diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/expressions/Expression.tsx b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/expressions/Expression.tsx
index b6835ec82ac..6fa4169a8b7 100644
--- a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/expressions/Expression.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/expressions/Expression.tsx
@@ -136,21 +136,13 @@ interface ExpressionResultProps {
 }
 export const PAGE_SIZE = 20;
 export const ExpressionResult: FC<ExpressionResultProps> = ({ series, isAlertCondition }) => {
-  const { page, pageItems, onPageChange, numberOfPages, pageStart, pageEnd } = usePagination(series, 1, PAGE_SIZE);
+  const { pageItems, previousPage, nextPage, numberOfPages, pageStart, pageEnd } = usePagination(series, 1, PAGE_SIZE);
   const styles = useStyles2(getStyles);
 
   // sometimes we receive results where every value is just "null" when noData occurs
   const emptyResults = isEmptySeries(series);
   const isTimeSeriesResults = !emptyResults && isTimeSeries(series);
 
-  const previousPage = useCallback(() => {
-    onPageChange(page - 1);
-  }, [page, onPageChange]);
-
-  const nextPage = useCallback(() => {
-    onPageChange(page + 1);
-  }, [page, onPageChange]);
-
   const shouldShowPagination = numberOfPages > 1;
 
   return (
@@ -327,8 +319,11 @@ const FrameRow: FC<FrameProps> = ({ frame, index, isAlertCondition }) => {
 const TimeseriesRow: FC<FrameProps & { index: number }> = ({ frame, index }) => {
   const styles = useStyles2(getStyles);
 
-  const hasLabels = frame.fields[1].labels;
-  const name = hasLabels ? formatLabels(frame.fields[1].labels ?? {}) : 'Series ' + index;
+  const valueField = frame.fields[1]; // field 0 is "time", field 1 is "value"
+
+  const hasLabels = valueField.labels;
+  const displayNameFromDS = valueField.config?.displayNameFromDS;
+  const name = displayNameFromDS ?? (hasLabels ? formatLabels(valueField.labels ?? {}) : 'Series ' + index);
 
   const timestamps = frame.fields[0].values.toArray();
 
diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/expressions/util.test.ts b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/expressions/util.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..30b022791da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/expressions/util.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
+import { DataFrame, FieldType, toDataFrame } from '@grafana/data';
+
+import { getSeriesName, formatLabels, getSeriesValue, isEmptySeries } from './util';
+
+const EMPTY_FRAME: DataFrame = toDataFrame([]);
+const NAMED_FRAME: DataFrame = {
+  name: 'MyFrame',
+  ...toDataFrame([]),
+};
+
+const DATA_FRAME: DataFrame = toDataFrame({
+  fields: [{ name: 'value', type: FieldType.number, values: [1, 2, 3] }],
+});
+
+const DATA_FRAME_LARGE_DECIMAL: DataFrame = toDataFrame({
+  fields: [{ name: 'value', type: FieldType.number, values: [1.23456789] }],
+});
+
+const DATA_FRAME_WITH_LABELS: DataFrame = toDataFrame({
+  fields: [{ name: 'value', type: FieldType.number, values: [1, 2, 3], labels: { foo: 'bar' } }],
+});
+
+describe('formatLabels', () => {
+  it('should work with no labels', () => {
+    expect(formatLabels({})).toBe('');
+  });
+
+  it('should work with 1 label', () => {
+    expect(formatLabels({ foo: 'bar' })).toBe('foo=bar');
+  });
+
+  it('should work with multiple labels', () => {
+    expect(formatLabels({ foo: 'bar', baz: 'qux' })).toBe('foo=bar, baz=qux');
+  });
+});
+
+describe('isEmptySeries', () => {
+  it('should be true for empty series', () => {
+    expect(isEmptySeries([EMPTY_FRAME])).toBe(true);
+    expect(isEmptySeries([EMPTY_FRAME, EMPTY_FRAME])).toBe(true);
+
+    expect(isEmptySeries([DATA_FRAME])).toBe(false);
+    expect(isEmptySeries([EMPTY_FRAME, DATA_FRAME])).toBe(false);
+  });
+});
+
+describe('getSeriesName', () => {
+  it('should work with named data frame', () => {
+    const name = getSeriesName(NAMED_FRAME);
+    expect(name).toBe('MyFrame');
+  });
+
+  it('should work with empty data frame', () => {
+    expect(getSeriesName(EMPTY_FRAME)).toBe('');
+  });
+
+  it('should work with labeled frame', () => {
+    const name = getSeriesName(DATA_FRAME_WITH_LABELS);
+    expect(name).toBe('foo=bar');
+  });
+
+  it('should work with NoData frames', () => {
+    expect(getSeriesName(EMPTY_FRAME)).toBe('');
+  });
+
+  it('should give preference to displayNameFromDS', () => {
+    const frame: DataFrame = {
+      name: 'MyFrame',
+      ...toDataFrame({
+        fields: [
+          {
+            name: 'value',
+            type: FieldType.number,
+            values: [1, 2, 3],
+            labels: { foo: 'bar' },
+            config: { displayNameFromDS: 'series-name-override' },
+          },
+        ],
+      }),
+    };
+
+    expect(getSeriesName(frame)).toBe('series-name-override');
+  });
+});
+
+describe('getSeriesValue', () => {
+  it('should work with empty data frame', () => {
+    expect(getSeriesValue(EMPTY_FRAME)).toBe(undefined);
+  });
+
+  it('should work with data frame', () => {
+    const name = getSeriesValue(DATA_FRAME);
+    expect(name).toBe(1);
+  });
+
+  it('should round values', () => {
+    expect(getSeriesValue(DATA_FRAME_LARGE_DECIMAL)).toBe(1.23457);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/expressions/util.ts b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/expressions/util.ts
index 2a8407a6416..ffa21753f28 100644
--- a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/expressions/util.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/expressions/util.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,10 @@ import { DataFrame, Labels, roundDecimals } from '@grafana/data';
  */
 
 const getSeriesName = (frame: DataFrame): string => {
-  return frame.name ?? formatLabels(frame.fields[0]?.labels ?? {});
+  const firstField = frame.fields[0];
+
+  const displayNameFromDS = firstField?.config?.displayNameFromDS;
+  return displayNameFromDS ?? frame.name ?? formatLabels(firstField?.labels ?? {});
 };
 
 const getSeriesValue = (frame: DataFrame) => {