diff --git a/src/combinator.cpp b/src/combinator.cpp
index c0aa5d6..d058e97 100644
--- a/src/combinator.cpp
+++ b/src/combinator.cpp
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 // You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 // along with metricq-combinator.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 #include "combinator.hpp"
+#include "display_expression.hpp"
 
 #include <metricq/logger/nitro.hpp>
 #include <metricq/source.hpp>
@@ -25,7 +26,7 @@
 
 #include <fmt/format.h>
 
-#include <numeric>
+#include <stdexcept>
 
 using Log = metricq::logger::nitro::Log;
 
@@ -93,6 +94,17 @@ void Combinator::on_transformer_config(const metricq::json& config)
         // Register the combined metric as a new source metric
         auto& metric = (*this)[combined_name];
 
+        try
+        {
+            metric.metadata["displayExpression"] = displayExpression(combined_expression);
+        }
+        catch (const std::runtime_error& e)
+        {
+            Log::error() << fmt::format(
+                "Failed to create the Display Expression, metric: {}, error: {}", metric.id(),
+                e.what());
+        }
+
         if (combined_config.count("chunk_size"))
         {
             auto chunk_size = combined_config["chunk_size"].get<int>();
diff --git a/src/display_expression.hpp b/src/display_expression.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..470a8a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/display_expression.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,174 @@
+#include <cmath>
+#include <iomanip>
+#include <metricq/json.hpp>
+#include <numeric>
+#include <sstream>
+#include <stdexcept>
+#include <string>
+#include <unordered_set>
+#include <vector>
+
+inline std::string toFormattedString(double value)
+{
+    // Special case for integers
+    if (std::round(value) == value)
+    {
+        return std::to_string(static_cast<long long>(value));
+    }
+
+    std::ostringstream oss;
+    oss << std::defaultfloat << std::setprecision(15);
+    oss << value;
+    std::string str = oss.str();
+
+    if (str.find('e') != std::string::npos)
+    {
+        oss.str("");
+        oss << std::fixed << std::setprecision(15);
+        oss << value;
+        str = oss.str();
+    }
+
+    size_t decimal_pos = str.find('.');
+    if (decimal_pos != std::string::npos)
+    {
+        // Remove trailing zeros
+        str.erase(str.find_last_not_of('0') + 1, std::string::npos);
+
+        if (str.back() == '.')
+        {
+            str.pop_back();
+        }
+
+        // Handle floating point representation issues
+        if (str.length() > decimal_pos + 15)
+        {
+            str = str.substr(0, decimal_pos + 15);
+            // Remove trailing zeros again
+            str.erase(str.find_last_not_of('0') + 1, std::string::npos);
+            if (str.back() == '.')
+            {
+                str.pop_back();
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    return str;
+}
+
+inline std::string handleBasicExpression(const nlohmann::json& expression)
+{
+    if (expression.is_number())
+    {
+        const auto value = expression.get<double>();
+
+        return toFormattedString(value);
+    }
+
+    if (expression.is_string())
+    {
+        return expression.get<std::string>();
+    }
+
+    throw std::invalid_argument("Expression is not a basic type (number or string)!");
+}
+
+inline std::string handleOperatorExpression(const std::string& operation,
+                                            const std::string& leftStr, const std::string& rightStr)
+{
+    if (operation.size() > 1)
+    {
+        throw std::invalid_argument("Invalid operator length!");
+    }
+
+    switch (operation[0])
+    {
+    case '+':
+    case '-':
+    case '*':
+    case '/':
+        return "(" + leftStr + " " + operation + " " + rightStr + ")";
+    default:
+        throw std::invalid_argument("Invalid operator: " + operation);
+    }
+}
+
+inline std::string handleCombinationExpression(const std::string& operation,
+                                               const std::vector<std::string>& inputs)
+{
+    static const std::unordered_set<std::string> validAggregates = { "sum", "min", "max" };
+
+    if (validAggregates.find(operation) == validAggregates.end())
+    {
+        throw std::invalid_argument("Invalid aggregate operation: " + operation);
+    }
+
+    if (inputs.empty())
+    {
+        throw std::invalid_argument("Aggregate operation missing inputs!");
+    }
+
+    auto input = std::accumulate(std::next(inputs.begin()), inputs.end(), inputs[0],
+                                 [](std::string a, const std::string& b) { return a + ", " + b; });
+
+    return operation + "[" + input + "]";
+}
+
+inline std::string buildExpression(const nlohmann::json& expression)
+{
+    if (expression.is_number() || expression.is_string())
+    {
+        return handleBasicExpression(expression);
+    }
+
+    if (!expression.is_object() || !expression.contains("operation"))
+    {
+        throw std::invalid_argument("Unknown expression format!");
+    }
+
+    std::string operation = expression.value("operation", "");
+
+    if (operation == "throttle")
+    {
+        if (!expression.contains("input"))
+        {
+            throw std::invalid_argument("Throttle does not contain a input");
+        }
+        return handleBasicExpression(expression["input"]);
+    }
+
+    if (expression.contains("left") && expression.contains("right"))
+    {
+        std::string leftStr = buildExpression(expression["left"]);
+        std::string rightStr = buildExpression(expression["right"]);
+        return handleOperatorExpression(operation, leftStr, rightStr);
+    }
+
+    if (expression.contains("inputs"))
+    {
+        if (!expression["inputs"].is_array())
+        {
+            throw std::invalid_argument("Inputs must be an array!");
+        }
+
+        std::vector<std::string> inputStrings;
+        for (const auto& input : expression["inputs"])
+        {
+            inputStrings.push_back(buildExpression(input));
+        }
+        return handleCombinationExpression(operation, inputStrings);
+    }
+
+    throw std::invalid_argument("Unsupported operation type: " + operation);
+}
+
+inline std::string displayExpression(const nlohmann::json& expression)
+{
+    std::string result = buildExpression(expression);
+    if (!result.empty() && result.front() == '(' && result.back() == ')')
+    {
+        result = result.substr(1, result.size() - 2);
+    }
+
+    return result;
+}
diff --git a/tests/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/CMakeLists.txt
index 5a8a92a..2cb260e 100644
--- a/tests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-add_executable(metricq-combinator.test_single_derivation test_single_derivation.cpp)
-add_test(metricq-combinator.test_single_derivation metricq-combinator.test_single_derivation)
+macro(add_test_case test_name)
+  add_executable(${test_name} ${test_name}.cpp)
+  add_test(${test_name} ${test_name})
+  target_link_libraries(${test_name} PRIVATE metricq-combinator-lib)
+endmacro()
 
-target_link_libraries(
-    metricq-combinator.test_single_derivation
-    PRIVATE
-        metricq-combinator-lib
-)
+add_test_case(test_single_derivation)
+add_test_case(test_display_expression)
diff --git a/tests/test_display_expression.cpp b/tests/test_display_expression.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5181751
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_display_expression.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,110 @@
+#include "../src/display_expression.hpp"
+#include <iostream>
+#include <metricq/json.hpp>
+
+struct TestMakeString
+{
+    double input;
+    std::string expected;
+};
+
+struct TestDisplayExpression
+{
+    nlohmann::json input;
+    std::string expected;
+};
+
+void runMakeStringTests()
+{
+    std::vector<TestMakeString> stringTestCases = { { 100, "100" },
+                                                    { 10.0, "10" },
+                                                    { 10.3, "10.3" },
+                                                    { 10.25, "10.25" },
+                                                    { 0.125, "0.125" },
+                                                    { 0.123456789, "0.123456789" },
+                                                    { 123456789, "123456789" },
+                                                    { 123456789.01234, "123456789.01234" } };
+
+    for (const auto& testCase : stringTestCases)
+    {
+        std::string result = toFormattedString(testCase.input);
+        if (result != testCase.expected)
+        {
+            std::cerr << "Test case " << testCase.input << " failed:\n";
+            std::cerr << "Expected: " << testCase.expected << "\n";
+            std::cerr << "Got: " << result << "\n";
+            exit(1);
+        }
+    }
+    std::cout << "All toFormattedString test cases passed successfully!" << std::endl;
+}
+
+void testExpression()
+{
+    std::vector<TestDisplayExpression> testCases;
+
+    testCases.emplace_back(TestDisplayExpression{
+        { { "expression",
+            { { "operation", "*" },
+              { "left", 5 },
+              { "right", { { "operation", "-" }, { "left", 45 }, { "right", 3 } } } } } },
+        "5 * (45 - 3)" });
+
+    testCases.emplace_back(TestDisplayExpression{
+        { { "expression",
+            { { "operation", "*" },
+              { "left", { { "operation", "+" }, { "left", 1 }, { "right", 2 } } },
+              { "right",
+                { { "operation", "-" }, { "left", 10 }, { "right", "dummy.source" } } } } } },
+        "(1 + 2) * (10 - dummy.source)" });
+
+    testCases.emplace_back(TestDisplayExpression{
+        { { "expression",
+            { { "operation", "-" },
+              { "left",
+                { { "operation", "+" },
+                  { "left", 15.3 },
+                  { "right", { { "operation", "min" }, { "inputs", { 42, 24, 8, 12 } } } } } },
+              { "right",
+                { { "operation", "throttle" },
+                  { "cooldown_period", "42" },
+                  { "input", 8 } } } } } },
+        "(15.3 + min[42, 24, 8, 12]) - 8" });
+
+    // Test the cases
+    for (const auto& testCase : testCases)
+    {
+
+        auto expression = testCase.input["expression"];
+        std::string result = displayExpression(expression);
+
+        // Compare with expected result
+        if (result != testCase.expected) // comparing with the expected output
+        {
+            std::cerr << "Test case " << testCase.input << " failed:\n";
+            std::cerr << "Expected: " << testCase.expected << "\n";
+            std::cerr << "Got: " << result << "\n";
+            return;
+        }
+    }
+
+    std::cout << "All displayExpression test cases passed successfully!" << std::endl;
+}
+
+int main()
+{
+    try
+    {
+        testExpression();
+        runMakeStringTests();
+
+        std::cout << "All tests passed successfully!" << std::endl;
+    }
+    catch (const std::exception& e)
+    {
+        std::cerr << "Error: " << e.what() << std::endl;
+        return 1;
+    }
+
+    return 0;
+}