diff --git a/public/app/features/apiserver/server.ts b/public/app/features/apiserver/client.ts
similarity index 89%
rename from public/app/features/apiserver/server.ts
rename to public/app/features/apiserver/client.ts
index c7aca0a4fd5..d033a093df7 100644
--- a/public/app/features/apiserver/server.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/apiserver/client.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import {
   Resource,
   ResourceForCreate,
   ResourceList,
-  ResourceServer,
+  ResourceClient,
 } from './types';
 
 export interface GroupVersionResource {
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ export interface GroupVersionResource {
   resource: string;
 }
 
-export class ScopedResourceServer<T = object, K = string> implements ResourceServer<T, K> {
+export class ScopedResourceClient<T = object, K = string> implements ResourceClient<T, K> {
   readonly url: string;
 
   constructor(gvr: GroupVersionResource, namespaced = true) {
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@ export class ScopedResourceServer<T = object, K = string> implements ResourceSer
   }
 
   public async create(obj: ResourceForCreate<T, K>): Promise<void> {
+    if (!obj.metadata.name && !obj.metadata.generateName) {
+      obj.metadata.generateName = 'g'; // Triggers the server to create a unique value
+    }
     return getBackendSrv().post(this.url, obj);
   }
 
diff --git a/public/app/features/apiserver/types.ts b/public/app/features/apiserver/types.ts
index 56fbbf5ac7b..102e9a79ee6 100644
--- a/public/app/features/apiserver/types.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/apiserver/types.ts
@@ -63,7 +63,10 @@ export interface Resource<T = object, K = string> extends TypeMeta<K> {
 }
 
 export interface ResourceForCreate<T = object, K = string> extends Partial<TypeMeta<K>> {
-  metadata: Partial<ObjectMeta>;
+  metadata: Partial<ObjectMeta> & {
+    // When creating a resource, it must set a name or generateName to create a unique one on the server
+    generateName?: string;
+  };
   spec: T;
 }
 
@@ -138,7 +141,7 @@ export interface MetaStatus {
   details?: object;
 }
 
-export interface ResourceServer<T = object, K = string> {
+export interface ResourceClient<T = object, K = string> {
   create(obj: ResourceForCreate<T, K>): Promise<void>;
   get(name: string): Promise<Resource<T, K>>;
   list(opts?: ListOptions): Promise<ResourceList<T, K>>;
diff --git a/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/scene/ScopesDashboardsScene.tsx b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/scene/ScopesDashboardsScene.tsx
index 651085d943b..5322c1e5e6f 100644
--- a/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/scene/ScopesDashboardsScene.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/scene/ScopesDashboardsScene.tsx
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import { getAppEvents, getBackendSrv } from '@grafana/runtime';
 import { SceneComponentProps, SceneObjectBase, SceneObjectState } from '@grafana/scenes';
 import { CustomScrollbar, Icon, Input, useStyles2 } from '@grafana/ui';
 import { useQueryParams } from 'app/core/hooks/useQueryParams';
-import { ScopedResourceServer } from 'app/features/apiserver/server';
+import { ScopedResourceClient } from 'app/features/apiserver/client';
 
 export interface ScopeDashboard {
   uid: string;
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ export interface ScopesDashboardsSceneState extends SceneObjectState {
 export class ScopesDashboardsScene extends SceneObjectBase<ScopesDashboardsSceneState> {
   static Component = ScopesDashboardsSceneRenderer;
 
-  private server = new ScopedResourceServer<ScopeDashboardBindingSpec, 'ScopeDashboardBinding'>({
+  private server = new ScopedResourceClient<ScopeDashboardBindingSpec, 'ScopeDashboardBinding'>({
     group: 'scope.grafana.app',
     version: 'v0alpha1',
     resource: 'scopedashboardbindings',
diff --git a/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/scene/ScopesFiltersScene.tsx b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/scene/ScopesFiltersScene.tsx
index 3600da65c7b..ff95952ab94 100644
--- a/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/scene/ScopesFiltersScene.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/scene/ScopesFiltersScene.tsx
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import {
   SceneObjectUrlValues,
 } from '@grafana/scenes';
 import { Checkbox, Icon, Input, Toggletip, useStyles2 } from '@grafana/ui';
-import { ScopedResourceServer } from 'app/features/apiserver/server';
+import { ScopedResourceClient } from 'app/features/apiserver/client';
 
 export interface Node {
   item: ScopeTreeItemSpec;
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ export class ScopesFiltersScene extends SceneObjectBase<ScopesFiltersSceneState>
   private serverVersion = 'v0alpha1';
   private serverNamespace = 'default';
 
-  private server = new ScopedResourceServer<ScopeSpec, 'Scope'>({
+  private server = new ScopedResourceClient<ScopeSpec, 'Scope'>({
     group: this.serverGroup,
     version: this.serverVersion,
     resource: 'scopes',
diff --git a/public/app/features/playlist/api.ts b/public/app/features/playlist/api.ts
index 48b83403b3a..25033582d50 100644
--- a/public/app/features/playlist/api.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/playlist/api.ts
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ import { getGrafanaDatasource } from 'app/plugins/datasource/grafana/datasource'
 import { GrafanaQuery, GrafanaQueryType } from 'app/plugins/datasource/grafana/types';
 import { dispatch } from 'app/store/store';
 
-import { ScopedResourceServer } from '../apiserver/server';
-import { Resource, ResourceForCreate, ResourceServer } from '../apiserver/types';
+import { ScopedResourceClient } from '../apiserver/client';
+import { Resource, ResourceForCreate, ResourceClient } from '../apiserver/types';
 import { DashboardQueryResult, getGrafanaSearcher, SearchQuery } from '../search/service';
 
 import { Playlist, PlaylistItem, PlaylistAPI } from './types';
@@ -47,10 +47,10 @@ interface PlaylistSpec {
 type K8sPlaylist = Resource<PlaylistSpec>;
 
 class K8sAPI implements PlaylistAPI {
-  readonly server: ResourceServer<PlaylistSpec>;
+  readonly server: ResourceClient<PlaylistSpec>;
 
   constructor() {
-    this.server = new ScopedResourceServer<PlaylistSpec>({
+    this.server = new ScopedResourceClient<PlaylistSpec>({
       group: 'playlist.grafana.app',
       version: 'v0alpha1',
       resource: 'playlists',