
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ describe('PanelQueryRunner', () => {
         state: LoadingState.Streaming,
         key: 'test-stream-1',
         data: [
-          new DataFrameHelper({
+          new MutableDataFrame({
             fields: [],
             name: 'I am a magic stream',
           }),
diff --git a/public/app/features/explore/utils/ResultProcessor.test.ts b/public/app/features/explore/utils/ResultProcessor.test.ts
index 0a90c31fa6e..67954ce697c 100644
--- a/public/app/features/explore/utils/ResultProcessor.test.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/explore/utils/ResultProcessor.test.ts
@@ -163,6 +163,8 @@ describe('ResultProcessor', () => {
         const { resultProcessor } = testContext({ mode: ExploreMode.Logs, observerResponse: null });
         const theResult = resultProcessor.getLogsResult();
 
+        console.log(JSON.stringify(theResult));
+
         expect(theResult).toEqual({
           hasUniqueLabels: false,
           meta: [],
diff --git a/public/app/features/panel/panellinks/linkSuppliers.ts b/public/app/features/panel/panellinks/linkSuppliers.ts
index 376d631a192..38eb8848b2a 100644
--- a/public/app/features/panel/panellinks/linkSuppliers.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/panel/panellinks/linkSuppliers.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { PanelModel } from 'app/features/dashboard/state/PanelModel';
 import { FieldDisplay, ScopedVars, DataLinkBuiltInVars } from '@grafana/ui';
-import { LinkModelSupplier, DataFrameHelper, FieldType } from '@grafana/data';
+import { LinkModelSupplier, getTimeField } from '@grafana/data';
 import { getLinkSrv } from './link_srv';
 
 /**
@@ -28,9 +28,9 @@ export const getFieldLinksSupplier = (value: FieldDisplay): LinkModelSupplier<Fi
         if (value.row) {
           const row = value.view.get(value.row);
           console.log('ROW:', row);
-          const dataFrame = new DataFrameHelper(value.view.dataFrame);
+          const dataFrame = value.view.dataFrame;
 
-          const timeField = dataFrame.getFirstFieldOfType(FieldType.time);
+          const { timeField } = getTimeField(dataFrame);
           if (timeField) {
             scopedVars[DataLinkBuiltInVars.valueTime] = {
               text: 'Value time',
diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/elasticsearch/elastic_response.ts b/public/app/plugins/datasource/elasticsearch/elastic_response.ts
index f4f892d6d40..923d41c4cb6 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/datasource/elasticsearch/elastic_response.ts
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/elasticsearch/elastic_response.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import _ from 'lodash';
 import flatten from 'app/core/utils/flatten';
 import * as queryDef from './query_def';
 import TableModel from 'app/core/table_model';
-import { DataFrame, toDataFrame, FieldType, DataFrameHelper } from '@grafana/data';
+import { DataFrame, toDataFrame, FieldType, MutableDataFrame } from '@grafana/data';
 import { DataQueryResponse } from '@grafana/ui';
 import { ElasticsearchAggregation } from './types';
 
@@ -464,7 +464,7 @@ export class ElasticResponse {
 
       if (docs.length > 0) {
         propNames = propNames.sort();
-        const series = new DataFrameHelper({ fields: [] });
+        const series = new MutableDataFrame({ fields: [] });
 
         series.addField({
           name: this.targets[0].timeField,
@@ -513,7 +513,7 @@ export class ElasticResponse {
 
         // Add a row for each document
         for (const doc of docs) {
-          series.appendRowFrom(doc);
+          series.add(doc);
         }
 
         dataFrame.push(series);
diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/elasticsearch/specs/elastic_response.test.ts b/public/app/plugins/datasource/elasticsearch/specs/elastic_response.test.ts
index f46dea6a040..9f19b3a2b18 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/datasource/elasticsearch/specs/elastic_response.test.ts
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/elasticsearch/specs/elastic_response.test.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
+import { DataFrameView, KeyValue, MutableDataFrame } from '@grafana/data';
 import { ElasticResponse } from '../elastic_response';
-import { DataFrameHelper, DataFrameView, KeyValue } from '@grafana/data';
 
 describe('ElasticResponse', () => {
   let targets;
@@ -859,7 +859,7 @@ describe('ElasticResponse', () => {
 
     it('should return histogram aggregation and documents', () => {
       expect(result.data.length).toBe(2);
-      const logResults = result.data[0] as DataFrameHelper;
+      const logResults = result.data[0] as MutableDataFrame;
       const fields = logResults.fields.map(f => {
         return {
           name: f.name,
@@ -874,16 +874,15 @@ describe('ElasticResponse', () => {
       let rows = new DataFrameView(logResults);
       for (let i = 0; i < rows.length; i++) {
         const r = rows.get(i);
-        const row = [r._id, r._type, r._index, r._source];
-        expect(row).toContain(response.responses[0].hits.hits[i]._id);
-        expect(row).toContain(response.responses[0].hits.hits[i]._type);
-        expect(row).toContain(response.responses[0].hits.hits[i]._index);
-        expect(row).toContain(JSON.stringify(response.responses[0].hits.hits[i]._source, undefined, 2));
+        expect(r._id).toEqual(response.responses[0].hits.hits[i]._id);
+        expect(r._type).toEqual(response.responses[0].hits.hits[i]._type);
+        expect(r._index).toEqual(response.responses[0].hits.hits[i]._index);
+        expect(r._source).toEqual(response.responses[0].hits.hits[i]._source);
       }
 
       // Make a map from the histogram results
       const hist: KeyValue<number> = {};
-      const histogramResults = new DataFrameHelper(result.data[1]);
+      const histogramResults = new MutableDataFrame(result.data[1]);
       rows = new DataFrameView(histogramResults);
       for (let i = 0; i < rows.length; i++) {
         const row = rows.get(i);
diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/input/InputConfigEditor.tsx b/public/app/plugins/datasource/input/InputConfigEditor.tsx
index ebc0ef7e2b7..f99643e0525 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/datasource/input/InputConfigEditor.tsx
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/input/InputConfigEditor.tsx
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import React, { PureComponent } from 'react';
 import { InputOptions } from './types';
 
 import { DataSourcePluginOptionsEditorProps, DataSourceSettings, TableInputCSV } from '@grafana/ui';
-import { DataFrame, DataFrameHelper } from '@grafana/data';
+import { DataFrame, MutableDataFrame } from '@grafana/data';
 import { dataFrameToCSV } from './utils';
 
 type InputSettings = DataSourceSettings<InputOptions>;
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ export class InputConfigEditor extends PureComponent<Props, State> {
   onSeriesParsed = (data: DataFrame[], text: string) => {
     const { options, onOptionsChange } = this.props;
     if (!data) {
-      data = [new DataFrameHelper()];
+      data = [new MutableDataFrame()];
     }
     // data is a property on 'jsonData'
     const jsonData = {
diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/input/InputDatasource.test.ts b/public/app/plugins/datasource/input/InputDatasource.test.ts
index cfcdf9b4363..9e6146b15cf 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/datasource/input/InputDatasource.test.ts
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/input/InputDatasource.test.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import InputDatasource, { describeDataFrame } from './InputDatasource';
 import { InputQuery, InputOptions } from './types';
-import { readCSV, DataFrame, DataFrameHelper } from '@grafana/data';
+import { readCSV, DataFrame, MutableDataFrame } from '@grafana/data';
 import { DataSourceInstanceSettings, PluginMeta } from '@grafana/ui';
 import { getQueryOptions } from 'test/helpers/getQueryOptions';
 
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ describe('InputDatasource', () => {
     expect(describeDataFrame(null)).toEqual('');
     expect(
       describeDataFrame([
-        new DataFrameHelper({
+        new MutableDataFrame({
           name: 'x',
           fields: [{ name: 'a' }],
         }),
diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/input/InputQueryEditor.tsx b/public/app/plugins/datasource/input/InputQueryEditor.tsx
index 0d21fd57dc0..127adf579c9 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/datasource/input/InputQueryEditor.tsx
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/input/InputQueryEditor.tsx
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import { InputDatasource, describeDataFrame } from './InputDatasource';
 import { InputQuery, InputOptions } from './types';
 
 import { FormLabel, Select, QueryEditorProps, TableInputCSV } from '@grafana/ui';
-import { DataFrame, toCSV, SelectableValue, DataFrameHelper } from '@grafana/data';
+import { DataFrame, toCSV, SelectableValue, MutableDataFrame } from '@grafana/data';
 
 import { dataFrameToCSV } from './utils';
 
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ export class InputQueryEditor extends PureComponent<Props, State> {
       }
       data = [...datasource.data];
       if (!data) {
-        data = [new DataFrameHelper()];
+        data = [new MutableDataFrame()];
       }
       this.setState({ text: toCSV(data) });
     }
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ export class InputQueryEditor extends PureComponent<Props, State> {
     const { query, onChange, onRunQuery } = this.props;
     this.setState({ text });
     if (!data) {
-      data = [new DataFrameHelper()];
+      data = [new MutableDataFrame()];
     }
     onChange({ ...query, data });
     onRunQuery();
diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/loki/result_transformer.ts b/public/app/plugins/datasource/loki/result_transformer.ts
index dafc88b7a7b..86c4f50c45a 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/datasource/loki/result_transformer.ts
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/loki/result_transformer.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { LokiLogsStream } from './types';
-import { parseLabels, FieldType, Labels, DataFrameHelper } from '@grafana/data';
+import { parseLabels, FieldType, Labels, MutableDataFrame } from '@grafana/data';
 
-export function logStreamToDataFrame(stream: LokiLogsStream, refId?: string): DataFrameHelper {
+export function logStreamToDataFrame(stream: LokiLogsStream, refId?: string): MutableDataFrame {
   let labels: Labels = stream.parsedLabels;
   if (!labels && stream.labels) {
     labels = parseLabels(stream.labels);
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ export function logStreamToDataFrame(stream: LokiLogsStream, refId?: string): Da
     lines.push(entry.line);
   }
 
-  return new DataFrameHelper({
+  return new MutableDataFrame({
     refId,
     labels,
     fields: [
diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/testdata/StreamHandler.ts b/public/app/plugins/datasource/testdata/StreamHandler.ts
index 7129d1bd336..4997586c2db 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/datasource/testdata/StreamHandler.ts
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/testdata/StreamHandler.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import {
   LoadingState,
   LogLevel,
   CSVReader,
-  DataFrameHelper,
+  MutableDataFrame,
   CircularVector,
   DataFrame,
 } from '@grafana/data';
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ export class SignalWorker extends StreamWorker {
     const vals = new CircularVector({ capacity: maxRows });
     this.values = [times, vals];
 
-    const data = new DataFrameHelper({
+    const data = new MutableDataFrame({
       fields: [
         { name: 'Time', type: FieldType.time, values: times }, // The time field
         { name: 'Value', type: FieldType.number, values: vals },
@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@ export class LogsWorker extends StreamWorker {
     const lines = new CircularVector({ capacity: maxRows });
 
     this.values = [times, lines];
-    this.data = new DataFrameHelper({
+    this.data = new MutableDataFrame({
       fields: [
         { name: 'Time', type: FieldType.time, values: times },
         { name: 'Line', type: FieldType.string, values: lines },
diff --git a/public/app/plugins/panel/graph/data_processor.ts b/public/app/plugins/panel/graph/data_processor.ts
index e2e12f926d0..6abaa282b43 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/panel/graph/data_processor.ts
+++ b/public/app/plugins/panel/graph/data_processor.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import _ from 'lodash';
 import { colors, getColorFromHexRgbOrName } from '@grafana/ui';
-import { TimeRange, FieldType, Field, DataFrame, DataFrameHelper } from '@grafana/data';
+import { TimeRange, FieldType, Field, DataFrame, getTimeField } from '@grafana/data';
 import TimeSeries from 'app/core/time_series2';
 import config from 'app/core/config';
 
@@ -21,15 +21,17 @@ export class DataProcessor {
     }
 
     for (const series of dataList) {
-      const data = new DataFrameHelper(series);
-      const time = data.getFirstFieldOfType(FieldType.time);
-
-      if (!time) {
+      const { timeField } = getTimeField(series);
+      if (!timeField) {
         continue;
       }
 
       const seriesName = series.name ? series.name : series.refId;
-      for (const field of data.getFields(FieldType.number)) {
+      for (const field of series.fields) {
+        if (field.type !== FieldType.number) {
+          continue;
+        }
+
         let name = field.config && field.config.title ? field.config.title : field.name;
 
         if (seriesName && dataList.length > 0 && name !== seriesName) {
@@ -37,8 +39,8 @@ export class DataProcessor {
         }
 
         const datapoints = [];
-        for (let r = 0; r < data.length; r++) {
-          datapoints.push([field.values.get(r), time.values.get(r)]);
+        for (let r = 0; r < series.length; r++) {
+          datapoints.push([field.values.get(r), timeField.values.get(r)]);
         }
 
         list.push(this.toTimeSeries(field, name, datapoints, list.length, range));
diff --git a/public/app/plugins/panel/graph2/getGraphSeriesModel.ts b/public/app/plugins/panel/graph2/getGraphSeriesModel.ts
index a80e39eac26..b2b91b0ba2c 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/panel/graph2/getGraphSeriesModel.ts
+++ b/public/app/plugins/panel/graph2/getGraphSeriesModel.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { colors, getFlotPairs, getColorFromHexRgbOrName, getDisplayProcessor, PanelData } from '@grafana/ui';
-import { NullValueMode, reduceField, DataFrameHelper, FieldType, DisplayValue, GraphSeriesXY } from '@grafana/data';
+import { NullValueMode, reduceField, FieldType, DisplayValue, GraphSeriesXY, getTimeField } from '@grafana/data';
 
 import { SeriesOptions, GraphOptions } from './types';
 import { GraphLegendEditorLegendOptions } from './GraphLegendEditor';
@@ -19,16 +19,19 @@ export const getGraphSeriesModel = (
   });
 
   for (const series of data.series) {
-    const data = new DataFrameHelper(series);
-    const timeColumn = data.getFirstFieldOfType(FieldType.time);
-    if (!timeColumn) {
+    const { timeField } = getTimeField(series);
+    if (!timeField) {
       continue;
     }
 
-    for (const field of data.getFields(FieldType.number)) {
+    for (const field of series.fields) {
+      if (field.type !== FieldType.number) {
+        continue;
+      }
+
       // Use external calculator just to make sure it works :)
       const points = getFlotPairs({
-        xField: timeColumn,
+        xField: timeField,
         yField: field,
         nullValueMode: NullValueMode.Null,
       });