diff --git a/packages/grafana-data/src/dataframe/processDataFrame.test.ts b/packages/grafana-data/src/dataframe/processDataFrame.test.ts
index 2db843d3abf..bfb9eb733ee 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-data/src/dataframe/processDataFrame.test.ts
+++ b/packages/grafana-data/src/dataframe/processDataFrame.test.ts
@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@ describe('toDataFrame', () => {
       ],
     };
     let series = toDataFrame(input1);
-    expect(series.fields[1].name).toBe(input1.target);
+    expect(series.name).toBe(input1.target);
+    expect(series.fields[1].name).toBe('Value');
 
     const v0 = series.fields[0].values;
     const v1 = series.fields[1].values;
@@ -182,6 +183,24 @@ describe('SerisData backwards compatibility', () => {
     expect(roundtrip.target).toBe(timeseries.target);
   });
 
+  it('can convert TimeSeries to series and back again with tags should render name with tags', () => {
+    const timeseries = {
+      target: 'Series A',
+      tags: { server: 'ServerA', job: 'app' },
+      datapoints: [
+        [100, 1],
+        [200, 2],
+      ],
+    };
+    const series = toDataFrame(timeseries);
+    expect(isDataFrame(timeseries)).toBeFalsy();
+    expect(isDataFrame(series)).toBeTruthy();
+
+    const roundtrip = toLegacyResponseData(series) as TimeSeries;
+    expect(isDataFrame(roundtrip)).toBeFalsy();
+    expect(roundtrip.target).toBe('{job="app", server="ServerA"}');
+  });
+
   it('can convert empty table to DataFrame then back to legacy', () => {
     const table = {
       columns: [],
diff --git a/packages/grafana-data/src/dataframe/processDataFrame.ts b/packages/grafana-data/src/dataframe/processDataFrame.ts
index a34a93cb6a2..323fe61794e 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-data/src/dataframe/processDataFrame.ts
+++ b/packages/grafana-data/src/dataframe/processDataFrame.ts
@@ -14,12 +14,14 @@ import {
   TimeSeriesValue,
   FieldDTO,
   DataFrameDTO,
+  TIME_SERIES_FIELD_NAME,
 } from '../types/index';
 import { isDateTime } from '../datetime/moment_wrapper';
 import { ArrayVector } from '../vector/ArrayVector';
 import { MutableDataFrame } from './MutableDataFrame';
 import { SortedVector } from '../vector/SortedVector';
 import { ArrayDataFrame } from './ArrayDataFrame';
+import { getFieldTitle } from '../field/fieldState';
 
 function convertTableToDataFrame(table: TableData): DataFrame {
   const fields = table.columns.map(c => {
@@ -61,6 +63,7 @@ function convertTableToDataFrame(table: TableData): DataFrame {
 function convertTimeSeriesToDataFrame(timeSeries: TimeSeries): DataFrame {
   const times: number[] = [];
   const values: TimeSeriesValue[] = [];
+
   for (const point of timeSeries.datapoints) {
     values.push(point[0]);
     times.push(point[1] as number);
@@ -74,7 +77,7 @@ function convertTimeSeriesToDataFrame(timeSeries: TimeSeries): DataFrame {
       values: new ArrayVector<number>(times),
     },
     {
-      name: timeSeries.target || 'Value',
+      name: TIME_SERIES_FIELD_NAME,
       type: FieldType.number,
       config: {
         unit: timeSeries.unit,
@@ -84,6 +87,10 @@ function convertTimeSeriesToDataFrame(timeSeries: TimeSeries): DataFrame {
     },
   ];
 
+  if (timeSeries.title) {
+    (fields[1].config as FieldConfig).title = timeSeries.title;
+  }
+
   return {
     name: timeSeries.target,
     refId: timeSeries.refId,
@@ -111,7 +118,7 @@ function convertGraphSeriesToDataFrame(graphSeries: GraphSeriesXY): DataFrame {
     name: graphSeries.label,
     fields: [
       {
-        name: graphSeries.label || 'Value',
+        name: graphSeries.label || TIME_SERIES_FIELD_NAME,
         type: FieldType.number,
         config: {},
         values: x,
@@ -312,18 +319,20 @@ export const toLegacyResponseData = (frame: DataFrame): TimeSeries | TableData =
     const { timeField, timeIndex } = getTimeField(frame);
     if (timeField) {
       const valueIndex = timeIndex === 0 ? 1 : 0;
+      const valueField = fields[valueIndex];
+      const timeField = fields[timeIndex!];
 
       // Make sure it is [value,time]
       for (let i = 0; i < rowCount; i++) {
         rows.push([
-          fields[valueIndex].values.get(i), // value
-          fields[timeIndex!].values.get(i), // time
+          valueField.values.get(i), // value
+          timeField.values.get(i), // time
         ]);
       }
 
       return {
-        alias: fields[valueIndex].name || frame.name,
-        target: fields[valueIndex].name || frame.name,
+        alias: frame.name,
+        target: getFieldTitle(valueField, frame),
         datapoints: rows,
         unit: fields[0].config ? fields[0].config.unit : undefined,
         refId: frame.refId,
@@ -432,18 +441,6 @@ export function reverseDataFrame(data: DataFrame): DataFrame {
   };
 }
 
-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
  */
@@ -487,3 +484,15 @@ export function toDataFrameDTO(data: DataFrame): DataFrameDTO {
     name: data.name,
   };
 }
+
+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 {};
+};
diff --git a/packages/grafana-data/src/field/fieldDisplay.ts b/packages/grafana-data/src/field/fieldDisplay.ts
index 9f284f9505d..77680031cf2 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-data/src/field/fieldDisplay.ts
+++ b/packages/grafana-data/src/field/fieldDisplay.ts
@@ -37,35 +37,17 @@ export interface ReduceDataOptions {
 // TODO: use built in variables, same as for data links?
 export const VAR_SERIES_NAME = '__series.name';
 export const VAR_FIELD_NAME = '__field.name';
+export const VAR_FIELD_LABELS = '__field.labels';
 export const VAR_CALC = '__calc';
 export const VAR_CELL_PREFIX = '__cell_'; // consistent with existing table templates
 
-function getTitleTemplate(title: string | undefined, stats: string[], data?: DataFrame[]): string {
-  // If the title exists, use it as a template variable
-  if (title) {
-    return title;
-  }
-  if (!data || !data.length) {
-    return 'No Data';
-  }
-
-  let fieldCount = 0;
-  for (const field of data[0].fields) {
-    if (field.type === FieldType.number) {
-      fieldCount++;
-    }
-  }
-
+function getTitleTemplate(stats: string[]): string {
   const parts: string[] = [];
   if (stats.length > 1) {
     parts.push('${' + VAR_CALC + '}');
   }
-  if (data.length > 1) {
-    parts.push('${' + VAR_SERIES_NAME + '}');
-  }
-  if (fieldCount > 1 || !parts.length) {
-    parts.push('${' + VAR_FIELD_NAME + '}');
-  }
+
+  parts.push('${' + VAR_FIELD_NAME + '}');
 
   return parts.join(' ');
 }
@@ -108,8 +90,8 @@ export const getFieldDisplayValues = (options: GetFieldDisplayValuesOptions): Fi
     const data = options.data;
     let hitLimit = false;
     const limit = reduceOptions.limit ? reduceOptions.limit : DEFAULT_FIELD_DISPLAY_VALUES_LIMIT;
-    const defaultTitle = getTitleTemplate(fieldConfig.defaults.title, calcs, data);
     const scopedVars: ScopedVars = {};
+    const defaultTitle = getTitleTemplate(calcs);
 
     for (let s = 0; s < data.length && !hitLimit; s++) {
       const series = data[s]; // Name is already set
@@ -120,11 +102,14 @@ export const getFieldDisplayValues = (options: GetFieldDisplayValuesOptions): Fi
       for (let i = 0; i < series.fields.length && !hitLimit; i++) {
         const field = series.fields[i];
         const fieldLinksSupplier = field.getLinks;
-        // Show all number fields
+
+        // To filter out time field, need an option for this
         if (field.type !== FieldType.number) {
           continue;
         }
+
         const config = field.config; // already set by the prepare task
+        const title = field.config.title ?? defaultTitle;
 
         const display =
           field.display ??
@@ -134,7 +119,6 @@ export const getFieldDisplayValues = (options: GetFieldDisplayValuesOptions): Fi
             timeZone,
           });
 
-        const title = config.title ? config.title : defaultTitle;
         // Show all rows
         if (reduceOptions.values) {
           const usesCellValues = title.indexOf(VAR_CELL_PREFIX) >= 0;
@@ -151,9 +135,10 @@ export const getFieldDisplayValues = (options: GetFieldDisplayValuesOptions): Fi
                 };
               }
             }
+
             const displayValue = display(field.values.get(j));
             displayValue.title = replaceVariables(title, {
-              ...field.config.scopedVars, // series and field scoped vars
+              ...field.state?.scopedVars, // series and field scoped vars
               ...scopedVars,
             });
 
@@ -197,9 +182,10 @@ export const getFieldDisplayValues = (options: GetFieldDisplayValuesOptions): Fi
             scopedVars[VAR_CALC] = { value: calc, text: calc };
             const displayValue = display(results[calc]);
             displayValue.title = replaceVariables(title, {
-              ...field.config.scopedVars, // series and field scoped vars
+              ...field.state?.scopedVars, // series and field scoped vars
               ...scopedVars,
             });
+
             values.push({
               name: calc,
               field: config,
diff --git a/packages/grafana-data/src/field/fieldOverrides.test.ts b/packages/grafana-data/src/field/fieldOverrides.test.ts
index 5a44485e87d..06e68206e5e 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-data/src/field/fieldOverrides.test.ts
+++ b/packages/grafana-data/src/field/fieldOverrides.test.ts
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import { Registry } from '../utils';
 import { mockStandardProperties } from '../utils/tests/mockStandardProperties';
 import { FieldMatcherID } from '../transformations';
 import { FieldConfigOptionsRegistry } from './FieldConfigOptionsRegistry';
+import { getFieldTitle } from './fieldState';
 
 const property1 = {
   id: 'custom.property1', // Match field properties
@@ -111,12 +112,14 @@ describe('applyFieldOverrides', () => {
         fieldConfigRegistry: new FieldConfigOptionsRegistry(),
       });
 
-      expect(withOverrides[0].fields[0].config.scopedVars).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
+      expect(withOverrides[0].fields[0].state!.scopedVars).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
         Object {
           "__field": Object {
             "text": "Field",
             "value": Object {
-              "name": "message",
+              "label": undefined,
+              "labels": "",
+              "name": "A message",
             },
           },
           "__series": Object {
@@ -128,12 +131,14 @@ describe('applyFieldOverrides', () => {
         }
       `);
 
-      expect(withOverrides[1].fields[0].config.scopedVars).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
+      expect(withOverrides[1].fields[0].state!.scopedVars).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
         Object {
           "__field": Object {
             "text": "Field",
             "value": Object {
-              "name": "info",
+              "label": undefined,
+              "labels": "",
+              "name": "B info",
             },
           },
           "__series": Object {
@@ -152,16 +157,19 @@ describe('applyFieldOverrides', () => {
       min: 0,
       max: 100,
     };
+
     const f1 = {
       unit: 'ms',
       dateFormat: '', // should be ignored
       max: parseFloat('NOPE'), // should be ignored
       min: null, // should alo be ignored!
+      title: 'newTitle',
     };
 
     const f: DataFrame = toDataFrame({
       fields: [{ type: FieldType.number, name: 'x', config: field, values: [] }],
     });
+
     const processed = applyFieldOverrides({
       data: [f],
       fieldConfig: {
@@ -172,11 +180,13 @@ describe('applyFieldOverrides', () => {
       replaceVariables: v => v,
       theme: {} as GrafanaTheme,
     })[0];
-    const out = processed.fields[0].config;
 
-    expect(out.min).toEqual(0);
-    expect(out.max).toEqual(100);
-    expect(out.unit).toEqual('ms');
+    const outField = processed.fields[0];
+
+    expect(outField.config.min).toEqual(0);
+    expect(outField.config.max).toEqual(100);
+    expect(outField.config.unit).toEqual('ms');
+    expect(getFieldTitle(outField, f)).toEqual('newTitle');
   });
 
   it('will apply field overrides', () => {
@@ -300,10 +310,8 @@ describe('setDynamicConfigValue', () => {
   it('applies dynamic config values', () => {
     const config = {
       title: 'test',
-      // custom: {
-      //   property1: 1,
-      // },
     };
+
     setDynamicConfigValue(
       config,
       {
diff --git a/packages/grafana-data/src/field/fieldOverrides.ts b/packages/grafana-data/src/field/fieldOverrides.ts
index 866f1552b95..955308ffbe5 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-data/src/field/fieldOverrides.ts
+++ b/packages/grafana-data/src/field/fieldOverrides.ts
@@ -24,12 +24,15 @@ import set from 'lodash/set';
 import unset from 'lodash/unset';
 import get from 'lodash/get';
 import { getDisplayProcessor } from './displayProcessor';
-import { getTimeField, guessFieldTypeForField } from '../dataframe';
+import { guessFieldTypeForField } from '../dataframe';
 import { standardFieldConfigEditorRegistry } from './standardFieldConfigEditorRegistry';
 import { FieldConfigOptionsRegistry } from './FieldConfigOptionsRegistry';
 import { DataLinkBuiltInVars, locationUtil } from '../utils';
 import { formattedValueToString } from '../valueFormats';
 import { getFieldDisplayValuesProxy } from './getFieldDisplayValuesProxy';
+import { formatLabels } from '../utils/labels';
+import { getFrameDisplayTitle, getFieldTitle } from './fieldState';
+import { getTimeField } from '../dataframe/processDataFrame';
 
 interface OverrideProps {
   match: FieldMatcher;
@@ -96,25 +99,31 @@ export function applyFieldOverrides(options: ApplyFieldOverrideOptions): DataFra
   }
 
   return options.data.map((frame, index) => {
-    let name = frame.name;
-    if (!name) {
-      name = `Series[${index}]`;
-    }
-
     const scopedVars: ScopedVars = {
-      __series: { text: 'Series', value: { name } },
+      __series: { text: 'Series', value: { name: getFrameDisplayTitle(frame, index) } }, // might be missing
     };
 
-    const fields: Field[] = frame.fields.map((field, fieldIndex) => {
+    const fields: Field[] = frame.fields.map(field => {
       // Config is mutable within this scope
-      let fieldName = field.name;
-      if (!fieldName) {
-        fieldName = `Field[${fieldIndex}]`;
-      }
       const fieldScopedVars = { ...scopedVars };
-      fieldScopedVars['__field'] = { text: 'Field', value: { name: fieldName } };
+      const title = getFieldTitle(field, frame, options.data);
 
-      const config: FieldConfig = { ...field.config, scopedVars: fieldScopedVars } || {};
+      fieldScopedVars['__field'] = {
+        text: 'Field',
+        value: {
+          name: title, // Generally appropriate (may include the series name if useful)
+          labels: formatLabels(field.labels!),
+          label: field.labels,
+        },
+      };
+
+      field.state = {
+        ...field.state,
+        title: title,
+        scopedVars: fieldScopedVars,
+      };
+
+      const config: FieldConfig = { ...field.config };
       const context = {
         field,
         data: options.data!,
@@ -183,6 +192,10 @@ export function applyFieldOverrides(options: ApplyFieldOverrideOptions): DataFra
         ...field,
         config,
         type,
+        state: {
+          ...field.state,
+          title: null,
+        },
       };
 
       // and set the display processor using it
@@ -204,7 +217,6 @@ export function applyFieldOverrides(options: ApplyFieldOverrideOptions): DataFra
     return {
       ...frame,
       fields,
-      name,
     };
   });
 }
diff --git a/packages/grafana-data/src/field/fieldState.test.ts b/packages/grafana-data/src/field/fieldState.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..17f0164d3fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/grafana-data/src/field/fieldState.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,136 @@
+import { DataFrame, TIME_SERIES_FIELD_NAME, FieldType } from '../types';
+import { getFieldTitle } from './fieldState';
+import { toDataFrame } from '../dataframe';
+
+interface TitleScenario {
+  frames: DataFrame[];
+  frameIndex?: number; // assume 0
+  fieldIndex?: number; // assume 0
+}
+
+function checkScenario(scenario: TitleScenario): string {
+  const frame = scenario.frames[scenario.frameIndex ?? 0];
+  const field = frame.fields[scenario.fieldIndex ?? 0];
+  return getFieldTitle(field, frame, scenario.frames);
+}
+
+describe('Check field state calculations (title and id)', () => {
+  it('should use field name if no frame name', () => {
+    const title = checkScenario({
+      frames: [
+        toDataFrame({
+          fields: [{ name: 'Field 1' }],
+        }),
+      ],
+    });
+    expect(title).toEqual('Field 1');
+  });
+
+  it('should use only field name if only one series', () => {
+    const title = checkScenario({
+      frames: [
+        toDataFrame({
+          name: 'Series A',
+          fields: [{ name: 'Field 1' }],
+        }),
+      ],
+    });
+    expect(title).toEqual('Field 1');
+  });
+
+  it('should use frame name and field name if more than one frame', () => {
+    const title = checkScenario({
+      frames: [
+        toDataFrame({
+          name: 'Series A',
+          fields: [{ name: 'Field 1' }],
+        }),
+        toDataFrame({
+          name: 'Series B',
+          fields: [{ name: 'Field 1' }],
+        }),
+      ],
+    });
+    expect(title).toEqual('Series A Field 1');
+  });
+
+  it('should only use label value if only one label', () => {
+    const title = checkScenario({
+      frames: [
+        toDataFrame({
+          fields: [{ name: 'Value', labels: { server: 'Server A' } }],
+        }),
+      ],
+    });
+    expect(title).toEqual('Server A');
+  });
+
+  it('should use label value only if all series have same name', () => {
+    const title = checkScenario({
+      frames: [
+        toDataFrame({
+          name: 'cpu',
+          fields: [{ name: 'Value', labels: { server: 'Server A' } }],
+        }),
+        toDataFrame({
+          name: 'cpu',
+          fields: [{ name: 'Value', labels: { server: 'Server A' } }],
+        }),
+      ],
+    });
+    expect(title).toEqual('Server A');
+  });
+
+  it('should use label name and value if more than one label', () => {
+    const title = checkScenario({
+      frames: [
+        toDataFrame({
+          fields: [{ name: 'Value', labels: { server: 'Server A', mode: 'B' } }],
+        }),
+      ],
+    });
+    expect(title).toEqual('{mode="B", server="Server A"}');
+  });
+
+  it('should use field name even when it is TIME_SERIES_FIELD_NAME if there are no labels', () => {
+    const title = checkScenario({
+      frames: [
+        toDataFrame({
+          fields: [{ name: TIME_SERIES_FIELD_NAME, labels: {} }],
+        }),
+      ],
+    });
+    expect(title).toEqual('Value');
+  });
+
+  it('should use series name when field name is TIME_SERIES_FIELD_NAME and there are no labels ', () => {
+    const title = checkScenario({
+      frames: [
+        toDataFrame({
+          name: 'Series A',
+          fields: [{ name: TIME_SERIES_FIELD_NAME, labels: {} }],
+        }),
+      ],
+    });
+    expect(title).toEqual('Series A');
+  });
+
+  it('should reder loki frames', () => {
+    const title = checkScenario({
+      frames: [
+        toDataFrame({
+          refId: 'A',
+          fields: [
+            { name: 'time', type: FieldType.time },
+            {
+              name: 'line',
+              labels: { host: 'ec2-13-53-116-156.eu-north-1.compute.amazonaws.com', region: 'eu-north1' },
+            },
+          ],
+        }),
+      ],
+      fieldIndex: 1,
+    });
+    expect(title).toEqual('line {host="ec2-13-53-116-156.eu-north-1.compute.amazonaws.com", region="eu-north1"}');
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/grafana-data/src/field/fieldState.ts b/packages/grafana-data/src/field/fieldState.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..64db3ded13e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/grafana-data/src/field/fieldState.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,153 @@
+import { DataFrame, Field, TIME_SERIES_FIELD_NAME, FieldType } from '../types';
+import { formatLabels } from '../utils/labels';
+
+/**
+ * Get an appropriate display title
+ */
+export function getFrameDisplayTitle(frame: DataFrame, index?: number) {
+  if (frame.name) {
+    return frame.name;
+  }
+
+  // Single field with tags
+  const valuesWithLabels = frame.fields.filter(f => f.labels !== undefined);
+  if (valuesWithLabels.length === 1) {
+    return formatLabels(valuesWithLabels[0].labels!);
+  }
+
+  // list all the
+  if (index === undefined) {
+    return frame.fields
+      .filter(f => f.type !== FieldType.time)
+      .map(f => getFieldTitle(f, frame))
+      .join(', ');
+  }
+
+  if (frame.refId) {
+    return `Series (${frame.refId})`;
+  }
+
+  return `Series (${index})`;
+}
+
+export function getFieldTitle(field: Field, frame?: DataFrame, allFrames?: DataFrame[]): string {
+  const existingTitle = field.state?.title;
+
+  if (existingTitle) {
+    return existingTitle;
+  }
+
+  const title = calculateFieldTitle(field, frame, allFrames);
+  field.state = {
+    ...field.state,
+    title,
+  };
+
+  return title;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Get an appropriate display title. If the 'title' is set, use that
+ */
+function calculateFieldTitle(field: Field, frame?: DataFrame, allFrames?: DataFrame[]): string {
+  const hasConfigTitle = field.config?.title && field.config?.title.length;
+
+  let title = hasConfigTitle ? field.config!.title! : field.name;
+
+  if (hasConfigTitle) {
+    return title;
+  }
+
+  // This is an ugly exception for time field
+  // For time series we should normally treat time field with same name
+  // But in case it has a join source we should handle it as normal field
+  if (field.type === FieldType.time && !field.labels) {
+    return title ?? 'Time';
+  }
+
+  let parts: string[] = [];
+  let frameNamesDiffer = false;
+
+  if (allFrames && allFrames.length > 1) {
+    for (let i = 1; i < allFrames.length; i++) {
+      const frame = allFrames[i];
+      if (frame.name !== allFrames[i - 1].name) {
+        frameNamesDiffer = true;
+        break;
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  let frameNameAdded = false;
+  let labelsAdded = false;
+
+  if (frameNamesDiffer && frame?.name) {
+    parts.push(frame.name);
+    frameNameAdded = true;
+  }
+
+  if (field.name && field.name !== TIME_SERIES_FIELD_NAME) {
+    parts.push(field.name);
+  }
+
+  if (field.labels && frame) {
+    let singleLabelName = getSingleLabelName(allFrames ?? [frame]);
+
+    if (!singleLabelName) {
+      let allLabels = formatLabels(field.labels);
+      if (allLabels) {
+        parts.push(allLabels);
+        labelsAdded = true;
+      }
+    } else if (field.labels[singleLabelName]) {
+      parts.push(field.labels[singleLabelName]);
+      labelsAdded = true;
+    }
+  }
+
+  // if we have not added frame name and no labels, and field name = Value, we should add frame name
+  if (frame && !frameNameAdded && !labelsAdded && field.name === TIME_SERIES_FIELD_NAME) {
+    if (frame.name && frame.name.length > 0) {
+      parts.push(frame.name);
+      frameNameAdded = true;
+    }
+  }
+
+  if (parts.length) {
+    title = parts.join(' ');
+  } else if (field.name) {
+    title = field.name;
+  } else {
+    title = TIME_SERIES_FIELD_NAME;
+  }
+
+  return title;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Checks all data frames and return name of label if there is only one label name in all frames
+ */
+function getSingleLabelName(frames: DataFrame[]): string | null {
+  let singleName: string | null = null;
+
+  for (let i = 0; i < frames.length; i++) {
+    const frame = frames[i];
+
+    for (const field of frame.fields) {
+      if (!field.labels) {
+        continue;
+      }
+
+      // yes this should be in!
+      for (const labelKey in field.labels) {
+        if (singleName === null) {
+          singleName = labelKey;
+        } else if (labelKey !== singleName) {
+          return null;
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  return singleName;
+}
diff --git a/packages/grafana-data/src/field/index.ts b/packages/grafana-data/src/field/index.ts
index 4a92bd90bd7..ad09a744786 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-data/src/field/index.ts
+++ b/packages/grafana-data/src/field/index.ts
@@ -7,3 +7,4 @@ export { FieldConfigOptionsRegistry } from './FieldConfigOptionsRegistry';
 
 export { applyFieldOverrides, validateFieldConfig } from './fieldOverrides';
 export { getFieldDisplayValuesProxy } from './getFieldDisplayValuesProxy';
+export { getFieldTitle, getFrameDisplayTitle } from './fieldState';
diff --git a/packages/grafana-data/src/field/overrides/processors.ts b/packages/grafana-data/src/field/overrides/processors.ts
index 17619cc19d5..8a3340a99d6 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-data/src/field/overrides/processors.ts
+++ b/packages/grafana-data/src/field/overrides/processors.ts
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ export const stringOverrideProcessor = (
     return value;
   }
   if (settings && settings.expandTemplateVars && context.replaceVariables) {
-    return context.replaceVariables(value, context.field!.config.scopedVars);
+    return context.replaceVariables(value, context.field!.state!.scopedVars);
   }
   return `${value}`;
 };
diff --git a/packages/grafana-data/src/transformations/fieldReducer.test.ts b/packages/grafana-data/src/transformations/fieldReducer.test.ts
index 0f921f47757..617a5e4e418 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-data/src/transformations/fieldReducer.test.ts
+++ b/packages/grafana-data/src/transformations/fieldReducer.test.ts
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ describe('Stats Calculators', () => {
   });
 
   it('should support a single stat also', () => {
-    basicTable.fields[0].calcs = undefined; // clear the cache
+    basicTable.fields[0].state = undefined; // clear the cache
     const stats = reduceField({
       field: basicTable.fields[0],
       reducers: ['first'],
diff --git a/packages/grafana-data/src/transformations/fieldReducer.ts b/packages/grafana-data/src/transformations/fieldReducer.ts
index e15a5f0a329..a0a5571d861 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-data/src/transformations/fieldReducer.ts
+++ b/packages/grafana-data/src/transformations/fieldReducer.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 // Libraries
 import isNumber from 'lodash/isNumber';
 
-import { NullValueMode, Field } from '../types/index';
+import { NullValueMode, Field, FieldState, FieldCalcs } from '../types/index';
 import { Registry, RegistryItem } from '../utils/Registry';
 
 export enum ReducerID {
@@ -28,10 +28,6 @@ export enum ReducerID {
   allIsNull = 'allIsNull',
 }
 
-export interface FieldCalcs {
-  [key: string]: any;
-}
-
 // Internal function
 type FieldReducer = (field: Field, ignoreNulls: boolean, nullAsZero: boolean) => FieldCalcs;
 
@@ -57,20 +53,23 @@ export function reduceField(options: ReduceFieldOptions): FieldCalcs {
     return {};
   }
 
-  if (field.calcs) {
+  if (field.state?.calcs) {
     // Find the values we need to calculate
     const missing: string[] = [];
     for (const s of reducers) {
-      if (!field.calcs.hasOwnProperty(s)) {
+      if (!field.state.calcs.hasOwnProperty(s)) {
         missing.push(s);
       }
     }
     if (missing.length < 1) {
       return {
-        ...field.calcs,
+        ...field.state.calcs,
       };
     }
   }
+  if (!field.state) {
+    field.state = {} as FieldState;
+  }
 
   const queue = fieldReducers.list(reducers);
 
@@ -78,11 +77,11 @@ export function reduceField(options: ReduceFieldOptions): FieldCalcs {
   // This lets the concrete implementations assume at least one row
   const data = field.values;
   if (data.length < 1) {
-    const calcs = { ...field.calcs } as FieldCalcs;
+    const calcs = { ...field.state.calcs } as FieldCalcs;
     for (const reducer of queue) {
       calcs[reducer.id] = reducer.emptyInputResult !== null ? reducer.emptyInputResult : null;
     }
-    return (field.calcs = calcs);
+    return (field.state.calcs = calcs);
   }
 
   const { nullValueMode } = field.config;
@@ -92,8 +91,8 @@ export function reduceField(options: ReduceFieldOptions): FieldCalcs {
   // Avoid calculating all the standard stats if possible
   if (queue.length === 1 && queue[0].reduce) {
     const values = queue[0].reduce(field, ignoreNulls, nullAsZero);
-    field.calcs = {
-      ...field.calcs,
+    field.state.calcs = {
+      ...field.state.calcs,
       ...values,
     };
     return values;
@@ -111,11 +110,10 @@ export function reduceField(options: ReduceFieldOptions): FieldCalcs {
     }
   }
 
-  field.calcs = {
-    ...field.calcs,
+  field.state.calcs = {
+    ...field.state.calcs,
     ...values,
   };
-
   return values;
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/grafana-data/src/transformations/matchers/nameMatcher.ts b/packages/grafana-data/src/transformations/matchers/nameMatcher.ts
index 1b9c0e377ae..30562e65b9d 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-data/src/transformations/matchers/nameMatcher.ts
+++ b/packages/grafana-data/src/transformations/matchers/nameMatcher.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { Field, DataFrame } from '../../types/dataFrame';
 import { FieldMatcherID, FrameMatcherID } from './ids';
 import { FieldMatcherInfo, FrameMatcherInfo } from '../../types/transformations';
 import { stringToJsRegex } from '../../text/string';
+import { getFieldTitle } from '../../field/fieldState';
 
 // General Field matcher
 const fieldNameMacher: FieldMatcherInfo<string> = {
@@ -18,7 +19,7 @@ const fieldNameMacher: FieldMatcherInfo<string> = {
       console.error(e);
     }
     return (field: Field) => {
-      return regex.test(field.name);
+      return regex.test(getFieldTitle(field) ?? '');
     };
   },
 
diff --git a/packages/grafana-data/src/transformations/transformers/calculateField.test.ts b/packages/grafana-data/src/transformations/transformers/calculateField.test.ts
index 73c0d475adf..004b2e57316 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-data/src/transformations/transformers/calculateField.test.ts
+++ b/packages/grafana-data/src/transformations/transformers/calculateField.test.ts
@@ -43,18 +43,18 @@ describe('calculateField transformer w/ timeseries', () => {
     expect(rows).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
       Array [
         Object {
-          "A {0}": 1,
-          "B {1}": 2,
-          "C {1}": 3,
-          "D {1}": "first",
+          "A": 1,
+          "B": 2,
+          "C": 3,
+          "D": "first",
           "The Total": 6,
           "TheTime": 1000,
         },
         Object {
-          "A {0}": 100,
-          "B {1}": 200,
-          "C {1}": 300,
-          "D {1}": "second",
+          "A": 100,
+          "B": 200,
+          "C": 300,
+          "D": "second",
           "The Total": 600,
           "TheTime": 2000,
         },
diff --git a/packages/grafana-data/src/transformations/transformers/calculateField.ts b/packages/grafana-data/src/transformations/transformers/calculateField.ts
index 84da616f0d2..b3b299138ae 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-data/src/transformations/transformers/calculateField.ts
+++ b/packages/grafana-data/src/transformations/transformers/calculateField.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import { RowVector } from '../../vector/RowVector';
 import { ArrayVector, BinaryOperationVector, ConstantVector } from '../../vector';
 import { doStandardCalcs } from '../fieldReducer';
 import { seriesToColumnsTransformer } from './seriesToColumns';
-import { getTimeField } from '../../dataframe';
+import { getTimeField } from '../../dataframe/processDataFrame';
 import defaults from 'lodash/defaults';
 import { BinaryOperationID, binaryOperators } from '../../utils/binaryOperators';
 
@@ -168,7 +168,6 @@ function getReduceRowCreator(options: ReduceOptions): ValuesCreator {
 
     for (let i = 0; i < frame.length; i++) {
       iter.rowIndex = i;
-      row.calcs = undefined; // bust the cache (just in case)
       const val = reducer(row, ignoreNulls, nullAsZero)[options.reducer];
       vals.push(val);
     }
diff --git a/packages/grafana-data/src/transformations/transformers/labelsToFields.test.ts b/packages/grafana-data/src/transformations/transformers/labelsToFields.test.ts
index 7f6dc93c237..264997c79d6 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-data/src/transformations/transformers/labelsToFields.test.ts
+++ b/packages/grafana-data/src/transformations/transformers/labelsToFields.test.ts
@@ -43,38 +43,6 @@ describe('Labels as Columns', () => {
     expect(result[0].fields).toEqual(expected);
   });
 
-  it('data frames where frame name is same as value field name replace field name with name Value', () => {
-    const cfg: DataTransformerConfig<LabelsToFieldsOptions> = {
-      id: DataTransformerID.labelsToFields,
-      options: {},
-    };
-
-    const oneValueOneLabelA = toDataFrame({
-      name: 'A',
-      fields: [
-        { name: 'time', type: FieldType.time, values: [1000] },
-        { name: 'A', type: FieldType.number, values: [1], labels: { location: 'inside' } },
-      ],
-    });
-
-    const oneValueOneLabelB = toDataFrame({
-      name: 'B',
-      fields: [
-        { name: 'time', type: FieldType.time, values: [2000] },
-        { name: 'B', type: FieldType.number, values: [-1], labels: { location: 'outside' } },
-      ],
-    });
-
-    const result = transformDataFrame([cfg], [oneValueOneLabelA, oneValueOneLabelB]);
-    const expected: Field[] = [
-      { name: 'time', type: FieldType.time, values: new ArrayVector([1000, 2000]), config: {} },
-      { name: 'location', type: FieldType.string, values: new ArrayVector(['inside', 'outside']), config: {} },
-      { name: 'Value', type: FieldType.number, values: new ArrayVector([1, -1]), config: {} },
-    ];
-
-    expect(result[0].fields).toEqual(expected);
-  });
-
   it('data frame with 2 values and 1 label', () => {
     const cfg: DataTransformerConfig<LabelsToFieldsOptions> = {
       id: DataTransformerID.labelsToFields,
diff --git a/packages/grafana-data/src/transformations/transformers/labelsToFields.ts b/packages/grafana-data/src/transformations/transformers/labelsToFields.ts
index b96df90a623..60e866ea3a0 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-data/src/transformations/transformers/labelsToFields.ts
+++ b/packages/grafana-data/src/transformations/transformers/labelsToFields.ts
@@ -73,21 +73,12 @@ function getFramesWithOnlyValueFields(data: DataFrame[]): DataFrame[] {
 
     for (let i = 0; i < series.fields.length; i++) {
       const field = series.fields[i];
+
       if (field.type !== FieldType.number) {
         continue;
       }
 
-      // When we transform a time series to DataFrame we put series name in field name.
-      // This casues problems for this transformer that want all time series values in a Value column
-      // So here we change field names that have same name as DataFrame to just Value
-      if (field.name === series.name) {
-        fields.push({
-          ...field,
-          name: 'Value',
-        });
-      } else {
-        fields.push(field);
-      }
+      fields.push(field);
     }
 
     if (!fields.length) {
diff --git a/packages/grafana-data/src/transformations/transformers/organize.test.ts b/packages/grafana-data/src/transformations/transformers/organize.test.ts
index 215ffd58ae0..f1d6c9278db 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-data/src/transformations/transformers/organize.test.ts
+++ b/packages/grafana-data/src/transformations/transformers/organize.test.ts
@@ -47,13 +47,23 @@ describe('OrganizeFields Transformer', () => {
       expect(organized.fields).toEqual([
         {
           config: {},
+          labels: undefined,
           name: 'temperature',
+          state: {
+            title: 'temperature',
+          },
           type: FieldType.number,
           values: new ArrayVector([10.3, 10.4, 10.5, 10.6]),
         },
         {
-          config: {},
-          name: 'renamed_humidity',
+          config: {
+            title: 'renamed_humidity',
+          },
+          labels: undefined,
+          name: 'humidity',
+          state: {
+            title: 'renamed_humidity',
+          },
           type: FieldType.number,
           values: new ArrayVector([10000.3, 10000.4, 10000.5, 10000.6]),
         },
@@ -93,14 +103,24 @@ describe('OrganizeFields Transformer', () => {
 
       expect(organized.fields).toEqual([
         {
-          config: {},
-          name: 'renamed_time',
+          labels: undefined,
+          config: {
+            title: 'renamed_time',
+          },
+          name: 'time',
+          state: {
+            title: 'renamed_time',
+          },
           type: FieldType.time,
           values: new ArrayVector([3000, 4000, 5000, 6000]),
         },
         {
           config: {},
+          labels: undefined,
           name: 'pressure',
+          state: {
+            title: 'pressure',
+          },
           type: FieldType.number,
           values: new ArrayVector([10.3, 10.4, 10.5, 10.6]),
         },
diff --git a/packages/grafana-data/src/transformations/transformers/rename.test.ts b/packages/grafana-data/src/transformations/transformers/rename.test.ts
index 16d181a8d04..d2c24bcea78 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-data/src/transformations/transformers/rename.test.ts
+++ b/packages/grafana-data/src/transformations/transformers/rename.test.ts
@@ -40,20 +40,38 @@ describe('Rename Transformer', () => {
 
       expect(renamed.fields).toEqual([
         {
-          config: {},
-          name: 'Total time',
+          config: {
+            title: 'Total time',
+          },
+          labels: undefined,
+          name: 'time',
+          state: {
+            title: 'Total time',
+          },
           type: FieldType.time,
           values: new ArrayVector([3000, 4000, 5000, 6000]),
         },
         {
-          config: {},
-          name: 'how cold is it?',
+          config: {
+            title: 'how cold is it?',
+          },
+          labels: undefined,
+          name: 'temperature',
+          state: {
+            title: 'how cold is it?',
+          },
           type: FieldType.number,
           values: new ArrayVector([10.3, 10.4, 10.5, 10.6]),
         },
         {
-          config: {},
-          name: 'Moistiness',
+          config: {
+            title: 'Moistiness',
+          },
+          name: 'humidity',
+          labels: undefined,
+          state: {
+            title: 'Moistiness',
+          },
           type: FieldType.number,
           values: new ArrayVector([10000.3, 10000.4, 10000.5, 10000.6]),
         },
@@ -87,20 +105,36 @@ describe('Rename Transformer', () => {
 
       expect(renamed.fields).toEqual([
         {
-          config: {},
-          name: 'ttl',
+          config: {
+            title: 'ttl',
+          },
+          name: 'time',
+          labels: undefined,
+          state: {
+            title: 'ttl',
+          },
           type: FieldType.time,
           values: new ArrayVector([3000, 4000, 5000, 6000]),
         },
         {
           config: {},
+          labels: undefined,
           name: 'pressure',
+          state: {
+            title: 'pressure',
+          },
           type: FieldType.number,
           values: new ArrayVector([10.3, 10.4, 10.5, 10.6]),
         },
         {
-          config: {},
-          name: 'hum',
+          config: {
+            title: 'hum',
+          },
+          labels: undefined,
+          name: 'humidity',
+          state: {
+            title: 'hum',
+          },
           type: FieldType.number,
           values: new ArrayVector([10000.3, 10000.4, 10000.5, 10000.6]),
         },
diff --git a/packages/grafana-data/src/transformations/transformers/rename.ts b/packages/grafana-data/src/transformations/transformers/rename.ts
index 9982112d4fc..c38bf71aab3 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-data/src/transformations/transformers/rename.ts
+++ b/packages/grafana-data/src/transformations/transformers/rename.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { DataTransformerID } from './ids';
 import { DataTransformerInfo } from '../../types/transformations';
-import { DataFrame, Field } from '../..';
+import { DataFrame, Field } from '../../types/dataFrame';
+import { getFieldTitle } from '../../field/fieldState';
 
 export interface RenameFieldsTransformerOptions {
   renameByName: Record<string, string>;
@@ -28,19 +29,20 @@ export const renameFieldsTransformer: DataTransformerInfo<RenameFieldsTransforme
 
       return data.map(frame => ({
         ...frame,
-        fields: renamer(frame.fields),
+        fields: renamer(frame),
       }));
     };
   },
 };
 
-const createRenamer = (renameByName: Record<string, string>) => (fields: Field[]): Field[] => {
+const createRenamer = (renameByName: Record<string, string>) => (frame: DataFrame): Field[] => {
   if (!renameByName || Object.keys(renameByName).length === 0) {
-    return fields;
+    return frame.fields;
   }
 
-  return fields.map(field => {
-    const renameTo = renameByName[field.name];
+  return frame.fields.map(field => {
+    const title = getFieldTitle(field, frame);
+    const renameTo = renameByName[title];
 
     if (typeof renameTo !== 'string' || renameTo.length === 0) {
       return field;
@@ -48,7 +50,14 @@ const createRenamer = (renameByName: Record<string, string>) => (fields: Field[]
 
     return {
       ...field,
-      name: renameTo,
+      config: {
+        ...field.config,
+        title: renameTo,
+      },
+      state: {
+        ...field.state,
+        title: renameTo,
+      },
     };
   });
 };
diff --git a/packages/grafana-data/src/transformations/transformers/seriesToColumns.test.ts b/packages/grafana-data/src/transformations/transformers/seriesToColumns.test.ts
index a7d2580f2a3..bed64112514 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-data/src/transformations/transformers/seriesToColumns.test.ts
+++ b/packages/grafana-data/src/transformations/transformers/seriesToColumns.test.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ describe('SeriesToColumns Transformer', () => {
   beforeAll(() => {
     mockTransformationsRegistry([seriesToColumnsTransformer]);
   });
+
   const everySecondSeries = toDataFrame({
     name: 'even',
     fields: [
@@ -44,38 +45,53 @@ describe('SeriesToColumns Transformer', () => {
     expect(filtered.fields).toEqual([
       {
         name: 'time',
+        state: {
+          title: 'time',
+        },
         type: FieldType.time,
         values: new ArrayVector([1000, 3000, 4000, 5000, 6000, 7000]),
         config: {},
-        labels: { origin: 'even,odd' },
+        labels: undefined,
       },
       {
-        name: 'temperature {even}',
+        name: 'temperature',
+        state: {
+          title: 'temperature even',
+        },
         type: FieldType.number,
         values: new ArrayVector([null, 10.3, 10.4, 10.5, 10.6, null]),
         config: {},
-        labels: { origin: 'even' },
+        labels: { name: 'even' },
       },
       {
-        name: 'humidity {even}',
+        name: 'humidity',
+        state: {
+          title: 'humidity even',
+        },
         type: FieldType.number,
         values: new ArrayVector([null, 10000.3, 10000.4, 10000.5, 10000.6, null]),
         config: {},
-        labels: { origin: 'even' },
+        labels: { name: 'even' },
       },
       {
-        name: 'temperature {odd}',
+        name: 'temperature',
+        state: {
+          title: 'temperature odd',
+        },
         type: FieldType.number,
         values: new ArrayVector([11.1, 11.3, null, 11.5, null, 11.7]),
         config: {},
-        labels: { origin: 'odd' },
+        labels: { name: 'odd' },
       },
       {
-        name: 'humidity {odd}',
+        name: 'humidity',
+        state: {
+          title: 'humidity odd',
+        },
         type: FieldType.number,
         values: new ArrayVector([11000.1, 11000.3, null, 11000.5, null, 11000.7]),
         config: {},
-        labels: { origin: 'odd' },
+        labels: { name: 'odd' },
       },
     ]);
   });
@@ -92,38 +108,53 @@ describe('SeriesToColumns Transformer', () => {
     expect(filtered.fields).toEqual([
       {
         name: 'temperature',
+        state: {
+          title: 'temperature',
+        },
         type: FieldType.number,
         values: new ArrayVector([10.3, 10.4, 10.5, 10.6, 11.1, 11.3, 11.5, 11.7]),
         config: {},
-        labels: { origin: 'even,odd' },
+        labels: undefined,
       },
       {
-        name: 'time {even}',
+        name: 'time',
+        state: {
+          title: 'time even',
+        },
         type: FieldType.time,
         values: new ArrayVector([3000, 4000, 5000, 6000, null, null, null, null]),
         config: {},
-        labels: { origin: 'even' },
+        labels: { name: 'even' },
       },
       {
-        name: 'humidity {even}',
+        name: 'humidity',
+        state: {
+          title: 'humidity even',
+        },
         type: FieldType.number,
         values: new ArrayVector([10000.3, 10000.4, 10000.5, 10000.6, null, null, null, null]),
         config: {},
-        labels: { origin: 'even' },
+        labels: { name: 'even' },
       },
       {
-        name: 'time {odd}',
+        name: 'time',
+        state: {
+          title: 'time odd',
+        },
         type: FieldType.time,
         values: new ArrayVector([null, null, null, null, 1000, 3000, 5000, 7000]),
         config: {},
-        labels: { origin: 'odd' },
+        labels: { name: 'odd' },
       },
       {
-        name: 'humidity {odd}',
+        name: 'humidity',
+        state: {
+          title: 'humidity odd',
+        },
         type: FieldType.number,
         values: new ArrayVector([null, null, null, null, 11000.1, 11000.3, 11000.5, 11000.7]),
         config: {},
-        labels: { origin: 'odd' },
+        labels: { name: 'odd' },
       },
     ]);
   });
@@ -144,38 +175,53 @@ describe('SeriesToColumns Transformer', () => {
     expect(filtered.fields).toEqual([
       {
         name: 'time',
+        state: {
+          title: 'time',
+        },
         type: FieldType.time,
         values: new ArrayVector([1000, 3000, 4000, 5000, 6000, 7000]),
         config: {},
-        labels: { origin: 'even,odd' },
+        labels: undefined,
       },
       {
-        name: 'temperature {even}',
+        name: 'temperature',
+        state: {
+          title: 'temperature even',
+        },
         type: FieldType.number,
         values: new ArrayVector([null, 10.3, 10.4, 10.5, 10.6, null]),
         config: {},
-        labels: { origin: 'even' },
+        labels: { name: 'even' },
       },
       {
-        name: 'humidity {even}',
+        name: 'humidity',
+        state: {
+          title: 'humidity even',
+        },
         type: FieldType.number,
         values: new ArrayVector([null, 10000.3, 10000.4, 10000.5, 10000.6, null]),
         config: {},
-        labels: { origin: 'even' },
+        labels: { name: 'even' },
       },
       {
-        name: 'temperature {odd}',
+        name: 'temperature',
+        state: {
+          title: 'temperature odd',
+        },
         type: FieldType.number,
         values: new ArrayVector([11.1, 11.3, null, 11.5, null, 11.7]),
         config: {},
-        labels: { origin: 'odd' },
+        labels: { name: 'odd' },
       },
       {
-        name: 'humidity {odd}',
+        name: 'humidity',
+        state: {
+          title: 'humidity odd',
+        },
         type: FieldType.number,
         values: new ArrayVector([11000.1, 11000.3, null, 11000.5, null, 11000.7]),
         config: {},
-        labels: { origin: 'odd' },
+        labels: { name: 'odd' },
       },
     ]);
   });
@@ -209,24 +255,33 @@ describe('SeriesToColumns Transformer', () => {
       const expected: Field[] = [
         {
           name: 'time',
+          state: {
+            title: 'time',
+          },
           type: FieldType.time,
           values: new ArrayVector([1000, 2000, 3000, 4000]),
           config: {},
-          labels: { origin: 'temperature,B' },
+          labels: undefined,
         },
         {
           name: 'temperature',
           type: FieldType.number,
           values: new ArrayVector([1, 3, 5, 7]),
           config: {},
-          labels: { origin: 'temperature' },
+          state: {
+            title: 'temperature temperature',
+          },
+          labels: { name: 'temperature' },
         },
         {
-          name: 'temperature {B}',
+          name: 'temperature',
+          state: {
+            title: 'temperature B',
+          },
           type: FieldType.number,
           values: new ArrayVector([2, 4, 6, 8]),
           config: {},
-          labels: { origin: 'B' },
+          labels: { name: 'B' },
         },
       ];
 
diff --git a/packages/grafana-data/src/transformations/transformers/seriesToColumns.ts b/packages/grafana-data/src/transformations/transformers/seriesToColumns.ts
index ca4b8c09748..7bd85984b05 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-data/src/transformations/transformers/seriesToColumns.ts
+++ b/packages/grafana-data/src/transformations/transformers/seriesToColumns.ts
@@ -1,70 +1,81 @@
-import { DataFrame, DataTransformerInfo } from '../../types';
+import { DataFrame, DataTransformerInfo, Field } from '../../types';
 import { DataTransformerID } from './ids';
 import { MutableDataFrame } from '../../dataframe';
-import { filterFieldsByNameTransformer } from './filterByName';
 import { ArrayVector } from '../../vector';
+import { getFieldTitle } from '../../field/fieldState';
 
 export interface SeriesToColumnsOptions {
   byField?: string;
 }
 
+const DEFAULT_KEY_FIELD = 'Time';
+
 export const seriesToColumnsTransformer: DataTransformerInfo<SeriesToColumnsOptions> = {
   id: DataTransformerID.seriesToColumns,
   name: 'Series as columns',
   description: 'Groups series by field and returns values as columns',
   defaultOptions: {
-    byField: 'Time',
+    byField: DEFAULT_KEY_FIELD,
   },
   transformer: options => (data: DataFrame[]) => {
-    const optionsArray = options.byField ? [options.byField] : [];
-    // not sure if I should use filterFieldsByNameTransformer to get the key field
-    const keyDataFrames = filterFieldsByNameTransformer.transformer({
-      include: optionsArray,
-    })(data);
-    if (!keyDataFrames.length) {
-      // for now we only parse data frames with 2 fields
-      return data;
-    }
+    const keyFieldMatch = options.byField || DEFAULT_KEY_FIELD;
+    const allFields: FieldsToProcess[] = [];
 
-    // not sure if I should use filterFieldsByNameTransformer to get the other fields
-    const otherDataFrames = filterFieldsByNameTransformer.transformer({
-      exclude: optionsArray,
-    })(data);
-    if (!otherDataFrames.length) {
-      // for now we only parse data frames with 2 fields
-      return data;
-    }
+    for (let frameIndex = 0; frameIndex < data.length; frameIndex++) {
+      const frame = data[frameIndex];
+      const keyField = findKeyField(frame, keyFieldMatch);
 
-    const processed = new MutableDataFrame();
-    const origins: string[] = [];
-    for (let frameIndex = 0; frameIndex < keyDataFrames.length; frameIndex++) {
-      const frame = keyDataFrames[frameIndex];
-      const origin = getOrigin(frame, frameIndex);
-      origins.push(origin);
-    }
+      if (!keyField) {
+        return data;
+      }
 
-    processed.addField({
-      ...keyDataFrames[0].fields[0],
-      values: new ArrayVector([]),
-      labels: { origin: origins.join(',') },
-    });
-
-    for (let frameIndex = 0; frameIndex < otherDataFrames.length; frameIndex++) {
-      const frame = otherDataFrames[frameIndex];
       for (let fieldIndex = 0; fieldIndex < frame.fields.length; fieldIndex++) {
-        const field = frame.fields[fieldIndex];
-        const origin = getOrigin(frame, frameIndex);
-        const name = getColumnName(otherDataFrames, frameIndex, fieldIndex, false);
-        if (processed.fields.find(field => field.name === name)) {
+        const sourceField = frame.fields[fieldIndex];
+
+        if (sourceField === keyField) {
           continue;
         }
-        processed.addField({ ...field, name, values: new ArrayVector([]), labels: { origin } });
+
+        let labels = sourceField.labels ?? {};
+
+        if (frame.name) {
+          labels = { ...labels, name: frame.name };
+        }
+
+        allFields.push({
+          keyField,
+          sourceField,
+          newField: {
+            ...sourceField,
+            state: null,
+            values: new ArrayVector([]),
+            labels,
+          },
+        });
       }
     }
 
+    // if no key fields or more than one value field
+    if (allFields.length <= 1) {
+      return data;
+    }
+
+    const resultFrame = new MutableDataFrame();
+
+    resultFrame.addField({
+      ...allFields[0].keyField,
+      values: new ArrayVector([]),
+    });
+
+    for (const item of allFields) {
+      resultFrame.addField(item.newField);
+    }
+
+    const keyFieldTitle = getFieldTitle(resultFrame.fields[0], resultFrame);
     const byKeyField: { [key: string]: { [key: string]: any } } = {};
-    // this loop creates a dictionary object that groups the key fields values
-    /*
+
+    /*    
+    this loop creates a dictionary object that groups the key fields values 
     {
       "key field first value as string" : {
         "key field name": key field first value,
@@ -77,26 +88,20 @@ export const seriesToColumnsTransformer: DataTransformerInfo<SeriesToColumnsOpti
         "other series n name": other series n value
       }
     }
-     */
-    for (let seriesIndex = 0; seriesIndex < keyDataFrames.length; seriesIndex++) {
-      const keyDataFrame = keyDataFrames[seriesIndex];
-      const keyField = keyDataFrame.fields[0];
-      const keyColumnName = getColumnName(keyDataFrames, seriesIndex, 0, true);
-      const keyValues = keyField.values;
-      for (let valueIndex = 0; valueIndex < keyValues.length; valueIndex++) {
-        const keyValue = keyValues.get(valueIndex);
-        const keyValueAsString = keyValue.toString();
-        if (!byKeyField[keyValueAsString]) {
-          byKeyField[keyValueAsString] = { [keyColumnName]: keyValue };
-        }
-        const otherDataFrame = otherDataFrames[seriesIndex];
-        for (let otherIndex = 0; otherIndex < otherDataFrame.fields.length; otherIndex++) {
-          const otherColumnName = getColumnName(otherDataFrames, seriesIndex, otherIndex, false);
-          const otherField = otherDataFrame.fields[otherIndex];
-          const otherValue = otherField.values.get(valueIndex);
-          if (!byKeyField[keyValueAsString][otherColumnName]) {
-            byKeyField[keyValueAsString] = { ...byKeyField[keyValueAsString], [otherColumnName]: otherValue };
-          }
+    */
+
+    for (let fieldIndex = 0; fieldIndex < allFields.length; fieldIndex++) {
+      const { sourceField, keyField, newField } = allFields[fieldIndex];
+      const newFieldTitle = getFieldTitle(newField, resultFrame);
+
+      for (let valueIndex = 0; valueIndex < sourceField.values.length; valueIndex++) {
+        const value = sourceField.values.get(valueIndex);
+        const keyValue = keyField.values.get(valueIndex);
+
+        if (!byKeyField[keyValue]) {
+          byKeyField[keyValue] = { [newFieldTitle]: value, [keyFieldTitle]: keyValue };
+        } else {
+          byKeyField[keyValue][newFieldTitle] = value;
         }
       }
     }
@@ -104,27 +109,33 @@ export const seriesToColumnsTransformer: DataTransformerInfo<SeriesToColumnsOpti
     const keyValueStrings = Object.keys(byKeyField);
     for (let rowIndex = 0; rowIndex < keyValueStrings.length; rowIndex++) {
       const keyValueAsString = keyValueStrings[rowIndex];
-      for (let fieldIndex = 0; fieldIndex < processed.fields.length; fieldIndex++) {
-        const field = processed.fields[fieldIndex];
-        const value = byKeyField[keyValueAsString][field.name] ?? null;
+
+      for (let fieldIndex = 0; fieldIndex < resultFrame.fields.length; fieldIndex++) {
+        const field = resultFrame.fields[fieldIndex];
+        const otherColumnName = getFieldTitle(field, resultFrame);
+        const value = byKeyField[keyValueAsString][otherColumnName] ?? null;
         field.values.add(value);
       }
     }
 
-    return [processed];
+    return [resultFrame];
   },
 };
 
-const getColumnName = (frames: DataFrame[], frameIndex: number, fieldIndex: number, isKeyField = false) => {
-  const frame = frames[frameIndex];
-  const field = frame.fields[fieldIndex];
-  const frameName = frame.name || `${frameIndex}`;
-  const fieldName = field.name;
-  const seriesName = isKeyField ? fieldName : fieldName === frameName ? fieldName : `${fieldName} {${frameName}}`;
+function findKeyField(frame: DataFrame, matchTitle: string): Field | null {
+  for (let fieldIndex = 0; fieldIndex < frame.fields.length; fieldIndex++) {
+    const field = frame.fields[fieldIndex];
 
-  return seriesName;
-};
+    if (matchTitle === getFieldTitle(field)) {
+      return field;
+    }
+  }
 
-const getOrigin = (frame: DataFrame, index: number) => {
-  return frame.name || `${index}`;
-};
+  return null;
+}
+
+interface FieldsToProcess {
+  newField: Field;
+  sourceField: Field;
+  keyField: Field;
+}
diff --git a/packages/grafana-data/src/types/data.ts b/packages/grafana-data/src/types/data.ts
index db16531cc03..619bd0f3c5c 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-data/src/types/data.ts
+++ b/packages/grafana-data/src/types/data.ts
@@ -111,6 +111,10 @@ export type TimeSeriesPoints = TimeSeriesValue[][];
 
 export interface TimeSeries extends QueryResultBase {
   target: string;
+  /**
+   * If name is manually configured via an alias / legend pattern
+   */
+  title?: string;
   datapoints: TimeSeriesPoints;
   unit?: string;
   tags?: Labels;
diff --git a/packages/grafana-data/src/types/dataFrame.ts b/packages/grafana-data/src/types/dataFrame.ts
index 0b6e6371f3b..a6be4ad3dc8 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-data/src/types/dataFrame.ts
+++ b/packages/grafana-data/src/types/dataFrame.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import { QueryResultBase, Labels, NullValueMode } from './data';
 import { DisplayProcessor, DisplayValue } from './displayValue';
 import { DataLink, LinkModel } from './dataLink';
 import { Vector } from './vector';
-import { FieldCalcs } from '../transformations/fieldReducer';
 import { FieldColor } from './fieldColor';
 import { ScopedVars } from './ScopedVars';
 
@@ -53,8 +52,6 @@ export interface FieldConfig<TOptions extends object = any> {
 
   // Panel Specific Values
   custom?: TOptions;
-
-  scopedVars?: ScopedVars;
 }
 
 export interface ValueLinkConfig {
@@ -85,9 +82,9 @@ export interface Field<T = any, V = Vector<T>> {
   labels?: Labels;
 
   /**
-   * Cache of reduced values
+   * Cached values with appropriate dispaly and id values
    */
-  calcs?: FieldCalcs;
+  state?: FieldState | null;
 
   /**
    * Convert text to the field value
@@ -105,6 +102,23 @@ export interface Field<T = any, V = Vector<T>> {
   getLinks?: (config: ValueLinkConfig) => Array<LinkModel<Field>>;
 }
 
+export interface FieldState {
+  /**
+   * An appropriate name for the field (does not include frame info)
+   */
+  title?: string | null;
+
+  /**
+   * Cache of reduced values
+   */
+  calcs?: FieldCalcs;
+
+  /**
+   * Appropriate values for templating
+   */
+  scopedVars?: ScopedVars;
+}
+
 export interface DataFrame extends QueryResultBase {
   name?: string;
   fields: Field[]; // All fields of equal length
@@ -131,3 +145,7 @@ export interface DataFrameDTO extends QueryResultBase {
   name?: string;
   fields: Array<FieldDTO | Field>;
 }
+
+export interface FieldCalcs extends Record<string, any> {}
+
+export const TIME_SERIES_FIELD_NAME = 'Value';
diff --git a/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/MatchersUI/FieldNameMatcherEditor.tsx b/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/MatchersUI/FieldNameMatcherEditor.tsx
index 1bed3d4c4a5..ee5c0f6e717 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/MatchersUI/FieldNameMatcherEditor.tsx
+++ b/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/MatchersUI/FieldNameMatcherEditor.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import React from 'react';
 import { MatcherUIProps, FieldMatcherUIRegistryItem } from './types';
-import { FieldMatcherID, fieldMatchers } from '@grafana/data';
+import { FieldMatcherID, fieldMatchers, getFieldTitle } from '@grafana/data';
 import { Select } from '../Select/Select';
 
 export class FieldNameMatcherEditor extends React.PureComponent<MatcherUIProps<string>> {
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ export class FieldNameMatcherEditor extends React.PureComponent<MatcherUIProps<s
 
     for (const frame of data) {
       for (const field of frame.fields) {
-        names.add(field.name);
+        names.add(getFieldTitle(field, frame, data));
       }
     }
     if (options) {
@@ -32,6 +32,6 @@ export const fieldNameMatcherItem: FieldMatcherUIRegistryItem<string> = {
   id: FieldMatcherID.byName,
   component: FieldNameMatcherEditor,
   matcher: fieldMatchers.get(FieldMatcherID.byName),
-  name: 'Filter by name',
+  name: 'Filter by field',
   description: 'Set properties for fields matching the name',
 };
diff --git a/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/Table/utils.ts b/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/Table/utils.ts
index 04248620a72..ab02b2641ac 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/Table/utils.ts
+++ b/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/Table/utils.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { TextAlignProperty } from 'csstype';
-import { DataFrame, Field, FieldType } from '@grafana/data';
+import { DataFrame, Field, FieldType, getFieldTitle } from '@grafana/data';
 import { Column } from 'react-table';
 import { DefaultCell } from './DefaultCell';
 import { BarGaugeCell } from './BarGaugeCell';
@@ -48,11 +48,10 @@ export function getColumns(data: DataFrame, availableWidth: number, columnMinWid
     }
 
     const Cell = getCellComponent(fieldTableOptions.displayMode, field);
-
     columns.push({
       Cell,
       id: fieldIndex.toString(),
-      Header: field.config.title ?? field.name,
+      Header: getFieldTitle(field, data),
       accessor: (row: any, i: number) => {
         return field.values.get(i);
       },
diff --git a/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/TransformersUI/CalculateFieldTransformerEditor.tsx b/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/TransformersUI/CalculateFieldTransformerEditor.tsx
index cfce662033e..0868a304c71 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/TransformersUI/CalculateFieldTransformerEditor.tsx
+++ b/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/TransformersUI/CalculateFieldTransformerEditor.tsx
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import {
   BinaryOperationID,
   SelectableValue,
   binaryOperators,
+  getFieldTitle,
 } from '@grafana/data';
 import { StatsPicker } from '../StatsPicker/StatsPicker';
 import { Switch } from '../Forms/Legacy/Switch/Switch';
@@ -82,14 +83,18 @@ export class CalculateFieldTransformerEditor extends React.PureComponent<
 
     const allNames: string[] = [];
     const byName: KeyValue<boolean> = {};
+
     for (const frame of input) {
       for (const field of frame.fields) {
         if (field.type !== FieldType.number) {
           continue;
         }
-        if (!byName[field.name]) {
-          byName[field.name] = true;
-          allNames.push(field.name);
+
+        const title = getFieldTitle(field, frame, input);
+
+        if (!byName[title]) {
+          byName[title] = true;
+          allNames.push(title);
         }
       }
     }
@@ -97,6 +102,7 @@ export class CalculateFieldTransformerEditor extends React.PureComponent<
     if (configuredOptions.length) {
       const options: string[] = [];
       const selected: string[] = [];
+
       for (const v of allNames) {
         if (configuredOptions.includes(v)) {
           selected.push(v);
diff --git a/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/TransformersUI/FilterByNameTransformerEditor.tsx b/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/TransformersUI/FilterByNameTransformerEditor.tsx
index e4c174221b4..cf7d2c51cb1 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/TransformersUI/FilterByNameTransformerEditor.tsx
+++ b/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/TransformersUI/FilterByNameTransformerEditor.tsx
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import {
   standardTransformers,
   TransformerRegistyItem,
   TransformerUIProps,
+  getFieldTitle,
 } from '@grafana/data';
 import { HorizontalGroup } from '../Layout/Layout';
 import { Input } from '../Input/Input';
@@ -45,6 +46,12 @@ export class FilterByNameTransformerEditor extends React.PureComponent<
     this.initOptions();
   }
 
+  componentDidUpdate(oldProps: FilterByNameTransformerEditorProps) {
+    if (this.props.input !== oldProps.input) {
+      this.initOptions();
+    }
+  }
+
   private initOptions() {
     const { input, options } = this.props;
     const configuredOptions = options.include ? options.include : [];
@@ -54,10 +61,11 @@ export class FilterByNameTransformerEditor extends React.PureComponent<
 
     for (const frame of input) {
       for (const field of frame.fields) {
-        let v = byName[field.name];
+        const id = getFieldTitle(field, frame, input);
+        let v = byName[id];
         if (!v) {
-          v = byName[field.name] = {
-            name: field.name,
+          v = byName[id] = {
+            name: id,
             count: 0,
           };
           allNames.push(v);
@@ -147,7 +155,7 @@ export class FilterByNameTransformerEditor extends React.PureComponent<
     return (
       <div className="gf-form-inline">
         <div className="gf-form gf-form--grow">
-          <div className="gf-form-label width-8">Field name</div>
+          <div className="gf-form-label width-8">Identifier</div>
           <HorizontalGroup spacing="xs" align="flex-start" wrap>
             <Field
               invalid={!isRegexValid}
diff --git a/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/TransformersUI/OrganizeFieldsTransformerEditor.tsx b/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/TransformersUI/OrganizeFieldsTransformerEditor.tsx
index d0c83502d92..531f694b990 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/TransformersUI/OrganizeFieldsTransformerEditor.tsx
+++ b/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/TransformersUI/OrganizeFieldsTransformerEditor.tsx
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import {
   standardTransformers,
   TransformerRegistyItem,
   TransformerUIProps,
+  getFieldTitle,
 } from '@grafana/data';
 import { stylesFactory, useTheme } from '../../themes';
 import { Input } from '../Input/Input';
@@ -71,6 +72,11 @@ const OrganizeFieldsTransformerEditor: React.FC<OrganizeFieldsTransformerEditorP
     [onChange, fieldNames, renameByName]
   );
 
+  // Show warning that we only apply the first frame
+  if (input.length > 1) {
+    return <div>Organize fields only works with a single frame. Consider applying a join transformation first.</div>;
+  }
+
   return (
     <DragDropContext onDragEnd={onDragEnd}>
       <Droppable droppableId="sortable-fields-transformer" direction="vertical">
@@ -210,10 +216,11 @@ export const getAllFieldNamesFromDataFrames = (input: DataFrame[]): string[] =>
       }
 
       return frame.fields.reduce((names, field) => {
-        names[field.name] = null;
+        const t = getFieldTitle(field, frame, input);
+        names[t] = true;
         return names;
       }, names);
-    }, {} as Record<string, null>)
+    }, {} as Record<string, boolean>)
   );
 };
 
@@ -221,7 +228,7 @@ export const organizeFieldsTransformRegistryItem: TransformerRegistyItem<Organiz
   id: DataTransformerID.organize,
   editor: OrganizeFieldsTransformerEditor,
   transformation: standardTransformers.organizeFieldsTransformer,
-  name: 'Change order, hide and rename',
+  name: 'Organize fields',
   description:
-    "Allows the user to re-order, hide, or rename columns. Useful when data source doesn't allow overrides for visualizing data.",
+    "Allows the user to re-order, hide, or rename fields / columns. Useful when data source doesn't allow overrides for visualizing data.",
 };
diff --git a/packages/grafana-ui/src/index.ts b/packages/grafana-ui/src/index.ts
index 2b378a6822c..7f401a7dab1 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-ui/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/grafana-ui/src/index.ts
@@ -8,3 +8,8 @@ export * from './types';
 export * from './utils';
 export * from './themes';
 export * from './slate-plugins';
+
+// Exposes standard editors for registries of optionsUi config and panel options UI
+export { getStandardFieldConfigs, getStandardOptionEditors } from './utils//standardEditors';
+// Exposes standard transformers for registry of Transformations
+export { getStandardTransformers } from './utils/standardTransformers';
diff --git a/packages/grafana-ui/src/utils/index.ts b/packages/grafana-ui/src/utils/index.ts
index 1875e7bbcae..972f8765bb8 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-ui/src/utils/index.ts
+++ b/packages/grafana-ui/src/utils/index.ts
@@ -9,8 +9,3 @@ export { default as ansicolor } from './ansicolor';
 import * as DOMUtil from './dom'; // includes Element.closest polyfil
 export { DOMUtil };
 export { renderOrCallToRender } from './renderOrCallToRender';
-
-// Exposes standard editors for registries of optionsUi config and panel options UI
-export { getStandardFieldConfigs, getStandardOptionEditors } from './standardEditors';
-// Exposes standard transformers for registry of Transformations
-export { getStandardTransformers } from './standardTransformers';
diff --git a/public/app/features/dashboard/components/Inspector/InspectDataTab.tsx b/public/app/features/dashboard/components/Inspector/InspectDataTab.tsx
index 4afdac365c5..5ac3912e332 100644
--- a/public/app/features/dashboard/components/Inspector/InspectDataTab.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/dashboard/components/Inspector/InspectDataTab.tsx
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import {
   SelectableValue,
   toCSV,
   transformDataFrame,
+  getFrameDisplayTitle,
 } from '@grafana/data';
 import { Button, Field, Icon, Select, Table } from '@grafana/ui';
 import { selectors } from '@grafana/e2e-selectors';
@@ -105,7 +106,7 @@ export class InspectDataTab extends PureComponent<Props, State> {
     const choices = dataFrames.map((frame, index) => {
       return {
         value: index,
-        label: `${frame.name} (${index})`,
+        label: `${getFrameDisplayTitle(frame)} (${index})`,
       };
     });
 
diff --git a/public/app/features/dashboard/state/runRequest.ts b/public/app/features/dashboard/state/runRequest.ts
index 9a6810f705f..61070dea47b 100644
--- a/public/app/features/dashboard/state/runRequest.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/dashboard/state/runRequest.ts
@@ -169,9 +169,9 @@ export function getProcessedDataFrames(results?: DataQueryResponseData[]): DataF
   for (const result of results) {
     const dataFrame = guessFieldTypes(toDataFrame(result));
 
-    // clear out any cached calcs
+    // clear out the cached info
     for (const field of dataFrame.fields) {
-      field.calcs = null;
+      field.state = null;
     }
 
     dataFrames.push(dataFrame);
diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/cloudwatch/specs/datasource.test.ts b/public/app/plugins/datasource/cloudwatch/specs/datasource.test.ts
index 598ddeccd61..cbf34b42cd5 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/datasource/cloudwatch/specs/datasource.test.ts
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/cloudwatch/specs/datasource.test.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import '../datasource';
 import { CloudWatchDatasource } from '../datasource';
 import * as redux from 'app/store/store';
-import { DataSourceInstanceSettings, dateMath } from '@grafana/data';
+import { DataSourceInstanceSettings, dateMath, getFrameDisplayTitle } from '@grafana/data';
 import { TemplateSrv } from 'app/features/templating/template_srv';
 import { CustomVariable } from 'app/features/templating/all';
 import { CloudWatchQuery, CloudWatchMetricsQuery } from '../types';
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ describe('CloudWatchDatasource', () => {
 
     it('should return series list', done => {
       ctx.ds.query(query).then((result: any) => {
-        expect(result.data[0].name).toBe(response.results.A.series[0].name);
+        expect(getFrameDisplayTitle(result.data[0])).toBe(response.results.A.series[0].name);
         expect(result.data[0].fields[1].values.buffer[0]).toBe(response.results.A.series[0].points[0][0]);
         done();
       });
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ describe('CloudWatchDatasource', () => {
       it('should be built correctly if theres one search expressions returned in meta for a given query row', done => {
         response.results['A'].meta.gmdMeta = [{ Expression: `REMOVE_EMPTY(SEARCH('some expression'))`, Period: '300' }];
         ctx.ds.query(query).then((result: any) => {
-          expect(result.data[0].name).toBe(response.results.A.series[0].name);
+          expect(getFrameDisplayTitle(result.data[0])).toBe(response.results.A.series[0].name);
           expect(result.data[0].fields[1].config.links[0].title).toBe('View in CloudWatch console');
           expect(decodeURIComponent(result.data[0].fields[1].config.links[0].url)).toContain(
             `region=us-east-1#metricsV2:graph={"view":"timeSeries","stacked":false,"title":"A","start":"2016-12-31T15:00:00.000Z","end":"2016-12-31T16:00:00.000Z","region":"us-east-1","metrics":[{"expression":"REMOVE_EMPTY(SEARCH(\'some expression\'))"}]}`
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ describe('CloudWatchDatasource', () => {
           { Expression: `REMOVE_EMPTY(SEARCH('second expression'))` },
         ];
         ctx.ds.query(query).then((result: any) => {
-          expect(result.data[0].name).toBe(response.results.A.series[0].name);
+          expect(getFrameDisplayTitle(result.data[0])).toBe(response.results.A.series[0].name);
           expect(result.data[0].fields[1].config.links[0].title).toBe('View in CloudWatch console');
           expect(decodeURIComponent(result.data[0].fields[0].config.links[0].url)).toContain(
             `region=us-east-1#metricsV2:graph={"view":"timeSeries","stacked":false,"title":"A","start":"2016-12-31T15:00:00.000Z","end":"2016-12-31T16:00:00.000Z","region":"us-east-1","metrics":[{"expression":"REMOVE_EMPTY(SEARCH(\'first expression\'))"},{"expression":"REMOVE_EMPTY(SEARCH(\'second expression\'))"}]}`
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ describe('CloudWatchDatasource', () => {
       it('should be built correctly if the query is a metric stat query', done => {
         response.results['A'].meta.gmdMeta = [{ Period: '300' }];
         ctx.ds.query(query).then((result: any) => {
-          expect(result.data[0].name).toBe(response.results.A.series[0].name);
+          expect(getFrameDisplayTitle(result.data[0])).toBe(response.results.A.series[0].name);
           expect(result.data[0].fields[1].config.links[0].title).toBe('View in CloudWatch console');
           expect(decodeURIComponent(result.data[0].fields[0].config.links[0].url)).toContain(
             `region=us-east-1#metricsV2:graph={\"view\":\"timeSeries\",\"stacked\":false,\"title\":\"A\",\"start\":\"2016-12-31T15:00:00.000Z\",\"end\":\"2016-12-31T16:00:00.000Z\",\"region\":\"us-east-1\",\"metrics\":[[\"AWS/EC2\",\"CPUUtilization\",\"InstanceId\",\"i-12345678\",{\"stat\":\"Average\",\"period\":\"300\"}]]}`
@@ -517,7 +517,7 @@ describe('CloudWatchDatasource', () => {
 
     it('should return series list', done => {
       ctx.ds.query(query).then((result: any) => {
-        expect(result.data[0].name).toBe(response.results.A.series[0].name);
+        expect(getFrameDisplayTitle(result.data[0])).toBe(response.results.A.series[0].name);
         expect(result.data[0].fields[1].values.buffer[0]).toBe(response.results.A.series[0].points[0][0]);
         done();
       });
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 0d4907b94bc..577f0c1edd2 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/datasource/elasticsearch/specs/elastic_response.test.ts
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/elasticsearch/specs/elastic_response.test.ts
@@ -929,9 +929,10 @@ describe('ElasticResponse', () => {
       const hist: KeyValue<number> = {};
       const histogramResults = new MutableDataFrame(result.data[1]);
       rows = new DataFrameView(histogramResults);
+
       for (let i = 0; i < rows.length; i++) {
         const row = rows.get(i);
-        hist[row.Time] = row.Count;
+        hist[row.Time] = row.Value;
       }
 
       response.responses[0].aggregations['2'].buckets.forEach((bucket: any) => {
diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/grafana-azure-monitor-datasource/app_insights/app_insights_datasource.test.ts b/public/app/plugins/datasource/grafana-azure-monitor-datasource/app_insights/app_insights_datasource.test.ts
index 2127f8678a7..2503876f420 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/datasource/grafana-azure-monitor-datasource/app_insights/app_insights_datasource.test.ts
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/grafana-azure-monitor-datasource/app_insights/app_insights_datasource.test.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import Datasource from '../datasource';
-import { DataFrame, toUtc } from '@grafana/data';
+import { DataFrame, toUtc, getFrameDisplayTitle } from '@grafana/data';
 import { TemplateSrv } from 'app/features/templating/template_srv';
 import { backendSrv } from 'app/core/services/backend_srv'; // will use the version in __mocks__
 
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ describe('AppInsightsDatasource', () => {
         return ctx.ds.query(options).then((results: any) => {
           expect(results.data.length).toBe(1);
           const data = results.data[0] as DataFrame;
-          expect(data.name).toEqual('PrimaryResult');
+          expect(getFrameDisplayTitle(data)).toEqual('PrimaryResult');
           expect(data.fields[0].values.length).toEqual(1);
           expect(data.fields[0].values.get(0)).toEqual(1558278660000);
           expect(data.fields[1].values.get(0)).toEqual(2.2075);
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ describe('AppInsightsDatasource', () => {
         return ctx.ds.query(options).then((results: any) => {
           expect(results.data.length).toBe(1);
           const data = results.data[0] as DataFrame;
-          expect(data.name).toEqual('paritionA');
+          expect(getFrameDisplayTitle(data)).toEqual('paritionA');
           expect(data.fields[0].values.length).toEqual(1);
           expect(data.fields[0].values.get(0)).toEqual(1558278660000);
           expect(data.fields[1].values.get(0)).toEqual(2.2075);
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ describe('AppInsightsDatasource', () => {
         return ctx.ds.query(options).then((results: any) => {
           expect(results.data.length).toBe(1);
           const data = results.data[0] as DataFrame;
-          expect(data.name).toEqual('exceptions/server');
+          expect(getFrameDisplayTitle(data)).toEqual('exceptions/server');
           expect(data.fields[0].values.get(0)).toEqual(1558278660000);
           expect(data.fields[1].values.get(0)).toEqual(2.2075);
         });
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ describe('AppInsightsDatasource', () => {
         return ctx.ds.query(options).then((results: any) => {
           expect(results.data.length).toBe(1);
           const data = results.data[0] as DataFrame;
-          expect(data.name).toEqual('exceptions/server');
+          expect(getFrameDisplayTitle(data)).toEqual('exceptions/server');
           expect(data.fields[0].values.length).toEqual(2);
           expect(data.fields[0].values.get(0)).toEqual(1504108800000);
           expect(data.fields[1].values.get(0)).toEqual(3);
@@ -376,14 +376,14 @@ describe('AppInsightsDatasource', () => {
           return ctx.ds.query(options).then((results: any) => {
             expect(results.data.length).toBe(2);
             let data = results.data[0] as DataFrame;
-            expect(data.name).toEqual('exceptions/server{client/city="Miami"}');
+            expect(getFrameDisplayTitle(data)).toEqual('exceptions/server{client/city="Miami"}');
             expect(data.fields[1].values.length).toEqual(2);
             expect(data.fields[0].values.get(0)).toEqual(1504108800000);
             expect(data.fields[1].values.get(0)).toEqual(10);
             expect(data.fields[0].values.get(1)).toEqual(1504112400000);
             expect(data.fields[1].values.get(1)).toEqual(20);
             data = results.data[1] as DataFrame;
-            expect(data.name).toEqual('exceptions/server{client/city="San Antonio"}');
+            expect(getFrameDisplayTitle(data)).toEqual('exceptions/server{client/city="San Antonio"}');
             expect(data.fields[1].values.length).toEqual(2);
             expect(data.fields[0].values.get(0)).toEqual(1504108800000);
             expect(data.fields[1].values.get(0)).toEqual(1);
diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/grafana-azure-monitor-datasource/azure_log_analytics/azure_log_analytics_datasource.test.ts b/public/app/plugins/datasource/grafana-azure-monitor-datasource/azure_log_analytics/azure_log_analytics_datasource.test.ts
index 1029782b9c3..f45bb04a25a 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/datasource/grafana-azure-monitor-datasource/azure_log_analytics/azure_log_analytics_datasource.test.ts
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/grafana-azure-monitor-datasource/azure_log_analytics/azure_log_analytics_datasource.test.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import AzureMonitorDatasource from '../datasource';
 import FakeSchemaData from './__mocks__/schema';
 import { TemplateSrv } from 'app/features/templating/template_srv';
 import { KustoSchema, AzureLogsVariable } from '../types';
-import { toUtc } from '@grafana/data';
+import { toUtc, getFrameDisplayTitle } from '@grafana/data';
 import { backendSrv } from 'app/core/services/backend_srv'; // will use the version in __mocks__
 
 jest.mock('@grafana/runtime', () => ({
@@ -183,10 +183,11 @@ describe('AzureLogAnalyticsDatasource', () => {
         it('should return a list of datapoints', () => {
           return ctx.ds.query(options).then((results: any) => {
             expect(results.data.length).toBe(1);
-            expect(results.data[0].name).toEqual('grafana-vm');
+            expect(getFrameDisplayTitle(results.data[0])).toEqual('grafana-vm');
             expect(results.data[0].fields.length).toBe(2);
+            expect(results.data[0].name).toBe('grafana-vm');
             expect(results.data[0].fields[0].name).toBe('Time');
-            expect(results.data[0].fields[1].name).toBe('grafana-vm');
+            expect(results.data[0].fields[1].name).toBe('Value');
             expect(results.data[0].fields[0].values.toArray().length).toBe(6);
             expect(results.data[0].fields[0].values.get(0)).toEqual(1587633300000);
             expect(results.data[0].fields[1].values.get(0)).toEqual(2017.25);
diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/grafana-azure-monitor-datasource/azure_monitor/azure_monitor_datasource.test.ts b/public/app/plugins/datasource/grafana-azure-monitor-datasource/azure_monitor/azure_monitor_datasource.test.ts
index 5c9cdb03b21..c2a65721fc0 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/datasource/grafana-azure-monitor-datasource/azure_monitor/azure_monitor_datasource.test.ts
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/grafana-azure-monitor-datasource/azure_monitor/azure_monitor_datasource.test.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import AzureMonitorDatasource from '../datasource';
 
 import { TemplateSrv } from 'app/features/templating/template_srv';
-import { toUtc, DataFrame } from '@grafana/data';
+import { toUtc, DataFrame, getFrameDisplayTitle } from '@grafana/data';
 import { backendSrv } from 'app/core/services/backend_srv'; // will use the version in __mocks__
 
 jest.mock('@grafana/runtime', () => ({
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ describe('AzureMonitorDatasource', () => {
       return ctx.ds.query(options).then((results: any) => {
         expect(results.data.length).toBe(1);
         const data = results.data[0] as DataFrame;
-        expect(data.name).toEqual('Percentage CPU');
+        expect(getFrameDisplayTitle(data)).toEqual('Percentage CPU');
         expect(data.fields[0].values.get(0)).toEqual(1558278660000);
         expect(data.fields[1].values.get(0)).toEqual(2.2075);
         expect(data.fields[0].values.get(1)).toEqual(1558278720000);
diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/graphite/datasource.ts b/public/app/plugins/datasource/graphite/datasource.ts
index bbee54bcac3..988a60e6e7b 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/datasource/graphite/datasource.ts
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/graphite/datasource.ts
@@ -123,6 +123,9 @@ export class GraphiteDatasource extends DataSourceApi<GraphiteQuery, GraphiteOpt
     for (let i = 0; i < series.length; i++) {
       const s = series[i];
 
+      // Disables Grafana own series naming
+      s.title = s.target;
+
       for (let y = 0; y < s.datapoints.length; y++) {
         s.datapoints[y][1] *= 1000;
       }
diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/graphite/specs/datasource.test.ts b/public/app/plugins/datasource/graphite/specs/datasource.test.ts
index a05b65427e9..71727532534 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/datasource/graphite/specs/datasource.test.ts
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/graphite/specs/datasource.test.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { GraphiteDatasource } from '../datasource';
 import _ from 'lodash';
 
 import { TemplateSrv } from 'app/features/templating/template_srv';
-import { dateTime } from '@grafana/data';
+import { dateTime, getFrameDisplayTitle } from '@grafana/data';
 import { backendSrv } from 'app/core/services/backend_srv'; // will use the version in __mocks__
 
 jest.mock('@grafana/runtime', () => ({
@@ -91,8 +91,8 @@ describe('graphiteDatasource', () => {
       });
 
       expect(result.data.length).toBe(2);
-      expect(result.data[0].name).toBe('seriesA');
-      expect(result.data[1].name).toBe('seriesB');
+      expect(getFrameDisplayTitle(result.data[0])).toBe('seriesA');
+      expect(getFrameDisplayTitle(result.data[1])).toBe('seriesB');
       expect(result.data[0].length).toBe(2);
       expect(result.data[0].meta.notices.length).toBe(1);
       expect(result.data[0].meta.notices[0].text).toBe('Data is rolled up, aggregated over 2h using Average function');
diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/prometheus/datasource.test.ts b/public/app/plugins/datasource/prometheus/datasource.test.ts
index 03345e0fc03..d903bf9c777 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/datasource/prometheus/datasource.test.ts
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/prometheus/datasource.test.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ import {
   DataSourceInstanceSettings,
   dateTime,
   LoadingState,
+  toDataFrame,
+  getFieldTitle,
 } from '@grafana/data';
 import { PromOptions, PromQuery } from './types';
 import templateSrv from 'app/features/templating/template_srv';
@@ -586,8 +588,9 @@ describe('PrometheusDatasource', () => {
       });
 
       it('should return series list', async () => {
+        const frame = toDataFrame(results.data[0]);
         expect(results.data.length).toBe(1);
-        expect(results.data[0].target).toBe('test{job="testjob"}');
+        expect(getFieldTitle(frame.fields[1])).toBe('test{job="testjob"}');
       });
     });
 
@@ -730,8 +733,10 @@ describe('PrometheusDatasource', () => {
     });
 
     it('should return series list', () => {
+      const frame = toDataFrame(results.data[0]);
       expect(results.data.length).toBe(1);
-      expect(results.data[0].target).toBe('test{job="testjob"}');
+      expect(frame.name).toBe('test{job="testjob"}');
+      expect(getFieldTitle(frame.fields[1])).toBe('Value');
     });
   });
 
@@ -1634,8 +1639,9 @@ describe('PrometheusDatasource for POST', () => {
     });
 
     it('should return series list', () => {
+      const frame = toDataFrame(results.data[0]);
       expect(results.data.length).toBe(1);
-      expect(results.data[0].target).toBe('test{job="testjob"}');
+      expect(getFieldTitle(frame.fields[1])).toBe('test{job="testjob"}');
     });
   });
 
diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/prometheus/result_transformer.test.ts b/public/app/plugins/datasource/prometheus/result_transformer.test.ts
index cc5b4f18133..57b77041209 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/datasource/prometheus/result_transformer.test.ts
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/prometheus/result_transformer.test.ts
@@ -162,6 +162,7 @@ describe('Prometheus Result Transformer', () => {
       expect(result).toEqual([
         {
           target: '1',
+          title: '1',
           query: undefined,
           datapoints: [
             [10, 1445000010000],
@@ -172,6 +173,7 @@ describe('Prometheus Result Transformer', () => {
         },
         {
           target: '2',
+          title: '2',
           query: undefined,
           datapoints: [
             [10, 1445000010000],
@@ -182,6 +184,7 @@ describe('Prometheus Result Transformer', () => {
         },
         {
           target: '3',
+          title: '3',
           query: undefined,
           datapoints: [
             [10, 1445000010000],
@@ -285,6 +288,7 @@ describe('Prometheus Result Transformer', () => {
       expect(result).toEqual([
         {
           target: 'test{job="testjob"}',
+          title: 'test{job="testjob"}',
           query: undefined,
           datapoints: [
             [10, 0],
@@ -324,6 +328,7 @@ describe('Prometheus Result Transformer', () => {
       expect(result).toEqual([
         {
           target: 'test{job="testjob"}',
+          title: 'test{job="testjob"}',
           query: undefined,
           datapoints: [
             [null, 0],
@@ -335,6 +340,64 @@ describe('Prometheus Result Transformer', () => {
       ]);
     });
 
+    it('should use __name__ label as series name', () => {
+      const response = {
+        status: 'success',
+        data: {
+          resultType: 'matrix',
+          result: [
+            {
+              metric: { __name__: 'test', job: 'testjob' },
+              values: [
+                [1, '10'],
+                [2, '0'],
+              ],
+            },
+          ],
+        },
+      };
+
+      const options = {
+        format: 'timeseries',
+        step: 1,
+        start: 0,
+        end: 2,
+      };
+
+      const result = ctx.resultTransformer.transform({ data: response }, options);
+      expect(result[0].target).toEqual('test{job="testjob"}');
+    });
+
+    it('should set frame name to undefined if no __name__ label but there are other labels', () => {
+      const response = {
+        status: 'success',
+        data: {
+          resultType: 'matrix',
+          result: [
+            {
+              metric: { job: 'testjob' },
+              values: [
+                [1, '10'],
+                [2, '0'],
+              ],
+            },
+          ],
+        },
+      };
+
+      const options = {
+        format: 'timeseries',
+        step: 1,
+        query: 'Some query',
+        start: 0,
+        end: 2,
+      };
+
+      const result = ctx.resultTransformer.transform({ data: response }, options);
+      expect(result[0].target).toBe('{job="testjob"}');
+      expect(result[0].tags.job).toEqual('testjob');
+    });
+
     it('should align null values with step', () => {
       const response = {
         status: 'success',
@@ -356,13 +419,20 @@ describe('Prometheus Result Transformer', () => {
         step: 2,
         start: 0,
         end: 8,
+        refId: 'A',
+        meta: { custom: { hello: '1' } },
       };
 
       const result = ctx.resultTransformer.transform({ data: response }, options);
       expect(result).toEqual([
         {
           target: 'test{job="testjob"}',
+          title: 'test{job="testjob"}',
+          meta: {
+            custom: { hello: '1' },
+          },
           query: undefined,
+          refId: 'A',
           datapoints: [
             [null, 0],
             [null, 2000],
diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/prometheus/result_transformer.ts b/public/app/plugins/datasource/prometheus/result_transformer.ts
index eaeb49808e0..aa675615c18 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/datasource/prometheus/result_transformer.ts
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/prometheus/result_transformer.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import _ from 'lodash';
 import TableModel from 'app/core/table_model';
-import { TimeSeries, FieldType } from '@grafana/data';
+import { TimeSeries, FieldType, Labels, formatLabels } from '@grafana/data';
 import { TemplateSrv } from 'app/features/templating/template_srv';
 
 export class ResultTransformer {
@@ -42,9 +42,7 @@ export class ResultTransformer {
 
   transformMetricData(metricData: any, options: any, start: number, end: number) {
     const dps = [];
-    let metricLabel = null;
-
-    metricLabel = this.createMetricLabel(metricData.metric, options);
+    const { name, labels, title } = this.createLabelInfo(metricData.metric, options);
 
     const stepMs = parseFloat(options.step) * 1000;
     let baseTimestamp = start * 1000;
@@ -76,9 +74,10 @@ export class ResultTransformer {
       datapoints: dps,
       query: options.query,
       refId: options.refId,
+      target: name,
+      tags: labels,
+      title,
       meta: options.meta,
-      target: metricLabel,
-      tags: metricData.metric,
     };
   }
 
@@ -142,23 +141,39 @@ export class ResultTransformer {
 
   transformInstantMetricData(md: any, options: any) {
     const dps = [];
-    let metricLabel = null;
-    metricLabel = this.createMetricLabel(md.metric, options);
+    const { name, labels } = this.createLabelInfo(md.metric, options);
     dps.push([parseFloat(md.value[1]), md.value[0] * 1000]);
-    return { target: metricLabel, datapoints: dps, tags: md.metric, refId: options.refId, meta: options.meta };
+    return { target: name, datapoints: dps, tags: labels, refId: options.refId, meta: options.meta };
   }
 
-  createMetricLabel(labelData: { [key: string]: string }, options: any) {
-    let label = '';
-    if (_.isUndefined(options) || _.isEmpty(options.legendFormat)) {
-      label = this.getOriginalMetricName(labelData);
-    } else {
-      label = this.renderTemplate(this.templateSrv.replace(options.legendFormat), labelData);
+  createLabelInfo(labels: { [key: string]: string }, options: any): { name?: string; labels: Labels; title?: string } {
+    if (options?.legendFormat) {
+      const title = this.renderTemplate(this.templateSrv.replace(options.legendFormat), labels);
+      return { name: title, title, labels };
     }
-    if (!label || label === '{}') {
-      label = options.query;
+
+    let { __name__, ...labelsWithoutName } = labels;
+
+    let title = __name__ || '';
+
+    const labelPart = formatLabels(labelsWithoutName);
+
+    if (!title && !labelPart) {
+      title = options.query;
     }
-    return label;
+
+    title = `${__name__ ?? ''}${labelPart}`;
+
+    return { name: title, title, labels: labelsWithoutName };
+  }
+
+  getOriginalMetricName(labelData: { [key: string]: string }) {
+    const metricName = labelData.__name__ || '';
+    delete labelData.__name__;
+    const labelPart = Object.entries(labelData)
+      .map(label => `${label[0]}="${label[1]}"`)
+      .join(',');
+    return `${metricName}{${labelPart}}`;
   }
 
   renderTemplate(aliasPattern: string, aliasData: { [key: string]: string }) {
@@ -171,15 +186,6 @@ export class ResultTransformer {
     });
   }
 
-  getOriginalMetricName(labelData: { [key: string]: string }) {
-    const metricName = labelData.__name__ || '';
-    delete labelData.__name__;
-    const labelPart = _.map(_.toPairs(labelData), label => {
-      return label[0] + '="' + label[1] + '"';
-    }).join(',');
-    return metricName + '{' + labelPart + '}';
-  }
-
   transformToHistogramOverTime(seriesList: TimeSeries[]) {
     /*      t1 = timestamp1, t2 = timestamp2 etc.
             t1  t2  t3          t1  t2  t3
diff --git a/public/app/plugins/panel/graph/data_processor.ts b/public/app/plugins/panel/graph/data_processor.ts
index 160a62398cd..ed4bbfe368f 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/panel/graph/data_processor.ts
+++ b/public/app/plugins/panel/graph/data_processor.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import {
   DataFrame,
   getTimeField,
   dateTime,
+  getFieldTitle,
 } from '@grafana/data';
 import TimeSeries from 'app/core/time_series2';
 import config from 'app/core/config';
@@ -31,27 +32,24 @@ export class DataProcessor {
     for (let i = 0; i < dataList.length; i++) {
       const series = dataList[i];
       const { timeField } = getTimeField(series);
+
       if (!timeField) {
         continue;
       }
 
-      const seriesName = series.name ? series.name : series.refId;
       for (let j = 0; j < series.fields.length; j++) {
         const field = series.fields[j];
+
         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) {
-          name = seriesName + ' ' + name;
-        }
-
+        const name = getFieldTitle(field, series, dataList);
         const datapoints = [];
+
         for (let r = 0; r < series.length; r++) {
           datapoints.push([field.values.get(r), dateTime(timeField.values.get(r)).valueOf()]);
         }
+
         list.push(this.toTimeSeries(field, name, i, j, datapoints, list.length, range));
       }
     }
@@ -60,9 +58,11 @@ export class DataProcessor {
     if (this.panel.xaxis.mode === 'histogram' && !this.panel.stack && list.length > 1) {
       const first = list[0];
       first.alias = first.aliasEscaped = 'Count';
+
       for (let i = 1; i < list.length; i++) {
         first.datapoints = first.datapoints.concat(list[i].datapoints);
       }
+
       return [first];
     }
 
diff --git a/public/app/plugins/panel/graph2/getGraphSeriesModel.ts b/public/app/plugins/panel/graph2/getGraphSeriesModel.ts
index a836fc73867..c4524e14276 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/panel/graph2/getGraphSeriesModel.ts
+++ b/public/app/plugins/panel/graph2/getGraphSeriesModel.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import {
   FieldColor,
   FieldColorMode,
   FieldConfigSource,
+  getFieldTitle,
 } from '@grafana/data';
 
 import { SeriesOptions, GraphOptions, GraphLegendEditorLegendOptions } from './types';
@@ -122,7 +123,7 @@ export const getGraphSeriesModel = (
         });
 
         graphs.push({
-          label: field.name,
+          label: getFieldTitle(field, series, dataFrames),
           data: points,
           color: field.config.color?.fixedColor,
           info: statsDisplayValues,
diff --git a/public/app/plugins/panel/singlestat/module.ts b/public/app/plugins/panel/singlestat/module.ts
index 7c547ddd825..a661a5862d0 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/panel/singlestat/module.ts
+++ b/public/app/plugins/panel/singlestat/module.ts
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import {
   PanelEvents,
   formattedValueToString,
   locationUtil,
+  getFieldTitle,
 } from '@grafana/data';
 
 import { convertOldAngularValueMapping } from '@grafana/ui';
@@ -156,6 +157,7 @@ class SingleStatCtrl extends MetricsPanelCtrl {
 
   onFramesReceived(frames: DataFrame[]) {
     const { panel } = this;
+    this.dataList = frames;
 
     if (frames && frames.length > 1) {
       this.data = {
@@ -204,7 +206,7 @@ class SingleStatCtrl extends MetricsPanelCtrl {
   processField(fieldInfo: FieldInfo) {
     const { panel, dashboard } = this;
 
-    const name = fieldInfo.field.config.title || fieldInfo.field.name;
+    const name = getFieldTitle(fieldInfo.field, fieldInfo.frame.frame, this.dataList as DataFrame[]);
     let calc = panel.valueName;
     let calcField = fieldInfo.field;
     let val: any = undefined;
diff --git a/public/app/plugins/panel/singlestat/specs/singlestat.test.ts b/public/app/plugins/panel/singlestat/specs/singlestat.test.ts
index 5d4ad33b7ef..eea40e99c09 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/panel/singlestat/specs/singlestat.test.ts
+++ b/public/app/plugins/panel/singlestat/specs/singlestat.test.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { SingleStatCtrl, ShowData } from '../module';
-import { dateTime, ReducerID } from '@grafana/data';
+import { dateTime, ReducerID, getFieldTitle } from '@grafana/data';
 import { LinkSrv } from 'app/features/panel/panellinks/link_srv';
 import { LegacyResponseData } from '@grafana/data';
 import { DashboardModel } from 'app/features/dashboard/state';
@@ -90,7 +90,8 @@ describe('SingleStatCtrl', () => {
     });
 
     it('Should use series avg as default main value', () => {
-      expect(ctx.data.value).toBe('test.cpu1');
+      const title = getFieldTitle(ctx.data.field);
+      expect(title).toBe('test.cpu1');
     });
 
     it('should set formatted value', () => {
diff --git a/public/app/plugins/panel/table/TablePanel.tsx b/public/app/plugins/panel/table/TablePanel.tsx
index ee7bd479e3a..67be8764ce6 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/panel/table/TablePanel.tsx
+++ b/public/app/plugins/panel/table/TablePanel.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import React, { Component } from 'react';
 
 import { Table, Select } from '@grafana/ui';
-import { FieldMatcherID, PanelProps, DataFrame, SelectableValue } from '@grafana/data';
+import { FieldMatcherID, PanelProps, DataFrame, SelectableValue, getFrameDisplayTitle } from '@grafana/data';
 import { Options } from './types';
 import { css } from 'emotion';
 import { config } from 'app/core/config';
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ export class TablePanel extends Component<Props> {
       const currentIndex = this.getCurrentFrameIndex();
       const names = data.series.map((frame, index) => {
         return {
-          label: `${frame.name ?? 'Series'}`,
+          label: getFrameDisplayTitle(frame),
           value: index,
         };
       });