diff --git a/superset/assets/javascripts/explore/components/QueryAndSaveBtns.jsx b/superset/assets/javascripts/explore/components/QueryAndSaveBtns.jsx
index d6e25a0528..08259e9cf4 100644
--- a/superset/assets/javascripts/explore/components/QueryAndSaveBtns.jsx
+++ b/superset/assets/javascripts/explore/components/QueryAndSaveBtns.jsx
@@ -4,9 +4,14 @@ import classnames from 'classnames';
 const propTypes = {
   canAdd: PropTypes.string.isRequired,
   onQuery: PropTypes.func.isRequired,
+  onSave: PropTypes.func,
 };
 
-export default function QueryAndSaveBtns({ canAdd, onQuery }) {
+const defaultProps = {
+  onSave: () => {},
+};
+
+export default function QueryAndSaveBtns({ canAdd, onQuery, onSave }) {
   const saveClasses = classnames('btn btn-default btn-sm', {
     'disabled disabledButton': canAdd !== 'True',
   });
@@ -21,6 +26,7 @@ export default function QueryAndSaveBtns({ canAdd, onQuery }) {
         className={saveClasses}
         data-target="#save_modal"
         data-toggle="modal"
+        onClick={onSave}
       >
         <i className="fa fa-plus-circle"></i> Save as
       </button>
@@ -29,3 +35,4 @@ export default function QueryAndSaveBtns({ canAdd, onQuery }) {
 }
 
 QueryAndSaveBtns.propTypes = propTypes;
+QueryAndSaveBtns.defaultProps = defaultProps;
diff --git a/superset/assets/javascripts/explorev2/actions/exploreActions.js b/superset/assets/javascripts/explorev2/actions/exploreActions.js
index 8d0728fbba..a1a347dd7d 100644
--- a/superset/assets/javascripts/explorev2/actions/exploreActions.js
+++ b/superset/assets/javascripts/explorev2/actions/exploreActions.js
@@ -155,3 +155,53 @@ export const REMOVE_CHART_ALERT = 'REMOVE_CHART_ALERT';
 export function removeChartAlert() {
   return { type: REMOVE_CHART_ALERT };
 }
+
+export const FETCH_DASHBOARDS_SUCCEEDED = 'FETCH_DASHBOARDS_SUCCEEDED';
+export function fetchDashboardsSucceeded(choices) {
+  return { type: FETCH_DASHBOARDS_SUCCEEDED, choices };
+}
+
+export const FETCH_DASHBOARDS_FAILED = 'FETCH_DASHBOARDS_FAILED';
+export function fetchDashboardsFailed(userId) {
+  return { type: FETCH_FAILED, userId };
+}
+
+export function fetchDashboards(userId) {
+  return function (dispatch) {
+    const url = '/dashboardmodelviewasync/api/read?_flt_0_owners=' + userId;
+    $.get(url, function (data, status) {
+      if (status === 'success') {
+        const choices = [];
+        for (let i = 0; i < data.pks.length; i++) {
+          choices.push({ value: data.pks[i], label: data.result[i].dashboard_title });
+        }
+        dispatch(fetchDashboardsSucceeded(choices));
+      } else {
+        dispatch(fetchDashboardsFailed(userId));
+      }
+    });
+  };
+}
+
+export const SAVE_SLICE_FAILED = 'SAVE_SLICE_FAILED';
+export function saveSliceFailed() {
+  return { type: SAVE_SLICE_FAILED };
+}
+
+export const REMOVE_SAVE_MODAL_ALERT = 'REMOVE_SAVE_MODAL_ALERT';
+export function removeSaveModalAlert() {
+  return { type: REMOVE_SAVE_MODAL_ALERT };
+}
+
+export function saveSlice(url) {
+  return function (dispatch) {
+    $.get(url, (data, status) => {
+      if (status === 'success') {
+        // Go to new slice url or dashboard url
+        window.location = data;
+      } else {
+        dispatch(saveSliceFailed());
+      }
+    });
+  };
+}
diff --git a/superset/assets/javascripts/explorev2/components/ChartContainer.jsx b/superset/assets/javascripts/explorev2/components/ChartContainer.jsx
index 5ae9a6574d..00932a07c5 100644
--- a/superset/assets/javascripts/explorev2/components/ChartContainer.jsx
+++ b/superset/assets/javascripts/explorev2/components/ChartContainer.jsx
@@ -215,8 +215,4 @@ function mapStateToProps(state) {
   };
 }
 
-function mapDispatchToProps() {
-  return {};
-}
-
-export default connect(mapStateToProps, mapDispatchToProps)(ChartContainer);
+export default connect(mapStateToProps, () => ({}))(ChartContainer);
diff --git a/superset/assets/javascripts/explorev2/components/ControlPanelsContainer.jsx b/superset/assets/javascripts/explorev2/components/ControlPanelsContainer.jsx
index c792b28e5d..0e42825b41 100644
--- a/superset/assets/javascripts/explorev2/components/ControlPanelsContainer.jsx
+++ b/superset/assets/javascripts/explorev2/components/ControlPanelsContainer.jsx
@@ -108,8 +108,6 @@ function mapStateToProps(state) {
     alert: state.controlPanelAlert,
     isDatasourceMetaLoading: state.isDatasourceMetaLoading,
     fields: state.fields,
-    datasource_type: state.datasource_type,
-    form_data: state.viz.form_data,
   };
 }
 
diff --git a/superset/assets/javascripts/explorev2/components/ExploreViewContainer.jsx b/superset/assets/javascripts/explorev2/components/ExploreViewContainer.jsx
index 2b3442fd94..2154f36a19 100644
--- a/superset/assets/javascripts/explorev2/components/ExploreViewContainer.jsx
+++ b/superset/assets/javascripts/explorev2/components/ExploreViewContainer.jsx
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import * as actions from '../actions/exploreActions';
 import { connect } from 'react-redux';
 import ChartContainer from './ChartContainer';
 import ControlPanelsContainer from './ControlPanelsContainer';
+import SaveModal from './SaveModal';
 import QueryAndSaveBtns from '../../explore/components/QueryAndSaveBtns';
 const $ = require('jquery');
 
@@ -20,6 +21,7 @@ class ExploreViewContainer extends React.Component {
     super(props);
     this.state = {
       height: this.getHeight(),
+      showModal: false,
     };
   }
 
@@ -63,6 +65,10 @@ class ExploreViewContainer extends React.Component {
       this.props.datasource_type, this.props.form_data.datasource, data);
   }
 
+  toggleModal() {
+    this.setState({ showModal: !this.state.showModal });
+  }
+
   render() {
     return (
       <div
@@ -72,16 +78,26 @@ class ExploreViewContainer extends React.Component {
           overflow: 'hidden',
         }}
       >
+      {this.state.showModal &&
+        <SaveModal
+          onHide={this.toggleModal.bind(this)}
+          actions={this.props.actions}
+          form_data={this.props.form_data}
+          datasource_type={this.props.datasource_type}
+        />
+      }
         <div className="row">
           <div className="col-sm-4">
             <QueryAndSaveBtns
               canAdd="True"
               onQuery={this.onQuery.bind(this)}
+              onSave={this.toggleModal.bind(this)}
             />
             <br /><br />
             <ControlPanelsContainer
               actions={this.props.actions}
               form_data={this.props.form_data}
+              datasource_type={this.props.datasource_type}
             />
           </div>
           <div className="col-sm-8">
@@ -112,6 +128,5 @@ function mapDispatchToProps(dispatch) {
   };
 }
 
-export { ControlPanelsContainer };
-
+export { ExploreViewContainer };
 export default connect(mapStateToProps, mapDispatchToProps)(ExploreViewContainer);
diff --git a/superset/assets/javascripts/explorev2/components/FieldSet.jsx b/superset/assets/javascripts/explorev2/components/FieldSet.jsx
index 03b6ded919..7097028d18 100644
--- a/superset/assets/javascripts/explorev2/components/FieldSet.jsx
+++ b/superset/assets/javascripts/explorev2/components/FieldSet.jsx
@@ -14,7 +14,11 @@ const propTypes = {
   places: PropTypes.number,
   validators: PropTypes.any,
   onChange: React.PropTypes.func,
-  value: PropTypes.oneOfType([PropTypes.string, PropTypes.bool, PropTypes.array]).isRequired,
+  value: PropTypes.oneOfType([
+    PropTypes.string,
+    PropTypes.number,
+    PropTypes.bool,
+    PropTypes.array]).isRequired,
 };
 
 const defaultProps = {
diff --git a/superset/assets/javascripts/explorev2/components/SaveModal.js b/superset/assets/javascripts/explorev2/components/SaveModal.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..08b960122d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/superset/assets/javascripts/explorev2/components/SaveModal.js
@@ -0,0 +1,241 @@
+/* eslint camel-case: 0 */
+import React, { PropTypes } from 'react';
+import $ from 'jquery';
+import { Modal, Alert, Button, Radio } from 'react-bootstrap';
+import Select from 'react-select';
+import { connect } from 'react-redux';
+
+const propTypes = {
+  can_edit: PropTypes.bool,
+  onHide: PropTypes.func.isRequired,
+  actions: PropTypes.object.isRequired,
+  form_data: PropTypes.object,
+  datasource_type: PropTypes.string.isRequired,
+  user_id: PropTypes.string.isRequired,
+  dashboards: PropTypes.array.isRequired,
+  alert: PropTypes.string,
+};
+
+class SaveModal extends React.Component {
+  constructor(props) {
+    super(props);
+    this.state = {
+      saveToDashboardId: null,
+      newDashboardName: '',
+      newSliceName: '',
+      dashboards: [],
+      alert: null,
+      action: 'overwrite',
+      addToDash: 'noSave',
+    };
+  }
+  componentDidMount() {
+    this.props.actions.fetchDashboards(this.props.user_id);
+  }
+  onChange(name, event) {
+    switch (name) {
+      case 'newSliceName':
+        this.setState({ newSliceName: event.target.value });
+        break;
+      case 'saveToDashboardId':
+        this.setState({ saveToDashboardId: event.value });
+        this.changeDash('existing');
+        break;
+      case 'newDashboardName':
+        this.setState({ newDashboardName: event.target.value });
+        break;
+      default:
+        break;
+    }
+  }
+  changeAction(action) {
+    this.setState({ action });
+  }
+  changeDash(dash) {
+    this.setState({ addToDash: dash });
+  }
+  saveOrOverwrite(gotodash) {
+    this.setState({ alert: null });
+    this.props.actions.removeSaveModalAlert();
+    const params = {};
+    const sliceParams = {};
+    params.datasource_id = this.props.form_data.datasource;
+    params.datasource_type = this.props.datasource_type;
+    params.datasource_name = this.props.form_data.datasource_name;
+
+    let sliceName = null;
+    sliceParams.action = this.state.action;
+    if (sliceParams.action === 'saveas') {
+      sliceName = this.state.newSliceName;
+      if (sliceName === '') {
+        this.setState({ alert: 'Please enter a slice name' });
+        return;
+      }
+      sliceParams.slice_name = sliceName;
+    } else {
+      sliceParams.slice_name = this.props.form_data.slice_name;
+    }
+
+    Object.keys(this.props.form_data).forEach((field) => {
+      if (this.props.form_data[field] !== null && field !== 'slice_name') {
+        params[field] = this.props.form_data[field];
+      }
+    });
+
+    const addToDash = this.state.addToDash;
+    sliceParams.add_to_dash = addToDash;
+    let dashboard = null;
+    switch (addToDash) {
+      case ('existing'):
+        dashboard = this.state.saveToDashboardId;
+        if (!dashboard) {
+          this.setState({ alert: 'Please select a dashboard' });
+          return;
+        }
+        sliceParams.save_to_dashboard_id = dashboard;
+        break;
+      case ('new'):
+        dashboard = this.state.newDashboardName;
+        if (dashboard === '') {
+          this.setState({ alert: 'Please enter a dashboard name' });
+          return;
+        }
+        sliceParams.new_dashboard_name = dashboard;
+        break;
+      default:
+        dashboard = null;
+    }
+    params.V2 = true;
+    sliceParams.goto_dash = gotodash;
+    const baseUrl = '/superset/explore/' +
+      `${this.props.datasource_type}/${this.props.form_data.datasource}/`;
+    const saveUrl = `${baseUrl}?${$.param(params, true)}&${$.param(sliceParams, true)}`;
+    this.props.actions.saveSlice(saveUrl);
+    this.props.onHide();
+  }
+  removeAlert() {
+    if (this.props.alert) {
+      this.props.actions.removeSaveModalAlert();
+    }
+    this.setState({ alert: null });
+  }
+  render() {
+    return (
+      <Modal
+        show
+        onHide={this.props.onHide}
+        bsStyle="large"
+      >
+        <Modal.Header closeButton>
+          <Modal.Title>
+            Save A Slice
+          </Modal.Title>
+        </Modal.Header>
+        <Modal.Body>
+          {(this.state.alert || this.props.alert) &&
+            <Alert>
+              {this.state.alert ? this.state.alert : this.props.alert}
+              <i
+                className="fa fa-close pull-right"
+                onClick={this.removeAlert.bind(this)}
+                style={{ cursor: 'pointer' }}
+              />
+            </Alert>
+          }
+          <Radio
+            disabled={!this.props.can_edit}
+            checked={this.state.action === 'overwrite'}
+            onChange={this.changeAction.bind(this, 'overwrite')}
+          >
+          {`Overwrite slice ${this.props.form_data.slice_name}`}
+          </Radio>
+
+          <Radio
+            inline
+            checked={this.state.action === 'saveas'}
+            onChange={this.changeAction.bind(this, 'saveas')}
+          > Save as &nbsp;
+          </Radio>
+          <input
+            name="new_slice_name"
+            placeholder="[slice name]"
+            onChange={this.onChange.bind(this, 'newSliceName')}
+            onFocus={this.changeAction.bind(this, 'saveas')}
+          />
+
+
+          <br />
+          <hr />
+
+          <Radio
+            checked={this.state.addToDash === 'noSave'}
+            onChange={this.changeDash.bind(this, 'noSave')}
+          >
+          Do not add to a dashboard
+          </Radio>
+
+          <Radio
+            inline
+            checked={this.state.addToDash === 'existing'}
+            onChange={this.changeDash.bind(this, 'existing')}
+          >
+          Add slice to existing dashboard
+          </Radio>
+          <Select
+            options={this.props.dashboards}
+            onChange={this.onChange.bind(this, 'saveToDashboardId')}
+            autoSize={false}
+            value={this.state.saveToDashboardId}
+          />
+
+          <Radio
+            inline
+            checked={this.state.addToDash === 'new'}
+            onChange={this.changeDash.bind(this, 'new')}
+          >
+          Add to new dashboard &nbsp;
+          </Radio>
+          <input
+            onChange={this.onChange.bind(this, 'newDashboardName')}
+            onFocus={this.changeDash.bind(this, 'new')}
+            placeholder="[dashboard name]"
+          />
+        </Modal.Body>
+
+        <Modal.Footer>
+          <Button
+            type="button"
+            id="btn_modal_save"
+            className="btn pull-left"
+            onClick={this.saveOrOverwrite.bind(this)}
+          >
+            Save
+          </Button>
+          <Button
+            type="button"
+            id="btn_modal_save_goto_dash"
+            className="btn btn-primary pull-left gotodash"
+            disabled={this.state.addToDash === 'noSave'}
+            onClick={this.saveOrOverwrite.bind(this, true)}
+          >
+            Save & go to dashboard
+          </Button>
+        </Modal.Footer>
+      </Modal>
+    );
+  }
+}
+
+SaveModal.propTypes = propTypes;
+
+function mapStateToProps(state) {
+  return {
+    can_edit: state.can_edit,
+    user_id: state.user_id,
+    dashboards: state.dashboards,
+    alert: state.saveModalAlert,
+  };
+}
+
+export { SaveModal };
+export default connect(mapStateToProps, () => ({}))(SaveModal);
diff --git a/superset/assets/javascripts/explorev2/index.jsx b/superset/assets/javascripts/explorev2/index.jsx
index 2b7fc14583..e30b41acf8 100644
--- a/superset/assets/javascripts/explorev2/index.jsx
+++ b/superset/assets/javascripts/explorev2/index.jsx
@@ -13,10 +13,12 @@ const bootstrapData = JSON.parse(exploreViewContainer.getAttribute('data-bootstr
 import { exploreReducer } from './reducers/exploreReducer';
 
 const bootstrappedState = Object.assign(initialState(bootstrapData.viz.form_data.viz_type), {
+  can_edit: bootstrapData.can_edit,
   can_download: bootstrapData.can_download,
   datasources: bootstrapData.datasources,
   datasource_type: bootstrapData.datasource_type,
   viz: bootstrapData.viz,
+  user_id: bootstrapData.user_id,
 });
 bootstrappedState.viz.form_data.datasource = parseInt(bootstrapData.datasource_id, 10);
 bootstrappedState.viz.form_data.datasource_name = bootstrapData.datasource_name;
diff --git a/superset/assets/javascripts/explorev2/reducers/exploreReducer.js b/superset/assets/javascripts/explorev2/reducers/exploreReducer.js
index 1316c0bca2..da93cdf269 100644
--- a/superset/assets/javascripts/explorev2/reducers/exploreReducer.js
+++ b/superset/assets/javascripts/explorev2/reducers/exploreReducer.js
@@ -27,6 +27,16 @@ export const exploreReducer = function (state, action) {
     [actions.REMOVE_CONTROL_PANEL_ALERT]() {
       return Object.assign({}, state, { controlPanelAlert: null });
     },
+
+    [actions.FETCH_DASHBOARDS_SUCCEEDED]() {
+      return Object.assign({}, state, { dashboards: action.choices });
+    },
+
+    [actions.FETCH_DASHBOARDS_FAILED]() {
+      return Object.assign({}, state,
+        { saveModalAlert: `fetching dashboards failed for ${action.userId}` });
+    },
+
     [actions.SET_FIELD_OPTIONS]() {
       const newState = Object.assign({}, state);
       const optionsByFieldName = action.options;
@@ -66,6 +76,9 @@ export const exploreReducer = function (state, action) {
         newFormData.slice_name = state.viz.form_data.slice_name;
         newFormData.viz_type = state.viz.form_data.viz_type;
       }
+      if (action.key === 'viz_type') {
+        newFormData.previous_viz_type = state.viz.form_data.viz_type;
+      }
       newFormData[action.key] = action.value ? action.value : (!state.viz.form_data[action.key]);
       return Object.assign(
         {},
@@ -99,6 +112,12 @@ export const exploreReducer = function (state, action) {
     [actions.REMOVE_CHART_ALERT]() {
       return Object.assign({}, state, { chartAlert: null });
     },
+    [actions.SAVE_SLICE_FAILED]() {
+      return Object.assign({}, state, { saveModalAlert: 'Failed to save slice' });
+    },
+    [actions.REMOVE_SAVE_MODAL_ALERT]() {
+      return Object.assign({}, state, { saveModalAlert: null });
+    },
   };
   if (action.type in actionHandlers) {
     return actionHandlers[action.type]();
diff --git a/superset/assets/javascripts/explorev2/stores/store.js b/superset/assets/javascripts/explorev2/stores/store.js
index 5d86903286..4ceefe71ed 100644
--- a/superset/assets/javascripts/explorev2/stores/store.js
+++ b/superset/assets/javascripts/explorev2/stores/store.js
@@ -750,7 +750,7 @@ export const fields = {
     type: 'SelectMultipleSortableField',
     label: 'Metrics',
     choices: [],
-    default: null,
+    default: [],
     description: 'One or many metrics to display',
   },
 
@@ -758,6 +758,7 @@ export const fields = {
     type: 'SelectMultipleSortableField',
     label: 'Ordering',
     choices: [],
+    default: [],
     description: 'One or many metrics to display',
   },
 
@@ -931,6 +932,7 @@ export const fields = {
     type: 'SelectMultipleSortableField',
     label: 'Group by',
     choices: [],
+    default: [],
     description: 'One or many fields to group by',
   },
 
@@ -938,6 +940,7 @@ export const fields = {
     type: 'SelectMultipleSortableField',
     label: 'Columns',
     choices: [],
+    default: [],
     description: 'One or many fields to pivot as columns',
   },
 
@@ -945,6 +948,7 @@ export const fields = {
     type: 'SelectMultipleSortableField',
     label: 'Columns',
     choices: [],
+    default: [],
     description: 'Columns to display',
   },
 
@@ -1552,6 +1556,7 @@ export const fields = {
     type: 'SelectMultipleSortableField',
     label: 'label',
     choices: [],
+    default: [],
     description: '`count` is COUNT(*) if a group by is used. ' +
                  'Numerical columns will be aggregated with the aggregator. ' +
                  'Non-numerical columns will be used to label points. ' +
@@ -1704,6 +1709,7 @@ export function defaultViz(vizType) {
 
 export function initialState(vizType = 'table') {
   return {
+    dashboards: [],
     isDatasourceMetaLoading: false,
     datasources: null,
     datasource_type: null,
diff --git a/superset/assets/spec/javascripts/explorev2/components/SaveModal_spec.js b/superset/assets/spec/javascripts/explorev2/components/SaveModal_spec.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..dd86bdf616
--- /dev/null
+++ b/superset/assets/spec/javascripts/explorev2/components/SaveModal_spec.js
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+import React from 'react';
+import { expect } from 'chai';
+import { describe, it, beforeEach } from 'mocha';
+import { shallow } from 'enzyme';
+import { defaultFormData } from '../../../../javascripts/explorev2/stores/store';
+import { SaveModal } from '../../../../javascripts/explorev2/components/SaveModal';
+import { Modal, Button, Radio } from 'react-bootstrap';
+import sinon from 'sinon';
+
+const defaultProps = {
+  can_edit: true,
+  onHide: () => ({}),
+  actions: {
+    saveSlice: sinon.spy(),
+  },
+  form_data: defaultFormData,
+  datasource_id: 1,
+  datasource_name: 'birth_names',
+  datasource_type: 'table',
+  user_id: 1,
+};
+
+describe('SaveModal', () => {
+  let wrapper;
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    wrapper = shallow(<SaveModal {...defaultProps} />);
+  });
+
+  it('renders a Modal with 7 inputs and 2 buttons', () => {
+    expect(wrapper.find(Modal)).to.have.lengthOf(1);
+    expect(wrapper.find('input')).to.have.lengthOf(2);
+    expect(wrapper.find(Button)).to.have.lengthOf(2);
+    expect(wrapper.find(Radio)).to.have.lengthOf(5);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/superset/views.py b/superset/views.py
index 597d0fbdd8..6e66b9017e 100755
--- a/superset/views.py
+++ b/superset/views.py
@@ -1456,7 +1456,8 @@ class Superset(BaseSupersetView):
         # TODO use form processing form wtforms
         d = args.to_dict(flat=False)
         del d['action']
-        del d['previous_viz_type']
+        if 'previous_viz_type' in d:
+            del d['previous_viz_type']
 
         as_list = ('metrics', 'groupby', 'columns', 'all_columns',
                    'mapbox_label', 'order_by_cols')
@@ -1515,8 +1516,12 @@ class Superset(BaseSupersetView):
             db.session.commit()
 
         if request.args.get('goto_dash') == 'true':
+            if request.args.get('V2') == 'true':
+                return dash.url
             return redirect(dash.url)
         else:
+            if request.args.get('V2') == 'true':
+                return slc.slice_url
             return redirect(slc.slice_url)
 
     def save_slice(self, slc):