diff --git a/hyperglass/ui/components/Result.js b/hyperglass/ui/components/Result.js
index 8feae76..0a99669 100644
--- a/hyperglass/ui/components/Result.js
+++ b/hyperglass/ui/components/Result.js
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import ResultHeader from "~/components/ResultHeader";
 import CacheTimeout from "~/components/CacheTimeout";
 import BGPTable from "~/components/BGPTable";
 import TextOutput from "~/components/TextOutput";
+import { tableToString } from "~/util";
 
 format.extend(String.prototype, {});
 
@@ -141,8 +142,10 @@ const Result = forwardRef(
       "error";
 
     let Output = TextOutput;
+    let copyValue = data?.output;
     if (data?.format === "application/json") {
       Output = structuredDataComponent[queryType];
+      copyValue = tableToString(queryTarget, data, config);
     }
 
     useEffect(() => {
@@ -183,7 +186,7 @@ const Result = forwardRef(
           </AccordionHeader>
           <ButtonGroup px={[1, 1, 3, 3]} py={2}>
             <CopyButton
-              copyValue={data?.output}
+              copyValue={copyValue}
               variant="ghost"
               isDisabled={loading}
             />
diff --git a/hyperglass/ui/util.js b/hyperglass/ui/util.js
index ac98ce6..b4bdd6c 100644
--- a/hyperglass/ui/util.js
+++ b/hyperglass/ui/util.js
@@ -1,4 +1,10 @@
 import chroma from "chroma-js";
+import dayjs from "dayjs";
+import relativeTimePlugin from "dayjs/plugin/relativeTime";
+import utcPlugin from "dayjs/plugin/utc";
+
+dayjs.extend(relativeTimePlugin);
+dayjs.extend(utcPlugin);
 
 const isDark = color => {
   // YIQ equation from http://24ways.org/2010/calculating-color-contrast
@@ -33,4 +39,78 @@ const googleFontUrl = (fontFamily, weights = [300, 400, 700]) => {
   return urlBase;
 };
 
-export { isDark, isLight, opposingColor, googleFontUrl };
+const formatAsPath = path => {
+  return path.join(" → ");
+};
+
+const formatCommunities = comms => {
+  const commsStr = comms.map(c => `      - ${c}`);
+  return "\n" + commsStr.join("\n");
+};
+
+const formatBool = val => {
+  let fmt = "";
+  if (val === true) {
+    fmt = "yes";
+  } else if (val === false) {
+    fmt = "no";
+  }
+  return fmt;
+};
+
+const formatTime = val => {
+  const now = dayjs.utc();
+  const then = now.subtract(val, "seconds");
+  const timestamp = then.toString().replace("GMT", "UTC");
+  const relative = now.to(then, true);
+  return `${relative} (${timestamp})`;
+};
+
+const tableToString = (target, data, config) => {
+  try {
+    const formatRpkiState = val => {
+      const rpkiStateNames = [
+        config.web.text.rpki_invalid,
+        config.web.text.rpki_valid,
+        config.web.text.rpki_unknown,
+        config.web.text.rpki_unverified
+      ];
+      return rpkiStateNames[val];
+    };
+
+    const tableFormatMap = {
+      age: formatTime,
+      active: formatBool,
+      as_path: formatAsPath,
+      communities: formatCommunities,
+      rpki_state: formatRpkiState
+    };
+
+    let tableStringParts = [
+      `Routes For: ${target}`,
+      `Timestamp: ${data.timestamp} UTC`
+    ];
+
+    data.output.routes.map(route => {
+      config.parsed_data_fields.map(field => {
+        const [header, accessor, align] = field;
+        if (align !== null) {
+          let value = route[accessor];
+          const fmtFunc = tableFormatMap[accessor] ?? String;
+          value = fmtFunc(value);
+          if (accessor === "prefix") {
+            tableStringParts.push(`  - ${header}: ${value}`);
+          } else {
+            tableStringParts.push(`    - ${header}: ${value}`);
+          }
+        }
+      });
+    });
+    return tableStringParts.join("\n");
+  } catch (err) {
+    console.error(err);
+    return `An error occurred while parsing the output: '${err.message}'`;
+  }
+};
+
+export { isDark, isLight, opposingColor, googleFontUrl, tableToString };