diff --git a/experimental/src/output/mod.rs b/experimental/src/output/mod.rs
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+++ b/experimental/src/output/mod.rs
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+use crate::snmp::SnmpResult;
+use compute::ast::ExprResult;
+use compute::Parser;
+use generic::{Perfdata, Status};
+use log::error;
+use serde::Deserialize;
+
+#[derive(Deserialize, Debug)]
+pub struct Output {
+    #[serde(default = "default_ok")]
+    pub ok: String,
+    #[serde(default = "default_bool_false")]
+    detail_ok: bool,
+    #[serde(default = "default_warning")]
+    pub warning: String,
+    #[serde(default = "default_bool_true")]
+    detail_warning: bool,
+    #[serde(default = "default_critical")]
+    pub critical: String,
+    #[serde(default = "default_bool_true")]
+    detail_critical: bool,
+    #[serde(default = "default_unknown")]
+    pub unknown: String,
+    #[serde(default = "default_bool_true")]
+    detail_unknown: bool,
+    #[serde(default = "default_instance_separator")]
+    instance_separator: String,
+    #[serde(default = "default_metric_separator")]
+    metric_separator: String,
+}
+
+fn default_ok() -> String {
+    "Everything is OK".to_string()
+}
+fn default_warning() -> String {
+    "WARNING: ".to_string()
+}
+fn default_critical() -> String {
+    "CRITICAL: ".to_string()
+}
+fn default_unknown() -> String {
+    "UNKNOWN: ".to_string()
+}
+fn default_instance_separator() -> String {
+    " - ".to_string()
+}
+fn default_metric_separator() -> String {
+    ", ".to_string()
+}
+fn default_bool_false() -> bool {
+    false
+}
+fn default_bool_true() -> bool {
+    true
+}
+
+impl Output {
+    pub fn new() -> Output {
+        Output {
+            ok: default_ok(),
+            detail_ok: false,
+            warning: default_warning(),
+            detail_warning: true,
+            critical: default_critical(),
+            detail_critical: true,
+            unknown: default_unknown(),
+            detail_unknown: true,
+            instance_separator: default_instance_separator(),
+            metric_separator: default_metric_separator(),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+pub struct OutputFormatter<'a> {
+    status: Status,
+    collect: &'a Vec<SnmpResult>,
+    metrics: &'a Vec<Perfdata<'a>>,
+    output_formatter: &'a Output,
+}
+
+impl<'a> OutputFormatter<'a> {
+    pub fn new(
+        status: Status,
+        collect: &'a Vec<SnmpResult>,
+        metrics: &'a Vec<Perfdata>,
+        formatter: &'a Output,
+    ) -> OutputFormatter<'a> {
+        OutputFormatter {
+            status,
+            collect,
+            metrics,
+            output_formatter: formatter,
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn to_string(&self) -> String {
+        let metrics = self
+            .metrics
+            .iter()
+            .map(|m| {
+                format!(
+                    "{}={};{};{};{};{}",
+                    m.name,
+                    m.value,
+                    m.warning.unwrap_or(""),
+                    m.critical.unwrap_or(""),
+                    match m.min {
+                        Some(min) => min.to_string(),
+                        None => "".to_string(),
+                    },
+                    match m.max {
+                        Some(max) => max.to_string(),
+                        None => "".to_string(),
+                    },
+                )
+            })
+            .collect::<Vec<String>>()
+            .join(" ");
+        match self.status {
+            Status::Ok => {
+                if self.output_formatter.detail_ok {
+                    let detail = self.build_detail(&self.output_formatter.ok);
+                    return format!("{} | {}", detail, metrics);
+                } else {
+                    let parser = Parser::new(&self.collect);
+                    let res = parser.eval_str(&self.output_formatter.ok);
+                    let output = match res {
+                        Ok(output) => {
+                            match output {
+                                ExprResult::Str(output) => output,
+                                ExprResult::Number(_) => {
+                                    error!("Output expression evaluated to a number, expected a string");
+                                    return "".to_string();
+                                }
+                                ExprResult::StrVector(v) => {
+                                    if v.len() == 1 {
+                                        let output = v[0].clone();
+                                        output
+                                    } else {
+                                        error!("Output expression evaluated to a vector with more than one element, expected a single string");
+                                        return "".to_string();
+                                    }
+                                }
+                                _ => "".to_string(),
+                            }
+                        }
+                        Err(err) => {
+                            error!("Error evaluating output expression: {:?}", err);
+                            self.output_formatter.ok.clone()
+                        }
+                    };
+                    return format!("{} | {}", output, metrics);
+                }
+            }
+            Status::Warning => {
+                if self.output_formatter.detail_warning {
+                    let detail = self.build_detail(&self.output_formatter.warning);
+                    return format!("{} | {}", detail, metrics);
+                } else {
+                    return format!("{} | {}", self.output_formatter.warning, metrics);
+                }
+            }
+            Status::Critical => {
+                if self.output_formatter.detail_critical {
+                    let detail = self.build_detail(&self.output_formatter.critical);
+                    return format!("{} | {}", detail, metrics);
+                } else {
+                    return format!("{} | {}", self.output_formatter.critical, metrics);
+                }
+            }
+            Status::Unknown => {
+                if self.output_formatter.detail_unknown {
+                    let detail = self.build_detail(&self.output_formatter.unknown);
+                    return format!("{} | {}", detail, metrics);
+                } else {
+                    return format!("{} | {}", self.output_formatter.unknown, metrics);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn build_detail(&self, prefix: &str) -> String {
+        std::format!("{}{}", prefix, "blabla")
+    }
+}