Dataframe commands (#542)

* groupby object * aggregate command * eager commands * rest of dataframe commands
2024-11-22 08:23:24 +01:00 · 2021-12-21 18:32:09 +00:00 · 2021-12-21 18:32:09 +00:00 · 6a35e6b7b6
commit 6a35e6b7b6
parent c3a16902fe
44 changed files with 2936 additions and 130 deletions
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@ -1363,6 +1363,12 @@ dependencies = [
 "pkg-config",
 ]

+[[package]]
+name = "libm"
+version = "0.2.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c7d73b3f436185384286bd8098d17ec07c9a7d2388a6599f824d8502b529702a"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "libssh2-sys"
 version = "0.2.23"
@ -1982,6 +1988,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "9a64b1ec5cda2586e284722486d802acf1f7dbdc623e2bfc57e65ca1cd099290"
 dependencies = [
 "autocfg",
+ "libm",
 ]

 [[package]]
@ -2249,6 +2256,8 @@ dependencies = [
 "num_cpus",
 "polars-arrow",
 "prettytable-rs",
+ "rand",
+ "rand_distr",
 "rayon",
 "regex",
 "serde",
@ -2434,6 +2443,16 @@ dependencies = [
 "getrandom 0.2.3",
 ]

+[[package]]
+name = "rand_distr"
+version = "0.4.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "964d548f8e7d12e102ef183a0de7e98180c9f8729f555897a857b96e48122d2f"
+dependencies = [
+ "num-traits",
+ "rand",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "rand_hc"
 version = "0.3.1"
--- a/crates/nu-command/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/nu-command/Cargo.toml
@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ optional = true
 features = [
 	"default", "parquet", "json", "serde", "object",
 	"checked_arithmetic", "strings", "cum_agg", "is_in",
-	"rolling_window", "strings"
+	"rolling_window", "strings", "pivot", "random"
 ]

 [features]
--- a/crates/nu-command/src/dataframe/eager/aggregate.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-command/src/dataframe/eager/aggregate.rs
@ -0,0 +1,375 @@
+use nu_engine::CallExt;
+use nu_protocol::{
+    ast::Call,
+    did_you_mean,
+    engine::{Command, EngineState, Stack},
+    Category, Example, PipelineData, ShellError, Signature, Span, Spanned, SyntaxShape, Value,
+};
+use polars::{frame::groupby::GroupBy, prelude::PolarsError};
+
+use crate::dataframe::values::NuGroupBy;
+
+use super::super::values::{Column, NuDataFrame};
+
+enum Operation {
+    Mean,
+    Sum,
+    Min,
+    Max,
+    First,
+    Last,
+    Nunique,
+    Quantile(f64),
+    Median,
+    Var,
+    Std,
+    Count,
+}
+
+impl Operation {
+    fn from_tagged(
+        name: &Spanned<String>,
+        quantile: Option<Spanned<f64>>,
+    ) -> Result<Operation, ShellError> {
+        match name.item.as_ref() {
+            "mean" => Ok(Operation::Mean),
+            "sum" => Ok(Operation::Sum),
+            "min" => Ok(Operation::Min),
+            "max" => Ok(Operation::Max),
+            "first" => Ok(Operation::First),
+            "last" => Ok(Operation::Last),
+            "nunique" => Ok(Operation::Nunique),
+            "quantile" => match quantile {
+                None => Err(ShellError::SpannedLabeledError(
+                    "Quantile value not fount".into(),
+                    "Quantile operation requires quantile value".into(),
+                    name.span,
+                )),
+                Some(value) => {
+                    if (value.item < 0.0) | (value.item > 1.0) {
+                        Err(ShellError::SpannedLabeledError(
+                            "Inappropriate quantile".into(),
+                            "Quantile value should be between 0.0 and 1.0".into(),
+                            value.span,
+                        ))
+                    } else {
+                        Ok(Operation::Quantile(value.item))
+                    }
+                }
+            },
+            "median" => Ok(Operation::Median),
+            "var" => Ok(Operation::Var),
+            "std" => Ok(Operation::Std),
+            "count" => Ok(Operation::Count),
+            selection => {
+                let possibilities = [
+                    "mean".to_string(),
+                    "sum".to_string(),
+                    "min".to_string(),
+                    "max".to_string(),
+                    "first".to_string(),
+                    "last".to_string(),
+                    "nunique".to_string(),
+                    "quantile".to_string(),
+                    "median".to_string(),
+                    "var".to_string(),
+                    "std".to_string(),
+                    "count".to_string(),
+                ];
+
+                match did_you_mean(&possibilities, selection) {
+                    Some(suggestion) => Err(ShellError::DidYouMean(suggestion, name.span)),
+                    None => Err(ShellError::SpannedLabeledErrorHelp(
+                        "Operation not fount".into(),
+                        "Operation does not exist".into(),
+                        name.span,
+                        "Perhaps you want: mean, sum, min, max, first, last, nunique, quantile, median, var, std, or count".into(),
+                    ))
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn to_str(&self) -> &'static str {
+        match self {
+            Self::Mean => "mean",
+            Self::Sum => "sum",
+            Self::Min => "min",
+            Self::Max => "max",
+            Self::First => "first",
+            Self::Last => "last",
+            Self::Nunique => "nunique",
+            Self::Quantile(_) => "quantile",
+            Self::Median => "median",
+            Self::Var => "var",
+            Self::Std => "std",
+            Self::Count => "count",
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(Clone)]
+pub struct Aggregate;
+
+impl Command for Aggregate {
+    fn name(&self) -> &str {
+        "dfr aggregate"
+    }
+
+    fn usage(&self) -> &str {
+        "Performs an aggregation operation on a dataframe and groupby object"
+    }
+
+    fn signature(&self) -> Signature {
+        Signature::build(self.name())
+            .required(
+                "operation-name",
+                SyntaxShape::String,
+                "\n\tDataframes: mean, sum, min, max, quantile, median, var, std
+\tGroupBy: mean, sum, min, max, first, last, nunique, quantile, median, var, std, count",
+            )
+            .named(
+                "quantile",
+                SyntaxShape::Number,
+                "quantile value for quantile operation",
+                Some('q'),
+            )
+            .switch(
+                "explicit",
+                "returns explicit names for groupby aggregations",
+                Some('e'),
+            )
+            .category(Category::Custom("dataframe".into()))
+    }
+
+    fn examples(&self) -> Vec<Example> {
+        vec![
+            Example {
+                description: "Aggregate sum by grouping by column a and summing on col b",
+                example:
+                    "[[a b]; [one 1] [one 2]] | dfr to-df | dfr group-by a | dfr aggregate sum",
+                result: Some(
+                    NuDataFrame::try_from_columns(vec![
+                        Column::new("a".to_string(), vec![Value::test_string("one")]),
+                        Column::new("b".to_string(), vec![Value::test_int(3)]),
+                    ])
+                    .expect("simple df for test should not fail")
+                    .into_value(Span::test_data()),
+                ),
+            },
+            Example {
+                description: "Aggregate sum in dataframe columns",
+                example: "[[a b]; [4 1] [5 2]] | dfr to-df | dfr aggregate sum",
+                result: Some(
+                    NuDataFrame::try_from_columns(vec![
+                        Column::new("a".to_string(), vec![Value::test_int(9)]),
+                        Column::new("b".to_string(), vec![Value::test_int(3)]),
+                    ])
+                    .expect("simple df for test should not fail")
+                    .into_value(Span::test_data()),
+                ),
+            },
+            Example {
+                description: "Aggregate sum in series",
+                example: "[4 1 5 6] | dfr to-df | dfr aggregate sum",
+                result: Some(
+                    NuDataFrame::try_from_columns(vec![Column::new(
+                        "0".to_string(),
+                        vec![Value::test_int(16)],
+                    )])
+                    .expect("simple df for test should not fail")
+                    .into_value(Span::test_data()),
+                ),
+            },
+        ]
+    }
+
+    fn run(
+        &self,
+        engine_state: &EngineState,
+        stack: &mut Stack,
+        call: &Call,
+        input: PipelineData,
+    ) -> Result<PipelineData, ShellError> {
+        command(engine_state, stack, call, input)
+    }
+}
+
+fn command(
+    engine_state: &EngineState,
+    stack: &mut Stack,
+    call: &Call,
+    input: PipelineData,
+) -> Result<PipelineData, ShellError> {
+    let operation: Spanned<String> = call.req(engine_state, stack, 0)?;
+    let quantile: Option<Spanned<f64>> = call.get_flag(engine_state, stack, "quantile")?;
+    let op = Operation::from_tagged(&operation, quantile)?;
+
+    match input {
+        PipelineData::Value(Value::CustomValue { val, span }, _) => {
+            let df = val.as_any().downcast_ref::<NuDataFrame>();
+            let groupby = val.as_any().downcast_ref::<NuGroupBy>();
+
+            match (df, groupby) {
+                (Some(df), None) => {
+                    let df = df.as_ref();
+                    let res = perform_dataframe_aggregation(df, op, operation.span)?;
+
+                    Ok(PipelineData::Value(
+                        NuDataFrame::dataframe_into_value(res, span),
+                        None,
+                    ))
+                }
+                (None, Some(nu_groupby)) => {
+                    let groupby = nu_groupby.to_groupby()?;
+
+                    let res = perform_groupby_aggregation(
+                        groupby,
+                        op,
+                        operation.span,
+                        call.head,
+                        call.has_flag("explicit"),
+                    )?;
+
+                    Ok(PipelineData::Value(
+                        NuDataFrame::dataframe_into_value(res, span),
+                        None,
+                    ))
+                }
+                _ => Err(ShellError::SpannedLabeledError(
+                    "Incorrect datatype".into(),
+                    "no groupby or dataframe found in input stream".into(),
+                    call.head,
+                )),
+            }
+        }
+        _ => Err(ShellError::SpannedLabeledError(
+            "Incorrect datatype".into(),
+            "no groupby or dataframe found in input stream".into(),
+            call.head,
+        )),
+    }
+}
+
+fn perform_groupby_aggregation(
+    groupby: GroupBy,
+    operation: Operation,
+    operation_span: Span,
+    agg_span: Span,
+    explicit: bool,
+) -> Result<polars::prelude::DataFrame, ShellError> {
+    let mut res = match operation {
+        Operation::Mean => groupby.mean(),
+        Operation::Sum => groupby.sum(),
+        Operation::Min => groupby.min(),
+        Operation::Max => groupby.max(),
+        Operation::First => groupby.first(),
+        Operation::Last => groupby.last(),
+        Operation::Nunique => groupby.n_unique(),
+        Operation::Quantile(quantile) => groupby.quantile(quantile),
+        Operation::Median => groupby.median(),
+        Operation::Var => groupby.var(),
+        Operation::Std => groupby.std(),
+        Operation::Count => groupby.count(),
+    }
+    .map_err(|e| {
+        let span = match &e {
+            PolarsError::NotFound(_) => agg_span,
+            _ => operation_span,
+        };
+
+        ShellError::SpannedLabeledError("Error calculating aggregation".into(), e.to_string(), span)
+    })?;
+
+    if !explicit {
+        let col_names = res
+            .get_column_names()
+            .iter()
+            .map(|name| name.to_string())
+            .collect::<Vec<String>>();
+
+        for col in col_names {
+            let from = match operation {
+                Operation::Mean => "_mean",
+                Operation::Sum => "_sum",
+                Operation::Min => "_min",
+                Operation::Max => "_max",
+                Operation::First => "_first",
+                Operation::Last => "_last",
+                Operation::Nunique => "_n_unique",
+                Operation::Quantile(_) => "_quantile",
+                Operation::Median => "_median",
+                Operation::Var => "_agg_var",
+                Operation::Std => "_agg_std",
+                Operation::Count => "_count",
+            };
+
+            let new_col = match col.find(from) {
+                Some(index) => &col[..index],
+                None => &col[..],
+            };
+
+            res.rename(&col, new_col)
+                .expect("Column is always there. Looping with known names");
+        }
+    }
+
+    Ok(res)
+}
+
+fn perform_dataframe_aggregation(
+    dataframe: &polars::prelude::DataFrame,
+    operation: Operation,
+    operation_span: Span,
+) -> Result<polars::prelude::DataFrame, ShellError> {
+    match operation {
+        Operation::Mean => Ok(dataframe.mean()),
+        Operation::Sum => Ok(dataframe.sum()),
+        Operation::Min => Ok(dataframe.min()),
+        Operation::Max => Ok(dataframe.max()),
+        Operation::Quantile(quantile) => dataframe.quantile(quantile).map_err(|e| {
+            ShellError::SpannedLabeledError(
+                "Error calculating quantile".into(),
+                e.to_string(),
+                operation_span,
+            )
+        }),
+        Operation::Median => Ok(dataframe.median()),
+        Operation::Var => Ok(dataframe.var()),
+        Operation::Std => Ok(dataframe.std()),
+        operation => {
+            let possibilities = [
+                "mean".to_string(),
+                "sum".to_string(),
+                "min".to_string(),
+                "max".to_string(),
+                "quantile".to_string(),
+                "median".to_string(),
+                "var".to_string(),
+                "std".to_string(),
+            ];
+
+            match did_you_mean(&possibilities, operation.to_str()) {
+                Some(suggestion) => Err(ShellError::DidYouMean(suggestion, operation_span)),
+                None => Err(ShellError::SpannedLabeledErrorHelp(
+                    "Operation not fount".into(),
+                    "Operation does not exist".into(),
+                    operation_span,
+                    "Perhaps you want: mean, sum, min, max, quantile, median, var, or std".into(),
+                )),
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod test {
+    use super::super::super::test_dataframe::test_dataframe;
+    use super::super::CreateGroupBy;
+    use super::*;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_examples() {
+        test_dataframe(vec![Box::new(Aggregate {}), Box::new(CreateGroupBy {})])
+    }
+}
--- a/crates/nu-command/src/dataframe/eager/append.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-command/src/dataframe/eager/append.rs
@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ use nu_protocol::{
    Category, Example, PipelineData, ShellError, Signature, Span, SyntaxShape, Value,
 };

-use super::values::{Axis, Column, NuDataFrame};
+use super::super::values::{Axis, Column, NuDataFrame};

 #[derive(Clone)]
 pub struct AppendDF;
@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ fn command(

 #[cfg(test)]
 mod test {
-    use super::super::test_dataframe::test_dataframe;
+    use super::super::super::test_dataframe::test_dataframe;
    use super::*;

    #[test]
--- a/crates/nu-command/src/dataframe/eager/column.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-command/src/dataframe/eager/column.rs
@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ use nu_protocol::{
    Category, Example, PipelineData, ShellError, Signature, Span, Spanned, SyntaxShape, Value,
 };

-use super::values::{Column, NuDataFrame};
+use super::super::values::{Column, NuDataFrame};

 #[derive(Clone)]
 pub struct ColumnDF;
@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ fn command(

 #[cfg(test)]
 mod test {
-    use super::super::test_dataframe::test_dataframe;
+    use super::super::super::test_dataframe::test_dataframe;
    use super::*;

    #[test]
--- a/crates/nu-command/src/dataframe/eager/command.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-command/src/dataframe/eager/command.rs
--- a/crates/nu-command/src/dataframe/eager/describe.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-command/src/dataframe/eager/describe.rs
@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use super::values::{Column, NuDataFrame};
+use super::super::values::{Column, NuDataFrame};

 use nu_protocol::{
    ast::Call,
@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ fn command(

 #[cfg(test)]
 mod test {
-    use super::super::test_dataframe::test_dataframe;
+    use super::super::super::test_dataframe::test_dataframe;
    use super::*;

    #[test]
--- a/crates/nu-command/src/dataframe/eager/drop.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-command/src/dataframe/eager/drop.rs
@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ use nu_protocol::{
    Category, Example, PipelineData, ShellError, Signature, Span, SyntaxShape, Value,
 };

-use super::values::utils::convert_columns;
-use super::values::{Column, NuDataFrame};
+use super::super::values::utils::convert_columns;
+use super::super::values::{Column, NuDataFrame};

 #[derive(Clone)]
 pub struct DropDF;
@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ fn command(

 #[cfg(test)]
 mod test {
-    use super::super::test_dataframe::test_dataframe;
+    use super::super::super::test_dataframe::test_dataframe;
    use super::*;

    #[test]
--- a/crates/nu-command/src/dataframe/eager/drop_nulls.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-command/src/dataframe/eager/drop_nulls.rs
@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ use nu_protocol::{
    Category, Example, PipelineData, ShellError, Signature, Span, SyntaxShape, Value,
 };

-use super::values::utils::convert_columns;
-use super::values::{Column, NuDataFrame};
+use super::super::values::utils::convert_columns_string;
+use super::super::values::{Column, NuDataFrame};

 #[derive(Clone)]
 pub struct DropNulls;
@ -101,11 +101,7 @@ fn command(

    let (subset, col_span) = match columns {
        Some(cols) => {
-            let (agg_string, col_span) = convert_columns(cols, call.head)?;
-            let agg_string = agg_string
-                .into_iter()
-                .map(|col| col.item)
-                .collect::<Vec<String>>();
+            let (agg_string, col_span) = convert_columns_string(cols, call.head)?;
            (Some(agg_string), col_span)
        }
        None => (None, call.head),
@ -123,7 +119,7 @@ fn command(

 #[cfg(test)]
 mod test {
-    use super::super::test_dataframe::test_dataframe;
+    use super::super::super::test_dataframe::test_dataframe;
    use super::super::WithColumn;
    use super::*;

--- a/crates/nu-command/src/dataframe/eager/dtypes.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-command/src/dataframe/eager/dtypes.rs
@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use super::values::{Column, NuDataFrame};
+use super::super::values::{Column, NuDataFrame};
 use nu_protocol::{
    ast::Call,
    engine::{Command, EngineState, Stack},
@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ fn command(

 #[cfg(test)]
 mod test {
-    use super::super::test_dataframe::test_dataframe;
+    use super::super::super::test_dataframe::test_dataframe;
    use super::*;

    #[test]
--- a/crates/nu-command/src/dataframe/eager/dummies.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-command/src/dataframe/eager/dummies.rs
@ -0,0 +1,137 @@
+use nu_protocol::{
+    ast::Call,
+    engine::{Command, EngineState, Stack},
+    Category, Example, PipelineData, ShellError, Signature, Span, Value,
+};
+
+use super::super::values::{Column, NuDataFrame};
+
+#[derive(Clone)]
+pub struct Dummies;
+
+impl Command for Dummies {
+    fn name(&self) -> &str {
+        "dfr to-dummies"
+    }
+
+    fn usage(&self) -> &str {
+        "Creates a new dataframe with dummy variables"
+    }
+
+    fn signature(&self) -> Signature {
+        Signature::build(self.name()).category(Category::Custom("dataframe".into()))
+    }
+
+    fn examples(&self) -> Vec<Example> {
+        vec![
+            Example {
+                description: "Create new dataframe with dummy variables from a dataframe",
+                example: "[[a b]; [1 2] [3 4]] | dfr to-df | dfr to-dummies",
+                result: Some(
+                    NuDataFrame::try_from_columns(vec![
+                        Column::new(
+                            "a_1".to_string(),
+                            vec![Value::test_int(1), Value::test_int(0)],
+                        ),
+                        Column::new(
+                            "a_3".to_string(),
+                            vec![Value::test_int(0), Value::test_int(1)],
+                        ),
+                        Column::new(
+                            "b_2".to_string(),
+                            vec![Value::test_int(1), Value::test_int(0)],
+                        ),
+                        Column::new(
+                            "b_4".to_string(),
+                            vec![Value::test_int(0), Value::test_int(1)],
+                        ),
+                    ])
+                    .expect("simple df for test should not fail")
+                    .into_value(Span::test_data()),
+                ),
+            },
+            Example {
+                description: "Create new dataframe with dummy variables from a series",
+                example: "[1 2 2 3 3] | dfr to-df | dfr to-dummies",
+                result: Some(
+                    NuDataFrame::try_from_columns(vec![
+                        Column::new(
+                            "0_1".to_string(),
+                            vec![
+                                Value::test_int(1),
+                                Value::test_int(0),
+                                Value::test_int(0),
+                                Value::test_int(0),
+                                Value::test_int(0),
+                            ],
+                        ),
+                        Column::new(
+                            "0_2".to_string(),
+                            vec![
+                                Value::test_int(0),
+                                Value::test_int(1),
+                                Value::test_int(1),
+                                Value::test_int(0),
+                                Value::test_int(0),
+                            ],
+                        ),
+                        Column::new(
+                            "0_3".to_string(),
+                            vec![
+                                Value::test_int(0),
+                                Value::test_int(0),
+                                Value::test_int(0),
+                                Value::test_int(1),
+                                Value::test_int(1),
+                            ],
+                        ),
+                    ])
+                    .expect("simple df for test should not fail")
+                    .into_value(Span::test_data()),
+                ),
+            },
+        ]
+    }
+
+    fn run(
+        &self,
+        engine_state: &EngineState,
+        stack: &mut Stack,
+        call: &Call,
+        input: PipelineData,
+    ) -> Result<PipelineData, ShellError> {
+        command(engine_state, stack, call, input)
+    }
+}
+
+fn command(
+    _engine_state: &EngineState,
+    _stack: &mut Stack,
+    call: &Call,
+    input: PipelineData,
+) -> Result<PipelineData, ShellError> {
+    let df = NuDataFrame::try_from_pipeline(input, call.head)?;
+
+    df.as_ref()
+        .to_dummies()
+        .map_err(|e| {
+            ShellError::SpannedLabeledErrorHelp(
+                "Error calculating dummies".into(),
+                e.to_string(),
+                call.head,
+                "The only allowed column types for dummies are String or Int".into(),
+            )
+        })
+        .map(|df| PipelineData::Value(NuDataFrame::dataframe_into_value(df, call.head), None))
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod test {
+    use super::super::super::test_dataframe::test_dataframe;
+    use super::*;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_examples() {
+        test_dataframe(vec![Box::new(Dummies {})])
+    }
+}
--- a/crates/nu-command/src/dataframe/eager/filter_with.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-command/src/dataframe/eager/filter_with.rs
@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+use nu_engine::CallExt;
+use nu_protocol::{
+    ast::Call,
+    engine::{Command, EngineState, Stack},
+    Category, Example, PipelineData, ShellError, Signature, Span, SyntaxShape, Value,
+};
+
+use super::super::values::{Column, NuDataFrame};
+
+#[derive(Clone)]
+pub struct FilterWith;
+
+impl Command for FilterWith {
+    fn name(&self) -> &str {
+        "dfr filter-with"
+    }
+
+    fn usage(&self) -> &str {
+        "Filters dataframe using a mask as reference"
+    }
+
+    fn signature(&self) -> Signature {
+        Signature::build(self.name())
+            .required("mask", SyntaxShape::Any, "boolean mask used to filter data")
+            .category(Category::Custom("dataframe".into()))
+    }
+
+    fn examples(&self) -> Vec<Example> {
+        vec![Example {
+            description: "Filter dataframe using a bool mask",
+            example: r#"let mask = ([$true $false] | dfr to-df);
+    [[a b]; [1 2] [3 4]] | dfr to-df | dfr filter-with $mask"#,
+            result: Some(
+                NuDataFrame::try_from_columns(vec![
+                    Column::new("a".to_string(), vec![Value::test_int(1)]),
+                    Column::new("b".to_string(), vec![Value::test_int(2)]),
+                ])
+                .expect("simple df for test should not fail")
+                .into_value(Span::test_data()),
+            ),
+        }]
+    }
+
+    fn run(
+        &self,
+        engine_state: &EngineState,
+        stack: &mut Stack,
+        call: &Call,
+        input: PipelineData,
+    ) -> Result<PipelineData, ShellError> {
+        command(engine_state, stack, call, input)
+    }
+}
+
+fn command(
+    engine_state: &EngineState,
+    stack: &mut Stack,
+    call: &Call,
+    input: PipelineData,
+) -> Result<PipelineData, ShellError> {
+    let mask_value: Value = call.req(engine_state, stack, 0)?;
+
+    let mask_span = mask_value.span()?;
+    let mask = NuDataFrame::try_from_value(mask_value)?.as_series(mask_span)?;
+    let mask = mask.bool().map_err(|e| {
+        ShellError::SpannedLabeledErrorHelp(
+            "Error casting to bool".into(),
+            e.to_string(),
+            mask_span,
+            "Perhaps you want to use a series with booleans as mask".into(),
+        )
+    })?;
+
+    let df = NuDataFrame::try_from_pipeline(input, call.head)?;
+
+    df.as_ref()
+        .filter(mask)
+        .map_err(|e| {
+            ShellError::SpannedLabeledErrorHelp(
+                "Error calculating dummies".into(),
+                e.to_string(),
+                call.head,
+                "The only allowed column types for dummies are String or Int".into(),
+            )
+        })
+        .map(|df| PipelineData::Value(NuDataFrame::dataframe_into_value(df, call.head), None))
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod test {
+    use super::super::super::test_dataframe::test_dataframe;
+    use super::*;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_examples() {
+        test_dataframe(vec![Box::new(FilterWith {})])
+    }
+}
--- a/crates/nu-command/src/dataframe/eager/first.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-command/src/dataframe/eager/first.rs
@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+use nu_engine::CallExt;
+use nu_protocol::{
+    ast::Call,
+    engine::{Command, EngineState, Stack},
+    Category, Example, PipelineData, ShellError, Signature, Span, SyntaxShape, Value,
+};
+
+use super::super::values::{utils::DEFAULT_ROWS, Column, NuDataFrame};
+
+#[derive(Clone)]
+pub struct FirstDF;
+
+impl Command for FirstDF {
+    fn name(&self) -> &str {
+        "dfr first"
+    }
+
+    fn usage(&self) -> &str {
+        "Creates new dataframe with first rows"
+    }
+
+    fn signature(&self) -> Signature {
+        Signature::build(self.name())
+            .optional("rows", SyntaxShape::Int, "Number of rows for head")
+            .category(Category::Custom("dataframe".into()))
+    }
+
+    fn examples(&self) -> Vec<Example> {
+        vec![Example {
+            description: "Create new dataframe with head rows",
+            example: "[[a b]; [1 2] [3 4]] | dfr to-df | dfr first 1",
+            result: Some(
+                NuDataFrame::try_from_columns(vec![
+                    Column::new("a".to_string(), vec![Value::test_int(1)]),
+                    Column::new("b".to_string(), vec![Value::test_int(2)]),
+                ])
+                .expect("simple df for test should not fail")
+                .into_value(Span::test_data()),
+            ),
+        }]
+    }
+
+    fn run(
+        &self,
+        engine_state: &EngineState,
+        stack: &mut Stack,
+        call: &Call,
+        input: PipelineData,
+    ) -> Result<PipelineData, ShellError> {
+        command(engine_state, stack, call, input)
+    }
+}
+
+fn command(
+    engine_state: &EngineState,
+    stack: &mut Stack,
+    call: &Call,
+    input: PipelineData,
+) -> Result<PipelineData, ShellError> {
+    let rows: Option<usize> = call.opt(engine_state, stack, 0)?;
+    let rows = rows.unwrap_or(DEFAULT_ROWS);
+
+    let df = NuDataFrame::try_from_pipeline(input, call.head)?;
+    let res = df.as_ref().head(Some(rows));
+    Ok(PipelineData::Value(
+        NuDataFrame::dataframe_into_value(res, call.head),
+        None,
+    ))
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod test {
+    use super::super::super::test_dataframe::test_dataframe;
+    use super::*;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_examples() {
+        test_dataframe(vec![Box::new(FirstDF {})])
+    }
+}
--- a/crates/nu-command/src/dataframe/eager/get.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-command/src/dataframe/eager/get.rs
@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+use nu_engine::CallExt;
+use nu_protocol::{
+    ast::Call,
+    engine::{Command, EngineState, Stack},
+    Category, Example, PipelineData, ShellError, Signature, Span, SyntaxShape, Value,
+};
+
+use crate::dataframe::values::utils::convert_columns_string;
+
+use super::super::values::{Column, NuDataFrame};
+
+#[derive(Clone)]
+pub struct GetDF;
+
+impl Command for GetDF {
+    fn name(&self) -> &str {
+        "dfr get"
+    }
+
+    fn usage(&self) -> &str {
+        "Creates dataframe with the selected columns"
+    }
+
+    fn signature(&self) -> Signature {
+        Signature::build(self.name())
+            .rest("rest", SyntaxShape::Any, "column names to sort dataframe")
+            .category(Category::Custom("dataframe".into()))
+    }
+
+    fn examples(&self) -> Vec<Example> {
+        vec![Example {
+            description: "Creates dataframe with selected columns",
+            example: "[[a b]; [1 2] [3 4]] | dfr to-df | dfr get a",
+            result: Some(
+                NuDataFrame::try_from_columns(vec![Column::new(
+                    "a".to_string(),
+                    vec![Value::test_int(1), Value::test_int(3)],
+                )])
+                .expect("simple df for test should not fail")
+                .into_value(Span::test_data()),
+            ),
+        }]
+    }
+
+    fn run(
+        &self,
+        engine_state: &EngineState,
+        stack: &mut Stack,
+        call: &Call,
+        input: PipelineData,
+    ) -> Result<PipelineData, ShellError> {
+        command(engine_state, stack, call, input)
+    }
+}
+
+fn command(
+    engine_state: &EngineState,
+    stack: &mut Stack,
+    call: &Call,
+    input: PipelineData,
+) -> Result<PipelineData, ShellError> {
+    let columns: Vec<Value> = call.rest(engine_state, stack, 0)?;
+    let (col_string, col_span) = convert_columns_string(columns, call.head)?;
+
+    let df = NuDataFrame::try_from_pipeline(input, call.head)?;
+
+    df.as_ref()
+        .select(&col_string)
+        .map_err(|e| {
+            ShellError::SpannedLabeledError(
+                "Error selecting columns".into(),
+                e.to_string(),
+                col_span,
+            )
+        })
+        .map(|df| PipelineData::Value(NuDataFrame::dataframe_into_value(df, call.head), None))
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod test {
+    use super::super::super::test_dataframe::test_dataframe;
+    use super::*;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_examples() {
+        test_dataframe(vec![Box::new(GetDF {})])
+    }
+}
--- a/crates/nu-command/src/dataframe/eager/groupby.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-command/src/dataframe/eager/groupby.rs
@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+use nu_engine::CallExt;
+use nu_protocol::{
+    ast::Call,
+    engine::{Command, EngineState, Stack},
+    Category, Example, PipelineData, ShellError, Signature, SyntaxShape, Value,
+};
+
+use super::super::values::{utils::convert_columns_string, NuDataFrame, NuGroupBy};
+
+#[derive(Clone)]
+pub struct CreateGroupBy;
+
+impl Command for CreateGroupBy {
+    fn name(&self) -> &str {
+        "dfr group-by"
+    }
+
+    fn usage(&self) -> &str {
+        "Creates a groupby object that can be used for other aggregations"
+    }
+
+    fn signature(&self) -> Signature {
+        Signature::build(self.name())
+            .rest("rest", SyntaxShape::Any, "groupby columns")
+            .category(Category::Custom("dataframe".into()))
+    }
+
+    fn examples(&self) -> Vec<Example> {
+        vec![Example {
+            description: "Grouping by column a",
+            example: "[[a b]; [one 1] [one 2]] | dfr to-df | dfr group-by a",
+            result: None,
+        }]
+    }
+
+    fn run(
+        &self,
+        engine_state: &EngineState,
+        stack: &mut Stack,
+        call: &Call,
+        input: PipelineData,
+    ) -> Result<PipelineData, ShellError> {
+        command(engine_state, stack, call, input)
+    }
+}
+
+fn command(
+    engine_state: &EngineState,
+    stack: &mut Stack,
+    call: &Call,
+    input: PipelineData,
+) -> Result<PipelineData, ShellError> {
+    // Extracting the names of the columns to perform the groupby
+    let columns: Vec<Value> = call.rest(engine_state, stack, 0)?;
+    let (col_string, col_span) = convert_columns_string(columns, call.head)?;
+
+    let df = NuDataFrame::try_from_pipeline(input, call.head)?;
+
+    // This is the expensive part of the groupby; to create the
+    // groups that will be used for grouping the data in the
+    // dataframe. Once it has been done these values can be stored
+    // in a NuGroupBy
+    let groupby = df.as_ref().groupby(&col_string).map_err(|e| {
+        ShellError::SpannedLabeledError("Error creating groupby".into(), e.to_string(), col_span)
+    })?;
+
+    let groups = groupby.get_groups().to_vec();
+    let groupby = NuGroupBy::new(df.as_ref().clone(), col_string, groups);
+
+    Ok(PipelineData::Value(groupby.into_value(call.head), None))
+}
--- a/crates/nu-command/src/dataframe/eager/join.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-command/src/dataframe/eager/join.rs
@ -0,0 +1,226 @@
+use nu_engine::CallExt;
+use nu_protocol::{
+    ast::Call,
+    engine::{Command, EngineState, Stack},
+    Category, Example, PipelineData, ShellError, Signature, Span, Spanned, SyntaxShape, Value,
+};
+use polars::prelude::JoinType;
+
+use crate::dataframe::values::utils::convert_columns_string;
+
+use super::super::values::{Column, NuDataFrame};
+
+#[derive(Clone)]
+pub struct JoinDF;
+
+impl Command for JoinDF {
+    fn name(&self) -> &str {
+        "dfr join"
+    }
+
+    fn usage(&self) -> &str {
+        "Joins a dataframe using columns as reference"
+    }
+
+    fn signature(&self) -> Signature {
+        Signature::build(self.name())
+            .required("dataframe", SyntaxShape::Any, "right dataframe to join")
+            .required_named(
+                "left",
+                SyntaxShape::Table,
+                "left column names to perform join",
+                Some('l'),
+            )
+            .required_named(
+                "right",
+                SyntaxShape::Table,
+                "right column names to perform join",
+                Some('r'),
+            )
+            .named(
+                "type",
+                SyntaxShape::String,
+                "type of join. Inner by default",
+                Some('t'),
+            )
+            .named(
+                "suffix",
+                SyntaxShape::String,
+                "suffix for the columns of the right dataframe",
+                Some('s'),
+            )
+            .category(Category::Custom("dataframe".into()))
+    }
+
+    fn examples(&self) -> Vec<Example> {
+        vec![Example {
+            description: "inner join dataframe",
+            example: r#"let right = ([[a b c]; [1 2 5] [3 4 5] [5 6 6]] | dfr to-df);
+    $right | dfr join $right -l [a b] -r [a b]"#,
+            result: Some(
+                NuDataFrame::try_from_columns(vec![
+                    Column::new(
+                        "a".to_string(),
+                        vec![Value::test_int(1), Value::test_int(3), Value::test_int(5)],
+                    ),
+                    Column::new(
+                        "b".to_string(),
+                        vec![Value::test_int(2), Value::test_int(4), Value::test_int(6)],
+                    ),
+                    Column::new(
+                        "c".to_string(),
+                        vec![Value::test_int(5), Value::test_int(5), Value::test_int(6)],
+                    ),
+                    Column::new(
+                        "c_right".to_string(),
+                        vec![Value::test_int(5), Value::test_int(5), Value::test_int(6)],
+                    ),
+                ])
+                .expect("simple df for test should not fail")
+                .into_value(Span::test_data()),
+            ),
+        }]
+    }
+
+    fn run(
+        &self,
+        engine_state: &EngineState,
+        stack: &mut Stack,
+        call: &Call,
+        input: PipelineData,
+    ) -> Result<PipelineData, ShellError> {
+        command(engine_state, stack, call, input)
+    }
+}
+
+fn command(
+    engine_state: &EngineState,
+    stack: &mut Stack,
+    call: &Call,
+    input: PipelineData,
+) -> Result<PipelineData, ShellError> {
+    let r_df: Value = call.req(engine_state, stack, 0)?;
+    let l_col: Vec<Value> = call
+        .get_flag(engine_state, stack, "left")?
+        .expect("required value in syntax");
+    let r_col: Vec<Value> = call
+        .get_flag(engine_state, stack, "right")?
+        .expect("required value in syntax");
+    let suffix: Option<String> = call.get_flag(engine_state, stack, "suffix")?;
+    let join_type_op: Option<Spanned<String>> = call.get_flag(engine_state, stack, "type")?;
+
+    let join_type = match join_type_op {
+        None => JoinType::Inner,
+        Some(val) => match val.item.as_ref() {
+            "inner" => JoinType::Inner,
+            "outer" => JoinType::Outer,
+            "left" => JoinType::Left,
+            _ => {
+                return Err(ShellError::SpannedLabeledErrorHelp(
+                    "Incorrect join type".into(),
+                    "Invalid join type".into(),
+                    val.span,
+                    "Options: inner, outer or left".into(),
+                ))
+            }
+        },
+    };
+
+    let (l_col_string, l_col_span) = convert_columns_string(l_col, call.head)?;
+    let (r_col_string, r_col_span) = convert_columns_string(r_col, call.head)?;
+
+    let df = NuDataFrame::try_from_pipeline(input, call.head)?;
+    let r_df = NuDataFrame::try_from_value(r_df)?;
+
+    check_column_datatypes(
+        df.as_ref(),
+        r_df.as_ref(),
+        &l_col_string,
+        l_col_span,
+        &r_col_string,
+        r_col_span,
+    )?;
+
+    df.as_ref()
+        .join(
+            r_df.as_ref(),
+            &l_col_string,
+            &r_col_string,
+            join_type,
+            suffix,
+        )
+        .map_err(|e| {
+            ShellError::SpannedLabeledError(
+                "Error joining dataframes".into(),
+                e.to_string(),
+                l_col_span,
+            )
+        })
+        .map(|df| PipelineData::Value(NuDataFrame::dataframe_into_value(df, call.head), None))
+}
+
+fn check_column_datatypes<T: AsRef<str>>(
+    df_l: &polars::prelude::DataFrame,
+    df_r: &polars::prelude::DataFrame,
+    l_cols: &[T],
+    l_col_span: Span,
+    r_cols: &[T],
+    r_col_span: Span,
+) -> Result<(), ShellError> {
+    if l_cols.len() != r_cols.len() {
+        return Err(ShellError::SpannedLabeledErrorHelp(
+            "Mismatched number of column names".into(),
+            format!(
+                "found {} left names vs {} right names",
+                l_cols.len(),
+                r_cols.len()
+            ),
+            l_col_span,
+            "perhaps you need to change the number of columns to join".into(),
+        ));
+    }
+
+    for (l, r) in l_cols.iter().zip(r_cols) {
+        let l_series = df_l.column(l.as_ref()).map_err(|e| {
+            ShellError::SpannedLabeledError(
+                "Error selecting the columns".into(),
+                e.to_string(),
+                l_col_span,
+            )
+        })?;
+
+        let r_series = df_r.column(r.as_ref()).map_err(|e| {
+            ShellError::SpannedLabeledError(
+                "Error selecting the columns".into(),
+                e.to_string(),
+                r_col_span,
+            )
+        })?;
+
+        if l_series.dtype() != r_series.dtype() {
+            return Err(ShellError::SpannedLabeledErrorHelp(
+                "Mismatched datatypes".into(),
+                format!(
+                    "left column type '{}' doesn't match '{}' right column match",
+                    l_series.dtype(),
+                    r_series.dtype()
+                ),
+                l_col_span,
+                "perhaps you need to select other column to match".into(),
+            ));
+        }
+    }
+
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod test {
+    use super::super::super::test_dataframe::test_dataframe;
+    use super::*;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_examples() {
+        test_dataframe(vec![Box::new(JoinDF {})])
+    }
+}
--- a/crates/nu-command/src/dataframe/eager/last.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-command/src/dataframe/eager/last.rs
@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+use nu_engine::CallExt;
+use nu_protocol::{
+    ast::Call,
+    engine::{Command, EngineState, Stack},
+    Category, Example, PipelineData, ShellError, Signature, Span, SyntaxShape, Value,
+};
+
+use super::super::values::{utils::DEFAULT_ROWS, Column, NuDataFrame};
+
+#[derive(Clone)]
+pub struct LastDF;
+
+impl Command for LastDF {
+    fn name(&self) -> &str {
+        "dfr last"
+    }
+
+    fn usage(&self) -> &str {
+        "Creates new dataframe with tail rows"
+    }
+
+    fn signature(&self) -> Signature {
+        Signature::build(self.name())
+            .optional("rows", SyntaxShape::Int, "Number of rows for tail")
+            .category(Category::Custom("dataframe".into()))
+    }
+
+    fn examples(&self) -> Vec<Example> {
+        vec![Example {
+            description: "Create new dataframe with last rows",
+            example: "[[a b]; [1 2] [3 4]] | dfr to-df | dfr last 1",
+            result: Some(
+                NuDataFrame::try_from_columns(vec![
+                    Column::new("a".to_string(), vec![Value::test_int(3)]),
+                    Column::new("b".to_string(), vec![Value::test_int(4)]),
+                ])
+                .expect("simple df for test should not fail")
+                .into_value(Span::test_data()),
+            ),
+        }]
+    }
+
+    fn run(
+        &self,
+        engine_state: &EngineState,
+        stack: &mut Stack,
+        call: &Call,
+        input: PipelineData,
+    ) -> Result<PipelineData, ShellError> {
+        command(engine_state, stack, call, input)
+    }
+}
+
+fn command(
+    engine_state: &EngineState,
+    stack: &mut Stack,
+    call: &Call,
+    input: PipelineData,
+) -> Result<PipelineData, ShellError> {
+    let rows: Option<usize> = call.opt(engine_state, stack, 0)?;
+    let rows = rows.unwrap_or(DEFAULT_ROWS);
+
+    let df = NuDataFrame::try_from_pipeline(input, call.head)?;
+    let res = df.as_ref().tail(Some(rows));
+    Ok(PipelineData::Value(
+        NuDataFrame::dataframe_into_value(res, call.head),
+        None,
+    ))
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod test {
+    use super::super::super::test_dataframe::test_dataframe;
+    use super::*;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_examples() {
+        test_dataframe(vec![Box::new(LastDF {})])
+    }
+}
--- a/crates/nu-command/src/dataframe/eager/melt.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-command/src/dataframe/eager/melt.rs
@ -0,0 +1,243 @@
+use nu_engine::CallExt;
+use nu_protocol::{
+    ast::Call,
+    engine::{Command, EngineState, Stack},
+    Category, Example, PipelineData, ShellError, Signature, Span, Spanned, SyntaxShape, Value,
+};
+
+use crate::dataframe::values::utils::convert_columns_string;
+
+use super::super::values::{Column, NuDataFrame};
+
+#[derive(Clone)]
+pub struct MeltDF;
+
+impl Command for MeltDF {
+    fn name(&self) -> &str {
+        "dfr melt"
+    }
+
+    fn usage(&self) -> &str {
+        "Unpivot a DataFrame from wide to long format"
+    }
+
+    fn signature(&self) -> Signature {
+        Signature::build(self.name())
+            .required_named(
+                "columns",
+                SyntaxShape::Table,
+                "column names for melting",
+                Some('c'),
+            )
+            .required_named(
+                "values",
+                SyntaxShape::Table,
+                "column names used as value columns",
+                Some('v'),
+            )
+            .named(
+                "variable-name",
+                SyntaxShape::String,
+                "optional name for variable column",
+                Some('r'),
+            )
+            .named(
+                "value-name",
+                SyntaxShape::String,
+                "optional name for value column",
+                Some('l'),
+            )
+            .category(Category::Custom("dataframe".into()))
+    }
+
+    fn examples(&self) -> Vec<Example> {
+        vec![Example {
+            description: "melt dataframe",
+            example:
+                "[[a b c d]; [x 1 4 a] [y 2 5 b] [z 3 6 c]] | dfr to-df | dfr melt -c [b c] -v [a d]",
+            result: Some(
+                NuDataFrame::try_from_columns(vec![
+                    Column::new(
+                        "b".to_string(),
+                        vec![
+                            Value::test_int(1),
+                            Value::test_int(2),
+                            Value::test_int(3),
+                            Value::test_int(1),
+                            Value::test_int(2),
+                            Value::test_int(3),
+                        ],
+                    ),
+                    Column::new(
+                        "c".to_string(),
+                        vec![
+                            Value::test_int(4),
+                            Value::test_int(5),
+                            Value::test_int(6),
+                            Value::test_int(4),
+                            Value::test_int(5),
+                            Value::test_int(6),
+                        ],
+                    ),
+                    Column::new(
+                        "variable".to_string(),
+                        vec![
+                            Value::test_string("a"),
+                            Value::test_string("a"),
+                            Value::test_string("a"),
+                            Value::test_string("d"),
+                            Value::test_string("d"),
+                            Value::test_string("d"),
+                        ],
+                    ),
+                    Column::new(
+                        "value".to_string(),
+                        vec![
+                            Value::test_string("x"),
+                            Value::test_string("y"),
+                            Value::test_string("z"),
+                            Value::test_string("a"),
+                            Value::test_string("b"),
+                            Value::test_string("c"),
+                        ],
+                    ),
+                ])
+                .expect("simple df for test should not fail")
+                .into_value(Span::test_data()),
+            ),
+        }]
+    }
+
+    fn run(
+        &self,
+        engine_state: &EngineState,
+        stack: &mut Stack,
+        call: &Call,
+        input: PipelineData,
+    ) -> Result<PipelineData, ShellError> {
+        command(engine_state, stack, call, input)
+    }
+}
+
+fn command(
+    engine_state: &EngineState,
+    stack: &mut Stack,
+    call: &Call,
+    input: PipelineData,
+) -> Result<PipelineData, ShellError> {
+    let id_col: Vec<Value> = call
+        .get_flag(engine_state, stack, "columns")?
+        .expect("required value");
+    let val_col: Vec<Value> = call
+        .get_flag(engine_state, stack, "values")?
+        .expect("required value");
+
+    let value_name: Option<Spanned<String>> = call.get_flag(engine_state, stack, "value-name")?;
+    let variable_name: Option<Spanned<String>> =
+        call.get_flag(engine_state, stack, "variable-name")?;
+
+    let (id_col_string, id_col_span) = convert_columns_string(id_col, call.head)?;
+    let (val_col_string, val_col_span) = convert_columns_string(val_col, call.head)?;
+
+    let df = NuDataFrame::try_from_pipeline(input, call.head)?;
+
+    check_column_datatypes(df.as_ref(), &id_col_string, id_col_span)?;
+    check_column_datatypes(df.as_ref(), &val_col_string, val_col_span)?;
+
+    let mut res = df
+        .as_ref()
+        .melt(&id_col_string, &val_col_string)
+        .map_err(|e| {
+            ShellError::SpannedLabeledError(
+                "Error calculating melt".into(),
+                e.to_string(),
+                call.head,
+            )
+        })?;
+
+    if let Some(name) = &variable_name {
+        res.rename("variable", &name.item).map_err(|e| {
+            ShellError::SpannedLabeledError(
+                "Error renaming column".into(),
+                e.to_string(),
+                name.span,
+            )
+        })?;
+    }
+
+    if let Some(name) = &value_name {
+        res.rename("value", &name.item).map_err(|e| {
+            ShellError::SpannedLabeledError(
+                "Error renaming column".into(),
+                e.to_string(),
+                name.span,
+            )
+        })?;
+    }
+
+    Ok(PipelineData::Value(
+        NuDataFrame::dataframe_into_value(res, call.head),
+        None,
+    ))
+}
+
+fn check_column_datatypes<T: AsRef<str>>(
+    df: &polars::prelude::DataFrame,
+    cols: &[T],
+    col_span: Span,
+) -> Result<(), ShellError> {
+    if cols.is_empty() {
+        return Err(ShellError::SpannedLabeledError(
+            "Merge error".into(),
+            "empty column list".into(),
+            col_span,
+        ));
+    }
+
+    // Checking if they are same type
+    if cols.len() > 1 {
+        for w in cols.windows(2) {
+            let l_series = df.column(w[0].as_ref()).map_err(|e| {
+                ShellError::SpannedLabeledError(
+                    "Error selecting columns".into(),
+                    e.to_string(),
+                    col_span,
+                )
+            })?;
+
+            let r_series = df.column(w[1].as_ref()).map_err(|e| {
+                ShellError::SpannedLabeledError(
+                    "Error selecting columns".into(),
+                    e.to_string(),
+                    col_span,
+                )
+            })?;
+
+            if l_series.dtype() != r_series.dtype() {
+                return Err(ShellError::SpannedLabeledErrorHelp(
+                    "Merge error".into(),
+                    "found different column types in list".into(),
+                    col_span,
+                    format!(
+                        "datatypes {} and {} are incompatible",
+                        l_series.dtype(),
+                        r_series.dtype()
+                    ),
+                ));
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod test {
+    use super::super::super::test_dataframe::test_dataframe;
+    use super::*;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_examples() {
+        test_dataframe(vec![Box::new(MeltDF {})])
+    }
+}
--- a/crates/nu-command/src/dataframe/eager/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-command/src/dataframe/eager/mod.rs
@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
+mod aggregate;
+mod append;
+mod column;
+mod command;
+mod describe;
+mod drop;
+mod drop_nulls;
+mod dtypes;
+mod dummies;
+mod filter_with;
+mod first;
+mod get;
+mod groupby;
+mod join;
+mod last;
+mod melt;
+mod open;
+mod pivot;
+mod rename;
+mod sample;
+mod shape;
+mod slice;
+mod sort;
+mod take;
+mod to_csv;
+mod to_df;
+mod to_nu;
+mod to_parquet;
+mod with_column;
+
+use nu_protocol::engine::StateWorkingSet;
+
+pub use aggregate::Aggregate;
+pub use append::AppendDF;
+pub use column::ColumnDF;
+pub use command::Dataframe;
+pub use describe::DescribeDF;
+pub use drop::DropDF;
+pub use drop_nulls::DropNulls;
+pub use dtypes::DataTypes;
+pub use dummies::Dummies;
+pub use filter_with::FilterWith;
+pub use first::FirstDF;
+pub use get::GetDF;
+pub use groupby::CreateGroupBy;
+pub use join::JoinDF;
+pub use last::LastDF;
+pub use melt::MeltDF;
+pub use open::OpenDataFrame;
+pub use pivot::PivotDF;
+pub use rename::RenameDF;
+pub use sample::SampleDF;
+pub use shape::ShapeDF;
+pub use slice::SliceDF;
+pub use sort::SortDF;
+pub use take::TakeDF;
+pub use to_csv::ToCSV;
+pub use to_df::ToDataFrame;
+pub use to_nu::ToNu;
+pub use to_parquet::ToParquet;
+pub use with_column::WithColumn;
+
+pub fn add_eager_decls(working_set: &mut StateWorkingSet) {
+    macro_rules! bind_command {
+            ( $command:expr ) => {
+                working_set.add_decl(Box::new($command));
+            };
+            ( $( $command:expr ),* ) => {
+                $( working_set.add_decl(Box::new($command)); )*
+            };
+        }
+
+    // Dataframe commands
+    bind_command!(
+        Aggregate,
+        AppendDF,
+        ColumnDF,
+        CreateGroupBy,
+        Dataframe,
+        DataTypes,
+        DescribeDF,
+        DropDF,
+        DropNulls,
+        Dummies,
+        FilterWith,
+        FirstDF,
+        GetDF,
+        JoinDF,
+        LastDF,
+        MeltDF,
+        OpenDataFrame,
+        PivotDF,
+        RenameDF,
+        SampleDF,
+        ShapeDF,
+        SliceDF,
+        SortDF,
+        TakeDF,
+        ToCSV,
+        ToDataFrame,
+        ToNu,
+        ToParquet,
+        WithColumn
+    );
+}
--- a/crates/nu-command/src/dataframe/eager/open.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-command/src/dataframe/eager/open.rs
@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use super::values::NuDataFrame;
+use super::super::values::NuDataFrame;
 use nu_engine::CallExt;
 use nu_protocol::{
    ast::Call,
--- a/crates/nu-command/src/dataframe/eager/pivot.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-command/src/dataframe/eager/pivot.rs
@ -0,0 +1,175 @@
+use nu_engine::CallExt;
+use nu_protocol::{
+    ast::Call,
+    engine::{Command, EngineState, Stack},
+    Category, Example, PipelineData, ShellError, Signature, Spanned, SyntaxShape,
+};
+use polars::prelude::DataType;
+
+use crate::dataframe::values::NuGroupBy;
+
+use super::super::values::NuDataFrame;
+
+enum Operation {
+    First,
+    Sum,
+    Min,
+    Max,
+    Mean,
+    Median,
+}
+
+impl Operation {
+    fn from_tagged(name: Spanned<String>) -> Result<Operation, ShellError> {
+        match name.item.as_ref() {
+            "first" => Ok(Operation::First),
+            "sum" => Ok(Operation::Sum),
+            "min" => Ok(Operation::Min),
+            "max" => Ok(Operation::Max),
+            "mean" => Ok(Operation::Mean),
+            "median" => Ok(Operation::Median),
+            _ => Err(ShellError::SpannedLabeledErrorHelp(
+                "Operation not fount".into(),
+                "Operation does not exist for pivot".into(),
+                name.span,
+                "Options: first, sum, min, max, mean, median".into(),
+            )),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(Clone)]
+pub struct PivotDF;
+
+impl Command for PivotDF {
+    fn name(&self) -> &str {
+        "dfr pivot"
+    }
+
+    fn usage(&self) -> &str {
+        "Performs a pivot operation on a groupby object"
+    }
+
+    fn signature(&self) -> Signature {
+        Signature::build(self.name())
+            .required(
+                "pivot-column",
+                SyntaxShape::String,
+                "pivot column to perform pivot",
+            )
+            .required(
+                "value-column",
+                SyntaxShape::String,
+                "value column to perform pivot",
+            )
+            .required("operation", SyntaxShape::String, "aggregate operation")
+            .category(Category::Custom("dataframe".into()))
+    }
+
+    fn examples(&self) -> Vec<Example> {
+        vec![Example {
+            description: "Pivot a dataframe on b and aggregation on col c",
+            example:
+                "[[a b c]; [one x 1] [two y 2]] | dfr to-df | dfr group-by a | dfr pivot b c sum",
+            result: None,
+        }]
+    }
+
+    fn run(
+        &self,
+        engine_state: &EngineState,
+        stack: &mut Stack,
+        call: &Call,
+        input: PipelineData,
+    ) -> Result<PipelineData, ShellError> {
+        command(engine_state, stack, call, input)
+    }
+}
+
+fn command(
+    engine_state: &EngineState,
+    stack: &mut Stack,
+    call: &Call,
+    input: PipelineData,
+) -> Result<PipelineData, ShellError> {
+    let pivot_col: Spanned<String> = call.req(engine_state, stack, 0)?;
+    let value_col: Spanned<String> = call.req(engine_state, stack, 1)?;
+    let operation: Spanned<String> = call.req(engine_state, stack, 2)?;
+    let op = Operation::from_tagged(operation)?;
+
+    let nu_groupby = NuGroupBy::try_from_pipeline(input, call.head)?;
+    let df_ref = nu_groupby.as_ref();
+
+    check_pivot_column(df_ref, &pivot_col)?;
+    check_value_column(df_ref, &value_col)?;
+
+    let mut groupby = nu_groupby.to_groupby()?;
+
+    let pivot = groupby.pivot(&pivot_col.item, &value_col.item);
+
+    match op {
+        Operation::Mean => pivot.mean(),
+        Operation::Sum => pivot.sum(),
+        Operation::Min => pivot.min(),
+        Operation::Max => pivot.max(),
+        Operation::First => pivot.first(),
+        Operation::Median => pivot.median(),
+    }
+    .map_err(|e| {
+        ShellError::SpannedLabeledError("Error creating pivot".into(), e.to_string(), call.head)
+    })
+    .map(|df| PipelineData::Value(NuDataFrame::dataframe_into_value(df, call.head), None))
+}
+
+fn check_pivot_column(
+    df: &polars::prelude::DataFrame,
+    col: &Spanned<String>,
+) -> Result<(), ShellError> {
+    let series = df.column(&col.item).map_err(|e| {
+        ShellError::SpannedLabeledError("Column not found".into(), e.to_string(), col.span)
+    })?;
+
+    match series.dtype() {
+        DataType::UInt8
+        | DataType::UInt16
+        | DataType::UInt32
+        | DataType::UInt64
+        | DataType::Int8
+        | DataType::Int16
+        | DataType::Int32
+        | DataType::Int64
+        | DataType::Utf8 => Ok(()),
+        _ => Err(ShellError::SpannedLabeledError(
+            "Pivot error".into(),
+            format!("Unsupported datatype {}", series.dtype()),
+            col.span,
+        )),
+    }
+}
+
+fn check_value_column(
+    df: &polars::prelude::DataFrame,
+    col: &Spanned<String>,
+) -> Result<(), ShellError> {
+    let series = df.column(&col.item).map_err(|e| {
+        ShellError::SpannedLabeledError("Column not found".into(), e.to_string(), col.span)
+    })?;
+
+    match series.dtype() {
+        DataType::UInt8
+        | DataType::UInt16
+        | DataType::UInt32
+        | DataType::UInt64
+        | DataType::Int8
+        | DataType::Int16
+        | DataType::Int32
+        | DataType::Int64
+        | DataType::Float32
+        | DataType::Float64 => Ok(()),
+        _ => Err(ShellError::SpannedLabeledError(
+            "Pivot error".into(),
+            format!("Unsupported datatype {}", series.dtype()),
+            col.span,
+        )),
+    }
+}
--- a/crates/nu-command/src/dataframe/eager/rename.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-command/src/dataframe/eager/rename.rs
@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+use nu_engine::CallExt;
+use nu_protocol::{
+    ast::Call,
+    engine::{Command, EngineState, Stack},
+    Category, Example, PipelineData, ShellError, Signature, Span, SyntaxShape, Value,
+};
+
+use super::super::values::{Column, NuDataFrame};
+
+#[derive(Clone)]
+pub struct RenameDF;
+
+impl Command for RenameDF {
+    fn name(&self) -> &str {
+        "dfr rename-col"
+    }
+
+    fn usage(&self) -> &str {
+        "rename a dataframe column"
+    }
+
+    fn signature(&self) -> Signature {
+        Signature::build(self.name())
+            .required("from", SyntaxShape::String, "column name to be renamed")
+            .required("to", SyntaxShape::String, "new column name")
+            .category(Category::Custom("dataframe".into()))
+    }
+
+    fn examples(&self) -> Vec<Example> {
+        vec![Example {
+            description: "Renames a dataframe column",
+            example: "[[a b]; [1 2] [3 4]] | dfr to-df | dfr rename-col a a_new",
+            result: Some(
+                NuDataFrame::try_from_columns(vec![
+                    Column::new(
+                        "a_new".to_string(),
+                        vec![Value::test_int(1), Value::test_int(3)],
+                    ),
+                    Column::new(
+                        "b".to_string(),
+                        vec![Value::test_int(2), Value::test_int(4)],
+                    ),
+                ])
+                .expect("simple df for test should not fail")
+                .into_value(Span::test_data()),
+            ),
+        }]
+    }
+
+    fn run(
+        &self,
+        engine_state: &EngineState,
+        stack: &mut Stack,
+        call: &Call,
+        input: PipelineData,
+    ) -> Result<PipelineData, ShellError> {
+        command(engine_state, stack, call, input)
+    }
+}
+
+fn command(
+    engine_state: &EngineState,
+    stack: &mut Stack,
+    call: &Call,
+    input: PipelineData,
+) -> Result<PipelineData, ShellError> {
+    let from: String = call.req(engine_state, stack, 0)?;
+    let to: String = call.req(engine_state, stack, 1)?;
+
+    let mut df = NuDataFrame::try_from_pipeline(input, call.head)?;
+
+    df.as_mut()
+        .rename(&from, &to)
+        .map_err(|e| {
+            ShellError::SpannedLabeledError("Error renaming".into(), e.to_string(), call.head)
+        })
+        .map(|df| {
+            PipelineData::Value(
+                NuDataFrame::dataframe_into_value(df.clone(), call.head),
+                None,
+            )
+        })
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod test {
+    use super::super::super::test_dataframe::test_dataframe;
+    use super::*;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_examples() {
+        test_dataframe(vec![Box::new(RenameDF {})])
+    }
+}
--- a/crates/nu-command/src/dataframe/eager/sample.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-command/src/dataframe/eager/sample.rs
@ -0,0 +1,106 @@
+use nu_engine::CallExt;
+use nu_protocol::{
+    ast::Call,
+    engine::{Command, EngineState, Stack},
+    Category, Example, PipelineData, ShellError, Signature, Spanned, SyntaxShape,
+};
+
+use super::super::values::NuDataFrame;
+
+#[derive(Clone)]
+pub struct SampleDF;
+
+impl Command for SampleDF {
+    fn name(&self) -> &str {
+        "dfr sample"
+    }
+
+    fn usage(&self) -> &str {
+        "Create sample dataframe"
+    }
+
+    fn signature(&self) -> Signature {
+        Signature::build(self.name())
+            .named(
+                "n-rows",
+                SyntaxShape::Int,
+                "number of rows to be taken from dataframe",
+                Some('n'),
+            )
+            .named(
+                "fraction",
+                SyntaxShape::Number,
+                "fraction of dataframe to be taken",
+                Some('f'),
+            )
+            .switch("replace", "sample with replace", Some('e'))
+            .category(Category::Custom("dataframe".into()))
+    }
+
+    fn examples(&self) -> Vec<Example> {
+        vec![
+            Example {
+                description: "Sample rows from dataframe",
+                example: "[[a b]; [1 2] [3 4]] | dfr to-df | dfr sample -n 1",
+                result: None, // No expected value because sampling is random
+            },
+            Example {
+                description: "Shows sample row using fraction and replace",
+                example: "[[a b]; [1 2] [3 4] [5 6]] | dfr to-df | dfr sample -f 0.5 -e",
+                result: None, // No expected value because sampling is random
+            },
+        ]
+    }
+
+    fn run(
+        &self,
+        engine_state: &EngineState,
+        stack: &mut Stack,
+        call: &Call,
+        input: PipelineData,
+    ) -> Result<PipelineData, ShellError> {
+        command(engine_state, stack, call, input)
+    }
+}
+
+fn command(
+    engine_state: &EngineState,
+    stack: &mut Stack,
+    call: &Call,
+    input: PipelineData,
+) -> Result<PipelineData, ShellError> {
+    let rows: Option<Spanned<usize>> = call.get_flag(engine_state, stack, "n-rows")?;
+    let fraction: Option<Spanned<f64>> = call.get_flag(engine_state, stack, "fraction")?;
+    let replace: bool = call.has_flag("replace");
+
+    let df = NuDataFrame::try_from_pipeline(input, call.head)?;
+
+    match (rows, fraction) {
+        (Some(rows), None) => df.as_ref().sample_n(rows.item, replace).map_err(|e| {
+            ShellError::SpannedLabeledError(
+                "Error creating sample".into(),
+                e.to_string(),
+                rows.span,
+            )
+        }),
+        (None, Some(frac)) => df.as_ref().sample_frac(frac.item, replace).map_err(|e| {
+            ShellError::SpannedLabeledError(
+                "Error creating sample".into(),
+                e.to_string(),
+                frac.span,
+            )
+        }),
+        (Some(_), Some(_)) => Err(ShellError::SpannedLabeledError(
+            "Incompatible flags".into(),
+            "Only one selection criterion allowed".into(),
+            call.head,
+        )),
+        (None, None) => Err(ShellError::SpannedLabeledErrorHelp(
+            "No selection".into(),
+            "No selection criterion was found".into(),
+            call.head,
+            "Perhaps you want to use the flag -n or -f".into(),
+        )),
+    }
+    .map(|df| PipelineData::Value(NuDataFrame::dataframe_into_value(df, call.head), None))
+}
--- a/crates/nu-command/src/dataframe/eager/shape.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-command/src/dataframe/eager/shape.rs
@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+use nu_protocol::{
+    ast::Call,
+    engine::{Command, EngineState, Stack},
+    Category, Example, PipelineData, ShellError, Signature, Span, Value,
+};
+
+use crate::dataframe::values::Column;
+
+use super::super::values::NuDataFrame;
+
+#[derive(Clone)]
+pub struct ShapeDF;
+
+impl Command for ShapeDF {
+    fn name(&self) -> &str {
+        "dfr shape"
+    }
+
+    fn usage(&self) -> &str {
+        "Shows column and row size for a dataframe"
+    }
+
+    fn signature(&self) -> Signature {
+        Signature::build(self.name()).category(Category::Custom("dataframe".into()))
+    }
+
+    fn examples(&self) -> Vec<Example> {
+        vec![Example {
+            description: "Shows row and column shape",
+            example: "[[a b]; [1 2] [3 4]] | dfr to-df | dfr shape",
+            result: Some(
+                NuDataFrame::try_from_columns(vec![
+                    Column::new("rows".to_string(), vec![Value::test_int(2)]),
+                    Column::new("columns".to_string(), vec![Value::test_int(2)]),
+                ])
+                .expect("simple df for test should not fail")
+                .into_value(Span::test_data()),
+            ),
+        }]
+    }
+
+    fn run(
+        &self,
+        engine_state: &EngineState,
+        stack: &mut Stack,
+        call: &Call,
+        input: PipelineData,
+    ) -> Result<PipelineData, ShellError> {
+        command(engine_state, stack, call, input)
+    }
+}
+
+fn command(
+    _engine_state: &EngineState,
+    _stack: &mut Stack,
+    call: &Call,
+    input: PipelineData,
+) -> Result<PipelineData, ShellError> {
+    let df = NuDataFrame::try_from_pipeline(input, call.head)?;
+
+    let rows = Value::Int {
+        val: df.as_ref().height() as i64,
+        span: call.head,
+    };
+
+    let cols = Value::Int {
+        val: df.as_ref().width() as i64,
+        span: call.head,
+    };
+
+    let rows_col = Column::new("rows".to_string(), vec![rows]);
+    let cols_col = Column::new("columns".to_string(), vec![cols]);
+
+    NuDataFrame::try_from_columns(vec![rows_col, cols_col])
+        .map(|df| PipelineData::Value(df.into_value(call.head), None))
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod test {
+    use super::super::super::test_dataframe::test_dataframe;
+    use super::*;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_examples() {
+        test_dataframe(vec![Box::new(ShapeDF {})])
+    }
+}
--- a/crates/nu-command/src/dataframe/eager/slice.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-command/src/dataframe/eager/slice.rs
@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+use nu_engine::CallExt;
+use nu_protocol::{
+    ast::Call,
+    engine::{Command, EngineState, Stack},
+    Category, Example, PipelineData, ShellError, Signature, Span, SyntaxShape, Value,
+};
+
+use crate::dataframe::values::Column;
+
+use super::super::values::NuDataFrame;
+
+#[derive(Clone)]
+pub struct SliceDF;
+
+impl Command for SliceDF {
+    fn name(&self) -> &str {
+        "dfr slice"
+    }
+
+    fn usage(&self) -> &str {
+        "Creates new dataframe from a slice of rows"
+    }
+
+    fn signature(&self) -> Signature {
+        Signature::build(self.name())
+            .required("offset", SyntaxShape::Int, "start of slice")
+            .required("size", SyntaxShape::Int, "size of slice")
+            .category(Category::Custom("dataframe".into()))
+    }
+
+    fn examples(&self) -> Vec<Example> {
+        vec![Example {
+            description: "Create new dataframe from a slice of the rows",
+            example: "[[a b]; [1 2] [3 4]] | dfr to-df | dfr slice 0 1",
+            result: Some(
+                NuDataFrame::try_from_columns(vec![
+                    Column::new("a".to_string(), vec![Value::test_int(1)]),
+                    Column::new("b".to_string(), vec![Value::test_int(2)]),
+                ])
+                .expect("simple df for test should not fail")
+                .into_value(Span::test_data()),
+            ),
+        }]
+    }
+
+    fn run(
+        &self,
+        engine_state: &EngineState,
+        stack: &mut Stack,
+        call: &Call,
+        input: PipelineData,
+    ) -> Result<PipelineData, ShellError> {
+        command(engine_state, stack, call, input)
+    }
+}
+
+fn command(
+    engine_state: &EngineState,
+    stack: &mut Stack,
+    call: &Call,
+    input: PipelineData,
+) -> Result<PipelineData, ShellError> {
+    let offset: i64 = call.req(engine_state, stack, 0)?;
+    let size: usize = call.req(engine_state, stack, 1)?;
+
+    let df = NuDataFrame::try_from_pipeline(input, call.head)?;
+
+    let res = df.as_ref().slice(offset, size);
+
+    Ok(PipelineData::Value(
+        NuDataFrame::dataframe_into_value(res, call.head),
+        None,
+    ))
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod test {
+    use super::super::super::test_dataframe::test_dataframe;
+    use super::*;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_examples() {
+        test_dataframe(vec![Box::new(SliceDF {})])
+    }
+}
--- a/crates/nu-command/src/dataframe/eager/sort.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-command/src/dataframe/eager/sort.rs
@ -0,0 +1,142 @@
+use nu_engine::CallExt;
+use nu_protocol::{
+    ast::Call,
+    engine::{Command, EngineState, Stack},
+    Category, Example, PipelineData, ShellError, Signature, Span, SyntaxShape, Value,
+};
+
+use crate::dataframe::values::{utils::convert_columns_string, Column};
+
+use super::super::values::NuDataFrame;
+
+#[derive(Clone)]
+pub struct SortDF;
+
+impl Command for SortDF {
+    fn name(&self) -> &str {
+        "dfr sort"
+    }
+
+    fn usage(&self) -> &str {
+        "Creates new sorted dataframe or series"
+    }
+
+    fn signature(&self) -> Signature {
+        Signature::build(self.name())
+            .switch("reverse", "invert sort", Some('r'))
+            .rest("rest", SyntaxShape::Any, "column names to sort dataframe")
+            .category(Category::Custom("dataframe".into()))
+    }
+
+    fn examples(&self) -> Vec<Example> {
+        vec![
+            Example {
+                description: "Create new sorted dataframe",
+                example: "[[a b]; [3 4] [1 2]] | dfr to-df | dfr sort a",
+                result: Some(
+                    NuDataFrame::try_from_columns(vec![
+                        Column::new(
+                            "a".to_string(),
+                            vec![Value::test_int(1), Value::test_int(3)],
+                        ),
+                        Column::new(
+                            "b".to_string(),
+                            vec![Value::test_int(2), Value::test_int(4)],
+                        ),
+                    ])
+                    .expect("simple df for test should not fail")
+                    .into_value(Span::test_data()),
+                ),
+            },
+            Example {
+                description: "Create new sorted series",
+                example: "[3 4 1 2] | dfr to-df | dfr sort",
+                result: Some(
+                    NuDataFrame::try_from_columns(vec![Column::new(
+                        "0".to_string(),
+                        vec![
+                            Value::test_int(1),
+                            Value::test_int(2),
+                            Value::test_int(3),
+                            Value::test_int(4),
+                        ],
+                    )])
+                    .expect("simple df for test should not fail")
+                    .into_value(Span::test_data()),
+                ),
+            },
+        ]
+    }
+
+    fn run(
+        &self,
+        engine_state: &EngineState,
+        stack: &mut Stack,
+        call: &Call,
+        input: PipelineData,
+    ) -> Result<PipelineData, ShellError> {
+        command(engine_state, stack, call, input)
+    }
+}
+
+fn command(
+    engine_state: &EngineState,
+    stack: &mut Stack,
+    call: &Call,
+    input: PipelineData,
+) -> Result<PipelineData, ShellError> {
+    let reverse = call.has_flag("reverse");
+
+    let df = NuDataFrame::try_from_pipeline(input, call.head)?;
+
+    if df.is_series() {
+        let columns = df.as_ref().get_column_names();
+
+        df.as_ref()
+            .sort(columns, reverse)
+            .map_err(|e| {
+                ShellError::SpannedLabeledError(
+                    "Error sorting dataframe".into(),
+                    e.to_string(),
+                    call.head,
+                )
+            })
+            .map(|df| PipelineData::Value(NuDataFrame::dataframe_into_value(df, call.head), None))
+    } else {
+        let columns: Vec<Value> = call.rest(engine_state, stack, 0)?;
+
+        if !columns.is_empty() {
+            let (col_string, col_span) = convert_columns_string(columns, call.head)?;
+
+            df.as_ref()
+                .sort(&col_string, reverse)
+                .map_err(|e| {
+                    ShellError::SpannedLabeledError(
+                        "Error sorting dataframe".into(),
+                        e.to_string(),
+                        col_span,
+                    )
+                })
+                .map(|df| {
+                    PipelineData::Value(NuDataFrame::dataframe_into_value(df, call.head), None)
+                })
+        } else {
+            Err(ShellError::SpannedLabeledError(
+                "Missing columns".into(),
+                "missing column name to perform sort".into(),
+                call.head,
+            ))
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod test {
+    use super::super::super::test_dataframe::test_dataframe;
+    use super::*;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_examples() {
+        test_dataframe(vec![Box::new(SortDF {})])
+    }
+}
--- a/crates/nu-command/src/dataframe/eager/take.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-command/src/dataframe/eager/take.rs
@ -0,0 +1,144 @@
+use nu_engine::CallExt;
+use nu_protocol::{
+    ast::Call,
+    engine::{Command, EngineState, Stack},
+    Category, Example, PipelineData, ShellError, Signature, Span, SyntaxShape, Value,
+};
+use polars::prelude::DataType;
+
+use crate::dataframe::values::Column;
+
+use super::super::values::NuDataFrame;
+
+#[derive(Clone)]
+pub struct TakeDF;
+
+impl Command for TakeDF {
+    fn name(&self) -> &str {
+        "dfr take"
+    }
+
+    fn usage(&self) -> &str {
+        "Creates new dataframe using the given indices"
+    }
+
+    fn signature(&self) -> Signature {
+        Signature::build(self.name())
+            .required(
+                "indices",
+                SyntaxShape::Any,
+                "list of indices used to take data",
+            )
+            .category(Category::Custom("dataframe".into()))
+    }
+
+    fn examples(&self) -> Vec<Example> {
+        vec![
+            Example {
+                description: "Takes selected rows from dataframe",
+                example: r#"let df = ([[a b]; [4 1] [5 2] [4 3]] | dfr to-df);
+    let indices = ([0 2] | dfr to-df);
+    $df | dfr take $indices"#,
+                result: Some(
+                    NuDataFrame::try_from_columns(vec![
+                        Column::new(
+                            "a".to_string(),
+                            vec![Value::test_int(4), Value::test_int(4)],
+                        ),
+                        Column::new(
+                            "b".to_string(),
+                            vec![Value::test_int(1), Value::test_int(3)],
+                        ),
+                    ])
+                    .expect("simple df for test should not fail")
+                    .into_value(Span::test_data()),
+                ),
+            },
+            Example {
+                description: "Takes selected rows from series",
+                example: r#"let series = ([4 1 5 2 4 3] | dfr to-df);
+    let indices = ([0 2] | dfr to-df);
+    $series | dfr take $indices"#,
+                result: Some(
+                    NuDataFrame::try_from_columns(vec![Column::new(
+                        "0".to_string(),
+                        vec![Value::test_int(4), Value::test_int(5)],
+                    )])
+                    .expect("simple df for test should not fail")
+                    .into_value(Span::test_data()),
+                ),
+            },
+        ]
+    }
+
+    fn run(
+        &self,
+        engine_state: &EngineState,
+        stack: &mut Stack,
+        call: &Call,
+        input: PipelineData,
+    ) -> Result<PipelineData, ShellError> {
+        command(engine_state, stack, call, input)
+    }
+}
+
+fn command(
+    engine_state: &EngineState,
+    stack: &mut Stack,
+    call: &Call,
+    input: PipelineData,
+) -> Result<PipelineData, ShellError> {
+    let index_value: Value = call.req(engine_state, stack, 0)?;
+    let index_span = index_value.span()?;
+    let index = NuDataFrame::try_from_value(index_value)?.as_series(index_span)?;
+
+    let casted = match index.dtype() {
+        DataType::UInt32 | DataType::UInt64 | DataType::Int32 | DataType::Int64 => {
+            index.cast(&DataType::UInt32).map_err(|e| {
+                ShellError::SpannedLabeledError(
+                    "Error casting index list".into(),
+                    e.to_string(),
+                    index_span,
+                )
+            })
+        }
+        _ => Err(ShellError::SpannedLabeledErrorHelp(
+            "Incorrect type".into(),
+            "Series with incorrect type".into(),
+            call.head,
+            "Consider using a Series with type int type".into(),
+        )),
+    }?;
+
+    let indices = casted.u32().map_err(|e| {
+        ShellError::SpannedLabeledError(
+            "Error casting index list".into(),
+            e.to_string(),
+            index_span,
+        )
+    })?;
+
+    NuDataFrame::try_from_pipeline(input, call.head).and_then(|df| {
+        df.as_ref()
+            .take(indices)
+            .map_err(|e| {
+                ShellError::SpannedLabeledError(
+                    "Error taking values".into(),
+                    e.to_string(),
+                    call.head,
+                )
+            })
+            .map(|df| PipelineData::Value(NuDataFrame::dataframe_into_value(df, call.head), None))
+    })
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod test {
+    use super::super::super::test_dataframe::test_dataframe;
+    use super::*;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_examples() {
+        test_dataframe(vec![Box::new(TakeDF {})])
+    }
+}
--- a/crates/nu-command/src/dataframe/eager/to_csv.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-command/src/dataframe/eager/to_csv.rs
@ -0,0 +1,132 @@
+use std::{fs::File, path::PathBuf};
+
+use nu_engine::CallExt;
+use nu_protocol::{
+    ast::Call,
+    engine::{Command, EngineState, Stack},
+    Category, Example, PipelineData, ShellError, Signature, Spanned, SyntaxShape, Value,
+};
+use polars::prelude::{CsvWriter, SerWriter};
+
+use super::super::values::NuDataFrame;
+
+#[derive(Clone)]
+pub struct ToCSV;
+
+impl Command for ToCSV {
+    fn name(&self) -> &str {
+        "dfr to-csv"
+    }
+
+    fn usage(&self) -> &str {
+        "Saves dataframe to csv file"
+    }
+
+    fn signature(&self) -> Signature {
+        Signature::build(self.name())
+            .required("file", SyntaxShape::Filepath, "file path to save dataframe")
+            .named(
+                "delimiter",
+                SyntaxShape::String,
+                "file delimiter character",
+                Some('d'),
+            )
+            .switch("no-header", "Indicates if file doesn't have header", None)
+            .category(Category::Custom("dataframe".into()))
+    }
+
+    fn examples(&self) -> Vec<Example> {
+        vec![
+            Example {
+                description: "Saves dataframe to csv file",
+                example: "[[a b]; [1 2] [3 4]] | dfr to-df | dfr to-csv test.csv",
+                result: None,
+            },
+            Example {
+                description: "Saves dataframe to csv file using other delimiter",
+                example: "[[a b]; [1 2] [3 4]] | dfr to-df | dfr to-csv test.csv -d '|'",
+                result: None,
+            },
+        ]
+    }
+
+    fn run(
+        &self,
+        engine_state: &EngineState,
+        stack: &mut Stack,
+        call: &Call,
+        input: PipelineData,
+    ) -> Result<PipelineData, ShellError> {
+        command(engine_state, stack, call, input)
+    }
+}
+
+fn command(
+    engine_state: &EngineState,
+    stack: &mut Stack,
+    call: &Call,
+    input: PipelineData,
+) -> Result<PipelineData, ShellError> {
+    let file_name: Spanned<PathBuf> = call.req(engine_state, stack, 0)?;
+    let delimiter: Option<Spanned<String>> = call.get_flag(engine_state, stack, "delimiter")?;
+    let no_header: bool = call.has_flag("no_header");
+
+    let df = NuDataFrame::try_from_pipeline(input, call.head)?;
+
+    let mut file = File::create(&file_name.item).map_err(|e| {
+        ShellError::SpannedLabeledError(
+            "Error with file name".into(),
+            e.to_string(),
+            file_name.span,
+        )
+    })?;
+
+    let writer = CsvWriter::new(&mut file);
+
+    let writer = if no_header {
+        writer.has_header(false)
+    } else {
+        writer.has_header(true)
+    };
+
+    let writer = match delimiter {
+        None => writer,
+        Some(d) => {
+            if d.item.len() != 1 {
+                return Err(ShellError::SpannedLabeledError(
+                    "Incorrect delimiter".into(),
+                    "Delimiter has to be one char".into(),
+                    d.span,
+                ));
+            } else {
+                let delimiter = match d.item.chars().next() {
+                    Some(d) => d as u8,
+                    None => unreachable!(),
+                };
+
+                writer.with_delimiter(delimiter)
+            }
+        }
+    };
+
+    writer.finish(df.as_ref()).map_err(|e| {
+        ShellError::SpannedLabeledError(
+            "Error writing to file".into(),
+            e.to_string(),
+            file_name.span,
+        )
+    })?;
+
+    let file_value = Value::String {
+        val: format!("saved {:?}", &file_name.item),
+        span: file_name.span,
+    };
+
+    Ok(PipelineData::Value(
+        Value::List {
+            vals: vec![file_value],
+            span: call.head,
+        },
+        None,
+    ))
+}
--- a/crates/nu-command/src/dataframe/eager/to_df.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-command/src/dataframe/eager/to_df.rs
@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use super::values::{Column, NuDataFrame};
+use super::super::values::{Column, NuDataFrame};

 use nu_protocol::{
    ast::Call,
@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ impl Command for ToDataFrame {

 #[cfg(test)]
 mod test {
-    use super::super::test_dataframe::test_dataframe;
+    use super::super::super::test_dataframe::test_dataframe;
    use super::*;

    #[test]
--- a/crates/nu-command/src/dataframe/eager/to_nu.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-command/src/dataframe/eager/to_nu.rs
@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+use nu_engine::CallExt;
+use nu_protocol::{
+    ast::Call,
+    engine::{Command, EngineState, Stack},
+    Category, Example, PipelineData, ShellError, Signature, SyntaxShape, Value,
+};
+
+use super::super::values::NuDataFrame;
+
+#[derive(Clone)]
+pub struct ToNu;
+
+impl Command for ToNu {
+    fn name(&self) -> &str {
+        "dfr to-nu"
+    }
+
+    fn usage(&self) -> &str {
+        "Converts a section of the dataframe to Nushell Table"
+    }
+
+    fn signature(&self) -> Signature {
+        Signature::build(self.name())
+            .named(
+                "n-rows",
+                SyntaxShape::Number,
+                "number of rows to be shown",
+                Some('n'),
+            )
+            .switch("tail", "shows tail rows", Some('t'))
+            .category(Category::Custom("dataframe".into()))
+    }
+
+    fn examples(&self) -> Vec<Example> {
+        vec![
+            Example {
+                description: "Shows head rows from dataframe",
+                example: "[[a b]; [1 2] [3 4]] | dfr to-df | dfr to-nu",
+                result: None,
+            },
+            Example {
+                description: "Shows tail rows from dataframe",
+                example: "[[a b]; [1 2] [3 4] [5 6]] | dfr to-df | dfr to-nu -t -n 1",
+                result: None,
+            },
+        ]
+    }
+
+    fn run(
+        &self,
+        engine_state: &EngineState,
+        stack: &mut Stack,
+        call: &Call,
+        input: PipelineData,
+    ) -> Result<PipelineData, ShellError> {
+        command(engine_state, stack, call, input)
+    }
+}
+
+fn command(
+    engine_state: &EngineState,
+    stack: &mut Stack,
+    call: &Call,
+    input: PipelineData,
+) -> Result<PipelineData, ShellError> {
+    let rows: Option<usize> = call.get_flag(engine_state, stack, "n-rows")?;
+    let tail: bool = call.has_flag("tail");
+
+    let df = NuDataFrame::try_from_pipeline(input, call.head)?;
+
+    let values = if tail {
+        df.tail(rows, call.head)?
+    } else {
+        df.head(rows, call.head)?
+    };
+
+    let value = Value::List {
+        vals: values,
+        span: call.head,
+    };
+
+    Ok(PipelineData::Value(value, None))
+}
--- a/crates/nu-command/src/dataframe/eager/to_parquet.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-command/src/dataframe/eager/to_parquet.rs
@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+use std::{fs::File, path::PathBuf};
+
+use nu_engine::CallExt;
+use nu_protocol::{
+    ast::Call,
+    engine::{Command, EngineState, Stack},
+    Category, Example, PipelineData, ShellError, Signature, Spanned, SyntaxShape, Value,
+};
+use polars::prelude::ParquetWriter;
+
+use super::super::values::NuDataFrame;
+
+#[derive(Clone)]
+pub struct ToParquet;
+
+impl Command for ToParquet {
+    fn name(&self) -> &str {
+        "dfr to-parquet"
+    }
+
+    fn usage(&self) -> &str {
+        "Saves dataframe to parquet file"
+    }
+
+    fn signature(&self) -> Signature {
+        Signature::build(self.name())
+            .required("file", SyntaxShape::Filepath, "file path to save dataframe")
+            .category(Category::Custom("dataframe".into()))
+    }
+
+    fn examples(&self) -> Vec<Example> {
+        vec![Example {
+            description: "Saves dataframe to csv file",
+            example: "[[a b]; [1 2] [3 4]] | dfr to-df | dfr to-parquet test.parquet",
+            result: None,
+        }]
+    }
+
+    fn run(
+        &self,
+        engine_state: &EngineState,
+        stack: &mut Stack,
+        call: &Call,
+        input: PipelineData,
+    ) -> Result<PipelineData, ShellError> {
+        command(engine_state, stack, call, input)
+    }
+}
+
+fn command(
+    engine_state: &EngineState,
+    stack: &mut Stack,
+    call: &Call,
+    input: PipelineData,
+) -> Result<PipelineData, ShellError> {
+    let file_name: Spanned<PathBuf> = call.req(engine_state, stack, 0)?;
+
+    let df = NuDataFrame::try_from_pipeline(input, call.head)?;
+
+    let file = File::create(&file_name.item).map_err(|e| {
+        ShellError::SpannedLabeledError(
+            "Error with file name".into(),
+            e.to_string(),
+            file_name.span,
+        )
+    })?;
+
+    ParquetWriter::new(file).finish(df.as_ref()).map_err(|e| {
+        ShellError::SpannedLabeledError("Error saving file".into(), e.to_string(), file_name.span)
+    })?;
+
+    let file_value = Value::String {
+        val: format!("saved {:?}", &file_name.item),
+        span: file_name.span,
+    };
+
+    Ok(PipelineData::Value(
+        Value::List {
+            vals: vec![file_value],
+            span: call.head,
+        },
+        None,
+    ))
+}
--- a/crates/nu-command/src/dataframe/eager/with_column.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-command/src/dataframe/eager/with_column.rs
@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ use nu_protocol::{
    Category, Example, PipelineData, ShellError, Signature, Span, Spanned, SyntaxShape, Value,
 };

-use super::values::{Column, NuDataFrame};
+use super::super::values::{Column, NuDataFrame};

 #[derive(Clone)]
 pub struct WithColumn;
@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ fn command(

 #[cfg(test)]
 mod test {
-    use super::super::test_dataframe::test_dataframe;
+    use super::super::super::test_dataframe::test_dataframe;
    use super::*;

    #[test]
--- a/crates/nu-command/src/dataframe/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-command/src/dataframe/mod.rs
@ -1,101 +1,15 @@
+mod eager;
 mod series;
 mod values;

-mod append;
-mod column;
-mod command;
-mod describe;
-mod drop;
-mod drop_nulls;
-mod dtypes;
-mod open;
-mod to_df;
-mod with_column;
-
-pub use series::*;
-
-pub use append::AppendDF;
-pub use column::ColumnDF;
-pub use command::Dataframe;
-pub use describe::DescribeDF;
-pub use drop::DropDF;
-pub use drop_nulls::DropNulls;
-pub use dtypes::DataTypes;
-pub use open::OpenDataFrame;
-pub use to_df::ToDataFrame;
-pub use with_column::WithColumn;
+pub use eager::add_eager_decls;
+pub use series::add_series_decls;

 use nu_protocol::engine::StateWorkingSet;

 pub fn add_dataframe_decls(working_set: &mut StateWorkingSet) {
-    macro_rules! bind_command {
-            ( $command:expr ) => {
-                working_set.add_decl(Box::new($command));
-            };
-            ( $( $command:expr ),* ) => {
-                $( working_set.add_decl(Box::new($command)); )*
-            };
-        }
-
-    // Series commands
-    bind_command!(
-        AllFalse,
-        AllTrue,
-        ArgMax,
-        ArgMin,
-        ArgSort,
-        ArgTrue,
-        ArgUnique,
-        Concatenate,
-        Contains,
-        Cumulative,
-        GetDay,
-        GetHour,
-        GetMinute,
-        GetMonth,
-        GetNanosecond,
-        GetOrdinal,
-        GetSecond,
-        GetWeek,
-        GetWeekDay,
-        GetYear,
-        IsDuplicated,
-        IsIn,
-        IsNotNull,
-        IsNull,
-        IsUnique,
-        NNull,
-        NUnique,
-        NotSeries,
-        Rename,
-        Replace,
-        ReplaceAll,
-        Rolling,
-        SetSeries,
-        SetWithIndex,
-        Shift,
-        StrLengths,
-        StrSlice,
-        StrFTime,
-        ToLowerCase,
-        ToUpperCase,
-        Unique,
-        ValueCount
-    );
-
-    // Dataframe commands
-    bind_command!(
-        AppendDF,
-        ColumnDF,
-        Dataframe,
-        DataTypes,
-        DescribeDF,
-        DropDF,
-        DropNulls,
-        OpenDataFrame,
-        ToDataFrame,
-        WithColumn
-    );
+    add_series_decls(working_set);
+    add_eager_decls(working_set);
 }

 #[cfg(test)]
--- a/crates/nu-command/src/dataframe/series/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-command/src/dataframe/series/mod.rs
@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ mod shift;
 mod unique;
 mod value_counts;

+use nu_protocol::engine::StateWorkingSet;
+
 pub use all_false::AllFalse;
 pub use all_true::AllTrue;
 pub use arg_max::ArgMax;
@ -35,3 +37,60 @@ pub use rolling::Rolling;
 pub use shift::Shift;
 pub use unique::Unique;
 pub use value_counts::ValueCount;
+
+pub fn add_series_decls(working_set: &mut StateWorkingSet) {
+    macro_rules! bind_command {
+            ( $command:expr ) => {
+                working_set.add_decl(Box::new($command));
+            };
+            ( $( $command:expr ),* ) => {
+                $( working_set.add_decl(Box::new($command)); )*
+            };
+        }
+
+    // Series commands
+    bind_command!(
+        AllFalse,
+        AllTrue,
+        ArgMax,
+        ArgMin,
+        ArgSort,
+        ArgTrue,
+        ArgUnique,
+        Concatenate,
+        Contains,
+        Cumulative,
+        GetDay,
+        GetHour,
+        GetMinute,
+        GetMonth,
+        GetNanosecond,
+        GetOrdinal,
+        GetSecond,
+        GetWeek,
+        GetWeekDay,
+        GetYear,
+        IsDuplicated,
+        IsIn,
+        IsNotNull,
+        IsNull,
+        IsUnique,
+        NNull,
+        NUnique,
+        NotSeries,
+        Rename,
+        Replace,
+        ReplaceAll,
+        Rolling,
+        SetSeries,
+        SetWithIndex,
+        Shift,
+        StrLengths,
+        StrSlice,
+        StrFTime,
+        ToLowerCase,
+        ToUpperCase,
+        Unique,
+        ValueCount
+    );
+}
--- a/crates/nu-command/src/dataframe/series/rolling.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-command/src/dataframe/series/rolling.rs
@ -162,8 +162,8 @@ fn command(

 #[cfg(test)]
 mod test {
+    use super::super::super::eager::DropNulls;
    use super::super::super::test_dataframe::test_dataframe;
-    use super::super::super::DropNulls;
    use super::*;

    #[test]
--- a/crates/nu-command/src/dataframe/series/shift.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-command/src/dataframe/series/shift.rs
@ -68,8 +68,8 @@ fn command(

 #[cfg(test)]
 mod test {
+    use super::super::super::eager::DropNulls;
    use super::super::super::test_dataframe::test_dataframe;
-    use super::super::super::DropNulls;
    use super::*;

    #[test]
--- a/crates/nu-command/src/dataframe/test_dataframe.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-command/src/dataframe/test_dataframe.rs
@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ use nu_protocol::{
    PipelineData, Span, Value, CONFIG_VARIABLE_ID,
 };

-use super::ToDataFrame;
+use super::eager::ToDataFrame;
 use crate::Let;

 pub fn test_dataframe(cmds: Vec<Box<dyn Command + 'static>>) {
--- a/crates/nu-command/src/dataframe/values/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-command/src/dataframe/values/mod.rs
@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 mod nu_dataframe;
+mod nu_groupby;
 pub mod utils;

 pub use nu_dataframe::{Axis, Column, NuDataFrame};
+pub use nu_groupby::NuGroupBy;
--- a/crates/nu-command/src/dataframe/values/nu_dataframe/custom_value.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-command/src/dataframe/values/nu_dataframe/custom_value.rs
@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 use super::NuDataFrame;
-use nu_protocol::{ast::Operator, Category, CustomValue, ShellError, Span, Value};
+use nu_protocol::{ast::Operator, CustomValue, ShellError, Span, Value};

 // CustomValue implementation for NuDataFrame
 impl CustomValue for NuDataFrame {
@ -20,10 +20,6 @@ impl CustomValue for NuDataFrame {
        }
    }

-    fn category(&self) -> Category {
-        Category::Custom(self.typetag_name().into())
-    }
-
    fn value_string(&self) -> String {
        self.typetag_name().to_string()
    }
--- a/crates/nu-command/src/dataframe/values/nu_dataframe/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-command/src/dataframe/values/nu_dataframe/mod.rs
@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ use polars::prelude::{DataFrame, DataType, PolarsObject, Series};
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use std::{cmp::Ordering, fmt::Display, hash::Hasher};

+use super::utils::DEFAULT_ROWS;
+
 // DataFrameValue is an encapsulation of Nushell Value that can be used
 // to define the PolarsObject Trait. The polars object trait allows to
 // create dataframes with mixed datatypes
@ -283,7 +285,7 @@ impl NuDataFrame {
    pub fn tail(&self, rows: Option<usize>, span: Span) -> Result<Vec<Value>, ShellError> {
        let df = &self.0;
        let to_row = df.height();
-        let size = rows.unwrap_or(5);
+        let size = rows.unwrap_or(DEFAULT_ROWS);
        let from_row = to_row.saturating_sub(size);

        let values = self.to_rows(from_row, to_row, span)?;
--- a/crates/nu-command/src/dataframe/values/nu_groupby/custom_value.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-command/src/dataframe/values/nu_groupby/custom_value.rs
@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+use super::NuGroupBy;
+use nu_protocol::{CustomValue, ShellError, Span, Value};
+
+// CustomValue implementation for NuDataFrame
+impl CustomValue for NuGroupBy {
+    fn typetag_name(&self) -> &'static str {
+        "groupby"
+    }
+
+    fn typetag_deserialize(&self) {
+        unimplemented!("typetag_deserialize")
+    }
+
+    fn clone_value(&self, span: nu_protocol::Span) -> Value {
+        let cloned = NuGroupBy {
+            dataframe: self.dataframe.clone(),
+            by: self.by.clone(),
+            groups: self.groups.clone(),
+        };
+
+        Value::CustomValue {
+            val: Box::new(cloned),
+            span,
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn value_string(&self) -> String {
+        self.typetag_name().to_string()
+    }
+
+    fn to_base_value(&self, span: Span) -> Result<Value, ShellError> {
+        let vals = self.print(span)?;
+
+        Ok(Value::List { vals, span })
+    }
+
+    fn to_json(&self) -> nu_json::Value {
+        nu_json::Value::Null
+    }
+
+    fn as_any(&self) -> &dyn std::any::Any {
+        self
+    }
+}
--- a/crates/nu-command/src/dataframe/values/nu_groupby/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-command/src/dataframe/values/nu_groupby/mod.rs
@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+mod custom_value;
+
+use nu_protocol::{PipelineData, ShellError, Span, Value};
+use polars::frame::groupby::{GroupBy, GroupTuples};
+use polars::prelude::DataFrame;
+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+
+#[derive(Debug, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+pub struct NuGroupBy {
+    dataframe: DataFrame,
+    by: Vec<String>,
+    groups: GroupTuples,
+}
+
+impl NuGroupBy {
+    pub fn new(dataframe: DataFrame, by: Vec<String>, groups: GroupTuples) -> Self {
+        NuGroupBy {
+            dataframe,
+            by,
+            groups,
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn into_value(self, span: Span) -> Value {
+        Value::CustomValue {
+            val: Box::new(self),
+            span,
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn try_from_value(value: Value) -> Result<Self, ShellError> {
+        match value {
+            Value::CustomValue { val, span } => match val.as_any().downcast_ref::<NuGroupBy>() {
+                Some(groupby) => Ok(NuGroupBy {
+                    dataframe: groupby.dataframe.clone(),
+                    by: groupby.by.clone(),
+                    groups: groupby.groups.clone(),
+                }),
+                None => Err(ShellError::CantConvert(
+                    "groupby".into(),
+                    "non-dataframe".into(),
+                    span,
+                )),
+            },
+            x => Err(ShellError::CantConvert(
+                "groupby".into(),
+                x.get_type().to_string(),
+                x.span()?,
+            )),
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn try_from_pipeline(input: PipelineData, span: Span) -> Result<NuGroupBy, ShellError> {
+        let value = input.into_value(span);
+        NuGroupBy::try_from_value(value)
+    }
+
+    pub fn to_groupby(&self) -> Result<GroupBy, ShellError> {
+        let by = self.dataframe.select_series(&self.by).map_err(|e| {
+            ShellError::LabeledError("Error creating groupby".into(), e.to_string())
+        })?;
+
+        Ok(GroupBy::new(&self.dataframe, by, self.groups.clone(), None))
+    }
+
+    pub fn print(&self, span: Span) -> Result<Vec<Value>, ShellError> {
+        let values = self
+            .by
+            .iter()
+            .map(|col| {
+                let cols = vec!["group by".to_string()];
+                let vals = vec![Value::String {
+                    val: col.into(),
+                    span,
+                }];
+
+                Value::Record { cols, vals, span }
+            })
+            .collect::<Vec<Value>>();
+
+        Ok(values)
+    }
+}
+
+impl AsRef<DataFrame> for NuGroupBy {
+    fn as_ref(&self) -> &polars::prelude::DataFrame {
+        &self.dataframe
+    }
+}
--- a/crates/nu-command/src/dataframe/values/utils.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-command/src/dataframe/values/utils.rs
@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 use nu_protocol::{span as span_join, ShellError, Span, Spanned, Value};

-// Converts a Vec<Value> to a Vec<String> with a Span marking the whole
+// Default value used when selecting rows from dataframe
+pub const DEFAULT_ROWS: usize = 5;
+
+// Converts a Vec<Value> to a Vec<Spanned<String>> with a Span marking the whole
 // location of the columns for error referencing
 pub(crate) fn convert_columns(
    columns: Vec<Value>,
@ -35,3 +38,39 @@ pub(crate) fn convert_columns(

    Ok((res, col_span))
 }
+
+// Converts a Vec<Value> to a Vec<String> with a Span marking the whole
+// location of the columns for error referencing
+pub(crate) fn convert_columns_string(
+    columns: Vec<Value>,
+    span: Span,
+) -> Result<(Vec<String>, Span), ShellError> {
+    // First column span
+    let mut col_span = columns
+        .get(0)
+        .ok_or_else(|| {
+            ShellError::SpannedLabeledError(
+                "Empty column list".into(),
+                "Empty list found for command".into(),
+                span,
+            )
+        })
+        .and_then(|v| v.span())?;
+
+    let res = columns
+        .into_iter()
+        .map(|value| match value {
+            Value::String { val, span } => {
+                col_span = span_join(&[col_span, span]);
+                Ok(val)
+            }
+            _ => Err(ShellError::SpannedLabeledError(
+                "Incorrect column format".into(),
+                "Only string as column name".into(),
+                span,
+            )),
+        })
+        .collect::<Result<Vec<String>, _>>()?;
+
+    Ok((res, col_span))
+}
--- a/crates/nu-protocol/src/value/custom_value.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-protocol/src/value/custom_value.rs
@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 use std::{cmp::Ordering, fmt};

-use crate::{ast::Operator, Category, ShellError, Span, Value};
+use crate::{ast::Operator, ShellError, Span, Value};

 // Trait definition for a custom value
 #[typetag::serde(tag = "type")]
 pub trait CustomValue: fmt::Debug + Send + Sync {
    fn clone_value(&self, span: Span) -> Value;

-    fn category(&self) -> Category;
+    //fn category(&self) -> Category;

    // Define string representation of the custom value
    fn value_string(&self) -> String;
@ -26,8 +26,19 @@ pub trait CustomValue: fmt::Debug + Send + Sync {
    fn as_any(&self) -> &dyn std::any::Any;

    // Follow cell path functions
-    fn follow_path_int(&self, count: usize, span: Span) -> Result<Value, ShellError>;
-    fn follow_path_string(&self, column_name: String, span: Span) -> Result<Value, ShellError>;
+    fn follow_path_int(&self, _count: usize, span: Span) -> Result<Value, ShellError> {
+        Err(ShellError::IncompatiblePathAccess(
+            format!("{} does't support path access", self.value_string()),
+            span,
+        ))
+    }
+
+    fn follow_path_string(&self, _column_name: String, span: Span) -> Result<Value, ShellError> {
+        Err(ShellError::IncompatiblePathAccess(
+            format!("{} does't support path access", self.value_string()),
+            span,
+        ))
+    }

    // ordering with other value
    fn partial_cmp(&self, _other: &Value) -> Option<Ordering> {