diff --git a/views/DashboardView.php b/views/DashboardView.php
index 2db7bed..4417744 100644
--- a/views/DashboardView.php
+++ b/views/DashboardView.php
@@ -120,7 +120,6 @@ include __DIR__ . '/layout_header.php';
     ?>
 
   <div class="lt-stat-card stat-open" role="button" tabindex="0"
-       data-filter-key="status" data-filter-val="Open,Pending,In Progress"
        title="Click to filter by active tickets" aria-label="Open tickets">
     <div class="lt-stat-icon">[ # ]</div>
     <div class="lt-stat-info">
@@ -133,7 +132,6 @@ include __DIR__ . '/layout_header.php';
   </div>
 
   <div class="lt-stat-card stat-critical" role="button" tabindex="0"
-       data-filter-key="priority" data-filter-val="1"
        title="Click to filter critical (P1) tickets" aria-label="Critical P1 tickets">
     <div class="lt-stat-icon lt-text-danger">[ ! ]</div>
     <div class="lt-stat-info">
@@ -146,7 +144,6 @@ include __DIR__ . '/layout_header.php';
   </div>
 
   <div class="lt-stat-card stat-unassigned" role="button" tabindex="0"
-       data-filter-key="assigned_to" data-filter-val="unassigned"
        title="Click to filter unassigned tickets" aria-label="Unassigned tickets">
     <div class="lt-stat-icon lt-text-amber">[ @ ]</div>
     <div class="lt-stat-info">
@@ -171,7 +168,6 @@ include __DIR__ . '/layout_header.php';
   </div>
 
   <div class="lt-stat-card stat-resolved" role="button" tabindex="0"
-       data-filter-key="status" data-filter-val="Closed"
        title="Click to filter closed tickets" aria-label="Closed tickets today">
     <div class="lt-stat-icon lt-text-muted">[ OK ]</div>
     <div class="lt-stat-info">
@@ -334,7 +330,8 @@ include __DIR__ . '/layout_header.php';
 
   function makeDonut(canvasId, data, colorMap) {
     var ctx = document.getElementById(canvasId);
-    if (!ctx || !data.length) return;
+    if (!ctx) return;
+    if (!data.length) { showChartEmptyState(ctx); return; }
     ctx.title = 'Click a segment to filter the ticket list';
     return new Chart(ctx, {
       type: 'doughnut',
@@ -365,9 +362,22 @@ include __DIR__ . '/layout_header.php';
     });
   }
 
+  function showChartEmptyState(canvas) {
+    canvas.style.display = 'none';
+    var wrap = canvas.parentElement;
+    if (wrap && !wrap.querySelector('.lt-chart-empty')) {
+      var msg = document.createElement('div');
+      msg.className = 'lt-chart-empty';
+      msg.style.cssText = 'display:flex;align-items:center;justify-content:center;height:100%;color:var(--text-muted);font-size:0.75rem';
+      msg.textContent = 'No data for current filters';
+      wrap.appendChild(msg);
+    }
+  }
+
   function makeBar(canvasId, data) {
     var ctx = document.getElementById(canvasId);
-    if (!ctx || !data.length) return;
+    if (!ctx) return;
+    if (!data.length) { showChartEmptyState(ctx); return; }
     ctx.title = 'Click a bar to filter the ticket list';
     return new Chart(ctx, {
       type: 'bar',
@@ -1226,7 +1236,6 @@ window.TICKET_STATUSES = <?= json_encode($GLOBALS['config']['TICKET_STATUSES'])
 if (window.lt) {
     lt.keys.initDefaults();
     lt.tableNav.init('tickets-table');
-    lt.statsFilter.init();
 }
 
 // Saved filter pills — load on page init