diff --git a/web-common/src/features/dashboards/dashboard-fetch-mocks.ts b/web-common/src/features/dashboards/dashboard-fetch-mocks.ts
index 59481ec2c06b..3d94e1b13c46 100644
--- a/web-common/src/features/dashboards/dashboard-fetch-mocks.ts
+++ b/web-common/src/features/dashboards/dashboard-fetch-mocks.ts
@@ -61,13 +61,15 @@ export class DashboardFetchMocks {
     name: string,
     metricsView: V1MetricsViewSpec,
     explore: V1ExploreSpec,
+    // The resource name of the metrics view, which can differ in casing from `explore.metricsView`.
+    metricsViewName = explore.metricsView ?? name,
   ) {
     this.responses.set(`resources__explore__${name}`, {
       metricsView: {
         meta: {
           name: {
             kind: ResourceKind.MetricsView,
-            name,
+            name: metricsViewName,
           },
         },
         metricsView: {
diff --git a/web-common/src/features/dashboards/providers/DashboardConfigProvider.spec.ts b/web-common/src/features/dashboards/providers/DashboardConfigProvider.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..718534a34067
--- /dev/null
+++ b/web-common/src/features/dashboards/providers/DashboardConfigProvider.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+import {
+  AD_BIDS_EXPLORE_INIT,
+  AD_BIDS_EXPLORE_NAME,
+  AD_BIDS_METRICS_INIT,
+} from "@rilldata/web-common/features/dashboards/stores/test-data/data";
+import { DashboardFetchMocks } from "@rilldata/web-common/features/dashboards/dashboard-fetch-mocks";
+import { ExploreDashboardConfigProvider } from "@rilldata/web-common/features/dashboards/providers/DashboardConfigProvider.svelte.ts";
+import { renderInRuntimeContext } from "@rilldata/web-common/features/metrics-views/providers/test/metrics-views-test-utils.svelte.ts";
+import { waitUntil } from "@rilldata/web-common/lib/waitUtils";
+import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+
+// Mixed-case resource name, as produced by a file like `AdBids_Mixed_Metrics.yaml`.
+const MIXED_CASE_METRICS_NAME = "AdBids_Mixed_Metrics";
+
+const mocks = DashboardFetchMocks.useDashboardFetchMocks();
+mocks.mockMetricsView(MIXED_CASE_METRICS_NAME, AD_BIDS_METRICS_INIT);
+mocks.mockMetricsExplore(
+  AD_BIDS_EXPLORE_NAME,
+  AD_BIDS_METRICS_INIT,
+  {
+    ...AD_BIDS_EXPLORE_INIT,
+    // The explore references the metrics view in lowercase. Resource names are case-insensitive
+    // in the runtime, so the explore still reconciles and GetExplore returns the mixed-case resource.
+    metricsView: MIXED_CASE_METRICS_NAME.toLowerCase(),
+  },
+  MIXED_CASE_METRICS_NAME,
+);
+
+describe("ExploreDashboardConfigProvider", () => {
+  it("names the metrics view by its resource name rather than the explore's reference", async () => {
+    const { value: provider, destroy } = renderInRuntimeContext(
+      ({ runtimeClient }) =>
+        new ExploreDashboardConfigProvider(runtimeClient, AD_BIDS_EXPLORE_NAME),
+    );
+
+    await waitUntil(
+      () => provider.metricsViewsProvider.metricsViewNames.length > 0,
+      5000,
+    );
+    expect(provider.metricsViewsProvider.metricsViewNames).toEqual([
+      MIXED_CASE_METRICS_NAME,
+    ]);
+
+    await waitUntil(() => provider.metricsViewsProvider.ready, 5000);
+    expect(
+      provider.metricsViewsProvider.specs[MIXED_CASE_METRICS_NAME],
+    ).toMatchObject(AD_BIDS_METRICS_INIT);
+
+    destroy();
+    provider.cleanup?.();
+  });
+});
diff --git a/web-common/src/features/dashboards/providers/DashboardConfigProvider.svelte.ts b/web-common/src/features/dashboards/providers/DashboardConfigProvider.svelte.ts
index af3aac622770..58be592c25d1 100644
--- a/web-common/src/features/dashboards/providers/DashboardConfigProvider.svelte.ts
+++ b/web-common/src/features/dashboards/providers/DashboardConfigProvider.svelte.ts
@@ -32,8 +32,14 @@ export class ExploreDashboardConfigProvider extends DashboardConfigProvider {
       const exploreSpec =
         getExploreResp.data?.explore?.explore?.state?.validSpec ?? {};
 
+      // Prefer the resource's own name over the explore's reference to it. Resource names are
+      // case-insensitive in the runtime, so the two can differ in casing, and the rest of the
+      // explore identifies the metrics view by the resource name.
+      const metricsViewName =
+        getExploreResp.data?.metricsView?.meta?.name?.name ??
+        exploreSpec.metricsView;
       this.metricsViewsProvider.setMetricsViewNames(
-        exploreSpec.metricsView ? [exploreSpec.metricsView] : [],
+        metricsViewName ? [metricsViewName] : [],
       );
 
       // this.yamlConfigProvider.update() // TODO: once we have this support for explore
diff --git a/web-common/src/features/metrics-views/providers/MetricsViewsProvider.spec.ts b/web-common/src/features/metrics-views/providers/MetricsViewsProvider.spec.ts
index 2578d60d17af..81555881ea76 100644
--- a/web-common/src/features/metrics-views/providers/MetricsViewsProvider.spec.ts
+++ b/web-common/src/features/metrics-views/providers/MetricsViewsProvider.spec.ts
@@ -13,9 +13,12 @@ import {
 import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
 
 const AD_BIDS_MIRROR_METRICS_NAME = "AdBids_mirror_metrics";
+// Mixed-case resource name, as produced by a file like `AdBids_Mixed_Metrics.yaml`.
+const AD_BIDS_MIXED_CASE_METRICS_NAME = "AdBids_Mixed_Metrics";
 
 useMetricsViewMocks({
   [AD_BIDS_METRICS_NAME]: AD_BIDS_METRICS_INIT,
+  [AD_BIDS_MIXED_CASE_METRICS_NAME]: AD_BIDS_METRICS_INIT,
   // Shares the publisher dimension and the impressions measure with AdBids.
   [AD_BIDS_MIRROR_METRICS_NAME]: {
     ...AD_BIDS_METRICS_INIT,
@@ -48,6 +51,29 @@ describe("MetricsViewsProvider", () => {
     destroy();
   });
 
+  it("resolves a lowercase reference to a mixed-case metrics view", async () => {
+    // Resource names are case-insensitive in the runtime, so an explore whose
+    // `metrics_view` is written in lowercase still reconciles against a mixed-case
+    // metrics view. The provider has to resolve it the same way.
+    const requestedName = AD_BIDS_MIXED_CASE_METRICS_NAME.toLowerCase();
+    const { value: provider, destroy } = await createTestMetricsViewsProvider([
+      requestedName,
+    ]);
+
+    // Keyed by the requested name, which is what callers use for lookups.
+    expect(provider.specs[requestedName]).toMatchObject(AD_BIDS_METRICS_INIT);
+    expect(
+      Object.keys(provider.dimensionSpecs[AD_BIDS_PUBLISHER_DIMENSION]),
+    ).toEqual([requestedName]);
+    expect(provider.dimensions.map((d) => d.name)).toEqual([
+      AD_BIDS_PUBLISHER_DIMENSION,
+      AD_BIDS_DOMAIN_DIMENSION,
+    ]);
+    expect(provider.ready).toBe(true);
+
+    destroy();
+  });
+
   it("maps a shared measure or dimension to every metrics view defining it", async () => {
     const { value: provider, destroy } = await createTestMetricsViewsProvider([
       AD_BIDS_METRICS_NAME,
diff --git a/web-common/src/features/metrics-views/providers/MetricsViewsProvider.svelte.ts b/web-common/src/features/metrics-views/providers/MetricsViewsProvider.svelte.ts
index 3dab6a80127f..08301a3f119c 100644
--- a/web-common/src/features/metrics-views/providers/MetricsViewsProvider.svelte.ts
+++ b/web-common/src/features/metrics-views/providers/MetricsViewsProvider.svelte.ts
@@ -187,9 +187,13 @@ export class MetricsViewsProvider {
     const dimensions: MetricsViewSpecDimension[] = [];
 
     for (const metricsViewName of this.metricsViewNames) {
+      // Resource names are case-insensitive in the runtime, so an explore or canvas can reference
+      // a metrics view with different casing than the resource itself. Keep the maps keyed by the
+      // requested name, since that is what the callers use to look them up.
+      const lowerName = metricsViewName.toLowerCase();
       const res = this.resources.find(
         (resource) =>
-          resource.meta?.name?.name === metricsViewName &&
+          resource.meta?.name?.name?.toLowerCase() === lowerName &&
           resource.meta?.name?.kind === ResourceKind.MetricsView,
       );
       const spec = res?.metricsView?.state?.validSpec;