diff --git a/packages/grafana-data/src/transformations/index.ts b/packages/grafana-data/src/transformations/index.ts
index 82659a2885c..c21e8dfd428 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-data/src/transformations/index.ts
+++ b/packages/grafana-data/src/transformations/index.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,16 @@
 export * from './matchers/ids';
 export * from './transformers/ids';
 export * from './matchers';
-export * from './transformers';
+export { standardTransformers } from './transformers';
 export * from './fieldReducer';
 export { FilterFieldsByNameTransformerOptions } from './transformers/filterByName';
 export { FilterFramesByRefIdTransformerOptions } from './transformers/filterByRefId';
 export { ReduceTransformerOptions } from './transformers/reduce';
 export { OrganizeFieldsTransformerOptions } from './transformers/organize';
 export { createOrderFieldsComparer } from './transformers/order';
+export { transformDataFrame } from './transformDataFrame';
+export {
+  TransformerRegistyItem,
+  TransformerUIProps,
+  standardTransformersRegistry,
+} from './standardTransformersRegistry';
diff --git a/packages/grafana-data/src/transformations/standardTransformersRegistry.ts b/packages/grafana-data/src/transformations/standardTransformersRegistry.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2bfd48b3693
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/grafana-data/src/transformations/standardTransformersRegistry.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+import React from 'react';
+import { DataFrame, DataTransformerInfo } from '../types';
+import { Registry, RegistryItem } from '../utils/Registry';
+
+export interface TransformerUIProps<T> {
+  /**
+   * Transformer configuration, persisted on panel's model
+   */
+  options: T;
+  /**
+   * Pre-transform data rames
+   */
+  input: DataFrame[];
+  onChange: (options: T) => void;
+}
+
+export interface TransformerRegistyItem<TOptions> extends RegistryItem {
+  /**
+   * Object describing transformer configuration
+   */
+  transformation: DataTransformerInfo<TOptions>;
+  /**
+   * React component used as UI for the transformer
+   */
+  editor: React.ComponentType<TransformerUIProps<TOptions>>;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Registry of transformation options that can be driven by
+ * stored configuration files.
+ */
+export const standardTransformersRegistry = new Registry<TransformerRegistyItem<any>>();
diff --git a/packages/grafana-data/src/transformations/transformDataFrame.ts b/packages/grafana-data/src/transformations/transformDataFrame.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..058ca1163fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/grafana-data/src/transformations/transformDataFrame.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+import { DataFrame, DataTransformerConfig } from '../types';
+import { standardTransformersRegistry } from './standardTransformersRegistry';
+
+/**
+ * Apply configured transformations to the input data
+ */
+export function transformDataFrame(options: DataTransformerConfig[], data: DataFrame[]): DataFrame[] {
+  let processed = data;
+  for (const config of options) {
+    const info = standardTransformersRegistry.get(config.id);
+
+    if (!info) {
+      return data;
+    }
+
+    const transformer = info.transformation.transformer(config.options);
+    const after = transformer(processed);
+
+    // Add a key to the metadata if the data changed
+    if (after && after !== processed) {
+      for (const series of after) {
+        if (!series.meta) {
+          series.meta = {};
+        }
+        if (!series.meta.transformations) {
+          series.meta.transformations = [info.id];
+        } else {
+          series.meta.transformations = [...series.meta.transformations, info.id];
+        }
+      }
+      processed = after;
+    }
+  }
+  return processed;
+}
diff --git a/packages/grafana-data/src/transformations/transformers.test.ts b/packages/grafana-data/src/transformations/transformers.test.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 655587e2667..00000000000
--- a/packages/grafana-data/src/transformations/transformers.test.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-import { DataTransformerID } from './transformers/ids';
-import { transformersRegistry } from './transformers';
-import { toDataFrame } from '../dataframe/processDataFrame';
-import { ReducerID } from './fieldReducer';
-import { DataFrameView } from '../dataframe/DataFrameView';
-
-describe('Transformers', () => {
-  it('should load all transformeres', () => {
-    for (const name of Object.keys(DataTransformerID)) {
-      const calc = transformersRegistry.get(name);
-      expect(calc.id).toBe(name);
-    }
-  });
-
-  const seriesWithValues = toDataFrame({
-    fields: [
-      { name: 'A', values: [1, 2, 3, 4] }, // Numbers
-      { name: 'B', values: ['a', 'b', 'c', 'd'] }, // Strings
-    ],
-  });
-
-  it('should use fluent API', () => {
-    const results = transformersRegistry.reduce([seriesWithValues], {
-      reducers: [ReducerID.first],
-    });
-    expect(results.length).toBe(1);
-
-    const view = new DataFrameView(results[0]).toJSON();
-    expect(view).toEqual([
-      { Field: 'A', first: 1 }, // Row 0
-      { Field: 'B', first: 'a' }, // Row 1
-    ]);
-  });
-});
diff --git a/packages/grafana-data/src/transformations/transformers.ts b/packages/grafana-data/src/transformations/transformers.ts
index cc575a0ad0b..f26826b517a 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-data/src/transformations/transformers.ts
+++ b/packages/grafana-data/src/transformations/transformers.ts
@@ -1,70 +1,15 @@
-import { DataFrame } from '../types/dataFrame';
-import { Registry } from '../utils/Registry';
-import { AppendOptions, appendTransformer } from './transformers/append';
-import { reduceTransformer, ReduceTransformerOptions } from './transformers/reduce';
+import { appendTransformer } from './transformers/append';
+import { reduceTransformer } from './transformers/reduce';
 import { filterFieldsTransformer, filterFramesTransformer } from './transformers/filter';
-import { filterFieldsByNameTransformer, FilterFieldsByNameTransformerOptions } from './transformers/filterByName';
+import { filterFieldsByNameTransformer } from './transformers/filterByName';
 import { noopTransformer } from './transformers/noop';
-import { DataTransformerConfig, DataTransformerInfo } from '../types/transformations';
 import { filterFramesByRefIdTransformer } from './transformers/filterByRefId';
 import { orderFieldsTransformer } from './transformers/order';
 import { organizeFieldsTransformer } from './transformers/organize';
 import { seriesToColumnsTransformer } from './transformers/seriesToColumns';
 import { renameFieldsTransformer } from './transformers/rename';
 
-// Initalize the Registry
-
-/**
- * Apply configured transformations to the input data
- */
-export function transformDataFrame(options: DataTransformerConfig[], data: DataFrame[]): DataFrame[] {
-  let processed = data;
-  for (const config of options) {
-    const info = transformersRegistry.get(config.id);
-    const transformer = info.transformer(config.options);
-    const after = transformer(processed);
-
-    // Add a key to the metadata if the data changed
-    if (after && after !== processed) {
-      for (const series of after) {
-        if (!series.meta) {
-          series.meta = {};
-        }
-        if (!series.meta.transformations) {
-          series.meta.transformations = [info.id];
-        } else {
-          series.meta.transformations = [...series.meta.transformations, info.id];
-        }
-      }
-      processed = after;
-    }
-  }
-  return processed;
-}
-
-/**
- * Registry of transformation options that can be driven by
- * stored configuration files.
- */
-class TransformerRegistry extends Registry<DataTransformerInfo> {
-  // ------------------------------------------------------------
-  // Nacent options for more functional programming
-  // The API to these functions should change to match the actual
-  // needs of people trying to use it.
-  //  filterFields|Frames is left off since it is likely easier to
-  //  support with `frames.filter( f => {...} )`
-  // ------------------------------------------------------------
-
-  append(data: DataFrame[], options?: AppendOptions): DataFrame | undefined {
-    return appendTransformer.transformer(options || appendTransformer.defaultOptions)(data)[0];
-  }
-
-  reduce(data: DataFrame[], options: ReduceTransformerOptions): DataFrame[] {
-    return reduceTransformer.transformer(options)(data);
-  }
-}
-
-export const transformersRegistry = new TransformerRegistry(() => [
+export const standardTransformers = {
   noopTransformer,
   filterFieldsTransformer,
   filterFieldsByNameTransformer,
@@ -76,6 +21,4 @@ export const transformersRegistry = new TransformerRegistry(() => [
   reduceTransformer,
   seriesToColumnsTransformer,
   renameFieldsTransformer,
-]);
-
-export { ReduceTransformerOptions, FilterFieldsByNameTransformerOptions };
+};
diff --git a/packages/grafana-data/src/transformations/transformers/append.test.ts b/packages/grafana-data/src/transformations/transformers/append.test.ts
index 6d92627dccd..1c2a07e3008 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-data/src/transformations/transformers/append.test.ts
+++ b/packages/grafana-data/src/transformations/transformers/append.test.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 import { DataTransformerID } from './ids';
 import { toDataFrame } from '../../dataframe/processDataFrame';
-import { transformDataFrame } from '../transformers';
-import { transformersRegistry } from '../transformers';
+import { mockTransformationsRegistry } from '../../utils/tests/mockTransformationsRegistry';
+import { appendTransformer } from './append';
+import { transformDataFrame } from '../transformDataFrame';
 
 const seriesAB = toDataFrame({
   columns: [{ text: 'A' }, { text: 'B' }],
@@ -20,13 +21,14 @@ const seriesBC = toDataFrame({
 });
 
 describe('Append Transformer', () => {
+  beforeAll(() => {
+    mockTransformationsRegistry([appendTransformer]);
+  });
   it('filters by include', () => {
     const cfg = {
       id: DataTransformerID.append,
       options: {},
     };
-    const x = transformersRegistry.get(DataTransformerID.append);
-    expect(x.id).toBe(cfg.id);
 
     const processed = transformDataFrame([cfg], [seriesAB, seriesBC])[0];
     expect(processed.fields.length).toBe(3);
diff --git a/packages/grafana-data/src/transformations/transformers/filter.test.ts b/packages/grafana-data/src/transformations/transformers/filter.test.ts
index af8846674bc..5eb3991703b 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-data/src/transformations/transformers/filter.test.ts
+++ b/packages/grafana-data/src/transformations/transformers/filter.test.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,9 @@ import { FieldType } from '../../types/dataFrame';
 import { DataTransformerID } from './ids';
 import { toDataFrame } from '../../dataframe/processDataFrame';
 import { FieldMatcherID } from '../matchers/ids';
-import { transformDataFrame } from '../transformers';
+import { mockTransformationsRegistry } from '../../utils/tests/mockTransformationsRegistry';
+import { filterFieldsTransformer } from './filter';
+import { transformDataFrame } from '../transformDataFrame';
 
 export const simpleSeriesWithTypes = toDataFrame({
   fields: [
@@ -14,6 +16,10 @@ export const simpleSeriesWithTypes = toDataFrame({
 });
 
 describe('Filter Transformer', () => {
+  beforeAll(() => {
+    mockTransformationsRegistry([filterFieldsTransformer]);
+  });
+
   it('filters by include', () => {
     const cfg = {
       id: DataTransformerID.filterFields,
diff --git a/packages/grafana-data/src/transformations/transformers/filterByName.test.ts b/packages/grafana-data/src/transformations/transformers/filterByName.test.ts
index ac764da977d..890c9e6a8b9 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-data/src/transformations/transformers/filterByName.test.ts
+++ b/packages/grafana-data/src/transformations/transformers/filterByName.test.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 import { DataTransformerID } from './ids';
-import { transformDataFrame } from '../transformers';
 import { toDataFrame } from '../../dataframe/processDataFrame';
 import { FieldType } from '../../types/dataFrame';
+import { mockTransformationsRegistry } from '../../utils/tests/mockTransformationsRegistry';
+import { filterFieldsByNameTransformer } from './filterByName';
+import { filterFieldsTransformer } from './filter';
+import { transformDataFrame } from '../transformDataFrame';
 
 export const seriesWithNamesToMatch = toDataFrame({
   fields: [
@@ -13,6 +16,10 @@ export const seriesWithNamesToMatch = toDataFrame({
 });
 
 describe('filterByName transformer', () => {
+  beforeAll(() => {
+    mockTransformationsRegistry([filterFieldsByNameTransformer, filterFieldsTransformer]);
+  });
+
   it('returns original series if no options provided', () => {
     const cfg = {
       id: DataTransformerID.filterFields,
diff --git a/packages/grafana-data/src/transformations/transformers/filterByRefId.test.ts b/packages/grafana-data/src/transformations/transformers/filterByRefId.test.ts
index 81e8d4a4766..0bec449d212 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-data/src/transformations/transformers/filterByRefId.test.ts
+++ b/packages/grafana-data/src/transformations/transformers/filterByRefId.test.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 import { DataTransformerID } from './ids';
-import { transformDataFrame } from '../transformers';
 import { toDataFrame } from '../../dataframe/processDataFrame';
+import { mockTransformationsRegistry } from '../../utils/tests/mockTransformationsRegistry';
+import { filterFramesByRefIdTransformer } from './filterByRefId';
+import { transformDataFrame } from '../transformDataFrame';
 
 export const allSeries = [
   toDataFrame({
@@ -18,6 +20,9 @@ export const allSeries = [
 ];
 
 describe('filterByRefId transformer', () => {
+  beforeAll(() => {
+    mockTransformationsRegistry([filterFramesByRefIdTransformer]);
+  });
   it('returns all series if no options provided', () => {
     const cfg = {
       id: DataTransformerID.filterByRefId,
diff --git a/packages/grafana-data/src/transformations/transformers/order.test.ts b/packages/grafana-data/src/transformations/transformers/order.test.ts
index 709b48957bf..de6ff8bc210 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-data/src/transformations/transformers/order.test.ts
+++ b/packages/grafana-data/src/transformations/transformers/order.test.ts
@@ -6,9 +6,13 @@ import {
   toDataFrame,
   transformDataFrame,
 } from '@grafana/data';
-import { OrderFieldsTransformerOptions } from './order';
+import { orderFieldsTransformer, OrderFieldsTransformerOptions } from './order';
+import { mockTransformationsRegistry } from '../../utils/tests/mockTransformationsRegistry';
 
 describe('Order Transformer', () => {
+  beforeAll(() => {
+    mockTransformationsRegistry([orderFieldsTransformer]);
+  });
   describe('when consistent data is received', () => {
     const data = toDataFrame({
       name: 'A',
diff --git a/packages/grafana-data/src/transformations/transformers/organize.test.ts b/packages/grafana-data/src/transformations/transformers/organize.test.ts
index 7ec62b4bcb2..215ffd58ae0 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-data/src/transformations/transformers/organize.test.ts
+++ b/packages/grafana-data/src/transformations/transformers/organize.test.ts
@@ -6,9 +6,14 @@ import {
   toDataFrame,
   transformDataFrame,
 } from '@grafana/data';
-import { OrganizeFieldsTransformerOptions } from './organize';
+import { organizeFieldsTransformer, OrganizeFieldsTransformerOptions } from './organize';
+import { mockTransformationsRegistry } from '../../utils/tests/mockTransformationsRegistry';
 
 describe('OrganizeFields Transformer', () => {
+  beforeAll(() => {
+    mockTransformationsRegistry([organizeFieldsTransformer]);
+  });
+
   describe('when consistent data is received', () => {
     const data = toDataFrame({
       name: 'A',
diff --git a/packages/grafana-data/src/transformations/transformers/reduce.test.ts b/packages/grafana-data/src/transformations/transformers/reduce.test.ts
index 244f87dff8c..938bb6f7d20 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-data/src/transformations/transformers/reduce.test.ts
+++ b/packages/grafana-data/src/transformations/transformers/reduce.test.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 import { ReducerID } from '../fieldReducer';
 import { DataTransformerID } from './ids';
 import { toDataFrame, toDataFrameDTO } from '../../dataframe/processDataFrame';
-import { transformDataFrame } from '../transformers';
+import { mockTransformationsRegistry } from '../../utils/tests/mockTransformationsRegistry';
+import { reduceTransformer } from './reduce';
+import { transformDataFrame } from '../transformDataFrame';
 
 const seriesWithValues = toDataFrame({
   fields: [
@@ -11,6 +13,9 @@ const seriesWithValues = toDataFrame({
 });
 
 describe('Reducer Transformer', () => {
+  beforeAll(() => {
+    mockTransformationsRegistry([reduceTransformer]);
+  });
   it('filters by include', () => {
     const cfg = {
       id: DataTransformerID.reduce,
diff --git a/packages/grafana-data/src/transformations/transformers/rename.test.ts b/packages/grafana-data/src/transformations/transformers/rename.test.ts
index 2d10f109c17..16d181a8d04 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-data/src/transformations/transformers/rename.test.ts
+++ b/packages/grafana-data/src/transformations/transformers/rename.test.ts
@@ -6,9 +6,14 @@ import {
   toDataFrame,
   transformDataFrame,
 } from '@grafana/data';
-import { RenameFieldsTransformerOptions } from './rename';
+import { RenameFieldsTransformerOptions, renameFieldsTransformer } from './rename';
+import { mockTransformationsRegistry } from '../../utils/tests/mockTransformationsRegistry';
 
 describe('Rename Transformer', () => {
+  beforeAll(() => {
+    mockTransformationsRegistry([renameFieldsTransformer]);
+  });
+
   describe('when consistent data is received', () => {
     const data = toDataFrame({
       name: 'A',
diff --git a/packages/grafana-data/src/transformations/transformers/seriesToColumns.test.ts b/packages/grafana-data/src/transformations/transformers/seriesToColumns.test.ts
index 36f49b0487d..ba898945c7e 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-data/src/transformations/transformers/seriesToColumns.test.ts
+++ b/packages/grafana-data/src/transformations/transformers/seriesToColumns.test.ts
@@ -6,9 +6,13 @@ import {
   toDataFrame,
   transformDataFrame,
 } from '@grafana/data';
-import { SeriesToColumnsOptions } from './seriesToColumns';
+import { SeriesToColumnsOptions, seriesToColumnsTransformer } from './seriesToColumns';
+import { mockTransformationsRegistry } from '../../utils/tests/mockTransformationsRegistry';
 
 describe('SeriesToColumns Transformer', () => {
+  beforeAll(() => {
+    mockTransformationsRegistry([seriesToColumnsTransformer]);
+  });
   const everySecondSeries = toDataFrame({
     name: 'even',
     fields: [
diff --git a/packages/grafana-data/src/types/transformations.ts b/packages/grafana-data/src/types/transformations.ts
index 6fab55410f5..d0198f59795 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-data/src/types/transformations.ts
+++ b/packages/grafana-data/src/types/transformations.ts
@@ -2,16 +2,26 @@ import { DataFrame, Field } from './dataFrame';
 import { RegistryItemWithOptions } from '../utils/Registry';
 
 /**
- * Immutable data transformation
+ * Function that transform data frames (AKA transformer)
  */
 export type DataTransformer = (data: DataFrame[]) => DataFrame[];
 
 export interface DataTransformerInfo<TOptions = any> extends RegistryItemWithOptions {
+  /**
+   * Function that configures transformation and returns a transformer
+   * @param options
+   */
   transformer: (options: TOptions) => DataTransformer;
 }
 
 export interface DataTransformerConfig<TOptions = any> {
+  /**
+   * Unique identifier of transformer
+   */
   id: string;
+  /**
+   * Options to be passed to the transformer
+   */
   options: TOptions;
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/grafana-data/src/utils/tests/mockTransformationsRegistry.ts b/packages/grafana-data/src/utils/tests/mockTransformationsRegistry.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..71eb42377e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/grafana-data/src/utils/tests/mockTransformationsRegistry.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+import { standardTransformersRegistry } from '../../transformations';
+import { DataTransformerInfo } from '../../types';
+
+export const mockTransformationsRegistry = (transformers: Array<DataTransformerInfo<any>>) => {
+  standardTransformersRegistry.setInit(() => {
+    return transformers.map(t => {
+      return {
+        id: t.id,
+        name: t.name,
+        transformation: t,
+        description: t.description,
+        editor: () => null,
+      };
+    });
+  });
+};
diff --git a/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/Button/Button.tsx b/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/Button/Button.tsx
index a58a6409955..b16ea804492 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/Button/Button.tsx
+++ b/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/Button/Button.tsx
@@ -25,15 +25,13 @@ const buttonVariantStyles = (from: string, to: string, textColor: string) => css
 const getPropertiesForVariant = (theme: GrafanaTheme, variant: ButtonVariant) => {
   switch (variant) {
     case 'secondary':
-      const from = selectThemeVariant({ light: theme.colors.gray7, dark: theme.colors.gray15 }, theme.type) as string;
+      const from = selectThemeVariant({ light: theme.colors.gray7, dark: theme.colors.gray10 }, theme.type) as string;
       const to = selectThemeVariant(
         {
           light: tinycolor(from)
             .darken(5)
             .toString(),
-          dark: tinycolor(from)
-            .lighten(4)
-            .toString(),
+          dark: theme.colors.gray05,
         },
         theme.type
       ) as string;
diff --git a/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/TransformersUI/FilterByNameTransformerEditor.tsx b/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/TransformersUI/FilterByNameTransformerEditor.tsx
index 9b9561816fd..5c851508dee 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/TransformersUI/FilterByNameTransformerEditor.tsx
+++ b/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/TransformersUI/FilterByNameTransformerEditor.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
 import React, { useContext } from 'react';
-import { FilterFieldsByNameTransformerOptions, DataTransformerID, transformersRegistry, KeyValue } from '@grafana/data';
-import { TransformerUIProps, TransformerUIRegistyItem } from './types';
+import {
+  DataTransformerID,
+  FilterFieldsByNameTransformerOptions,
+  KeyValue,
+  standardTransformers,
+  TransformerRegistyItem,
+  TransformerUIProps,
+} from '@grafana/data';
 import { ThemeContext } from '../../themes/ThemeContext';
 import { css, cx } from 'emotion';
 import { InlineList } from '../List/InlineList';
@@ -154,10 +160,10 @@ const FilterPill: React.FC<FilterPillProps> = ({ label, selected, onClick }) =>
   );
 };
 
-export const filterFieldsByNameTransformRegistryItem: TransformerUIRegistyItem<FilterFieldsByNameTransformerOptions> = {
+export const filterFieldsByNameTransformRegistryItem: TransformerRegistyItem<FilterFieldsByNameTransformerOptions> = {
   id: DataTransformerID.filterFieldsByName,
-  component: FilterByNameTransformerEditor,
-  transformer: transformersRegistry.get(DataTransformerID.filterFieldsByName),
+  editor: FilterByNameTransformerEditor,
+  transformation: standardTransformers.filterFieldsByNameTransformer,
   name: 'Filter by name',
-  description: 'UI for filter by name transformation',
+  description: 'Filter fields by name',
 };
diff --git a/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/TransformersUI/FilterByRefIdTransformerEditor.tsx b/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/TransformersUI/FilterByRefIdTransformerEditor.tsx
index 7f3e039f9ec..9ad8d7310b5 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/TransformersUI/FilterByRefIdTransformerEditor.tsx
+++ b/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/TransformersUI/FilterByRefIdTransformerEditor.tsx
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 import React, { useContext } from 'react';
 import {
-  FilterFramesByRefIdTransformerOptions,
   DataTransformerID,
-  transformersRegistry,
+  FilterFramesByRefIdTransformerOptions,
   KeyValue,
+  standardTransformers,
+  TransformerRegistyItem,
+  TransformerUIProps,
 } from '@grafana/data';
-import { TransformerUIProps, TransformerUIRegistyItem } from './types';
 import { ThemeContext } from '../../themes/ThemeContext';
 import { css, cx } from 'emotion';
 import { InlineList } from '../List/InlineList';
@@ -159,10 +160,10 @@ const FilterPill: React.FC<FilterPillProps> = ({ label, selected, onClick }) =>
   );
 };
 
-export const filterFramesByRefIdTransformRegistryItem: TransformerUIRegistyItem<FilterFramesByRefIdTransformerOptions> = {
+export const filterFramesByRefIdTransformRegistryItem: TransformerRegistyItem<FilterFramesByRefIdTransformerOptions> = {
   id: DataTransformerID.filterByRefId,
-  component: FilterByRefIdTransformerEditor,
-  transformer: transformersRegistry.get(DataTransformerID.filterByRefId),
+  editor: FilterByRefIdTransformerEditor,
+  transformation: standardTransformers.filterFramesByRefIdTransformer,
   name: 'Filter by refId',
   description: 'Filter results by refId',
 };
diff --git a/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/TransformersUI/OrganizeFieldsTransformerEditor.tsx b/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/TransformersUI/OrganizeFieldsTransformerEditor.tsx
index e63269cd598..7c0f89d0507 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/TransformersUI/OrganizeFieldsTransformerEditor.tsx
+++ b/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/TransformersUI/OrganizeFieldsTransformerEditor.tsx
@@ -1,15 +1,16 @@
-import React, { useMemo, useCallback } from 'react';
+import React, { useCallback, useMemo } from 'react';
 import { css, cx } from 'emotion';
-import { DragDropContext, Droppable, Draggable, DropResult } from 'react-beautiful-dnd';
+import { DragDropContext, Draggable, Droppable, DropResult } from 'react-beautiful-dnd';
 import {
-  DataTransformerID,
-  transformersRegistry,
-  DataFrame,
-  GrafanaTheme,
   createOrderFieldsComparer,
+  DataFrame,
+  DataTransformerID,
+  GrafanaTheme,
   OrganizeFieldsTransformerOptions,
+  standardTransformers,
+  TransformerRegistyItem,
+  TransformerUIProps,
 } from '@grafana/data';
-import { TransformerUIRegistyItem, TransformerUIProps } from './types';
 import { stylesFactory, useTheme } from '../../themes';
 import { Button } from '../Button/Button';
 import { VerticalGroup } from '../Layout/Layout';
@@ -217,10 +218,10 @@ const fieldNamesFromInput = (input: DataFrame[]): string[] => {
   );
 };
 
-export const organizeFieldsTransformRegistryItem: TransformerUIRegistyItem<OrganizeFieldsTransformerOptions> = {
+export const organizeFieldsTransformRegistryItem: TransformerRegistyItem<OrganizeFieldsTransformerOptions> = {
   id: DataTransformerID.organize,
-  component: OrganizeFieldsTransformerEditor,
-  transformer: transformersRegistry.get(DataTransformerID.organize),
+  editor: OrganizeFieldsTransformerEditor,
+  transformation: standardTransformers.organizeFieldsTransformer,
   name: 'Organize fields',
-  description: 'UI for organizing fields',
+  description: 'Order, filter and rename fields',
 };
diff --git a/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/TransformersUI/ReduceTransformerEditor.tsx b/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/TransformersUI/ReduceTransformerEditor.tsx
index 5b28d0643b5..d4fe1371e55 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/TransformersUI/ReduceTransformerEditor.tsx
+++ b/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/TransformersUI/ReduceTransformerEditor.tsx
@@ -1,13 +1,18 @@
 import React from 'react';
 import { StatsPicker } from '../StatsPicker/StatsPicker';
-import { ReduceTransformerOptions, DataTransformerID, ReducerID, transformersRegistry } from '@grafana/data';
-import { TransformerUIRegistyItem, TransformerUIProps } from './types';
+import {
+  ReduceTransformerOptions,
+  DataTransformerID,
+  ReducerID,
+  standardTransformers,
+  TransformerRegistyItem,
+  TransformerUIProps,
+} from '@grafana/data';
 
 // TODO:  Minimal implementation, needs some <3
 export const ReduceTransformerEditor: React.FC<TransformerUIProps<ReduceTransformerOptions>> = ({
   options,
   onChange,
-  input,
 }) => {
   return (
     <StatsPicker
@@ -25,10 +30,10 @@ export const ReduceTransformerEditor: React.FC<TransformerUIProps<ReduceTransfor
   );
 };
 
-export const reduceTransformRegistryItem: TransformerUIRegistyItem<ReduceTransformerOptions> = {
+export const reduceTransformRegistryItem: TransformerRegistyItem<ReduceTransformerOptions> = {
   id: DataTransformerID.reduce,
-  component: ReduceTransformerEditor,
-  transformer: transformersRegistry.get(DataTransformerID.reduce),
+  editor: ReduceTransformerEditor,
+  transformation: standardTransformers.reduceTransformer,
   name: 'Reduce',
-  description: 'UI for reduce transformation',
+  description: 'Return a DataFrame with the reduction results',
 };
diff --git a/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/TransformersUI/transformers.ts b/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/TransformersUI/transformers.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 28780c3df11..00000000000
--- a/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/TransformersUI/transformers.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-import { Registry } from '@grafana/data';
-import { reduceTransformRegistryItem } from './ReduceTransformerEditor';
-import { filterFieldsByNameTransformRegistryItem } from './FilterByNameTransformerEditor';
-import { filterFramesByRefIdTransformRegistryItem } from './FilterByRefIdTransformerEditor';
-import { TransformerUIRegistyItem } from './types';
-import { organizeFieldsTransformRegistryItem } from './OrganizeFieldsTransformerEditor';
-
-export const transformersUIRegistry = new Registry<TransformerUIRegistyItem<any>>(() => {
-  return [
-    reduceTransformRegistryItem,
-    filterFieldsByNameTransformRegistryItem,
-    filterFramesByRefIdTransformRegistryItem,
-    organizeFieldsTransformRegistryItem,
-  ];
-});
diff --git a/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/TransformersUI/types.ts b/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/TransformersUI/types.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index de26d92bf0b..00000000000
--- a/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/TransformersUI/types.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-import React from 'react';
-import { DataFrame, RegistryItem, DataTransformerInfo } from '@grafana/data';
-
-export interface TransformerUIRegistyItem<TOptions> extends RegistryItem {
-  component: React.ComponentType<TransformerUIProps<TOptions>>;
-  transformer: DataTransformerInfo<TOptions>;
-}
-
-export interface TransformerUIProps<T> {
-  // Transformer configuration, persisted on panel's model
-  options: T;
-  // Pre-transformation data frame
-  input: DataFrame[];
-  onChange: (options: T) => void;
-}
diff --git a/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/ValuePicker/ValuePicker.tsx b/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/ValuePicker/ValuePicker.tsx
index 853bb8f894c..f54e14302b8 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/ValuePicker/ValuePicker.tsx
+++ b/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/ValuePicker/ValuePicker.tsx
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import { SelectableValue } from '@grafana/data';
 import { Button, ButtonVariant } from '../Button';
 import { Select } from '../Select/Select';
 import { FullWidthButtonContainer } from '../Button/FullWidthButtonContainer';
+import { ComponentSize } from '../../types/size';
 
 interface ValuePickerProps<T> {
   /** Label to display on the picker button */
@@ -14,20 +15,29 @@ interface ValuePickerProps<T> {
   options: Array<SelectableValue<T>>;
   onChange: (value: SelectableValue<T>) => void;
   variant?: ButtonVariant;
+  size?: ComponentSize;
+  isFullWidth?: boolean;
 }
 
-export function ValuePicker<T>({ label, icon, options, onChange, variant }: ValuePickerProps<T>) {
+export function ValuePicker<T>({
+  label,
+  icon,
+  options,
+  onChange,
+  variant,
+  size,
+  isFullWidth = true,
+}: ValuePickerProps<T>) {
   const [isPicking, setIsPicking] = useState(false);
 
+  const buttonEl = (
+    <Button size={size || 'sm'} icon={icon || 'plus-circle'} onClick={() => setIsPicking(true)} variant={variant}>
+      {label}
+    </Button>
+  );
   return (
     <>
-      {!isPicking && (
-        <FullWidthButtonContainer>
-          <Button size="sm" icon={icon || 'plus-circle'} onClick={() => setIsPicking(true)} variant={variant}>
-            {label}
-          </Button>
-        </FullWidthButtonContainer>
-      )}
+      {!isPicking && (isFullWidth ? <FullWidthButtonContainer>{buttonEl}</FullWidthButtonContainer> : buttonEl)}
 
       {isPicking && (
         <Select
diff --git a/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/index.ts b/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/index.ts
index 49c7ef67379..74c5e522e0a 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/index.ts
+++ b/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/index.ts
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ export { DataLinksInlineEditor } from './DataLinks/DataLinksInlineEditor/DataLin
 export { DataLinkInput } from './DataLinks/DataLinkInput';
 export { DataLinksContextMenu } from './DataLinks/DataLinksContextMenu';
 export { SeriesIcon } from './Legend/SeriesIcon';
-export { transformersUIRegistry } from './TransformersUI/transformers';
+
 export { JSONFormatter } from './JSONFormatter/JSONFormatter';
 export { JsonExplorer } from './JSONFormatter/json_explorer/json_explorer';
 export { ErrorBoundary, ErrorBoundaryAlert } from './ErrorBoundary/ErrorBoundary';
diff --git a/packages/grafana-ui/src/utils/index.ts b/packages/grafana-ui/src/utils/index.ts
index f6750009a53..1875e7bbcae 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-ui/src/utils/index.ts
+++ b/packages/grafana-ui/src/utils/index.ts
@@ -8,8 +8,9 @@ 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';
-
-export { renderOrCallToRender } from './renderOrCallToRender';
+// Exposes standard transformers for registry of Transformations
+export { getStandardTransformers } from './standardTransformers';
diff --git a/packages/grafana-ui/src/utils/standardTransformers.ts b/packages/grafana-ui/src/utils/standardTransformers.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1b14cf5acf6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/grafana-ui/src/utils/standardTransformers.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+import { TransformerRegistyItem } from '@grafana/data';
+import { reduceTransformRegistryItem } from '../components/TransformersUI/ReduceTransformerEditor';
+import { filterFieldsByNameTransformRegistryItem } from '../components/TransformersUI/FilterByNameTransformerEditor';
+import { filterFramesByRefIdTransformRegistryItem } from '../components/TransformersUI/FilterByRefIdTransformerEditor';
+import { organizeFieldsTransformRegistryItem } from '../components/TransformersUI/OrganizeFieldsTransformerEditor';
+
+export const getStandardTransformers = (): Array<TransformerRegistyItem<any>> => {
+  return [
+    reduceTransformRegistryItem,
+    filterFieldsByNameTransformRegistryItem,
+    filterFramesByRefIdTransformRegistryItem,
+    organizeFieldsTransformRegistryItem,
+  ];
+};
diff --git a/public/app/app.ts b/public/app/app.ts
index 48bd6f66a71..44b95002b4f 100644
--- a/public/app/app.ts
+++ b/public/app/app.ts
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ import {
   setMarkdownOptions,
   standardEditorsRegistry,
   standardFieldConfigEditorRegistry,
+  standardTransformersRegistry,
 } from '@grafana/data';
 import appEvents from 'app/core/app_events';
 import { addClassIfNoOverlayScrollbar } from 'app/core/utils/scrollbar';
@@ -45,7 +46,7 @@ import { reportPerformance } from './core/services/echo/EchoSrv';
 import { PerformanceBackend } from './core/services/echo/backends/PerformanceBackend';
 import 'app/routes/GrafanaCtrl';
 import 'app/features/all';
-import { getStandardFieldConfigs, getStandardOptionEditors } from '@grafana/ui';
+import { getStandardFieldConfigs, getStandardOptionEditors, getStandardTransformers } from '@grafana/ui';
 import { getDefaultVariableAdapters, variableAdapters } from './features/variables/adapters';
 import { initDevFeatures } from './dev';
 
@@ -97,6 +98,7 @@ export class GrafanaApp {
 
     standardEditorsRegistry.setInit(getStandardOptionEditors);
     standardFieldConfigEditorRegistry.setInit(getStandardFieldConfigs);
+    standardTransformersRegistry.setInit(getStandardTransformers);
     variableAdapters.setInit(getDefaultVariableAdapters);
 
     app.config(
diff --git a/public/app/features/dashboard/components/TransformationsEditor/TransformationsEditor.tsx b/public/app/features/dashboard/components/TransformationsEditor/TransformationsEditor.tsx
index 1459a97ad8a..e5defe148f2 100644
--- a/public/app/features/dashboard/components/TransformationsEditor/TransformationsEditor.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/dashboard/components/TransformationsEditor/TransformationsEditor.tsx
@@ -1,8 +1,12 @@
-import { css } from 'emotion';
 import React from 'react';
-import { transformersUIRegistry } from '@grafana/ui';
-import { DataTransformerConfig, DataFrame, transformDataFrame, SelectableValue } from '@grafana/data';
-import { Button, CustomScrollbar, Select, Container } from '@grafana/ui';
+import { Container, CustomScrollbar, ValuePicker } from '@grafana/ui';
+import {
+  DataFrame,
+  DataTransformerConfig,
+  SelectableValue,
+  standardTransformersRegistry,
+  transformDataFrame,
+} from '@grafana/data';
 import { TransformationOperationRow } from './TransformationOperationRow';
 
 interface Props {
@@ -11,13 +15,7 @@ interface Props {
   dataFrames: DataFrame[];
 }
 
-interface State {
-  addingTransformation: boolean;
-}
-
-export class TransformationsEditor extends React.PureComponent<Props, State> {
-  state = { addingTransformation: false };
-
+export class TransformationsEditor extends React.PureComponent<Props> {
   onTransformationAdd = (selectable: SelectableValue<string>) => {
     const { transformations, onChange } = this.props;
     onChange([
@@ -27,7 +25,6 @@ export class TransformationsEditor extends React.PureComponent<Props, State> {
         options: {},
       },
     ]);
-    this.setState({ addingTransformation: false });
   };
 
   onTransformationChange = (idx: number, config: DataTransformerConfig) => {
@@ -45,32 +42,23 @@ export class TransformationsEditor extends React.PureComponent<Props, State> {
   };
 
   renderTransformationSelector = () => {
-    if (!this.state.addingTransformation) {
-      return null;
-    }
-
-    const availableTransformers = transformersUIRegistry.list().map(t => {
+    const availableTransformers = standardTransformersRegistry.list().map(t => {
       return {
-        value: t.transformer.id,
-        label: t.transformer.name,
+        value: t.transformation.id,
+        label: t.name,
+        description: t.description,
       };
     });
 
     return (
-      <div
-        className={css`
-          margin-bottom: 10px;
-          max-width: 300px;
-        `}
-      >
-        <Select
-          options={availableTransformers}
-          placeholder="Select transformation"
-          onChange={this.onTransformationAdd}
-          autoFocus={true}
-          openMenuOnFocus={true}
-        />
-      </div>
+      <ValuePicker
+        size="md"
+        variant="secondary"
+        label="Add transformation"
+        options={availableTransformers}
+        onChange={this.onTransformationAdd}
+        isFullWidth={false}
+      />
     );
   };
 
@@ -83,7 +71,7 @@ export class TransformationsEditor extends React.PureComponent<Props, State> {
         {transformations.map((t, i) => {
           let editor;
 
-          const transformationUI = transformersUIRegistry.getIfExists(t.id);
+          const transformationUI = standardTransformersRegistry.getIfExists(t.id);
           if (!transformationUI) {
             return null;
           }
@@ -92,8 +80,8 @@ export class TransformationsEditor extends React.PureComponent<Props, State> {
           const output = transformDataFrame(transformations.slice(i), input);
 
           if (transformationUI) {
-            editor = React.createElement(transformationUI.component, {
-              options: { ...transformationUI.transformer.defaultOptions, ...t.options },
+            editor = React.createElement(transformationUI.editor, {
+              options: { ...transformationUI.transformation.defaultOptions, ...t.options },
               input,
               onChange: (options: any) => {
                 this.onTransformationChange(i, {
@@ -130,9 +118,6 @@ export class TransformationsEditor extends React.PureComponent<Props, State> {
           </p>
           {this.renderTransformationEditors()}
           {this.renderTransformationSelector()}
-          <Button variant="secondary" icon="plus" onClick={() => this.setState({ addingTransformation: true })}>
-            Add transformation
-          </Button>
         </Container>
       </CustomScrollbar>
     );