diff --git a/plugins/datasource-zabbix/datasource.js b/plugins/datasource-zabbix/datasource.js
index 4ca75eb..0cf5c94 100644
--- a/plugins/datasource-zabbix/datasource.js
+++ b/plugins/datasource-zabbix/datasource.js
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ define([
   './directives',
   './zabbixAPIWrapper',
   './helperFunctions',
+  './zabbixCacheSrv',
   './queryCtrl'
 ],
 function (angular, _, dateMath) {
@@ -12,7 +13,7 @@ function (angular, _, dateMath) {
 
   /** @ngInject */
   function ZabbixAPIDatasource(instanceSettings, $q, backendSrv, templateSrv, alertSrv,
-                                ZabbixAPI, zabbixHelperSrv) {
+                                ZabbixAPI, zabbixHelperSrv, ZabbixCache) {
 
     // General data source settings
     this.name             = instanceSettings.name;
@@ -31,6 +32,9 @@ function (angular, _, dateMath) {
     // Initialize Zabbix API
     this.zabbixAPI = new ZabbixAPI(this.url, this.username, this.password, this.basicAuth, this.withCredentials);
 
+    // Initialize cache service
+    this.zabbixCache = new ZabbixCache(this.zabbixAPI);
+
     /**
      * Test connection to Zabbix API
      *
diff --git a/plugins/datasource-zabbix/zabbixAPIWrapper.js b/plugins/datasource-zabbix/zabbixAPIWrapper.js
index 48220ea..9fe2ff2 100644
--- a/plugins/datasource-zabbix/zabbixAPIWrapper.js
+++ b/plugins/datasource-zabbix/zabbixAPIWrapper.js
@@ -113,6 +113,49 @@ function (angular, _) {
       });
     };
 
+    //////////////////////////
+    // High-level functions //
+    //////////////////////////
+
+    p.getGroups = function() {
+      var params = {
+        output: ['name'],
+        sortfield: 'name'
+      };
+
+      return this.performZabbixAPIRequest('hostgroup.get', params);
+    };
+
+    p.getHosts = function() {
+      var params = {
+        output: ['name', 'host'],
+        sortfield: 'name',
+        selectGroups: []
+      };
+
+      return this.performZabbixAPIRequest('host.get', params);
+    };
+
+    p.getApplications = function() {
+      var params = {
+        output: ['name'],
+        sortfield: 'name',
+        selectHosts: []
+      };
+
+      return this.performZabbixAPIRequest('application.get', params);
+    };
+
+    p.getItems = function() {
+      var params = {
+        output: ['name', 'key_', 'value_type', 'hostid', 'status', 'state'],
+        sortfield: 'name',
+        selectApplications: []
+      };
+
+      return this.performZabbixAPIRequest('item.get', params);
+    };
+
     /////////////////////////
     // API method wrappers //
     /////////////////////////
diff --git a/plugins/datasource-zabbix/zabbixCacheSrv.js b/plugins/datasource-zabbix/zabbixCacheSrv.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d65212a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/datasource-zabbix/zabbixCacheSrv.js
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+define([
+  'angular',
+  'lodash'
+],
+function (angular, _) {
+  'use strict';
+
+  var module = angular.module('grafana.services');
+
+  module.factory('ZabbixCache', function($q, backendSrv) {
+
+    function ZabbixCache(zabbixAPI, lifetime) {
+      var self = this;
+
+      this.zabbixAPI = zabbixAPI;
+      this.lifetime = lifetime;
+
+      this._groups        = [];
+      this._hosts         = [];
+      this._applications  = [];
+      this._items         = [];
+
+      this.refresh();
+    }
+
+    var p = ZabbixCache.prototype;
+
+    p.refresh = function () {
+      var self = this;
+      var promises = [
+        this.zabbixAPI.getGroups(),
+        this.zabbixAPI.getHosts(),
+        this.zabbixAPI.getApplications(),
+        this.zabbixAPI.getItems()
+      ];
+
+      $q.all(promises).then(function (results) {
+        if (results.length) {
+          self._groups = results[0];
+
+          self._hosts = _.forEach(results[1], function(host) {
+            host.groups = _.map(host.groups, 'groupid');
+            return host;
+          });
+
+          self._applications = groupApplications(results[2]);
+
+          self._items = _.forEach(results[3], function(item) {
+            item.applications = _.map(item.applications, 'applicationid');
+            return item;
+          });
+        }
+      });
+    };
+
+    p.getGroups = function() {
+      return this._groups;
+    };
+
+    p.getHosts = function() {
+      return this._hosts;
+    };
+
+    p.getApplications = function() {
+      return this._applications;
+    };
+
+    p.getItems = function() {
+      return this._items;
+    };
+
+    /**
+     * Group Zabbix applications by name
+     */
+    function groupApplications(applications) {
+      return _.map(_.groupBy(applications, 'name'), function (value, key) {
+        return {
+          name: key,
+          applicationids: _.map(value, 'applicationid'),
+          hostids: _.uniq(_.map(_.flatten(value, 'hosts'), 'hostid'))
+        };
+      });
+    }
+
+    return ZabbixCache;
+
+  });
+
+});