diff --git a/public/app/features/dashboard/utils/panel.ts b/public/app/features/dashboard/utils/panel.ts
index c0d753477a7..c60a153d889 100644
--- a/public/app/features/dashboard/utils/panel.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/dashboard/utils/panel.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ import store from 'app/core/store';
 // Models
 import { DashboardModel } from 'app/features/dashboard/state/DashboardModel';
 import { PanelModel } from 'app/features/dashboard/state/PanelModel';
-import { TimeRange } from '@grafana/ui';
+import { PanelData, TimeRange, TimeSeries } from '@grafana/ui';
+import { TableData } from '@grafana/ui/src';
 
 // Utils
 import { isString as _isString } from 'lodash';
@@ -168,3 +169,19 @@ export function getResolution(panel: PanelModel): number {
 
   return panel.maxDataPoints ? panel.maxDataPoints : Math.ceil(width * (panel.gridPos.w / 24));
 }
+
+const isTimeSeries = (data: any): data is TimeSeries => data && data.hasOwnProperty('datapoints');
+const isTableData = (data: any): data is TableData => data && data.hasOwnProperty('columns');
+export const snapshotDataToPanelData = (panel: PanelModel): PanelData => {
+  const snapshotData = panel.snapshotData;
+  if (isTimeSeries(snapshotData[0])) {
+    return {
+      timeSeries: snapshotData
+    } as PanelData;
+  } else if (isTableData(snapshotData[0])) {
+    return {
+      tableData: snapshotData[0]
+    } as PanelData;
+  }
+  throw new Error('snapshotData is invalid:' + snapshotData.toString());
+};