diff --git a/ui/src/App.tsx b/ui/src/App.tsx
index 9f0022b..e105178 100644
--- a/ui/src/App.tsx
+++ b/ui/src/App.tsx
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ import { ChangesView } from './components/features/ChangesView'
 import { DataFlowView } from './components/features/DataFlowView'
 import { SearchView } from './components/features/SearchView'
 import { DataExplorerView } from './components/features/DataExplorerView'
-import { TrinoFederationView } from './components/features/TrinoFederationView'
 import { DataHubView } from './components/features/DataHubView'
 import { SshTerminal } from './components/features/SshTerminal'
 import { TerminalDock } from './components/features/TerminalDock'
@@ -145,8 +144,6 @@ export default function App() {
                   <SearchView />
                 ) : cc.mainView === 'dataexplorer' ? (
                   <DataExplorerView />
-                ) : cc.mainView === 'trino' ? (
-                  <TrinoFederationView />
                 ) : (
                   <ApprovalInbox agents={cc.agents} livePending={cc.approvals} onDecide={cc.decide} />
                 )}
diff --git a/ui/src/components/features/DataExplorerView.tsx b/ui/src/components/features/DataExplorerView.tsx
index 5a011e0..5df36c6 100644
--- a/ui/src/components/features/DataExplorerView.tsx
+++ b/ui/src/components/features/DataExplorerView.tsx
@@ -11,9 +11,22 @@ import {
   Search,
   Loader2,
   TrendingUp,
-  ExternalLink,
+  BarChart3,
+  Network,
+  HardDrive,
+  ShieldCheck,
 } from 'lucide-react'
 import { cn } from '../../lib/utils'
+import { TrinoFederationView, type SubTab } from './TrinoFederationView'
+
+type ExplorerTab = 'business' | SubTab
+
+const TABS: { id: ExplorerTab; label: string; icon: typeof Users; hint: string }[] = [
+  { id: 'business', label: 'Business Overview', icon: BarChart3, hint: 'Customers, orders, workforce, supply chain & telemetry across every source' },
+  { id: 'federated', label: 'Federated (Trino)', icon: Network, hint: 'One SQL engine joining PostgreSQL, MySQL & MongoDB live — region scorecard' },
+  { id: 'lake', label: 'Hadoop Lake', icon: HardDrive, hint: 'All business data mirrored as external Iceberg tables on HDFS' },
+  { id: 'dictionary', label: 'Data Dictionary', icon: ShieldCheck, hint: 'Every table & column with PII / masking status — exactly what the assistant sees' },
+]
 
 type Bucket = { key: string; count: number; value?: number }
 type Business = {
@@ -195,6 +208,7 @@ export function DataExplorerView() {
   const [region, setRegion] = useState('')
   const [qInput, setQInput] = useState('')
   const [q, setQ] = useState('')
+  const [view, setView] = useState<ExplorerTab>('business')
 
   const load = useCallback(async () => {
     setLoading(true)
@@ -213,39 +227,63 @@ export function DataExplorerView() {
 
   const k = data?.kpis
   const regions = useMemo(() => data?.regions || [], [data])
+  const activeTab = TABS.find((t) => t.id === view) || TABS[0]
 
   return (
     <div className="scrollbar-thin flex h-full min-h-0 flex-col gap-2 overflow-y-auto p-3">
       {/* header */}
       <header className="panel flex shrink-0 flex-wrap items-center justify-between gap-3 px-4 py-3">
-        <div>
+        <div className="min-w-0">
           <h1 className="flex items-center gap-2 text-base font-semibold text-foreground">
             <TrendingUp className="h-5 w-5 text-docker" />
             Data Explorer
           </h1>
-          <p className="text-[11px] text-foreground-muted">
-            Your actual business data — customers, orders, employees, supply chain &amp; telemetry across all sources
-          </p>
-        </div>
-        <div className="flex items-center gap-2">
-          <form
-            onSubmit={(e) => { e.preventDefault(); setQ(qInput.trim()) }}
-            className="flex items-center gap-1 rounded-md border border-border bg-surface px-2 py-1"
-          >
-            <Search className="h-3.5 w-3.5 text-foreground-muted" />
-            <input
-              value={qInput}
-              onChange={(e) => setQInput(e.target.value)}
-              placeholder="Filter by name, id, region…"
-              className="w-48 bg-transparent text-[11px] text-foreground outline-none placeholder:text-foreground-faint"
-            />
-          </form>
-          <button type="button" onClick={load} className="inline-flex items-center gap-1.5 rounded-md border border-border px-3 py-1.5 text-[11px] text-foreground-muted hover:bg-surface-overlay">
-            {loading ? <Loader2 className="h-3.5 w-3.5 animate-spin" /> : <RefreshCw className="h-3.5 w-3.5" />} Refresh
-          </button>
+          <p className="text-[11px] text-foreground-muted">{activeTab.hint}</p>
         </div>
+        {view === 'business' && (
+          <div className="flex items-center gap-2">
+            <form
+              onSubmit={(e) => { e.preventDefault(); setQ(qInput.trim()) }}
+              className="flex items-center gap-1 rounded-md border border-border bg-surface px-2 py-1"
+            >
+              <Search className="h-3.5 w-3.5 text-foreground-muted" />
+              <input
+                value={qInput}
+                onChange={(e) => setQInput(e.target.value)}
+                placeholder="Filter by name, id, region…"
+                className="w-48 bg-transparent text-[11px] text-foreground outline-none placeholder:text-foreground-faint"
+              />
+            </form>
+            <button type="button" onClick={load} className="inline-flex items-center gap-1.5 rounded-md border border-border px-3 py-1.5 text-[11px] text-foreground-muted hover:bg-surface-overlay">
+              {loading ? <Loader2 className="h-3.5 w-3.5 animate-spin" /> : <RefreshCw className="h-3.5 w-3.5" />} Refresh
+            </button>
+          </div>
+        )}
       </header>
 
+      {/* tab bar */}
+      <div className="flex shrink-0 flex-wrap gap-1 px-1">
+        {TABS.map(({ id, label, icon: Icon }) => (
+          <button
+            key={id}
+            type="button"
+            onClick={() => setView(id)}
+            className={cn(
+              'inline-flex items-center gap-1.5 rounded-md px-3 py-1.5 text-[11px] font-medium transition-colors',
+              view === id ? 'bg-docker/15 text-docker' : 'text-foreground-muted hover:bg-surface-overlay',
+            )}
+          >
+            <Icon className="h-3.5 w-3.5" /> {label}
+          </button>
+        ))}
+      </div>
+
+      {/* Trino federation / lake / dictionary tabs */}
+      {view !== 'business' && <TrinoFederationView embedded activeTab={view} />}
+
+      {/* ───────── BUSINESS OVERVIEW ───────── */}
+      {view === 'business' && (
+      <>
       {/* region filters */}
       <div className="flex shrink-0 flex-wrap items-center gap-1.5 px-1 text-[10px]">
         <span className="mr-1 font-semibold uppercase tracking-wider text-foreground-faint">Region</span>
@@ -318,6 +356,8 @@ export function DataExplorerView() {
         <Panel title="Supply events by region"><Donut data={data?.supply.by_region || []} /></Panel>
         <Panel title="Telemetry — avg value by metric" icon={Activity}><BarsH data={data?.telemetry.by_metric || []} valueKind="num" /></Panel>
       </div>
+      </>
+      )}
     </div>
   )
 }
diff --git a/ui/src/components/features/TrinoFederationView.tsx b/ui/src/components/features/TrinoFederationView.tsx
index 65d65a1..4fb76d9 100644
--- a/ui/src/components/features/TrinoFederationView.tsx
+++ b/ui/src/components/features/TrinoFederationView.tsx
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import {
 import { cn } from '../../lib/utils'
 
 type Bucket = { key: string; count: number; value?: number }
-type SubTab = 'federated' | 'lake' | 'dictionary'
+export type SubTab = 'federated' | 'lake' | 'dictionary'
 
 const COLORS = ['#34d399', '#60a5fa', '#f472b6', '#fbbf24', '#a78bfa', '#22d3ee', '#fb7185']
 
@@ -117,8 +117,9 @@ function Kpi({ icon: Icon, label, value, sub, accent }: { icon: typeof Users; la
   )
 }
 
-export function TrinoFederationView() {
-  const [tab, setTab] = useState<SubTab>('federated')
+export function TrinoFederationView({ embedded = false, activeTab }: { embedded?: boolean; activeTab?: SubTab } = {}) {
+  const [tabState, setTab] = useState<SubTab>('federated')
+  const tab = embedded ? activeTab ?? 'federated' : tabState
   const [catalogs, setCatalogs] = useState<any>(null)
   const [marquee, setMarquee] = useState<any>(null)
   const [lake, setLake] = useState<any>(null)
@@ -189,32 +190,8 @@ export function TrinoFederationView() {
   const m = marquee?.marquee
   const totals = catalogs?.source_totals || {}
 
-  return (
-    <div className="scrollbar-thin flex h-full min-h-0 flex-col gap-2 overflow-y-auto p-3">
-      <header className="panel flex shrink-0 flex-wrap items-center justify-between gap-3 px-4 py-3">
-        <div>
-          <h1 className="flex items-center gap-2 text-base font-semibold text-foreground">
-            <Network className="h-5 w-5 text-docker" />
-            Trino Federation &amp; Hadoop Lakehouse
-          </h1>
-          <p className="text-[11px] text-foreground-muted">
-            One SQL engine over every source — federated business analytics, mirrored into Hadoop as external Iceberg tables
-          </p>
-        </div>
-        <div className="flex flex-wrap gap-1">
-          {([
-            { id: 'federated', label: 'Federated', icon: Network },
-            { id: 'lake', label: 'Hadoop Lake', icon: HardDrive },
-            { id: 'dictionary', label: 'Data Dictionary', icon: ShieldCheck },
-          ] as { id: SubTab; label: string; icon: typeof Network }[]).map(({ id, label, icon: Icon }) => (
-            <button key={id} type="button" onClick={() => setTab(id)}
-              className={cn('inline-flex items-center gap-1.5 rounded-md px-3 py-1.5 text-[11px] font-medium transition-colors', tab === id ? 'bg-docker/15 text-docker' : 'text-foreground-muted hover:bg-surface-overlay')}>
-              <Icon className="h-3.5 w-3.5" /> {label}
-            </button>
-          ))}
-        </div>
-      </header>
-
+  const body = (
+    <>
       {/* ───────── FEDERATED ───────── */}
       {tab === 'federated' && (
         <>
@@ -368,6 +345,37 @@ export function TrinoFederationView() {
       {loading && !catalogs && !lake && !dict && (
         <div className="flex flex-1 items-center justify-center text-foreground-muted"><Loader2 className="h-5 w-5 animate-spin" /></div>
       )}
+    </>
+  )
+
+  if (embedded) return body
+
+  return (
+    <div className="scrollbar-thin flex h-full min-h-0 flex-col gap-2 overflow-y-auto p-3">
+      <header className="panel flex shrink-0 flex-wrap items-center justify-between gap-3 px-4 py-3">
+        <div>
+          <h1 className="flex items-center gap-2 text-base font-semibold text-foreground">
+            <Network className="h-5 w-5 text-docker" />
+            Trino Federation &amp; Hadoop Lakehouse
+          </h1>
+          <p className="text-[11px] text-foreground-muted">
+            One SQL engine over every source — federated business analytics, mirrored into Hadoop as external Iceberg tables
+          </p>
+        </div>
+        <div className="flex flex-wrap gap-1">
+          {([
+            { id: 'federated', label: 'Federated', icon: Network },
+            { id: 'lake', label: 'Hadoop Lake', icon: HardDrive },
+            { id: 'dictionary', label: 'Data Dictionary', icon: ShieldCheck },
+          ] as { id: SubTab; label: string; icon: typeof Network }[]).map(({ id, label, icon: Icon }) => (
+            <button key={id} type="button" onClick={() => setTab(id)}
+              className={cn('inline-flex items-center gap-1.5 rounded-md px-3 py-1.5 text-[11px] font-medium transition-colors', tab === id ? 'bg-docker/15 text-docker' : 'text-foreground-muted hover:bg-surface-overlay')}>
+              <Icon className="h-3.5 w-3.5" /> {label}
+            </button>
+          ))}
+        </div>
+      </header>
+      {body}
     </div>
   )
 }
diff --git a/ui/src/components/layout/SideNav.tsx b/ui/src/components/layout/SideNav.tsx
index 5b9c08e..8070b4b 100644
--- a/ui/src/components/layout/SideNav.tsx
+++ b/ui/src/components/layout/SideNav.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-import { useEffect, useState } from 'react'
-import { Database, DatabaseZap, HardDrive, Search, LayoutDashboard, MessageSquare, Server, TerminalSquare, Activity, GitBranch, ExternalLink, LineChart, Network } from 'lucide-react'
+import { Database, DatabaseZap, HardDrive, Search, LayoutDashboard, MessageSquare, TerminalSquare, Activity, GitBranch, LineChart } from 'lucide-react'
 import type { GpuStatus, WorkloadData } from '../../types'
 import type { GpuLiveMetrics } from '../../hooks/useLiveMetrics'
 import { cn } from '../../lib/utils'
@@ -7,7 +6,7 @@ import { viewTabActive, viewTabIdle } from '../../lib/tabActive'
 import { GpuMatrixPanel } from '../features/GpuMatrixPanel'
 import { LabHealthPanel } from '../features/LabHealthPanel'
 
-type MainView = 'platform' | 'dataquality' | 'knowledge' | 'storage' | 'hdfs' | 'search' | 'approvals' | 'changes' | 'dataflow' | 'datasources' | 'dataexplorer' | 'trino'
+type MainView = 'platform' | 'dataquality' | 'knowledge' | 'storage' | 'hdfs' | 'search' | 'approvals' | 'changes' | 'dataflow' | 'datasources' | 'dataexplorer'
 
 type Props = {
   workload: WorkloadData | null
@@ -27,13 +26,12 @@ const VIEWS: { id: MainView; label: string; icon: typeof LayoutDashboard }[] = [
   { id: 'platform', label: 'Data Platform', icon: LayoutDashboard },
   { id: 'datasources', label: 'Data Hub', icon: Database },
   { id: 'dataexplorer', label: 'Data Explorer', icon: LineChart },
-  { id: 'trino', label: 'Trino Federation', icon: Network },
   { id: 'changes', label: 'Live Changes', icon: Activity },
   { id: 'dataflow', label: 'Data Flow', icon: GitBranch },
   { id: 'dataquality', label: 'Data Quality', icon: DatabaseZap },
   { id: 'knowledge', label: 'Knowledge Chat', icon: MessageSquare },
   { id: 'storage', label: 'Object Storage', icon: HardDrive },
-    { id: 'search', label: 'Elasticsearch', icon: Search },
+  { id: 'search', label: 'Elasticsearch', icon: Search },
 ]
 
 export function SideNav({
@@ -50,13 +48,6 @@ export function SideNav({
   onOpenSsh,
 }: Props) {
   const matrixBoost = gpuBoost || mainView === 'knowledge'
-  const [kibanaUrl, setKibanaUrl] = useState<string | null>(null)
-  useEffect(() => {
-    fetch('/api/search/health')
-      .then((r) => (r.ok ? r.json() : null))
-      .then((j) => { if (j?.kibana?.ui_url) setKibanaUrl(j.kibana.ui_url) })
-      .catch(() => {})
-  }, [])
 
   return (
     <nav className="flex h-full min-h-0 w-[240px] shrink-0 flex-col border-r border-border bg-surface-raised">
@@ -85,18 +76,6 @@ export function SideNav({
             <TerminalSquare className="h-4 w-4 text-emerald-400" />
             <span className="text-[11px] font-medium text-foreground">SSH Terminal</span>
           </button>
-          {kibanaUrl && (
-            <a
-              href={`${kibanaUrl}/app/dashboards#/view/atc-data-overview`}
-              target="_blank"
-              rel="noreferrer"
-              className={cn('flex w-full items-center gap-2 rounded-md px-2.5 py-2 text-left transition-all', viewTabIdle)}
-            >
-              <ExternalLink className="h-4 w-4 text-amber-400" />
-              <span className="flex-1 text-[11px] font-medium text-foreground">Kibana Dashboards</span>
-              <ExternalLink className="h-3 w-3 text-foreground-faint" />
-            </a>
-          )}
         </div>
       </section>
 
diff --git a/ui/src/hooks/useCommandCenter.ts b/ui/src/hooks/useCommandCenter.ts
index 85db1b7..46f656d 100644
--- a/ui/src/hooks/useCommandCenter.ts
+++ b/ui/src/hooks/useCommandCenter.ts
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ export function useCommandCenter() {
   const [selectedNode, setSelectedNode] = useState<TopologyNode | null>(null)
   const [nodeDetail, setNodeDetail] = useState<NodeDetail | null>(null)
   const [nodeBusy, setNodeBusy] = useState(false)
-  const [mainView, setMainView] = useState<'platform' | 'approvals' | 'dataquality' | 'knowledge' | 'storage' | 'hdfs' | 'search' | 'changes' | 'dataflow' | 'datasources' | 'dataexplorer' | 'trino'>('platform')
+  const [mainView, setMainView] = useState<'platform' | 'approvals' | 'dataquality' | 'knowledge' | 'storage' | 'hdfs' | 'search' | 'changes' | 'dataflow' | 'datasources' | 'dataexplorer'>('platform')
   const [changes, setChanges] = useState<CdcChange[]>([])
   const [genPulse, setGenPulse] = useState(false)
   const genPulseTimer = useRef<ReturnType<typeof setTimeout> | null>(null)