diff --git a/packages/grafana-runtime/src/types/analytics.ts b/packages/grafana-runtime/src/types/analytics.ts
index 804ab09d5a5..41a792d6ac5 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-runtime/src/types/analytics.ts
+++ b/packages/grafana-runtime/src/types/analytics.ts
@@ -1,18 +1,35 @@
 import { EchoEvent, EchoEventType } from '../services/EchoSrv';
 
-export interface MetaAnalyticsEventPayload {
-  eventName: string;
-  dashboardId?: number;
-  dashboardUid?: string;
-  dashboardName?: string;
+export interface DashboardInfo {
+  dashboardId: number;
+  dashboardUid: string;
+  dashboardName: string;
   folderName?: string;
-  panelId?: number;
-  panelName?: string;
+}
+
+export interface DataRequestInfo extends Partial<DashboardInfo> {
   datasourceName: string;
   datasourceId?: number;
-  error?: string;
+  panelId?: number;
+  panelName?: string;
   duration: number;
+  error?: string;
   dataSize?: number;
 }
 
+export enum MetaAnalyticsEventName {
+  DashboardView = 'dashboard-view',
+  DataRequest = 'data-request',
+}
+
+export interface DashboardViewEventPayload extends DashboardInfo {
+  eventName: MetaAnalyticsEventName.DashboardView;
+}
+
+export interface DataRequestEventPayload extends DataRequestInfo {
+  eventName: MetaAnalyticsEventName.DataRequest;
+}
+
+export type MetaAnalyticsEventPayload = DashboardViewEventPayload | DataRequestEventPayload;
+
 export interface MetaAnalyticsEvent extends EchoEvent<EchoEventType.MetaAnalytics, MetaAnalyticsEventPayload> {}
diff --git a/public/app/features/dashboard/state/analyticsProcessor.ts b/public/app/features/dashboard/state/analyticsProcessor.ts
index 47b013c29af..ea4d600f65a 100644
--- a/public/app/features/dashboard/state/analyticsProcessor.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/dashboard/state/analyticsProcessor.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,16 @@
 import { getDashboardSrv } from '../services/DashboardSrv';
+import { DashboardModel } from './DashboardModel';
 
 import { PanelData, LoadingState, DataSourceApi } from '@grafana/data';
 
-import { reportMetaAnalytics, MetaAnalyticsEventPayload } from '@grafana/runtime';
+import {
+  reportMetaAnalytics,
+  MetaAnalyticsEventName,
+  DataRequestEventPayload,
+  DashboardViewEventPayload,
+} from '@grafana/runtime';
 
-export function getAnalyticsProcessor(datasource: DataSourceApi) {
+export function emitDataRequestEvent(datasource: DataSourceApi) {
   let done = false;
 
   return (data: PanelData) => {
@@ -16,16 +22,14 @@ export function getAnalyticsProcessor(datasource: DataSourceApi) {
       return;
     }
 
-    const eventData: MetaAnalyticsEventPayload = {
+    const eventData: DataRequestEventPayload = {
+      eventName: MetaAnalyticsEventName.DataRequest,
       datasourceName: datasource.name,
       datasourceId: datasource.id,
       panelId: data.request.panelId,
       dashboardId: data.request.dashboardId,
-      // app: 'dashboard',
       dataSize: 0,
       duration: data.request.endTime - data.request.startTime,
-      eventName: 'data-request',
-      // sessionId: '',
     };
 
     // enrich with dashboard info
@@ -53,3 +57,15 @@ export function getAnalyticsProcessor(datasource: DataSourceApi) {
     done = true;
   };
 }
+
+export function emitDashboardViewEvent(dashboard: DashboardModel) {
+  const eventData: DashboardViewEventPayload = {
+    dashboardId: dashboard.id,
+    dashboardName: dashboard.title,
+    dashboardUid: dashboard.uid,
+    folderName: dashboard.meta.folderTitle,
+    eventName: MetaAnalyticsEventName.DashboardView,
+  };
+
+  reportMetaAnalytics(eventData);
+}
diff --git a/public/app/features/dashboard/state/initDashboard.test.ts b/public/app/features/dashboard/state/initDashboard.test.ts
index c07e729cfcd..adb0f395ec4 100644
--- a/public/app/features/dashboard/state/initDashboard.test.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/dashboard/state/initDashboard.test.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ import { DashboardRouteInfo } from 'app/types';
 import { getBackendSrv } from 'app/core/services/backend_srv';
 import { dashboardInitCompleted, dashboardInitFetching, dashboardInitServices } from './reducers';
 import { updateLocation } from '../../../core/actions';
+import { setEchoSrv } from '@grafana/runtime';
+import { Echo } from '../../../core/services/echo/Echo';
 
 jest.mock('app/core/services/backend_srv');
 
@@ -124,6 +126,7 @@ function describeInitScenario(description: string, scenarioFn: ScenarioFn) {
 
     beforeEach(async () => {
       setupFn();
+      setEchoSrv(new Echo());
 
       const store = mockStore(ctx.storeState);
       // @ts-ignore
diff --git a/public/app/features/dashboard/state/initDashboard.ts b/public/app/features/dashboard/state/initDashboard.ts
index b21a15e769e..95bf8eefc15 100644
--- a/public/app/features/dashboard/state/initDashboard.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/dashboard/state/initDashboard.ts
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import { DataQuery } from '@grafana/data';
 import { getConfig } from '../../../core/config';
 import { initDashboardTemplating, processVariables } from '../../variables/state/actions';
 import { variableAdapters } from '../../variables/adapters';
+import { emitDashboardViewEvent } from './analyticsProcessor';
 
 export interface InitDashboardArgs {
   $injector: any;
@@ -223,6 +224,11 @@ export function initDashboard(args: InitDashboardArgs): ThunkResult<void> {
     // legacy srv state
     dashboardSrv.setCurrent(dashboard);
 
+    // send open dashboard event
+    if (args.routeInfo !== DashboardRouteInfo.New) {
+      emitDashboardViewEvent(dashboard);
+    }
+
     // yay we are done
     dispatch(dashboardInitCompleted(dashboard));
   };
diff --git a/public/app/features/dashboard/state/runRequest.ts b/public/app/features/dashboard/state/runRequest.ts
index dcf207c5102..57d02406860 100644
--- a/public/app/features/dashboard/state/runRequest.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/dashboard/state/runRequest.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import {
   DataFrame,
   guessFieldTypes,
 } from '@grafana/data';
-import { getAnalyticsProcessor } from './analyticsProcessor';
+import { emitDataRequestEvent } from './analyticsProcessor';
 import { ExpressionDatasourceID, expressionDatasource } from 'app/features/expressions/ExpressionDatasource';
 
 type MapOfResponsePackets = { [str: string]: DataQueryResponse };
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ export function runRequest(datasource: DataSourceApi, request: DataQueryRequest)
         error: processQueryError(err),
       })
     ),
-    tap(getAnalyticsProcessor(datasource)),
+    tap(emitDataRequestEvent(datasource)),
     // finalize is triggered when subscriber unsubscribes
     // This makes sure any still running network requests are cancelled
     finalize(cancelNetworkRequestsOnUnsubscribe(request)),