diff --git a/bigframes/core/blocks.py b/bigframes/core/blocks.py
index ccb2ffe401..a3a2ac36f5 100644
--- a/bigframes/core/blocks.py
+++ b/bigframes/core/blocks.py
@@ -153,6 +153,7 @@ def __init__(
 
         self._stats_cache[" ".join(self.index_columns)] = {}
         self._transpose_cache: Optional[Block] = transpose_cache
+        self._view_ref: Optional[bigquery.TableReference] = None
 
     @classmethod
     def from_local(
@@ -2487,6 +2488,17 @@ def to_sql_query(
             idx_labels,
         )
 
+    def to_view(self, include_index: bool) -> bigquery.TableReference:
+        """
+        Creates a temporary BigQuery VIEW with the SQL corresponding to this block.
+        """
+        if self._view_ref is not None:
+            return self._view_ref
+
+        sql, _, _ = self.to_sql_query(include_index=include_index)
+        self._view_ref = self.session._create_temp_view(sql)
+        return self._view_ref
+
     def cached(self, *, force: bool = False, session_aware: bool = False) -> None:
         """Write the block to a session table."""
         # use a heuristic for whether something needs to be cached
diff --git a/bigframes/core/pyformat.py b/bigframes/core/pyformat.py
index 98f175d300..59ccdf1f5f 100644
--- a/bigframes/core/pyformat.py
+++ b/bigframes/core/pyformat.py
@@ -37,9 +37,13 @@ def _table_to_sql(table: _BQ_TABLE_TYPES) -> str:
     return f"`{table.project}`.`{table.dataset_id}`.`{table.table_id}`"
 
 
-def _field_to_template_value(name: str, value: Any) -> str:
+def _field_to_template_value(
+    name: str,
+    value: Any,
+) -> str:
     """Convert value to something embeddable in a SQL string."""
     import bigframes.core.sql  # Avoid circular imports
+    import bigframes.dataframe  # Avoid circular imports
 
     _validate_type(name, value)
 
@@ -47,20 +51,27 @@ def _field_to_template_value(name: str, value: Any) -> str:
     if isinstance(value, table_types):
         return _table_to_sql(value)
 
-    # TODO(tswast): convert DataFrame objects to gbq tables or a literals subquery.
+    # TODO(tswast): convert pandas DataFrame objects to gbq tables or a literals subquery.
+    if isinstance(value, bigframes.dataframe.DataFrame):
+        return _table_to_sql(value._to_view())
+
     return bigframes.core.sql.simple_literal(value)
 
 
 def _validate_type(name: str, value: Any):
     """Raises TypeError if value is unsupported."""
     import bigframes.core.sql  # Avoid circular imports
+    import bigframes.dataframe  # Avoid circular imports
 
     if value is None:
         return  # None can't be used in isinstance, but is a valid literal.
 
-    supported_types = typing.get_args(_BQ_TABLE_TYPES) + typing.get_args(
-        bigframes.core.sql.SIMPLE_LITERAL_TYPES
+    supported_types = (
+        typing.get_args(_BQ_TABLE_TYPES)
+        + typing.get_args(bigframes.core.sql.SIMPLE_LITERAL_TYPES)
+        + (bigframes.dataframe.DataFrame,)
     )
+
     if not isinstance(value, supported_types):
         raise TypeError(
             f"{name} has unsupported type: {type(value)}. "
@@ -80,8 +91,6 @@ def pyformat(
     sql_template: str,
     *,
     pyformat_args: dict,
-    # TODO: add dry_run parameter to avoid expensive API calls in conversion
-    # TODO: and session to upload data / convert to table if necessary
 ) -> str:
     """Unsafe Python-style string formatting of SQL string.
 
diff --git a/bigframes/dataframe.py b/bigframes/dataframe.py
index 8ed749138c..a98733b48a 100644
--- a/bigframes/dataframe.py
+++ b/bigframes/dataframe.py
@@ -394,6 +394,19 @@ def astype(
 
         return self._apply_unary_op(ops.AsTypeOp(dtype, safe_cast))
 
+    def _should_sql_have_index(self) -> bool:
+        """Should the SQL we pass to BQML and other I/O include the index?"""
+
+        return self._has_index and (
+            self.index.name is not None or len(self.index.names) > 1
+        )
+
+    def _to_view(self) -> bigquery.TableReference:
+        """Compiles this DataFrame's expression tree to SQL and saves it to a
+        (temporary) view.
+        """
+        return self._block.to_view(include_index=self._should_sql_have_index())
+
     def _to_sql_query(
         self, include_index: bool, enable_cache: bool = True
     ) -> Tuple[str, list[str], list[blocks.Label]]:
@@ -420,9 +433,7 @@ def sql(self) -> str:
                 string representing the compiled SQL.
         """
         try:
-            include_index = self._has_index and (
-                self.index.name is not None or len(self.index.names) > 1
-            )
+            include_index = self._should_sql_have_index()
             sql, _, _ = self._to_sql_query(include_index=include_index)
             return sql
         except AttributeError as e:
diff --git a/bigframes/session/__init__.py b/bigframes/session/__init__.py
index 81359ebb36..7630e71eaa 100644
--- a/bigframes/session/__init__.py
+++ b/bigframes/session/__init__.py
@@ -527,7 +527,6 @@ def _read_gbq_colab(
         query = bigframes.core.pyformat.pyformat(
             query,
             pyformat_args=pyformat_args,
-            # TODO: add dry_run parameter to avoid API calls for data in pyformat_args
         )
 
         return self._loader.read_gbq_query(
@@ -1938,6 +1937,10 @@ def _create_object_table(self, path: str, connection: str) -> str:
 
         return table
 
+    def _create_temp_view(self, sql: str) -> bigquery.TableReference:
+        """Create a random id Object Table from the input path and connection."""
+        return self._anon_dataset_manager.create_temp_view(sql)
+
     def from_glob_path(
         self, path: str, *, connection: Optional[str] = None, name: Optional[str] = None
     ) -> dataframe.DataFrame:
diff --git a/bigframes/session/_io/bigquery/__init__.py b/bigframes/session/_io/bigquery/__init__.py
index c08bb8d0dc..267111afe0 100644
--- a/bigframes/session/_io/bigquery/__init__.py
+++ b/bigframes/session/_io/bigquery/__init__.py
@@ -139,6 +139,28 @@ def create_temp_table(
     return f"{table_ref.project}.{table_ref.dataset_id}.{table_ref.table_id}"
 
 
+def create_temp_view(
+    bqclient: bigquery.Client,
+    table_ref: bigquery.TableReference,
+    *,
+    expiration: datetime.datetime,
+    sql: str,
+) -> str:
+    """Create an empty table with an expiration in the desired session.
+
+    The table will be deleted when the session is closed or the expiration
+    is reached.
+    """
+    destination = bigquery.Table(table_ref)
+    destination.expires = expiration
+    destination.view_query = sql
+
+    # Ok if already exists, since this will only happen from retries internal to this method
+    # as the requested table id has a random UUID4 component.
+    bqclient.create_table(destination, exists_ok=True)
+    return f"{table_ref.project}.{table_ref.dataset_id}.{table_ref.table_id}"
+
+
 def set_table_expiration(
     bqclient: bigquery.Client,
     table_ref: bigquery.TableReference,
diff --git a/bigframes/session/anonymous_dataset.py b/bigframes/session/anonymous_dataset.py
index c8980e159b..bc785f693f 100644
--- a/bigframes/session/anonymous_dataset.py
+++ b/bigframes/session/anonymous_dataset.py
@@ -53,6 +53,12 @@ def __init__(
     def location(self):
         return self._location
 
+    def _default_expiration(self):
+        """When should the table expire automatically?"""
+        return (
+            datetime.datetime.now(datetime.timezone.utc) + constants.DEFAULT_EXPIRATION
+        )
+
     def create_temp_table(
         self, schema: Sequence[bigquery.SchemaField], cluster_cols: Sequence[str] = []
     ) -> bigquery.TableReference:
@@ -60,9 +66,7 @@ def create_temp_table(
         Allocates and and creates a table in the anonymous dataset.
         The table will be cleaned up by clean_up_tables.
         """
-        expiration = (
-            datetime.datetime.now(datetime.timezone.utc) + constants.DEFAULT_EXPIRATION
-        )
+        expiration = self._default_expiration()
         table = bf_io_bigquery.create_temp_table(
             self.bqclient,
             self.allocate_temp_table(),
@@ -73,6 +77,20 @@ def create_temp_table(
         )
         return bigquery.TableReference.from_string(table)
 
+    def create_temp_view(self, sql: str) -> bigquery.TableReference:
+        """
+        Allocates and and creates a view in the anonymous dataset.
+        The view will be cleaned up by clean_up_tables.
+        """
+        expiration = self._default_expiration()
+        table = bf_io_bigquery.create_temp_view(
+            self.bqclient,
+            self.allocate_temp_table(),
+            expiration=expiration,
+            sql=sql,
+        )
+        return bigquery.TableReference.from_string(table)
+
     def allocate_temp_table(self) -> bigquery.TableReference:
         """
         Allocates a unique table id, but does not create the table.
diff --git a/tests/system/small/session/test_read_gbq_colab.py b/tests/system/small/session/test_read_gbq_colab.py
index 00ce0c722b..946faffab2 100644
--- a/tests/system/small/session/test_read_gbq_colab.py
+++ b/tests/system/small/session/test_read_gbq_colab.py
@@ -73,3 +73,31 @@ def test_read_gbq_colab_includes_formatted_scalars(session):
             }
         ),
     )
+
+
+def test_read_gbq_colab_includes_formatted_bigframes_dataframe(
+    session, scalars_df_index, scalars_pandas_df_index
+):
+    pyformat_args = {
+        # Apply some operations to make sure the columns aren't renamed.
+        "some_dataframe": scalars_df_index[scalars_df_index["int64_col"] > 0].assign(
+            int64_col=scalars_df_index["int64_too"]
+        ),
+        # This is not a supported type, but ignored if not referenced.
+        "some_object": object(),
+    }
+    df = session._read_gbq_colab(
+        """
+        SELECT int64_col, rowindex
+        FROM {some_dataframe}
+        ORDER BY rowindex ASC
+        """,
+        pyformat_args=pyformat_args,
+    )
+    result = df.to_pandas()
+    expected = (
+        scalars_pandas_df_index[scalars_pandas_df_index["int64_col"] > 0]
+        .assign(int64_col=scalars_pandas_df_index["int64_too"])
+        .reset_index(drop=False)[["int64_col", "rowindex"]]
+    )
+    pandas.testing.assert_frame_equal(result, expected)
diff --git a/tests/unit/session/test_read_gbq_colab.py b/tests/unit/session/test_read_gbq_colab.py
index 9afdba9eb3..cffc6b3af7 100644
--- a/tests/unit/session/test_read_gbq_colab.py
+++ b/tests/unit/session/test_read_gbq_colab.py
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@
 
 """Unit tests for read_gbq_colab helper functions."""
 
+import textwrap
+
+from google.cloud import bigquery
+
 from bigframes.testing import mocks
 
 
@@ -32,29 +36,39 @@ def test_read_gbq_colab_includes_label():
     assert "session-read_gbq_colab" in label_values
 
 
-def test_read_gbq_colab_includes_formatted_values_in_dry_run():
+def test_read_gbq_colab_includes_formatted_values_in_dry_run(monkeypatch):
     session = mocks.create_bigquery_session()
+    bf_df = mocks.create_dataframe(monkeypatch, session=session)
+    bf_df._to_view = lambda: bigquery.TableReference.from_string("my-project.my_dataset.some_view")  # type: ignore
 
     pyformat_args = {
         "some_integer": 123,
         "some_string": "This could be dangerous, but we escape it",
+        "bf_df": bf_df,
         # This is not a supported type, but ignored if not referenced.
         "some_object": object(),
     }
+
     _ = session._read_gbq_colab(
-        """
-        SELECT {some_integer} as some_integer,
-        {some_string} as some_string,
-        '{{escaped}}' as escaped
-        """,
+        textwrap.dedent(
+            """
+            SELECT {some_integer} as some_integer,
+            {some_string} as some_string,
+            '{{escaped}}' as escaped
+            FROM {bf_df}
+            """
+        ),
         pyformat_args=pyformat_args,
         dry_run=True,
     )
-    expected = """
+    expected = textwrap.dedent(
+        """
         SELECT 123 as some_integer,
         'This could be dangerous, but we escape it' as some_string,
         '{escaped}' as escaped
+        FROM `my-project`.`my_dataset`.`some_view`
         """
+    )
     queries = session._queries  # type: ignore
     configs = session._job_configs  # type: ignore