diff --git a/assets/javascripts/discourse/components/param-field.js.es6 b/assets/javascripts/discourse/components/param-field.js.es6
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..89d1192
--- /dev/null
+++ b/assets/javascripts/discourse/components/param-field.js.es6
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+export default Ember.TextField.extend({
+  value: function(key, value, previousValue) {
+    if (arguments.length > 1) {
+      this.get('params')[this.get('pname')] = value;
+    }
+    return this.get('params')[this.get('pname')];
+  }.property()
+});
diff --git a/assets/javascripts/discourse/components/query-result.js.es6 b/assets/javascripts/discourse/components/query-result.js.es6
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e795133
--- /dev/null
+++ b/assets/javascripts/discourse/components/query-result.js.es6
@@ -0,0 +1,297 @@
+var ColumnHandlers = [];
+var AssistedHandlers = {};
+const Escape = Handlebars.Utils.escapeExpression;
+
+import avatarTemplate from 'discourse/lib/avatar-template';
+import { categoryLinkHTML } from 'discourse/helpers/category-link';
+
+var defaultFallback = function(buffer, content, defaultRender) { defaultRender(buffer, content); };
+
+function isoYMD(date) {
+  return date.getUTCFullYear() + "-" + date.getUTCMonth() + "-" + date.getUTCDate();
+}
+
+const QueryResultComponent = Ember.Component.extend({
+  layoutName: 'explorer-query-result',
+
+  rows: Em.computed.alias('content.rows'),
+  columns: Em.computed.alias('content.columns'),
+  params: Em.computed.alias('content.params'),
+  explainText: Em.computed.alias('content.explain'),
+
+  hasExplain: Em.computed.notEmpty('content.explain'),
+  noParams: Em.computed.empty('params'),
+  colCount: function() {
+    return this.get('content.columns').length;
+  }.property('content.columns.length'),
+
+  downloadName: function() {
+    return this.get('query.name') + "@" + window.location.host + "-" + isoYMD(new Date()) + ".dcqresult.json";
+  }.property(),
+
+  duration: function() {
+    return I18n.t('explorer.run_time', {value: I18n.toNumber(this.get('content.duration'), {precision: 1})});
+  }.property('content.duration'),
+
+  parameterAry: function() {
+    let arr = [];
+    const params = this.get('params');
+    for (var key in params) {
+      if (params.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
+        arr.push({key: key, value: params[key]});
+      }
+    }
+    return arr;
+  }.property('params.@each'),
+
+  columnHandlers: function() {
+    const self = this;
+    if (!this.get('content')) {
+      return;
+    }
+    if (self.get('opts.notransform')) {
+      return this.get('columns').map(function(colName) {
+        return {
+          name: colName,
+          displayName: colName,
+          render: defaultFallback
+        };
+      });
+    }
+    return this.get('columns').map(function(colName, idx) {
+      let handler = defaultFallback;
+
+      if (/\$/.test(colName)) {
+        var match = /(\w+)\$(\w*)/.exec(colName);
+        if (match[1] && self.get('content.relations')[match[1]] && AssistedHandlers[match[1]]) {
+          return {
+            name: colName,
+            displayName: match[2] || match[1],
+            render: AssistedHandlers[match[1]]
+          };
+        } else if (match[1] == '') {
+          // Return as "$column" for no special handling
+          return {
+            name: colName,
+            displayName: match[2] || match[1],
+            render: defaultFallback
+          }
+        }
+      } else if (/\?column\?/.test(colName)) {
+        return {
+          name: "generic-column",
+          displayName: I18n.t('explorer.column', {number: idx+1}),
+          render: defaultFallback
+        }
+      }
+
+      ColumnHandlers.forEach(function(handlerInfo) {
+        if (handlerInfo.regex.test(colName)) {
+          handler = handlerInfo.render;
+        }
+      });
+
+      return {
+        name: colName,
+        displayName: colName,
+        render: handler
+      };
+    });
+  }.property('content', 'columns.@each'),
+
+  _clickDownloadButton: function() {
+    const self = this;
+    const $button = this.$().find("#result-download");
+    // use $.one to do once
+    $button.one('mouseover', function(e) {
+      const a = e.target;
+      let resultString = "data:text/plain;base64,";
+      var jsonString = JSON.stringify(self.get('content'));
+      resultString += btoa(jsonString);
+
+      a.href = resultString;
+    });
+  }.on('didInsertElement'),
+
+  parent: function() { return this; }.property()
+
+});
+
+/**
+ * ColumnHandler callback arguments:
+ *  buffer: rendering buffer
+ *  content: content of the query result cell
+ *  defaultRender: call this wth (buffer, content) to fall back
+ *  extra: the entire response
+ */
+
+ColumnHandlers.push({ regex: /user_id/, render: function(buffer, content, defaultRender) {
+  if (!/^\d+$/.test(content)) {
+    return defaultRender(buffer, content);
+  }
+  buffer.push("<a href='/users/by-id/");
+  buffer.push(content);
+  buffer.push("'>User #");
+  buffer.push(content);
+  buffer.push("</a>");
+}});
+ColumnHandlers.push({ regex: /post_id/, render: function(buffer, content, defaultRender) {
+  if (!/^\d+$/.test(content)) {
+    return defaultRender(buffer, content);
+  }
+  buffer.push("<a href='/p/");
+  buffer.push(content);
+  buffer.push("'>Post #");
+  buffer.push(content);
+  buffer.push("</a>");
+}});
+ColumnHandlers.push({ regex: /badge_id/, render: function(buffer, content, defaultRender) {
+  if (!/^\d+$/.test(content)) {
+    return defaultRender(buffer, content);
+  }
+  buffer.push("<a href='/badges/");
+  buffer.push(content);
+  buffer.push("/-'>Badge #");
+  buffer.push(content);
+  buffer.push("</a>");
+}});
+ColumnHandlers.push({ regex: /topic_id/, render: function(buffer, content, defaultRender) {
+  if (!/^\d+$/.test(content)) {
+    return defaultRender(buffer, content);
+  }
+  buffer.push("<a href='/t/");
+  buffer.push(content);
+  buffer.push("/from-link'>Topic #");
+  buffer.push(content);
+  buffer.push("</a>");
+}});
+
+AssistedHandlers['reltime'] = function(buffer, content, defaultRender) {
+  const parsedDate = new Date(content);
+  if (!parsedDate.getTime()) {
+    return defaultRender(buffer, content);
+  }
+
+  buffer.push(Discourse.Formatter.relativeAge(parsedDate, {format: 'medium'}));
+};
+
+AssistedHandlers['category'] = function(buffer, content, defaultRender) {
+  const contentId = parseInt(content, 10);
+  if (isNaN(contentId)) {
+    return defaultRender(buffer, content);
+  }
+  const category = Discourse.Category.findById(contentId);
+  if (!category) {
+    return defaultRender(buffer, content);
+  }
+
+  const opts = {
+    link: true,
+    allowUncategorized: true
+  };
+  buffer.push(categoryLinkHTML(category, opts));
+};
+
+/**
+ * Helper to wrap the handler in a function that fetches the object out of the response.
+ *
+ * @param name the part of the column name before the $
+ * @param callback Function(buffer, object [, defaultRender])
+ */
+function registerRelationAssistedHandler(name, callback) {
+  AssistedHandlers[name] = function(buffer, content, defaultRender, response) {
+    const contentId = parseInt(content, 10);
+    if (isNaN(contentId)) {
+      return defaultRender(buffer, content);
+    }
+    const relationObject = response.relations[name].find(function(relObj) {
+      return relObj.id === contentId;
+    });
+    if (!relationObject) {
+      Em.Logger.warn("Couldn't find " + name + " with id " + contentId + " in query response");
+      return defaultRender(buffer, content);
+    }
+
+    callback(buffer, relationObject, defaultRender);
+  }
+}
+
+registerRelationAssistedHandler('user', function(buffer, obj) {
+  buffer.push("<a href='/users/");
+  buffer.push(obj.username);
+  buffer.push("'>");
+  buffer.push(Discourse.Utilities.avatarImg({
+    size: "small",
+    avatarTemplate: avatarTemplate(obj.username, obj.uploaded_avatar_id)
+  }));
+  buffer.push(" ");
+  buffer.push(obj.username);
+  buffer.push("</a>");
+});
+
+registerRelationAssistedHandler('badge', function(buffer, obj) {
+  // TODO It would be nice to be able to invoke the {{user-badge}} helper from here.
+  // Looks like that would need a ContainerView
+
+  /*
+   <span id="ember2197" class="ember-view">
+   <a id="ember2201" class="ember-view" href="/badges/9/autobiographer">
+   <span id="ember2221" class="ember-view user-badge badge-type-bronze" data-badge-name="Autobiographer" title="Filled user profile information">
+   <i class="fa fa-certificate"></i>
+   Autobiographer
+   </span></a></span>
+   */
+
+  if (true) {
+    buffer.push('<span><a href="/badges/');
+    buffer.push(obj.id + '/' + Escape(obj.name));
+    buffer.push('"><span data-badge-name="');
+    buffer.push(Escape(obj.name));
+    buffer.push('" class="user-badge badge-type-');
+    buffer.push(Escape(obj.badge_type.toLowerCase()));
+    buffer.push('" title="');
+    buffer.push(Escape(obj.description));
+    buffer.push('">');
+    // icon-or-image
+    if (obj.icon.indexOf('fa-') === 0) {
+      buffer.push(" <i class='fa " + obj.icon + "'></i> ");
+    } else {
+      buffer.push(" <img src='" + obj.icon + "'> ");
+    }
+    buffer.push(Escape(obj.name));
+    buffer.push("</span></a></span>");
+  }
+});
+
+registerRelationAssistedHandler('post', function(buffer, obj) {
+  /*
+   <aside class="quote" data-post="35" data-topic="117">
+   <div class="title" style="cursor: pointer;">
+   <div class="quote-controls">
+   <i class="fa fa-chevron-down" title="expand/collapse"></i>
+   <a href="/t/usability-on-the-cheap-and-easy/117/35" title="go to the quoted post" class="back"></a>
+   </div>
+   <img width="20" height="20" src="/user_avatar/localhost/riking/40/75.png" class="avatar">riking:</div>
+   <blockquote>$EXCERPT</blockquote>
+   </aside>
+   */
+  buffer.push("<aside class='quote' data-post='" + obj.post_number + "' data-topic='" + obj.topic_id + "'>");
+  buffer.push('<div class="title" style="cursor: pointer;">' +
+    '<div class="quote-controls">' +
+    '<i class="fa" title="expand/collapse"></i>');
+  buffer.push('<a href="');
+  buffer.push("/t/" + obj.slug + "/" + obj.topic_id + "/" + obj.post_number);
+  buffer.push('" title="go to the post" class="quote-other-topic"></a>');
+  buffer.push('</div>');
+  buffer.push(Discourse.Utilities.avatarImg({
+    size: "small",
+    avatarTemplate: avatarTemplate(obj.username, obj.uploaded_avatar_id)
+  }));
+  buffer.push(obj.username + ":");
+  buffer.push('</div>' +
+    '<blockquote>');
+  buffer.push(obj.excerpt);
+  buffer.push('</blockquote></aside>');
+});
+
+export default QueryResultComponent;
diff --git a/assets/javascripts/discourse/components/query-row-content.js.es6 b/assets/javascripts/discourse/components/query-row-content.js.es6
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..93e2d0a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/assets/javascripts/discourse/components/query-row-content.js.es6
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+
+const defaultRender = function(buffer, content) {
+  buffer.push(Handlebars.Utils.escapeExpression(content));
+};
+
+const QueryRowContentComponent = Ember.Component.extend({
+  tagName: "tr",
+
+  render(buffer) {
+    const row = this.get('row');
+    const response = this.get('extra');
+    this.get('colRenders').forEach(function(colRender, idx) {
+      buffer.push("<td data-column-name=" + Handlebars.Utils.escapeExpression(colRender.name) + ">");
+      colRender.render(buffer, row[idx], defaultRender, response);
+      buffer.push("</td>");
+    });
+  }
+});
+
+export default QueryRowContentComponent;
diff --git a/assets/javascripts/discourse/controllers/admin-plugins-explorer.js.es6 b/assets/javascripts/discourse/controllers/admin-plugins-explorer.js.es6
index 4118918..920ab44 100644
--- a/assets/javascripts/discourse/controllers/admin-plugins-explorer.js.es6
+++ b/assets/javascripts/discourse/controllers/admin-plugins-explorer.js.es6
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import { popupAjaxError } from 'discourse/lib/ajax-error';
 export default Ember.ArrayController.extend({
   selectedQueryId: null,
   results: null,
-  dirty: false,
+  showResults: false,
   loading: false,
 
   explain: false,
@@ -21,10 +21,16 @@ export default Ember.ArrayController.extend({
     });
   }.property('selectedQueryId'),
 
+  clearResults: function() {
+    this.set('showResults', false);
+    this.set('results', null);
+  }.observes('selectedQueryId'),
+
   addCreatedRecord(record) {
     this.pushObject(record);
     this.set('selectedQueryId', Ember.get(record, 'id'));
     this.get('selectedItem').set('dirty', false);
+    this.set('showResults', false);
     this.set('results', null);
   },
 
@@ -48,6 +54,14 @@ export default Ember.ArrayController.extend({
       window.open(this.get('selectedItem.downloadUrl'), "_blank");
     },
 
+    resetParams() {
+      this.get('selectedItem').resetParams();
+    },
+
+    saveDefaults() {
+      this.get('selectedItem').saveDefaults();
+    },
+
     create() {
       const self = this;
       this.set('loading', true);
@@ -109,20 +123,25 @@ export default Ember.ArrayController.extend({
     },
 
     run() {
+      const self = this;
       if (this.get('selectedItem.dirty')) {
-        self.set('results', {errors: [I18n.t('errors.explorer.dirty')]});
         return;
       }
-      const self = this;
+
       this.set('loading', true);
       Discourse.ajax("/admin/plugins/explorer/queries/" + this.get('selectedItem.id') + "/run", {
         type: "POST",
         data: {
-          params: JSON.stringify({foo: 34}),
+          params: JSON.stringify(this.get('selectedItem.params')),
           explain: true
         }
       }).then(function(result) {
+        if (!result.success) {
+          return popupAjaxError(result);
+        }
+
         console.log(result);
+        self.set('showResults', true);
         self.set('results', result);
       }).catch(popupAjaxError).finally(function() {
         self.set('loading', false);
diff --git a/assets/javascripts/discourse/models/query.js.es6 b/assets/javascripts/discourse/models/query.js.es6
index ddb878c..a6bb643 100644
--- a/assets/javascripts/discourse/models/query.js.es6
+++ b/assets/javascripts/discourse/models/query.js.es6
@@ -3,15 +3,45 @@ import RestModel from 'discourse/models/rest';
 let Query;
 Query = RestModel.extend({
   dirty: false,
+  params: {},
+
+  _initParams: function() {
+    this.resetParams();
+  }.on('init').observes('param_names'),
 
   markDirty: function() {
     this.set('dirty', true);
-  }.observes('name', 'description', 'sql', 'defaults'),
+  }.observes('name', 'description', 'sql', 'options', 'options.defaults'),
 
   markNotDirty() {
     this.set('dirty', false);
   },
 
+  resetParams() {
+    let newParams = {};
+    let defaults = this.get('options.defaults');
+    if (!defaults) {
+      defaults = {};
+    }
+    (this.get('param_names') || []).forEach(function(name) {
+      if (defaults[name]) {
+        newParams[name] = defaults[name];
+      } else {
+        newParams[name] = '';
+      }
+    });
+    this.set('params', newParams);
+  },
+
+  saveDefaults() {
+    const currentParams = this.get('params');
+    let defaults = {};
+    (this.get('param_names') || []).forEach(function(name) {
+      defaults[name] = currentParams[name];
+    });
+    this.set('options.defaults', defaults);
+  },
+
   downloadUrl: function() {
     // TODO - can we change this to use the store/adapter?
     return Discourse.getURL("/admin/plugins/explorer/queries/" + this.get('id') + ".json?export=1");
@@ -50,7 +80,7 @@ Query = RestModel.extend({
 });
 
 Query.reopenClass({
-  updatePropertyNames: ["name", "description", "sql", "defaults"]
+  updatePropertyNames: ["name", "description", "sql", "options"]
 });
 
 export default Query;
diff --git a/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/admin/plugins-explorer-show.hbs b/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/admin/plugins-explorer-show.hbs
index 535941c..e8aa3f1 100644
--- a/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/admin/plugins-explorer-show.hbs
+++ b/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/admin/plugins-explorer-show.hbs
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
   </div>
   <div class="left-buttons">
     {{d-button action="save" label="explorer.save" disabled=saveDisabled}}
-    {{d-button action="run" label="explorer.run" disabled=runDisabled}}
     {{d-button action="download" label="explorer.export" disabled=runDisabled icon="download"}}
   </div>
   <div class="right-buttons">
diff --git a/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/admin/plugins-explorer.hbs b/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/admin/plugins-explorer.hbs
index 519ea19..7f035cc 100644
--- a/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/admin/plugins-explorer.hbs
+++ b/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/admin/plugins-explorer.hbs
@@ -14,8 +14,20 @@
 <div class="query-edit">
   {{partial "admin/plugins-explorer-show" model=selectedItem}}
 </div>
+<div class="query-run">
+  {{#if selectedItem.param_names}}
+    <div class="query-params">
+      {{#each selectedItem.param_names as |pname|}}
+        {{param-field params=selectedItem.params pname=pname}} {{pname}}
+      {{/each}}
+    </div>
+  {{/if}}
+  {{d-button action="run" label="explorer.run" disabled=runDisabled}}
+</div>
 <hr>
 {{conditional-loading-spinner condition=loading}}
-<div class="query-results">
-  {{results}}
-</div>
+{{#if results}}
+  <div class="query-results">
+    {{query-result query=selectedItem content=results}}
+  </div>
+{{/if}}
diff --git a/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/explorer-query-result.hbs b/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/explorer-query-result.hbs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e6b0d65
--- /dev/null
+++ b/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/explorer-query-result.hbs
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+<div class="result-info">
+  <a class="btn" id="result-download" {{bind-attr download=downloadName}} data-auto-route="true">
+    {{fa-icon "download"}}
+    {{i18n "explorer.download_json"}}
+  </a>
+  <div class="result-about">
+    {{duration}}
+  </div>
+</div>
+{{#if hasExplain}}
+  <pre><code>{{content.explain}}</code></pre>
+{{/if}}
+<table>
+  <thead>
+  <tr class="headers">
+    {{#each handler in columnHandlers}}
+      <th>{{handler.displayName}}</th>
+    {{/each}}
+  </tr>
+  </thead>
+  <tbody>
+  {{#each row in rows}}
+    {{query-row-content row=row colRenders=columnHandlers extra=content}}
+  {{/each}}
+  </tbody>
+</table>
diff --git a/config/locales/client.en.yml b/config/locales/client.en.yml
index 750fc87..239942d 100644
--- a/config/locales/client.en.yml
+++ b/config/locales/client.en.yml
@@ -34,3 +34,6 @@ en:
       undo: "Revert"
       delete: "Delete"
       recover: "Undelete Query"
+      download_json: "Save Query Results"
+      run_time: "Query completed in {{value}} ms."
+      column: "Column {{number}}"
diff --git a/plugin.rb b/plugin.rb
index 61f29de..4fdd666 100644
--- a/plugin.rb
+++ b/plugin.rb
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ after_initialize do
         return {error: err, duration_nanos: 0}
       end
 
-      query_args = query.defaults.merge(params)
+      query_args = (query.qopts[:defaults] || {}).with_indifferent_access.merge(params)
 
       time_start, time_end, explain, err, result = nil
       begin
@@ -123,13 +123,14 @@ SQL
 
   # Reimplement a couple ActiveRecord methods, but use PluginStore for storage instead
   class DataExplorer::Query
-    attr_accessor :id, :name, :description, :sql, :defaults
+    attr_accessor :id, :name, :description, :sql
+    attr_reader :qopts
 
     def initialize
       @name = 'Unnamed Query'
       @description = 'Enter a description here'
       @sql = 'SELECT 1'
-      @defaults = {}
+      @qopts = {}
     end
 
     def param_names
@@ -154,24 +155,27 @@ SQL
       end
     end
 
+    def qopts=(val)
+      case val
+        when String
+          @qopts = HashWithIndifferentAccess.new(MultiJson.load(val))
+        when HashWithIndifferentAccess
+          @qopts = val
+        when Hash
+          @qopts = val.with_indifferent_access
+        else
+          raise ArgumentError.new('invalid type for qopts')
+      end
+    end
+
     def self.from_hash(h)
       query = DataExplorer::Query.new
-      [:name, :description, :sql].each do |sym|
+      [:name, :description, :sql, :qopts].each do |sym|
         query.send("#{sym}=", h[sym]) if h[sym]
       end
       if h[:id]
         query.id = h[:id].to_i
       end
-      if h[:defaults]
-        case h[:defaults]
-          when String
-            query.defaults = MultiJson.load(h[:defaults])
-          when Hash
-            query.defaults = h[:defaults]
-          else
-            raise ArgumentError.new('invalid type for :defaults')
-        end
-      end
       query
     end
 
@@ -181,7 +185,7 @@ SQL
         name: @name,
         description: @description,
         sql: @sql,
-        defaults: @defaults,
+        qopts: @qopts.to_hash,
       }
     end
 
@@ -244,16 +248,10 @@ SQL
       render_serialized query, DataExplorer::QuerySerializer, root: 'query'
     end
 
-    # Helper endpoint for logic
-    def parse_params
-      render json: (DataExplorer.extract_params params.require(:sql))[:names]
-    end
-
     def create
       # guardian.ensure_can_create_explorer_query!
 
       query = DataExplorer::Query.from_hash params.require(:query)
-      binding.pry
       query.id = nil # json import will assign an id, which is wrong
       query.save
 
@@ -273,7 +271,7 @@ SQL
         end
       end
 
-      [:name, :sql, :defaults, :description].each do |sym|
+      [:name, :sql, :description, :qopts].each do |sym|
         query.send("#{sym}=", hash[sym]) if hash[sym]
       end
       query.save
@@ -328,8 +326,7 @@ SQL
         #   json[:relations] = DataExplorer.add_extra_data(pg_result)
         # end
 
-        # TODO - can we tweak this to save network traffic
-        json[:rows] = pg_result.to_a
+        json[:rows] = pg_result.values
 
         render json: json
       end
@@ -337,7 +334,7 @@ SQL
   end
 
   class DataExplorer::QuerySerializer < ActiveModel::Serializer
-    attributes :id, :sql, :name, :description, :defaults
+    attributes :id, :sql, :name, :description, :qopts, :param_names
   end
 
   DataExplorer::Engine.routes.draw do