diff --git a/pkg/tsdb/models.go b/pkg/tsdb/models.go
index 838767dd5d9..0757a0f33b3 100644
--- a/pkg/tsdb/models.go
+++ b/pkg/tsdb/models.go
@@ -45,10 +45,11 @@ func (br *BatchResult) WithError(err error) *BatchResult {
 }
 
 type QueryResult struct {
-	Error       error           `json:"-"`
-	ErrorString string          `json:"error"`
-	RefId       string          `json:"refId"`
-	Series      TimeSeriesSlice `json:"series"`
+	Error       error            `json:"-"`
+	ErrorString string           `json:"error,omitempty"`
+	RefId       string           `json:"refId"`
+	Meta        *simplejson.Json `json:"meta,omitempty"`
+	Series      TimeSeriesSlice  `json:"series"`
 }
 
 type TimeSeries struct {
diff --git a/pkg/tsdb/mysql/macros.go b/pkg/tsdb/mysql/macros.go
index 971b41c3b07..5577819d784 100644
--- a/pkg/tsdb/mysql/macros.go
+++ b/pkg/tsdb/mysql/macros.go
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@ func (m *MySqlMacroEngine) Interpolate(sql string) (string, error) {
 	var macroError error
 
 	sql = ReplaceAllStringSubmatchFunc(rExp, sql, func(groups []string) string {
-		res, err := m.EvaluateMacro(groups[1], groups[2:len(groups)])
-		if macroError != nil {
+		res, err := m.EvaluateMacro(groups[1], groups[2:])
+		if err != nil && macroError == nil {
 			macroError = err
 			return "macro_error()"
 		}
@@ -68,7 +68,12 @@ func (m *MySqlMacroEngine) EvaluateMacro(name string, args []string) (string, er
 		if len(args) == 0 {
 			return "", fmt.Errorf("missing time column argument for macro %v", name)
 		}
-		return "UNIX_TIMESTAMP(" + args[0] + ") as time_sec", nil
+		return fmt.Sprintf("UNIX_TIMESTAMP(%s) as time_sec", args[0]), nil
+	case "__timeFilter":
+		if len(args) == 0 {
+			return "", fmt.Errorf("missing time column argument for macro %v", name)
+		}
+		return fmt.Sprintf("UNIX_TIMESTAMP(%s) > %d AND UNIX_TIMESTAMP(%s) < %d", args[0], uint64(m.TimeRange.GetFromAsMsEpoch()/1000), args[0], uint64(m.TimeRange.GetToAsMsEpoch()/1000)), nil
 	default:
 		return "", fmt.Errorf("Unknown macro %v", name)
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/tsdb/mysql/macros_test.go b/pkg/tsdb/mysql/macros_test.go
index 1dcd5e1e978..a1af3caf62d 100644
--- a/pkg/tsdb/mysql/macros_test.go
+++ b/pkg/tsdb/mysql/macros_test.go
@@ -3,13 +3,14 @@ package mysql
 import (
 	"testing"
 
+	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/tsdb"
 	. "github.com/smartystreets/goconvey/convey"
 )
 
 func TestMacroEngine(t *testing.T) {
 	Convey("MacroEngine", t, func() {
 
-		Convey("interpolate simple function", func() {
+		Convey("interpolate __time function", func() {
 			engine := &MySqlMacroEngine{}
 
 			sql, err := engine.Interpolate("select $__time(time_column)")
@@ -18,5 +19,16 @@ func TestMacroEngine(t *testing.T) {
 			So(sql, ShouldEqual, "select UNIX_TIMESTAMP(time_column) as time_sec")
 		})
 
+		Convey("interpolate __timeFilter function", func() {
+			engine := &MySqlMacroEngine{
+				TimeRange: &tsdb.TimeRange{From: "5m", To: "now"},
+			}
+
+			sql, err := engine.Interpolate("WHERE $__timeFilter(time_column)")
+			So(err, ShouldBeNil)
+
+			So(sql, ShouldEqual, "WHERE UNIX_TIMESTAMP(time_column) > 18446744066914186738 AND UNIX_TIMESTAMP(time_column) < 18446744066914187038")
+		})
+
 	})
 }
diff --git a/pkg/tsdb/mysql/mysql.go b/pkg/tsdb/mysql/mysql.go
index 44dcc2648f2..fd00cdff47e 100644
--- a/pkg/tsdb/mysql/mysql.go
+++ b/pkg/tsdb/mysql/mysql.go
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/go-xorm/core"
 	"github.com/go-xorm/xorm"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/components/null"
+	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/components/simplejson"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/log"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/models"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/tsdb"
@@ -81,6 +82,7 @@ func (e *MysqlExecutor) Execute(ctx context.Context, queries tsdb.QuerySlice, co
 		QueryResults: make(map[string]*tsdb.QueryResult),
 	}
 
+	macroEngine := NewMysqlMacroEngine(context.TimeRange)
 	session := e.engine.NewSession()
 	defer session.Close()
 	db := session.DB()
@@ -91,9 +93,20 @@ func (e *MysqlExecutor) Execute(ctx context.Context, queries tsdb.QuerySlice, co
 			continue
 		}
 
+		queryResult := &tsdb.QueryResult{Meta: simplejson.New(), RefId: query.RefId}
+		result.QueryResults[query.RefId] = queryResult
+
+		rawSql, err := macroEngine.Interpolate(rawSql)
+		if err != nil {
+			queryResult.Error = err
+			continue
+		}
+
+		queryResult.Meta.Set("sql", rawSql)
+
 		rows, err := db.Query(rawSql)
 		if err != nil {
-			result.QueryResults[query.RefId] = &tsdb.QueryResult{Error: err}
+			queryResult.Error = err
 			continue
 		}
 
@@ -101,16 +114,24 @@ func (e *MysqlExecutor) Execute(ctx context.Context, queries tsdb.QuerySlice, co
 
 		res, err := e.TransformToTimeSeries(query, rows)
 		if err != nil {
-			result.Error = err
+			queryResult.Error = err
 			return result
 		}
 
-		result.QueryResults[query.RefId] = &tsdb.QueryResult{RefId: query.RefId, Series: res}
+		queryResult.Series = res
+		queryResult.Meta.Set("rowCount", countPointsInAllSeries(res))
 	}
 
 	return result
 }
 
+func countPointsInAllSeries(seriesList tsdb.TimeSeriesSlice) (count int) {
+	for _, series := range seriesList {
+		count += len(series.Points)
+	}
+	return count
+}
+
 func (e MysqlExecutor) TransformToTimeSeries(query *tsdb.Query, rows *core.Rows) (tsdb.TimeSeriesSlice, error) {
 	pointsBySeries := make(map[string]*tsdb.TimeSeries)
 	columnNames, err := rows.Columns()