diff --git a/packages/grafana-data/src/transformations/index.ts b/packages/grafana-data/src/transformations/index.ts
index 798dabce10b..17c0ff92d8a 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-data/src/transformations/index.ts
+++ b/packages/grafana-data/src/transformations/index.ts
@@ -4,4 +4,5 @@ export * from './matchers';
 export * from './transformers';
 export * from './fieldReducer';
 export { FilterFieldsByNameTransformerOptions } from './transformers/filterByName';
+export { FilterFramesByRefIdTransformerOptions } from './transformers/filterByRefId';
 export { ReduceTransformerOptions } from './transformers/reduce';
diff --git a/packages/grafana-data/src/transformations/matchers/refIdMatcher.ts b/packages/grafana-data/src/transformations/matchers/refIdMatcher.ts
index 0d525d53dd9..a8e0aa99ede 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-data/src/transformations/matchers/refIdMatcher.ts
+++ b/packages/grafana-data/src/transformations/matchers/refIdMatcher.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { DataFrame } from '../../types/dataFrame';
 import { FrameMatcherID } from './ids';
 import { FrameMatcherInfo } from '../../types/transformations';
+import { stringToJsRegex } from '../../text';
 
 // General Field matcher
 const refIdMacher: FrameMatcherInfo<string> = {
@@ -10,8 +11,9 @@ const refIdMacher: FrameMatcherInfo<string> = {
   defaultOptions: 'A',
 
   get: (pattern: string) => {
+    const regex = stringToJsRegex(pattern);
     return (frame: DataFrame) => {
-      return pattern === frame.refId;
+      return regex.test(frame.refId || '');
     };
   },
 
diff --git a/packages/grafana-data/src/transformations/transformers.ts b/packages/grafana-data/src/transformations/transformers.ts
index 189a76d03ab..dc2e1489ae1 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-data/src/transformations/transformers.ts
+++ b/packages/grafana-data/src/transformations/transformers.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import { filterFieldsTransformer, filterFramesTransformer } from './transformers
 import { filterFieldsByNameTransformer, FilterFieldsByNameTransformerOptions } from './transformers/filterByName';
 import { noopTransformer } from './transformers/noop';
 import { DataTransformerInfo, DataTransformerConfig } from '../types/transformations';
+import { filterFramesByRefIdTransformer } from './transformers/filterByRefId';
 
 /**
  * Apply configured transformations to the input data
@@ -64,6 +65,7 @@ export const transformersRegistry = new TransformerRegistry(() => [
   filterFieldsTransformer,
   filterFieldsByNameTransformer,
   filterFramesTransformer,
+  filterFramesByRefIdTransformer,
   appendTransformer,
   reduceTransformer,
 ]);
diff --git a/packages/grafana-data/src/transformations/transformers/filterByRefId.test.ts b/packages/grafana-data/src/transformations/transformers/filterByRefId.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..81e8d4a4766
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/grafana-data/src/transformations/transformers/filterByRefId.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+import { DataTransformerID } from './ids';
+import { transformDataFrame } from '../transformers';
+import { toDataFrame } from '../../dataframe/processDataFrame';
+
+export const allSeries = [
+  toDataFrame({
+    refId: 'A',
+    fields: [],
+  }),
+  toDataFrame({
+    refId: 'B',
+    fields: [],
+  }),
+  toDataFrame({
+    refId: 'C',
+    fields: [],
+  }),
+];
+
+describe('filterByRefId transformer', () => {
+  it('returns all series if no options provided', () => {
+    const cfg = {
+      id: DataTransformerID.filterByRefId,
+      options: {},
+    };
+
+    const filtered = transformDataFrame([cfg], allSeries);
+    expect(filtered.length).toBe(3);
+  });
+
+  describe('respects', () => {
+    it('inclusion', () => {
+      const cfg = {
+        id: DataTransformerID.filterByRefId,
+        options: {
+          include: 'A|B',
+        },
+      };
+
+      const filtered = transformDataFrame([cfg], allSeries);
+      expect(filtered.map(f => f.refId)).toEqual(['A', 'B']);
+    });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/grafana-data/src/transformations/transformers/filterByRefId.ts b/packages/grafana-data/src/transformations/transformers/filterByRefId.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..59aedb08122
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/grafana-data/src/transformations/transformers/filterByRefId.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+import { DataTransformerID } from './ids';
+import { FilterOptions, filterFramesTransformer } from './filter';
+import { DataTransformerInfo } from '../../types/transformations';
+import { FrameMatcherID } from '../matchers/ids';
+
+export interface FilterFramesByRefIdTransformerOptions {
+  include?: string;
+  exclude?: string;
+}
+
+export const filterFramesByRefIdTransformer: DataTransformerInfo<FilterFramesByRefIdTransformerOptions> = {
+  id: DataTransformerID.filterByRefId,
+  name: 'Filter data by query refId',
+  description: 'select a subset of results',
+  defaultOptions: {},
+
+  /**
+   * Return a modified copy of the series.  If the transform is not or should not
+   * be applied, just return the input series
+   */
+  transformer: (options: FilterFramesByRefIdTransformerOptions) => {
+    const filterOptions: FilterOptions = {};
+    if (options.include) {
+      filterOptions.include = {
+        id: FrameMatcherID.byRefId,
+        options: options.include,
+      };
+    }
+    if (options.exclude) {
+      filterOptions.exclude = {
+        id: FrameMatcherID.byRefId,
+        options: options.exclude,
+      };
+    }
+
+    return filterFramesTransformer.transformer(filterOptions);
+  },
+};
diff --git a/packages/grafana-data/src/transformations/transformers/ids.ts b/packages/grafana-data/src/transformations/transformers/ids.ts
index c088186fc0a..79bcb63ab81 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-data/src/transformations/transformers/ids.ts
+++ b/packages/grafana-data/src/transformations/transformers/ids.ts
@@ -7,5 +7,6 @@ export enum DataTransformerID {
   filterFields = 'filterFields', // Pick some fields (keep all frames)
   filterFieldsByName = 'filterFieldsByName', // Pick fields with name matching regex (keep all frames)
   filterFrames = 'filterFrames', // Pick some frames (keep all fields)
+  filterByRefId = 'filterByRefId', // Pick some frames by RefId
   noop = 'noop', // Does nothing to the dataframe
 }
diff --git a/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/TransformersUI/FilterByRefIdTransformerEditor.tsx b/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/TransformersUI/FilterByRefIdTransformerEditor.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..04450ff149b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/TransformersUI/FilterByRefIdTransformerEditor.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,170 @@
+import React, { useContext } from 'react';
+import {
+  FilterFramesByRefIdTransformerOptions,
+  DataTransformerID,
+  transformersRegistry,
+  KeyValue,
+} from '@grafana/data';
+import { TransformerUIProps, TransformerUIRegistyItem } from './types';
+import { ThemeContext } from '../../themes/ThemeContext';
+import { css, cx } from 'emotion';
+import { InlineList } from '../List/InlineList';
+
+interface FilterByRefIdTransformerEditorProps extends TransformerUIProps<FilterFramesByRefIdTransformerOptions> {}
+
+interface FilterByRefIdTransformerEditorState {
+  include: string;
+  options: RefIdInfo[];
+  selected: string[];
+}
+
+interface RefIdInfo {
+  refId: string;
+  count: number;
+}
+export class FilterByRefIdTransformerEditor extends React.PureComponent<
+  FilterByRefIdTransformerEditorProps,
+  FilterByRefIdTransformerEditorState
+> {
+  constructor(props: FilterByRefIdTransformerEditorProps) {
+    super(props);
+    this.state = {
+      include: props.options.include || '',
+      options: [],
+      selected: [],
+    };
+  }
+
+  componentDidMount() {
+    this.initOptions();
+  }
+
+  private initOptions() {
+    const { input, options } = this.props;
+    const configuredOptions = options.include ? options.include.split('|') : [];
+
+    const allNames: RefIdInfo[] = [];
+    const byName: KeyValue<RefIdInfo> = {};
+    for (const frame of input) {
+      if (frame.refId) {
+        let v = byName[frame.refId];
+        if (!v) {
+          v = byName[frame.refId] = {
+            refId: frame.refId,
+            count: 0,
+          };
+          allNames.push(v);
+        }
+        v.count++;
+      }
+    }
+
+    if (configuredOptions.length) {
+      const options: RefIdInfo[] = [];
+      const selected: RefIdInfo[] = [];
+      for (const v of allNames) {
+        if (configuredOptions.includes(v.refId)) {
+          selected.push(v);
+        }
+        options.push(v);
+      }
+
+      this.setState({
+        options,
+        selected: selected.map(s => s.refId),
+      });
+    } else {
+      this.setState({ options: allNames, selected: [] });
+    }
+  }
+
+  onFieldToggle = (fieldName: string) => {
+    const { selected } = this.state;
+    if (selected.indexOf(fieldName) > -1) {
+      this.onChange(selected.filter(s => s !== fieldName));
+    } else {
+      this.onChange([...selected, fieldName]);
+    }
+  };
+
+  onChange = (selected: string[]) => {
+    this.setState({ selected });
+    this.props.onChange({
+      ...this.props.options,
+      include: selected.join('|'),
+    });
+  };
+
+  render() {
+    const { options, selected } = this.state;
+    return (
+      <>
+        <InlineList
+          items={options}
+          renderItem={(o, i) => {
+            const label = `${o.refId}${o.count > 1 ? ' (' + o.count + ')' : ''}`;
+            return (
+              <span
+                className={css`
+                  margin-right: ${i === options.length - 1 ? '0' : '10px'};
+                `}
+              >
+                <FilterPill
+                  onClick={() => {
+                    this.onFieldToggle(o.refId);
+                  }}
+                  label={label}
+                  selected={selected.indexOf(o.refId) > -1}
+                />
+              </span>
+            );
+          }}
+        />
+      </>
+    );
+  }
+}
+
+interface FilterPillProps {
+  selected: boolean;
+  label: string;
+  onClick: React.MouseEventHandler<HTMLElement>;
+}
+const FilterPill: React.FC<FilterPillProps> = ({ label, selected, onClick }) => {
+  const theme = useContext(ThemeContext);
+  return (
+    <div
+      className={css`
+        padding: ${theme.spacing.xxs} ${theme.spacing.sm};
+        color: white;
+        background: ${selected ? theme.colors.blueLight : theme.colors.blueShade};
+        border-radius: 16px;
+        display: inline-block;
+        cursor: pointer;
+      `}
+      onClick={onClick}
+    >
+      {selected && (
+        <i
+          className={cx(
+            'fa fa-check',
+            css`
+              margin-right: 4px;
+            `
+          )}
+        />
+      )}
+      {label}
+    </div>
+  );
+};
+
+export const filterFramesByRefIdTransformRegistryItem: TransformerUIRegistyItem<
+  FilterFramesByRefIdTransformerOptions
+> = {
+  id: DataTransformerID.filterByRefId,
+  component: FilterByRefIdTransformerEditor,
+  transformer: transformersRegistry.get(DataTransformerID.filterByRefId),
+  name: 'Filter by refId',
+  description: 'Filter results by refId',
+};
diff --git a/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/TransformersUI/transformers.ts b/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/TransformersUI/transformers.ts
index 2a721ec093a..55e906d9af8 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/TransformersUI/transformers.ts
+++ b/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/TransformersUI/transformers.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,13 @@
 import { Registry } from '@grafana/data';
 import { reduceTransformRegistryItem } from './ReduceTransformerEditor';
 import { filterFieldsByNameTransformRegistryItem } from './FilterByNameTransformerEditor';
+import { filterFramesByRefIdTransformRegistryItem } from './FilterByRefIdTransformerEditor';
 import { TransformerUIRegistyItem } from './types';
 
 export const transformersUIRegistry = new Registry<TransformerUIRegistyItem<any>>(() => {
-  return [reduceTransformRegistryItem, filterFieldsByNameTransformRegistryItem];
+  return [
+    reduceTransformRegistryItem,
+    filterFieldsByNameTransformRegistryItem,
+    filterFramesByRefIdTransformRegistryItem,
+  ];
 });
diff --git a/public/app/features/expressions/__snapshots__/util.test.ts.snap b/public/app/features/expressions/__snapshots__/util.test.ts.snap
index f95b3fd883c..c0eb2137761 100644
--- a/public/app/features/expressions/__snapshots__/util.test.ts.snap
+++ b/public/app/features/expressions/__snapshots__/util.test.ts.snap
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ Array [
     ],
     "meta": undefined,
     "name": undefined,
-    "refId": undefined,
+    "refId": "GC",
   },
   Object {
     "fields": Array [
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ Array [
     ],
     "meta": undefined,
     "name": undefined,
-    "refId": undefined,
+    "refId": "GB",
   },
 ]
 `;
diff --git a/public/app/features/expressions/util.ts b/public/app/features/expressions/util.ts
index 4beb0feadc3..1ad86aaa9f5 100644
--- a/public/app/features/expressions/util.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/expressions/util.ts
@@ -9,8 +9,13 @@ export function base64StringToArrowTable(text: string): Table {
   return Table.from(arr);
 }
 
+function valueOrUndefined(val?: string) {
+  return val ? val : undefined;
+}
+
 export function arrowTableToDataFrame(table: Table): DataFrame {
   const fields: Field[] = [];
+
   for (let i = 0; i < table.numCols; i++) {
     const col = table.getColumnAt(i);
     if (col) {
@@ -35,6 +40,7 @@ export function arrowTableToDataFrame(table: Table): DataFrame {
         default:
           console.log('UNKNOWN Type:', schema);
       }
+      // console.log(' field>', schema.metadata);
 
       fields.push({
         name: col.name,
@@ -44,9 +50,12 @@ export function arrowTableToDataFrame(table: Table): DataFrame {
       });
     }
   }
+  const meta = table.schema.metadata;
   return {
     fields,
     length: table.length,
+    refId: valueOrUndefined(meta.get('refId')),
+    name: valueOrUndefined(meta.get('name')),
   };
 }
 
diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/dashboard/runSharedRequest.ts b/public/app/plugins/datasource/dashboard/runSharedRequest.ts
index d63b2600c55..50d9c09a5ac 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/datasource/dashboard/runSharedRequest.ts
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/dashboard/runSharedRequest.ts
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ export function runSharedRequest(options: QueryRunnerOptions): Observable<PanelD
     const listenToRunner = listenToPanel.getQueryRunner();
     const subscription = listenToRunner.getData(false).subscribe({
       next: (data: PanelData) => {
-        console.log('got data from other panel', data);
         subscriber.next(data);
       },
     });