diff --git a/client/coral-admin/src/containers/Dashboard/Dashboard.js b/client/coral-admin/src/containers/Dashboard/Dashboard.js
index 253c0980b..0cc015e00 100644
--- a/client/coral-admin/src/containers/Dashboard/Dashboard.js
+++ b/client/coral-admin/src/containers/Dashboard/Dashboard.js
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ class Dashboard extends React.Component {
 
     const {data} = this.props;
     console.log('data', data);
-    const {metrics: assets} = data;
+    const {assetsByLike, assetsByFlag} = data;
 
     if (data.loading) {
       return <Spinner />;
@@ -25,14 +25,14 @@ class Dashboard extends React.Component {
       <div className={styles.Dashboard}>
         <div className={styles.widget}>
           <h2 className={styles.heading}>Top Ten Articles with the most flagged comments</h2>
-          <FlagWidget assets={assets} />
+          <FlagWidget assets={assetsByFlag} />
         </div>
         <div className={styles.widget}>
           <h2 className={styles.heading}>Top ten comments with the most likes</h2>
         </div>
         <div className={styles.widget}>
           <h2 className={styles.heading}>Top Ten Articles with the most likes</h2>
-          <LikeWidget assets={assets} />
+          <LikeWidget assets={assetsByLike} />
         </div>
       </div>
     );
diff --git a/client/coral-admin/src/graphql/queries/metrics.graphql b/client/coral-admin/src/graphql/queries/assetsByFlag.graphql
similarity index 51%
rename from client/coral-admin/src/graphql/queries/metrics.graphql
rename to client/coral-admin/src/graphql/queries/assetsByFlag.graphql
index 2f9afe621..c6f0900ac 100644
--- a/client/coral-admin/src/graphql/queries/metrics.graphql
+++ b/client/coral-admin/src/graphql/queries/assetsByFlag.graphql
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 fragment metrics on Asset {
   id
   title
+  url
+  commentCount
+  author
+  created_at
   action_summaries {
     type: __typename
     actionCount
@@ -9,16 +13,7 @@ fragment metrics on Asset {
 }
 
 query Metrics ($from: Date!, $to: Date!, $sort: ACTION_TYPE!) {
-  metrics(from: $from, to: $to, sort: $sort) {
-    id
-    title
-    url
-    commentCount
-    author
-    created_at
-    action_summaries {
-      actionCount
-      actionableItemCount
-    }
+  assetsByFlag: metrics(from: $from, to: $to, sort: $sort) {
+    ...metrics
   }
 }
diff --git a/client/coral-admin/src/graphql/queries/assetsByLike.graphql b/client/coral-admin/src/graphql/queries/assetsByLike.graphql
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..853afee41
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/coral-admin/src/graphql/queries/assetsByLike.graphql
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+fragment metrics on Asset {
+  id
+  title
+  url
+  commentCount
+  author
+  created_at
+  action_summaries {
+    type: __typename
+    actionCount
+    actionableItemCount
+  }
+}
+
+query Metrics ($from: Date!, $to: Date!, $sort: ACTION_TYPE!) {
+  assetsByLike: metrics(from: $from, to: $to, sort: $sort) {
+    ...metrics
+  }
+}
diff --git a/client/coral-admin/src/graphql/queries/index.js b/client/coral-admin/src/graphql/queries/index.js
index f98b40091..96cb319c9 100644
--- a/client/coral-admin/src/graphql/queries/index.js
+++ b/client/coral-admin/src/graphql/queries/index.js
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 import {graphql} from 'react-apollo';
 
-import METRICS from './metrics.graphql';
+import BY_LIKES from './assetsByLike.graphql';
+import BY_FLAGS from './assetsByFlag.graphql';
 import MOD_QUEUE_QUERY from './modQueueQuery.graphql';
 
-export const mostFlags = graphql(METRICS, {
+export const mostFlags = graphql(BY_FLAGS, {
   options: () => {
 
     // currently hard-coded per Greg's advice
@@ -19,7 +20,7 @@ export const mostFlags = graphql(METRICS, {
   }
 });
 
-export const mostLikes = graphql(METRICS, {
+export const mostLikes = graphql(BY_LIKES, {
   options: () => {
     const fiveMinutesAgo = new Date();
     fiveMinutesAgo.setMinutes(fiveMinutesAgo.getMinutes() - 5);