diff --git a/ui/src/notebooks/components/Pipe.tsx b/ui/src/notebooks/components/Pipe.tsx
index bcd18bc132..c51906f136 100644
--- a/ui/src/notebooks/components/Pipe.tsx
+++ b/ui/src/notebooks/components/Pipe.tsx
@@ -1,18 +1,16 @@
-import {FC, createElement, useContext} from 'react'
-import {NotebookContext} from 'src/notebooks/context/notebook'
+import {FC, createElement} from 'react'
 
 import {PIPE_DEFINITIONS, PipeProp} from 'src/notebooks'
 
 const Pipe: FC<PipeProp> = props => {
-  const {index} = props
-  const {pipes} = useContext(NotebookContext)
+  const {data} = props
 
-  if (!PIPE_DEFINITIONS.hasOwnProperty(pipes[index].type)) {
-    throw new Error(`Pipe type [${pipes[index].type}] not registered`)
+  if (!PIPE_DEFINITIONS.hasOwnProperty(data.type)) {
+    throw new Error(`Pipe type [${data.type}] not registered`)
     return null
   }
 
-  return createElement(PIPE_DEFINITIONS[pipes[index].type].component, props)
+  return createElement(PIPE_DEFINITIONS[data.type].component, props)
 }
 
 export default Pipe
diff --git a/ui/src/notebooks/components/PipeList.tsx b/ui/src/notebooks/components/PipeList.tsx
index 27ef2b3fff..9110bf4f92 100644
--- a/ui/src/notebooks/components/PipeList.tsx
+++ b/ui/src/notebooks/components/PipeList.tsx
@@ -1,21 +1,30 @@
-import React, {FC, useContext} from 'react'
+import React, {FC, useContext, createElement} from 'react'
+import {PipeContextProps, PipeData} from 'src/notebooks'
 import Pipe from 'src/notebooks/components/Pipe'
 import {NotebookContext} from 'src/notebooks/context/notebook'
+import NotebookPanel from 'src/notebooks/components/panel/NotebookPanel'
 
 const PipeList: FC = () => {
-  const {id, pipes, removePipe, movePipe} = useContext(NotebookContext)
-  const _pipes = pipes.map((_, index) => {
-    const remove = () => removePipe(index)
-    const moveUp = () => movePipe(index, index - 1)
-    const moveDown = () => movePipe(index, index + 1)
+  const {id, pipes, updatePipe} = useContext(NotebookContext)
+  const _pipes = pipes.map((pipe, index) => {
+    const panel: FC<PipeContextProps> = props => {
+      const _props = {
+        ...props,
+        index,
+      }
+
+      return createElement(NotebookPanel, _props)
+    }
+    const onUpdate = (data: PipeData) => {
+      updatePipe(index, data)
+    }
 
     return (
       <Pipe
-        index={index}
-        remove={remove}
-        moveUp={moveUp}
-        moveDown={moveDown}
         key={`pipe-${id}-${index}`}
+        data={pipe}
+        onUpdate={onUpdate}
+        Context={panel}
       />
     )
   })
diff --git a/ui/src/notebooks/components/panel/NotebookPanel.tsx b/ui/src/notebooks/components/panel/NotebookPanel.tsx
index 5f73b1497f..7c24edd2a5 100644
--- a/ui/src/notebooks/components/panel/NotebookPanel.tsx
+++ b/ui/src/notebooks/components/panel/NotebookPanel.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 // Libraries
-import React, {FC, ReactChildren, useState} from 'react'
+import React, {FC, useContext} from 'react'
 import classnames from 'classnames'
 
 // Components
@@ -9,43 +9,32 @@ import {
   AlignItems,
   JustifyContent,
 } from '@influxdata/clockface'
+import {PipeContextProps} from 'src/notebooks'
+import {NotebookContext} from 'src/notebooks/context/notebook'
 import RemovePanelButton from 'src/notebooks/components/panel/RemovePanelButton'
 import PanelVisibilityToggle from 'src/notebooks/components/panel/PanelVisibilityToggle'
 import MovePanelButton from 'src/notebooks/components/panel/MovePanelButton'
 import NotebookPanelTitle from 'src/notebooks/components/panel/NotebookPanelTitle'
 
-interface Props {
-  id: string
-  children: ReactChildren | JSX.Element | JSX.Element[]
-  title: string
-  onTitleChange?: (title: string) => void
-  previousPanelTitle?: string
-  controlsLeft?: JSX.Element | JSX.Element[]
-  controlsRight?: JSX.Element | JSX.Element[]
-  onRemove?: () => void
-  onMoveUp?: () => void
-  onMoveDown?: () => void
+export interface Props extends PipeContextProps {
+  index: number
 }
 
-export type NotebookPanelVisibility = 'hidden' | 'visible'
+const NotebookPanel: FC<Props> = ({index, children}) => {
+  const {pipes, removePipe, movePipe, meta} = useContext(NotebookContext)
+  const canBeMovedUp = index > 0
+  const canBeMovedDown = index < pipes.length - 1
+  const canBeRemoved = index !== 0
 
-const NotebookPanel: FC<Props> = ({
-  children,
-  title,
-  previousPanelTitle,
-  onTitleChange,
-  controlsLeft,
-  controlsRight,
-  onRemove,
-  onMoveUp,
-  onMoveDown,
-}) => {
-  const [panelVisibility, setPanelVisibility] = useState<
-    NotebookPanelVisibility
-  >('visible')
+  const moveUp = canBeMovedUp ? () => movePipe(index, index - 1) : null
+  const moveDown = canBeMovedDown ? () => movePipe(index, index + 1) : null
+  const remove = canBeRemoved ? () => removePipe(index) : null
+
+  const isVisible = meta[index].visible
 
   const panelClassName = classnames('notebook-panel', {
-    [`notebook-panel__${panelVisibility}`]: panelVisibility,
+    [`notebook-panel__visible`]: isVisible,
+    [`notebook-panel__hidden`]: !isVisible,
   })
 
   return (
@@ -57,12 +46,7 @@ const NotebookPanel: FC<Props> = ({
           margin={ComponentSize.Small}
           justifyContent={JustifyContent.FlexStart}
         >
-          <NotebookPanelTitle
-            title={title}
-            onTitleChange={onTitleChange}
-            previousPanelTitle={previousPanelTitle}
-          />
-          {controlsLeft}
+          <NotebookPanelTitle index={index} />
         </FlexBox>
         <FlexBox
           className="notebook-panel--header-right"
@@ -70,19 +54,13 @@ const NotebookPanel: FC<Props> = ({
           margin={ComponentSize.Small}
           justifyContent={JustifyContent.FlexEnd}
         >
-          {controlsRight}
-          <MovePanelButton direction="up" onClick={onMoveUp} />
-          <MovePanelButton direction="down" onClick={onMoveDown} />
-          <PanelVisibilityToggle
-            onToggle={setPanelVisibility}
-            visibility={panelVisibility}
-          />
-          <RemovePanelButton onRemove={onRemove} />
+          <MovePanelButton direction="up" onClick={moveUp} />
+          <MovePanelButton direction="down" onClick={moveDown} />
+          <PanelVisibilityToggle index={index} />
+          <RemovePanelButton onRemove={remove} />
         </FlexBox>
       </div>
-      <div className="notebook-panel--body">
-        {panelVisibility === 'visible' && children}
-      </div>
+      <div className="notebook-panel--body">{isVisible && children}</div>
     </div>
   )
 }
diff --git a/ui/src/notebooks/components/panel/NotebookPanelTitle.tsx b/ui/src/notebooks/components/panel/NotebookPanelTitle.tsx
index aaa80a2b07..7d11015400 100644
--- a/ui/src/notebooks/components/panel/NotebookPanelTitle.tsx
+++ b/ui/src/notebooks/components/panel/NotebookPanelTitle.tsx
@@ -1,55 +1,41 @@
 // Libraries
-import React, {FC, ChangeEvent} from 'react'
-
-// Components
-import {Icon, IconFont} from '@influxdata/clockface'
+import React, {FC, ChangeEvent, useContext} from 'react'
+import {NotebookContext, PipeMeta} from 'src/notebooks/context/notebook'
 
 interface Props {
-  title: string
-  onTitleChange?: (title: string) => void
-  previousPanelTitle?: string
+  index: number
 }
 
-const NotebookPanelTitle: FC<Props> = ({
-  title,
-  onTitleChange,
-  previousPanelTitle,
-}) => {
+const NotebookPanelTitle: FC<Props> = ({index}) => {
+  const {meta, updateMeta} = useContext(NotebookContext)
+  const title = meta[index].title
+  const onTitleChange = (value: string) => {
+    updateMeta(index, {
+      title: value,
+    } as PipeMeta)
+  }
+
   let sourceName
   let titleElement = <div className="notebook-panel--title">{title}</div>
 
-  if (previousPanelTitle) {
-    sourceName = (
-      <div className="notebook-panel--data-source">
-        {previousPanelTitle}
-        <Icon
-          glyph={IconFont.CaretRight}
-          className="notebook-panel--data-caret"
-        />
-      </div>
-    )
+  const onChange = (e: ChangeEvent<HTMLInputElement>): void => {
+    const trimmedValue = e.target.value.replace(' ', '_')
+    onTitleChange(trimmedValue)
   }
 
-  if (onTitleChange) {
-    const onChange = (e: ChangeEvent<HTMLInputElement>): void => {
-      const trimmedValue = e.target.value.replace(' ', '_')
-      onTitleChange(trimmedValue)
-    }
-
-    titleElement = (
-      <input
-        type="text"
-        value={title}
-        onChange={onChange}
-        placeholder="Enter an ID"
-        className="notebook-panel--editable-title"
-        autoComplete="off"
-        autoCorrect="off"
-        spellCheck={false}
-        maxLength={30}
-      />
-    )
-  }
+  titleElement = (
+    <input
+      type="text"
+      value={title}
+      onChange={onChange}
+      placeholder="Enter an ID"
+      className="notebook-panel--editable-title"
+      autoComplete="off"
+      autoCorrect="off"
+      spellCheck={false}
+      maxLength={30}
+    />
+  )
 
   return (
     <>
diff --git a/ui/src/notebooks/components/panel/PanelVisibilityToggle.tsx b/ui/src/notebooks/components/panel/PanelVisibilityToggle.tsx
index 183bdefc56..891ea2cf37 100644
--- a/ui/src/notebooks/components/panel/PanelVisibilityToggle.tsx
+++ b/ui/src/notebooks/components/panel/PanelVisibilityToggle.tsx
@@ -1,26 +1,23 @@
 // Libraries
-import React, {FC} from 'react'
+import React, {FC, useContext} from 'react'
 
 // Components
 import {SquareButton, IconFont} from '@influxdata/clockface'
+import {NotebookContext, PipeMeta} from 'src/notebooks/context/notebook'
 
-// Types
-import {NotebookPanelVisibility} from 'src/notebooks/components/panel/NotebookPanel'
-
-interface Props {
-  visibility: NotebookPanelVisibility
-  onToggle: (visibility: NotebookPanelVisibility) => void
+export interface Props {
+  index: number
 }
 
-const PanelVisibilityToggle: FC<Props> = ({visibility, onToggle}) => {
-  const icon = visibility === 'visible' ? IconFont.EyeOpen : IconFont.EyeClosed
+const PanelVisibilityToggle: FC<Props> = ({index}) => {
+  const {meta, updateMeta} = useContext(NotebookContext)
+
+  const icon = meta[index].visible ? IconFont.EyeOpen : IconFont.EyeClosed
 
   const handleClick = (): void => {
-    if (visibility === 'hidden') {
-      onToggle('visible')
-    } else if (visibility === 'visible') {
-      onToggle('hidden')
-    }
+    updateMeta(index, {
+      visible: !meta[index].visible,
+    } as PipeMeta)
   }
 
   return <SquareButton icon={icon} onClick={handleClick} />
diff --git a/ui/src/notebooks/context/notebook.tsx b/ui/src/notebooks/context/notebook.tsx
index ecbcd2a73b..a94e8b3b4c 100644
--- a/ui/src/notebooks/context/notebook.tsx
+++ b/ui/src/notebooks/context/notebook.tsx
@@ -1,14 +1,18 @@
 import React, {FC, useState} from 'react'
+import {PipeData} from 'src/notebooks'
 
-// TODO make this polymorphic to mimic the self registration
-// of pipe stages
-export type Pipe = any
+export interface PipeMeta {
+  title: string
+  visible: boolean
+}
 
 export interface NotebookContextType {
   id: string
-  pipes: Pipe[]
-  addPipe: (pipe: Pipe) => void
-  updatePipe: (idx: number, pipe: Pipe) => void
+  pipes: PipeData[]
+  meta: PipeMeta[] // data only used for the view layer for Notebooks
+  addPipe: (pipe: PipeData) => void
+  updatePipe: (idx: number, pipe: PipeData) => void
+  updateMeta: (idx: number, pipe: PipeMeta) => void
   movePipe: (currentIdx: number, newIdx: number) => void
   removePipe: (idx: number) => void
 }
@@ -16,8 +20,10 @@ export interface NotebookContextType {
 export const DEFAULT_CONTEXT: NotebookContextType = {
   id: 'new',
   pipes: [],
+  meta: [],
   addPipe: () => {},
   updatePipe: () => {},
+  updateMeta: () => {},
   movePipe: () => {},
   removePipe: () => {},
 }
@@ -36,18 +42,30 @@ export const NotebookContext = React.createContext<NotebookContextType>(
   DEFAULT_CONTEXT
 )
 
+let GENERATOR_INDEX = 0
+
 export const NotebookProvider: FC = ({children}) => {
   const [id] = useState(DEFAULT_CONTEXT.id)
   const [pipes, setPipes] = useState(DEFAULT_CONTEXT.pipes)
+  const [meta, setMeta] = useState(DEFAULT_CONTEXT.meta)
 
-  function addPipe(pipe: Pipe) {
-    setPipes(pipes => {
-      pipes.push(pipe)
-      return pipes.slice()
-    })
+  function addPipe(pipe: PipeData) {
+    const add = data => {
+      return pipes => {
+        pipes.push(data)
+        return pipes.slice()
+      }
+    }
+    setPipes(add(pipe))
+    setMeta(
+      add({
+        title: `Notebook_${++GENERATOR_INDEX}`,
+        visible: true,
+      })
+    )
   }
 
-  function updatePipe(idx: number, pipe: Pipe) {
+  function updatePipe(idx: number, pipe: PipeData) {
     setPipes(pipes => {
       pipes[idx] = {
         ...pipes[idx],
@@ -57,27 +75,41 @@ export const NotebookProvider: FC = ({children}) => {
     })
   }
 
-  function movePipe(currentIdx: number, newIdx: number) {
-    setPipes(pipes => {
-      const idx = ((newIdx % pipes.length) + pipes.length) % pipes.length
-
-      if (idx === currentIdx) {
-        return pipes
+  function updateMeta(idx: number, pipe: PipeMeta) {
+    setMeta(pipes => {
+      pipes[idx] = {
+        ...pipes[idx],
+        ...pipe,
       }
-
-      const pipe = pipes.splice(currentIdx, 1)
-
-      pipes.splice(idx, 0, pipe[0])
-
       return pipes.slice()
     })
   }
 
+  function movePipe(currentIdx: number, newIdx: number) {
+    const move = list => {
+      const idx = ((newIdx % list.length) + list.length) % list.length
+
+      if (idx === currentIdx) {
+        return list
+      }
+
+      const pipe = list.splice(currentIdx, 1)
+
+      list.splice(idx, 0, pipe[0])
+
+      return list.slice()
+    }
+    setPipes(move)
+    setMeta(move)
+  }
+
   function removePipe(idx: number) {
-    setPipes(pipes => {
+    const remove = pipes => {
       pipes.splice(idx, 1)
       return pipes.slice()
-    })
+    }
+    setPipes(remove)
+    setMeta(remove)
   }
 
   return (
@@ -85,7 +117,9 @@ export const NotebookProvider: FC = ({children}) => {
       value={{
         id,
         pipes,
+        meta,
         updatePipe,
+        updateMeta,
         movePipe,
         addPipe,
         removePipe,
diff --git a/ui/src/notebooks/index.ts b/ui/src/notebooks/index.ts
index 045518e0a9..bd9f6b42f3 100644
--- a/ui/src/notebooks/index.ts
+++ b/ui/src/notebooks/index.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,17 @@
-import {FunctionComponent, ComponentClass} from 'react'
+import {FunctionComponent, ComponentClass, ReactNode} from 'react'
+
+export interface PipeContextProps {
+  children?: ReactNode
+}
+
+export type PipeData = any
 
 export interface PipeProp {
-  index: number
-  remove: () => void
-  moveUp: () => void
-  moveDown: () => void
+  data: PipeData
+  onUpdate: (data: PipeData) => void
+  Context:
+    | FunctionComponent<PipeContextProps>
+    | ComponentClass<PipeContextProps>
 }
 
 // NOTE: keep this interface as small as possible and
diff --git a/ui/src/notebooks/pipes/Example/style.scss b/ui/src/notebooks/pipes/Example/style.scss
index f7b1753c94..26d0ab8865 100644
--- a/ui/src/notebooks/pipes/Example/style.scss
+++ b/ui/src/notebooks/pipes/Example/style.scss
@@ -1,5 +1,18 @@
-.notebook-example {
+.pipe-example {
+    .notebook-panel--header {
+        transition: opacity 0.2s;
+        opacity: 0;
+    }
+
+    &:hover {
+        .notebook-panel--header {
+            opacity: 1;
+
+        }
+    }
+
     h1 {
-        color: #f00;
+        margin: 0;
+        padding: 1em 0;
     }
 }
diff --git a/ui/src/notebooks/pipes/Example/view.tsx b/ui/src/notebooks/pipes/Example/view.tsx
index 43fb1dfc5c..f58e612b76 100644
--- a/ui/src/notebooks/pipes/Example/view.tsx
+++ b/ui/src/notebooks/pipes/Example/view.tsx
@@ -1,29 +1,11 @@
-import React, {FC, useContext} from 'react'
+import React, {FC} from 'react'
 import {PipeProp} from 'src/notebooks'
-import {NotebookContext} from 'src/notebooks/context/notebook'
-
-import {NotebookPanel} from 'src/notebooks/components/Notebook'
-
-const TITLE = 'Example Pipe'
-
-const ExampleView: FC<PipeProp> = ({index, remove, moveUp, moveDown}) => {
-  const {pipes} = useContext(NotebookContext)
-  const pipe = pipes[index]
-
-  const canBeMovedUp = index > 0
-  const canBeMovedDown = index < pipes.length - 1
-  const canBeRemoved = index !== 0
 
+const ExampleView: FC<PipeProp> = ({data, Context}) => {
   return (
-    <NotebookPanel
-      id={`pipe${index}`}
-      onMoveUp={canBeMovedUp && moveUp}
-      onMoveDown={canBeMovedDown && moveDown}
-      onRemove={canBeRemoved && remove}
-      title={TITLE}
-    >
-      <h1>{pipe.text}</h1>
-    </NotebookPanel>
+    <Context>
+      <h1>{data.text}</h1>
+    </Context>
   )
 }