diff --git a/eland/__init__.py b/eland/__init__.py
index f82d933..eee58ae 100644
--- a/eland/__init__.py
+++ b/eland/__init__.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-from .utils import *
 from .client import *
 from .ndframe import *
 from .index import *
 from .mappings import *
-from .dataframe import *
 from .series import *
+from .dataframe import *
+from .utils import *
diff --git a/eland/client.py b/eland/client.py
index aa1a6a1..3b1231f 100644
--- a/eland/client.py
+++ b/eland/client.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 from elasticsearch import Elasticsearch
+from elasticsearch import helpers
 
 class Client():
     """
@@ -17,7 +18,13 @@ class Client():
     
     def indices(self):
         return self.es.indices
-    
+
+    def bulk(self, actions, refresh=False):
+        return helpers.bulk(self.es, actions, refresh=refresh)
+
+    def scan(self, **kwargs):
+        return helpers.scan(self.es, **kwargs)
+
     def search(self, **kwargs):
         return self.es.search(**kwargs)
 
diff --git a/eland/dataframe.py b/eland/dataframe.py
index 35bfd4d..b4ed1c4 100644
--- a/eland/dataframe.py
+++ b/eland/dataframe.py
@@ -32,9 +32,14 @@ from pandas.io.formats.printing import pprint_thing
 from pandas.compat import StringIO
 from pandas.io.common import _expand_user, _stringify_path
 from pandas.io.formats import console
+from pandas.core import common as com
 
 from eland import NDFrame
 from eland import Index
+from eland import Series
+
+
+
 
 
 class DataFrame(NDFrame):
@@ -217,10 +222,6 @@ class DataFrame(NDFrame):
 
         return num_rows, num_columns
 
-    @property
-    def columns(self):
-        return super()._columns
-
     def set_index(self, index_field):
         copy = self.copy()
         copy._index = Index(index_field)
@@ -265,7 +266,6 @@ class DataFrame(NDFrame):
     def __getitem__(self, key):
         # NOTE: there is a difference between pandas here.
         # e.g. df['a'] returns pd.Series, df[['a','b']] return pd.DataFrame
-        # we always return DataFrame - TODO maybe create eland.Series at some point...
 
         # Implementation mainly copied from pandas v0.24.2
         # (https://pandas.pydata.org/pandas-docs/stable/user_guide/indexing.html)
@@ -291,10 +291,12 @@ class DataFrame(NDFrame):
 
         # We are left with two options: a single key, and a collection of keys,
         columns = []
+        is_single_key = False
         if isinstance(key, str):
             if not self._mappings.is_source_field(key):
                 raise TypeError('Column does not exist: [{0}]'.format(key))
             columns.append(key)
+            is_single_key = True
         elif isinstance(key, list):
             columns.extend(key)
         else:
@@ -303,7 +305,18 @@ class DataFrame(NDFrame):
         mappings = self._filter_mappings(columns)
 
         # Return new eland.DataFrame with modified mappings
-        return DataFrame(self._client, self._index_pattern, mappings=mappings)
+        if is_single_key:
+            return Series(self._client, self._index_pattern, mappings=mappings)
+        else:
+            return DataFrame(self._client, self._index_pattern, mappings=mappings)
+
+
+    def __getattr__(self, name):
+        # Note: obj.x will always call obj.__getattribute__('x') prior to
+        # calling obj.__getattr__('x').
+        mappings = self._filter_mappings([name])
+
+        return Series(self._client, self._index_pattern, mappings=mappings)
 
     def copy(self):
         # TODO - test and validate...may need deep copying
@@ -373,7 +386,8 @@ class DataFrame(NDFrame):
             result = _buf.getvalue()
             return result
 
-
+    def to_pandas(selfs):
+        return super()._to_pandas()
 
 # From pandas.DataFrame
 def _put_str(s, space):
diff --git a/eland/mappings.py b/eland/mappings.py
index b9e31e7..1dc0bee 100644
--- a/eland/mappings.py
+++ b/eland/mappings.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import warnings
 
 import pandas as pd
 
+from pandas.core.dtypes.common import (is_float_dtype, is_bool_dtype, is_integer_dtype, is_datetime_or_timedelta_dtype, is_string_dtype)
 
 class Mappings():
     """
@@ -217,6 +218,7 @@ class Mappings():
 
         return capability_matrix_df.sort_index()
 
+    @staticmethod
     def _es_dtype_to_pd_dtype(es_dtype):
         """
         Mapping Elasticsearch types to pandas dtypes
@@ -259,6 +261,84 @@ class Mappings():
         # Return 'object' for all unsupported TODO - investigate how different types could be supported
         return 'object'
 
+    @staticmethod
+    def _pd_dtype_to_es_dtype(pd_dtype):
+        """
+        Mapping pandas dtypes to Elasticsearch dtype
+        --------------------------------------------
+
+        ```
+        Pandas dtype	Python type	NumPy type	Usage
+        object	str	string_, unicode_	Text
+        int64	int	int_, int8, int16, int32, int64, uint8, uint16, uint32, uint64	Integer numbers
+        float64	float	float_, float16, float32, float64	Floating point numbers
+        bool	bool	bool_	True/False values
+        datetime64	NA	datetime64[ns]	Date and time values
+        timedelta[ns]	NA	NA	Differences between two datetimes
+        category	NA	NA	Finite list of text values
+        ```
+        """
+        es_dtype = None
+
+        # Map all to 64-bit - TODO map to specifics: int32 -> int etc.
+        if is_float_dtype(pd_dtype):
+            es_dtype = 'double'
+        elif is_integer_dtype(pd_dtype):
+            es_dtype = 'long'
+        elif is_bool_dtype(pd_dtype):
+            es_dtype = 'boolean'
+        elif is_string_dtype(pd_dtype):
+            es_dtype = 'keyword'
+        elif is_datetime_or_timedelta_dtype(pd_dtype):
+            es_dtype = 'date'
+        else:
+            warnings.warn('No mapping for pd_dtype: [{0}], using default mapping'.format(pd_dtype))
+
+        return es_dtype
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _generate_es_mappings(dataframe):
+        """Given a pandas dataframe, generate the associated Elasticsearch mapping
+
+        Parameters
+        ----------
+            dataframe : pandas.DataFrame
+                pandas.DataFrame to create schema from
+
+        Returns
+        -------
+            mapping : str
+        """
+
+        """
+        "mappings" : {
+          "properties" : {
+            "AvgTicketPrice" : {
+              "type" : "float"
+            },
+            "Cancelled" : {
+              "type" : "boolean"
+            },
+            "Carrier" : {
+              "type" : "keyword"
+            },
+            "Dest" : {
+              "type" : "keyword"
+            }
+          }
+        }
+        """
+
+        mappings = {}
+        mappings['properties'] = {}
+        for column_name, dtype in dataframe.dtypes.iteritems():
+            es_dtype = Mappings._pd_dtype_to_es_dtype(dtype)
+
+            mappings['properties'][column_name] = {}
+            mappings['properties'][column_name]['type'] = es_dtype
+
+        return {"mappings": mappings}
+
     def all_fields(self):
         """
         Returns
@@ -379,3 +459,14 @@ class Mappings():
         """
         return pd.Series(self._mappings_capabilities[self._mappings_capabilities._source == True].groupby('pd_dtype')[
                              '_source'].count().to_dict())
+
+    def to_pandas(self):
+        """
+
+        Returns
+        -------
+        df : pd.DataFrame
+            pandas DaraFrame representing this index
+        """
+
+
diff --git a/eland/ndframe.py b/eland/ndframe.py
index 6f52e1c..9fbd312 100644
--- a/eland/ndframe.py
+++ b/eland/ndframe.py
@@ -23,10 +23,14 @@ only Elasticsearch aggregatable fields can be aggregated or grouped.
 
 """
 import pandas as pd
+import functools
 from elasticsearch_dsl import Search
 
 import eland as ed
 
+from pandas.core.generic import NDFrame as pd_NDFrame
+from pandas._libs import Timestamp, iNaT, properties
+
 
 class NDFrame():
     """
@@ -44,7 +48,6 @@ class NDFrame():
     --------
 
     """
-
     def __init__(self,
                  client,
                  index_pattern,
@@ -191,7 +194,12 @@ class NDFrame():
 
         rows = []
         index = []
-        for hit in results['hits']['hits']:
+        if isinstance(results, dict):
+            iterator = results['hits']['hits']
+        else:
+            iterator = results
+
+        for hit in iterator:
             row = hit['_source']
 
             # get index value - can be _id or can be field value in source
@@ -255,6 +263,23 @@ class NDFrame():
         # reverse order (index ascending)
         return df.sort_index()
 
+    def _to_pandas(self):
+        """
+        Protected method that returns all data as pandas.DataFrame.
+
+        Returns
+        -------
+        df
+            pandas.DataFrame of all values
+        """
+        sort_params = self._index.sort_field + ":asc"
+
+        results = self._client.scan(index=self._index_pattern)
+
+        # We sort here rather than in scan - once everything is in core this
+        # should be faster
+        return self._es_results_to_pandas(results)
+
     def _describe(self):
         numeric_source_fields = self._mappings.numeric_source_fields()
 
@@ -294,6 +319,10 @@ class NDFrame():
 
         return mappings
 
+    @property
+    def columns(self):
+        return self._columns
+
     @property
     def index(self):
         return self._index
@@ -309,7 +338,6 @@ class NDFrame():
     def get_dtype_counts(self):
         return self._mappings.get_dtype_counts()
 
-
     def _index_count(self):
         """
         Returns
diff --git a/eland/series.py b/eland/series.py
index 735da96..47473ed 100644
--- a/eland/series.py
+++ b/eland/series.py
@@ -72,14 +72,17 @@ class Series(NDFrame):
     def __init__(self,
                  client,
                  index_pattern,
-                 field_name,
+                 field_name=None,
                  mappings=None,
                  index_field=None):
         # python 3 syntax
         super().__init__(client, index_pattern, mappings=mappings, index_field=index_field)
 
         # now select column (field_name)
-        self._mappings = self._filter_mappings([field_name])
+        if field_name is not None:
+            self._mappings = self._filter_mappings([field_name])
+        elif len(self._mappings.source_fields()) != 1:
+            raise TypeError('Series must have 1 field: [{0}]'.format(len(self._mappings.source_fields())))
 
     def head(self, n=5):
         return self._df_to_series(super()._head(n))
@@ -199,6 +202,10 @@ class Series(NDFrame):
 
         fmt.buffer_put_lines(buf, lines)
 
+    @property
+    def name(self):
+        return list(self._mappings.source_fields())[0]
+
     @property
     def shape(self):
         """
@@ -257,7 +264,7 @@ class Series(NDFrame):
         return super()._describe()
 
     def _df_to_series(self, df):
-        return df.iloc[:, 0]
+        return df[self.name]
 
     # ----------------------------------------------------------------------
     # Rendering Methods
@@ -269,8 +276,8 @@ class Series(NDFrame):
 
         max_rows = pd.get_option("display.max_rows")
 
-        self.to_string(buf=buf, na_rep='NaN', float_format=None, header=True, index=True, length=False,
-                       dtype=False, name=False, max_rows=max_rows)
+        self.to_string(buf=buf, na_rep='NaN', float_format=None, header=True, index=True, length=True,
+                       dtype=True, name=True, max_rows=max_rows)
 
         return buf.getvalue()
 
@@ -279,7 +286,7 @@ class Series(NDFrame):
                   index=True, length=True, dtype=True,
                   name=True, max_rows=None):
         """
-        From pandas
+        From pandas 0.24.2
 
         Render a string representation of the Series.
 
@@ -343,7 +350,6 @@ class Series(NDFrame):
         """
         A hacked overridden version of pandas.io.formats.SeriesFormatter that writes correct length
         """
-
         def __init__(self, series, series_length, buf=None, length=True, header=True, index=True,
                      na_rep='NaN', name=False, float_format=None, dtype=True,
                      max_rows=None):
diff --git a/eland/tests/client/test_mappings_pytest.py b/eland/tests/client/test_mappings_pytest.py
index 5e50f17..c19d43f 100644
--- a/eland/tests/client/test_mappings_pytest.py
+++ b/eland/tests/client/test_mappings_pytest.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # File called _pytest for PyCharm compatability
 
+import numpy as np
 from pandas.util.testing import (
     assert_series_equal, assert_frame_equal)
 
@@ -88,3 +89,36 @@ class TestMapping(TestData):
         assert 'object' == field_capabilities['pd_dtype']
         assert True == field_capabilities['searchable']
         assert True == field_capabilities['aggregatable']
+
+    def test_generate_es_mappings(self):
+        df = pd.DataFrame(data={'A': np.random.rand(3),
+                                'B': 1,
+                                'C': 'foo',
+                                'D': pd.Timestamp('20190102'),
+                                'E': [1.0, 2.0, 3.0],
+                                'F': False,
+                                'G': [1, 2, 3]},
+                          index=['0','1','2'])
+
+        expected_mappings = {'mappings': {
+            'properties': {'A': {'type': 'double'},
+                           'B': {'type': 'long'},
+                           'C': {'type': 'keyword'},
+                           'D': {'type': 'date'},
+                           'E': {'type': 'double'},
+                           'F': {'type': 'boolean'},
+                           'G': {'type': 'long'}}}}
+
+        mappings = ed.Mappings._generate_es_mappings(df)
+
+        assert expected_mappings == mappings
+
+        # Now create index
+        index_name = 'eland_test_generate_es_mappings'
+
+        ed.pandas_to_es(df, ELASTICSEARCH_HOST, index_name, if_exists="replace", refresh=True)
+
+        ed_df = ed.DataFrame(ELASTICSEARCH_HOST, index_name)
+        ed_df_head = ed_df.head()
+
+        assert_frame_equal(df, ed_df_head)
diff --git a/eland/tests/dataframe/test_basics_pytest.py b/eland/tests/dataframe/test_basics_pytest.py
index 73e5fb1..dce92e9 100644
--- a/eland/tests/dataframe/test_basics_pytest.py
+++ b/eland/tests/dataframe/test_basics_pytest.py
@@ -153,3 +153,7 @@ class TestDataFrameBasics(TestData):
         ed_flights_timestamp.info()
         ed_flights.info()
 
+    def test_to_pandas(self):
+        ed_ecommerce_pd_df = self.ed_ecommerce().to_pandas()
+
+        assert_frame_equal(self.pd_ecommerce(), ed_ecommerce_pd_df)
diff --git a/eland/tests/dataframe/test_getitem_pytest.py b/eland/tests/dataframe/test_getitem_pytest.py
index 0b6a5bf..e9b58ba 100644
--- a/eland/tests/dataframe/test_getitem_pytest.py
+++ b/eland/tests/dataframe/test_getitem_pytest.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ class TestDataFrameGetItem(TestData):
         ed_carrier = self.ed_flights()['Carrier']
 
         # pandas returns a Series here
-        assert_frame_equal(pd.DataFrame(pd_carrier.head(100)), ed_carrier.head(100))
+        assert_series_equal(pd_carrier.head(100), ed_carrier.head(100))
 
         pd_3_items = self.pd_flights()[['Dest','Carrier','FlightDelay']]
         ed_3_items = self.ed_flights()[['Dest','Carrier','FlightDelay']]
@@ -36,28 +36,12 @@ class TestDataFrameGetItem(TestData):
     def test_getattr_basic(self):
         # Test 1 attribute
         pd_carrier = self.pd_flights().Carrier
-        #ed_carrier = self.ed_flights().Carrier
+        ed_carrier = self.ed_flights().Carrier
 
-        print(type(pd_carrier))
-        print(pd_carrier)
+        assert_series_equal(pd_carrier.head(100), ed_carrier.head(100))
 
-    def test_boolean(self):
-        # Test 1 attribute
-        pd_carrier = self.pd_flights()['Carrier == "Kibana Airlines"']
-        #ed_carrier = self.ed_flights().Carrier
+        pd_avgticketprice = self.pd_flights().AvgTicketPrice
+        ed_avgticketprice = self.ed_flights().AvgTicketPrice
 
-        print(type(pd_carrier))
-        print(pd_carrier)
-
-
-    def test_loc(self):
-        pd = self.pd_flights().loc[10:15, ['Dest', 'Carrier']]
-
-        print(type(pd))
-        print(pd)
-
-        pd = self.pd_flights().loc[10]
-
-        print(type(pd))
-        print(pd)
+        assert_series_equal(pd_avgticketprice.head(100), ed_avgticketprice.head(100))
 
diff --git a/eland/utils.py b/eland/utils.py
index 99f597c..074785b 100644
--- a/eland/utils.py
+++ b/eland/utils.py
@@ -1,4 +1,73 @@
-import eland as ed
+from eland import Client
+from eland import DataFrame
+from eland import Mappings
 
 def read_es(es_params, index_pattern):
-    return ed.DataFrame(client=es_params, index_pattern=index_pattern)
+    return DataFrame(client=es_params, index_pattern=index_pattern)
+
+def pandas_to_es(df, es_params, destination_index, if_exists='fail', chunk_size=10000, refresh=False):
+    """
+    Append a pandas DataFrame to an Elasticsearch index.
+    Mainly used in testing.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    es_params : Elasticsearch client argument
+        elasticsearch-py parameters or
+        elasticsearch-py instance or
+        eland.Client instance
+
+    destination_index : str
+        Name of Elasticsearch index to be written
+
+    if_exists : str, default 'fail'
+        Behavior when the destination index exists. Value can be one of:
+        ``'fail'``
+            If table exists, do nothing.
+        ``'replace'``
+            If table exists, drop it, recreate it, and insert data.
+        ``'append'``
+                If table exists, insert data. Create if does not exist.
+    """
+    client = Client(es_params)
+
+    mapping = Mappings._generate_es_mappings(df)
+
+    # If table exists, check if_exists parameter
+    if client.indices().exists(destination_index):
+        if if_exists == "fail":
+            raise ValueError(
+                "Could not create the index [{0}] because it "
+                "already exists. "
+                "Change the if_exists parameter to "
+                "'append' or 'replace' data.".format(destination_index)
+            )
+        elif if_exists == "replace":
+            client.indices().delete(destination_index)
+            client.indices().create(destination_index, mapping)
+        #elif if_exists == "append":
+            # TODO validate mapping is compatible
+    else:
+        client.indices().create(destination_index, mapping)
+
+    # Now add data
+    actions = []
+    n = 0
+    for row in df.iterrows():
+        # Use index as _id
+        id = row[0]
+        values = row[1].to_dict()
+
+        # Use integer as id field for repeatable results
+        action = {'_index': destination_index, '_source': values, '_id': str(id)}
+
+        actions.append(action)
+
+        n = n + 1
+
+        if n % chunk_size == 0:
+            client.bulk(actions, refresh=refresh)
+            actions = []
+
+    client.bulk(actions, refresh=refresh)
+