diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/opensearch/sql/executor/PaginatedPlanCache.java b/core/src/main/java/org/opensearch/sql/executor/PaginatedPlanCache.java
index 25c9408060..dc81d03aa4 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/opensearch/sql/executor/PaginatedPlanCache.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/opensearch/sql/executor/PaginatedPlanCache.java
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.ObjectInputStream;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 import java.util.stream.Stream;
@@ -15,6 +16,7 @@
 import org.opensearch.sql.ast.tree.UnresolvedPlan;
 import org.opensearch.sql.expression.NamedExpression;
 import org.opensearch.sql.expression.ReferenceExpression;
+import org.opensearch.sql.expression.serialization.DefaultExpressionSerializer;
 import org.opensearch.sql.opensearch.executor.Cursor;
 import org.opensearch.sql.planner.PaginateOperator;
 import org.opensearch.sql.planner.physical.PhysicalPlan;
@@ -58,19 +60,69 @@ public Cursor convertToCursor(PhysicalPlan plan) {
     */
   public PhysicalPlan convertToPlan(String cursor) {
     if (cursor.startsWith(CURSOR_PREFIX)) {
-      String expression = cursor.substring(CURSOR_PREFIX.length());
+      try {
+        String expression = cursor.substring(CURSOR_PREFIX.length());
 
-      // TODO Parse expression and initialize variables below.
-      // storageEngine needs to create the TableScanOperator.
-      int pageSize = -1;
-      int currentPageIndex = -1;
-      List<NamedExpression> projectList = List.of();
-      String scanAsString = "";
-      TableScanOperator scan = storageEngine.getTableScan(scanAsString);
+        // TODO Parse expression and initialize variables below.
+        // storageEngine needs to create the TableScanOperator.
 
-      return new PaginateOperator(new ProjectOperator(scan, projectList, List.of()),
-          pageSize, currentPageIndex);
+        // TODO Parse with ANTLR or serialize as JSON/XML
+        if (!expression.startsWith("(Paginate,")) {
+          throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Unsupported cursor");
+        }
+        expression = expression.substring(expression.indexOf(',') + 1);
+        int currentPageIndex = Integer.parseInt(expression, 0, expression.indexOf(','), 10);
 
+        expression = expression.substring(expression.indexOf(',') + 1);
+        int pageSize = Integer.parseInt(expression, 0, expression.indexOf(','), 10);
+
+        expression = expression.substring(expression.indexOf(',') + 1);
+        if (!expression.startsWith("(Project,")) {
+          throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Unsupported cursor");
+        }
+        expression = expression.substring(expression.indexOf(',') + 1);
+        if (!expression.startsWith("(namedParseExpressions,")) {
+          throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Unsupported cursor");
+        }
+        expression = expression.substring(expression.indexOf(',') + 1);
+        var serializer = new DefaultExpressionSerializer();
+        // TODO parse npe
+        List<NamedExpression> namedParseExpressions = List.of();
+
+        expression = expression.substring(expression.indexOf(',') + 1);
+        List<NamedExpression> projectList = new ArrayList<>();
+        if (!expression.startsWith("(projectList,")) {
+          throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Unsupported cursor");
+        }
+        expression = expression.substring(expression.indexOf(',') + 1);
+        while (expression.startsWith("(named,")) {
+          expression = expression.substring(expression.indexOf(',') + 1);
+          var name = expression.substring(0, expression.indexOf(','));
+          expression = expression.substring(expression.indexOf(',') + 1);
+          var alias = expression.substring(0, expression.indexOf(','));
+          if (alias.isEmpty()) {
+            alias = null;
+          }
+          expression = expression.substring(expression.indexOf(',') + 1);
+          projectList.add(new NamedExpression(name,
+              serializer.deserialize(expression.substring(0, expression.indexOf(')'))), alias));
+          expression = expression.substring(expression.indexOf(',') + 1);
+        }
+
+        if (!expression.startsWith("(OpenSearchPagedIndexScan,")) {
+          throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Unsupported cursor");
+        }
+        expression = expression.substring(expression.indexOf(',') + 1);
+        var indexName = expression.substring(0, expression.indexOf(','));
+        expression = expression.substring(expression.indexOf(',') + 1);
+        var scrollId = expression.substring(0, expression.indexOf(')'));
+        TableScanOperator scan = storageEngine.getTableScan(indexName, scrollId);
+
+        return new PaginateOperator(new ProjectOperator(scan, projectList, namedParseExpressions),
+            pageSize, currentPageIndex);
+      } catch (Exception e) {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Unsupported cursor", e);
+      }
     } else {
       throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Unsupported cursor");
     }
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/opensearch/sql/planner/physical/ProjectOperator.java b/core/src/main/java/org/opensearch/sql/planner/physical/ProjectOperator.java
index 9a3542ad1f..f07b43768f 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/opensearch/sql/planner/physical/ProjectOperator.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/opensearch/sql/planner/physical/ProjectOperator.java
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 import org.opensearch.sql.executor.ExecutionEngine;
 import org.opensearch.sql.expression.NamedExpression;
 import org.opensearch.sql.expression.parse.ParseExpression;
+import org.opensearch.sql.expression.serialization.DefaultExpressionSerializer;
 
 /**
  * Project the fields specified in {@link ProjectOperator#projectList} from input.
@@ -98,9 +99,17 @@ public ExecutionEngine.Schema schema() {
   @Override
   public String toCursor() {
     String child = getChild().get(0).toCursor();
-    String namedExpressions = "TODO";
-    // TODO serialize named expressions.
-    // Skipping parsedExpressions for now.
-    return createSection("Project", namedExpressions, child);
+    var serializer = new DefaultExpressionSerializer();
+    String projects = createSection("projectList",
+        projectList.stream().map(ne -> createSection("named",
+            ne.getName(), ne.getAlias() == null ? "" : ne.getAlias(), serializer.serialize(ne.getDelegated())
+        ))
+        .toArray(String[]::new));
+    String namedExpressions = createSection("namedParseExpressions",
+        namedParseExpressions.stream().map(ne -> createSection("named",
+            ne.getName(), ne.getAlias() == null ? "" : ne.getAlias(), serializer.serialize(ne.getDelegated())
+        ))
+        .toArray(String[]::new));
+    return createSection("Project", namedExpressions, projects, child);
   }
 }
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/opensearch/sql/storage/StorageEngine.java b/core/src/main/java/org/opensearch/sql/storage/StorageEngine.java
index e854477b72..18e9e92886 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/opensearch/sql/storage/StorageEngine.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/opensearch/sql/storage/StorageEngine.java
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ default Collection<FunctionResolver> getFunctions() {
     return Collections.emptyList();
   }
 
-  default TableScanOperator getTableScan(String scanAsString) {
+  default TableScanOperator getTableScan(String indexName, String scrollId) {
     String error = String.format("%s.getTableScan needs to be implemented", getClass());
     throw new UnsupportedOperationException(error);
   }
diff --git a/opensearch/src/main/java/org/opensearch/sql/opensearch/storage/OpenSearchStorageEngine.java b/opensearch/src/main/java/org/opensearch/sql/opensearch/storage/OpenSearchStorageEngine.java
index f34ed79c54..0b0e231760 100644
--- a/opensearch/src/main/java/org/opensearch/sql/opensearch/storage/OpenSearchStorageEngine.java
+++ b/opensearch/src/main/java/org/opensearch/sql/opensearch/storage/OpenSearchStorageEngine.java
@@ -38,10 +38,7 @@ public Table getTable(DataSourceSchemaName dataSourceSchemaName, String name) {
   }
 
   @Override
-  public TableScanOperator getTableScan(String scanAsString) {
-    // TODO extract indexName and scrollId from scanAsString
-    String indexName ="";
-    String scrollId = "";
+  public TableScanOperator getTableScan(String indexName, String scrollId) {
     var index = new OpenSearchIndex(client, settings, indexName);
     var requestBuilder = new SubsequentPageRequestBuilder(
         new OpenSearchRequest.IndexName(indexName),