diff --git a/ui/src/dashboards/constants/index.ts b/ui/src/dashboards/constants/index.ts
index 1997542b3..f6da8cfc0 100644
--- a/ui/src/dashboards/constants/index.ts
+++ b/ui/src/dashboards/constants/index.ts
@@ -109,11 +109,17 @@ type NewDefaultDashboard = Pick<
   }
 >
 export const DEFAULT_DASHBOARD_NAME = 'Name This Dashboard'
+
 export const NEW_DASHBOARD: NewDefaultDashboard = {
   name: DEFAULT_DASHBOARD_NAME,
   cells: [NEW_DEFAULT_DASHBOARD_CELL],
 }
 
+export const NEW_EMPTY_DASHBOARD: NewDefaultDashboard = {
+  name: DEFAULT_DASHBOARD_NAME,
+  cells: [],
+}
+
 export const TYPE_QUERY_CONFIG: string = 'queryConfig'
 export const TYPE_SHIFTED: string = 'shifted queryConfig'
 export const TYPE_FLUX: string = 'flux'
diff --git a/ui/src/dashboards/utils/notes.ts b/ui/src/dashboards/utils/notes.ts
index 1004e9731..7efa513c7 100644
--- a/ui/src/dashboards/utils/notes.ts
+++ b/ui/src/dashboards/utils/notes.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
 export const humanizeNote = (text: string): string => {
-  return text.replace(/&gt;/g, '>').replace(/&#39;/g, "'")
+  if (text) {
+    return text.replace(/&gt;/g, '>').replace(/&#39;/g, "'")
+  }
+  return ''
 }
diff --git a/ui/src/data_explorer/components/SendToDashboardOverlay.tsx b/ui/src/data_explorer/components/SendToDashboardOverlay.tsx
index 487803954..e1597cb2c 100644
--- a/ui/src/data_explorer/components/SendToDashboardOverlay.tsx
+++ b/ui/src/data_explorer/components/SendToDashboardOverlay.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 // Libraries
 import React, {PureComponent} from 'react'
+import _ from 'lodash'
 
 // Utils
 import {getNewDashboardCell} from 'src/dashboards/utils/cellGetters'
@@ -20,10 +21,14 @@ import {
 
 // Constants
 import {STATIC_LEGEND} from 'src/dashboards/constants/cellEditor'
+import {NEW_EMPTY_DASHBOARD} from 'src/dashboards/constants'
 
 // Actions
 import {addDashboardCellAsync} from 'src/dashboards/actions'
 
+// APIs
+import {createDashboard} from 'src/dashboards/apis'
+
 // Types
 import {QueryConfig, Dashboard, Source, Service, Cell} from 'src/types'
 import {getDeep} from 'src/utils/wrappers'
@@ -48,6 +53,8 @@ interface State {
   name: string
 }
 
+const NEW_DASHBOARD_ID = 'new'
+
 class SendToDashboardOverlay extends PureComponent<Props, State> {
   constructor(props) {
     super(props)
@@ -114,7 +121,8 @@ class SendToDashboardOverlay extends PureComponent<Props, State> {
       id: d.id.toString(),
       name: d.name,
     }))
-    return simpleArray.map(dashboard => {
+
+    const items = simpleArray.map(dashboard => {
       return (
         <MultiSelectDropdown.Item
           key={dashboard.id}
@@ -125,6 +133,20 @@ class SendToDashboardOverlay extends PureComponent<Props, State> {
         </MultiSelectDropdown.Item>
       )
     })
+
+    const newDashboardItem = (
+      <MultiSelectDropdown.Item
+        key={NEW_DASHBOARD_ID}
+        id={NEW_DASHBOARD_ID}
+        value={{id: NEW_DASHBOARD_ID, name: 'New Dashboard'}}
+      >
+        Send to a New Dashboard
+      </MultiSelectDropdown.Item>
+    )
+
+    const divider = <MultiSelectDropdown.Divider id={'divider'} />
+
+    return [newDashboardItem, divider, ...items]
   }
 
   private get hasQuery(): boolean {
@@ -163,12 +185,12 @@ class SendToDashboardOverlay extends PureComponent<Props, State> {
     return ComponentStatus.Default
   }
 
-  private handleSelect = (updatedSelection: string[]) => {
-    this.setState({selectedIDs: updatedSelection})
+  private handleSelect = async (selectedIDs: string[]) => {
+    this.setState({selectedIDs})
   }
 
   private sendToDashboard = async () => {
-    const {name} = this.state
+    const {name, selectedIDs} = this.state
     const {
       queryConfig,
       script,
@@ -211,8 +233,16 @@ class SendToDashboardOverlay extends PureComponent<Props, State> {
 
     const legend = isStaticLegend ? STATIC_LEGEND : {}
 
+    let selectedDashboards = this.selectedDashboards
+
+    if (_.includes(selectedIDs, NEW_DASHBOARD_ID)) {
+      const {data} = await createDashboard(NEW_EMPTY_DASHBOARD)
+      const newDashboard: Dashboard = data
+      selectedDashboards = [...selectedDashboards, newDashboard]
+    }
+
     await Promise.all(
-      this.selectedDashboards.map(dashboard => {
+      selectedDashboards.map(dashboard => {
         const emptyCell = getNewDashboardCell(dashboard)
         const newCell: Partial<Cell> = {
           ...emptyCell,
diff --git a/ui/src/data_explorer/containers/DataExplorer.tsx b/ui/src/data_explorer/containers/DataExplorer.tsx
index f2fa521d7..d7acecc0d 100644
--- a/ui/src/data_explorer/containers/DataExplorer.tsx
+++ b/ui/src/data_explorer/containers/DataExplorer.tsx
@@ -148,7 +148,13 @@ export class DataExplorer extends PureComponent<Props, State> {
   }
 
   public async componentDidMount() {
-    const {loadDE, timeRange, autoRefresh, queryDrafts} = this.props
+    const {
+      loadDE,
+      timeRange,
+      autoRefresh,
+      queryDrafts,
+      handleGetDashboards,
+    } = this.props
     const {query, script} = this.queryString
 
     GlobalAutoRefresher.poll(autoRefresh)
@@ -173,7 +179,7 @@ export class DataExplorer extends PureComponent<Props, State> {
       await this.createNewQueryDraft()
     }
 
-    await this.getDashboards()
+    await handleGetDashboards()
 
     this.fetchFluxServices()
   }
@@ -502,14 +508,6 @@ export class DataExplorer extends PureComponent<Props, State> {
     loadDE([queryDraft], timeRange)
   }
 
-  private async getDashboards() {
-    const {dashboards, handleGetDashboards} = this.props
-
-    if (!_.isEmpty(dashboards)) {
-      await handleGetDashboards()
-    }
-  }
-
   private get activeScript(): string {
     const {script} = this.queryString
     if (script) {