diff --git a/web-common/src/features/entity-management/entity-mappers.spec.ts b/web-common/src/features/entity-management/entity-mappers.spec.ts
index 4b26370c865..c557979b8db 100644
--- a/web-common/src/features/entity-management/entity-mappers.spec.ts
+++ b/web-common/src/features/entity-management/entity-mappers.spec.ts
@@ -19,6 +19,24 @@ describe("entity-mappers", () => {
       expect(getNameFromFile("/path/to/data/adbids.csv.tgz")).toBe("adbids");
     });
 
+    it("keeps dots in YAML resource names", () => {
+      expect(getNameFromFile("/dashboards/dashboard.canvas.yaml")).toBe(
+        "dashboard.canvas",
+      );
+    });
+
+    it("keeps dots in YML resource names", () => {
+      expect(getNameFromFile("/dashboards/dashboard.canvas.yml")).toBe(
+        "dashboard.canvas",
+      );
+    });
+
+    it("keeps dots in SQL resource names", () => {
+      expect(getNameFromFile("/models/orders.latest.sql")).toBe(
+        "orders.latest",
+      );
+    });
+
     it("no folder", () => {
       expect(getNameFromFile("adbids.csv")).toBe("adbids");
     });
diff --git a/web-common/src/features/entity-management/entity-mappers.ts b/web-common/src/features/entity-management/entity-mappers.ts
index 57bfcd968df..a71a4eab0b2 100644
--- a/web-common/src/features/entity-management/entity-mappers.ts
+++ b/web-common/src/features/entity-management/entity-mappers.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { ResourceKind } from "@rilldata/web-common/features/entity-management/resource-selectors";
 import { EntityType } from "@rilldata/web-common/features/entity-management/types";
+import { RESOURCE_FILE_EXTENSIONS } from "./file-path-utils";
 
 export function getFilePathFromPagePath(path: string): string {
   const pathSplits = path.split("/");
@@ -64,9 +65,20 @@ export function getFileAPIPathFromNameAndType(
 }
 
 export function getNameFromFile(fileName: string): string {
-  // TODO: do we need a library here?
   const splits = fileName.split("/");
-  const extensionSplits = splits[splits.length - 1]?.split(".");
+  const basename = splits[splits.length - 1] ?? "";
+
+  // Rill resource names are inferred by removing only the final resource file
+  // extension, so dotted names like `dashboard.canvas.yaml` stay intact.
+  for (const extension of RESOURCE_FILE_EXTENSIONS) {
+    if (basename.endsWith(extension)) {
+      return basename.slice(0, -extension.length);
+    }
+  }
+
+  // Non-resource data files keep the legacy behavior of removing compound
+  // extensions, e.g. `adbids.csv.tgz` -> `adbids`.
+  const extensionSplits = basename.split(".");
   return extensionSplits[0];
 }
 
diff --git a/web-common/src/features/entity-management/file-path-utils.ts b/web-common/src/features/entity-management/file-path-utils.ts
index 9f8924e66ab..ac566322ced 100644
--- a/web-common/src/features/entity-management/file-path-utils.ts
+++ b/web-common/src/features/entity-management/file-path-utils.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 const FILE_PATH_SPLIT_REGEX = /\//;
 
+export const RESOURCE_FILE_EXTENSIONS = [".yaml", ".yml", ".sql"] as const;
+
 export function extractFileName(filePath: string): string {
   let fileName = filePath.split(FILE_PATH_SPLIT_REGEX).slice(-1)[0];
   const lastIndexOfDot = fileName.lastIndexOf(".");
@@ -17,8 +19,14 @@ export function extractFileName(filePath: string): string {
 
 export function extractFileExtension(filePath: string): string {
   const fileName = filePath.split(FILE_PATH_SPLIT_REGEX).slice(-1)[0];
-  const lastIndexOfDot = fileName.indexOf(".");
-  return lastIndexOfDot >= 0 ? fileName.substring(lastIndexOfDot) : "";
+
+  const resourceExtension = RESOURCE_FILE_EXTENSIONS.find((extension) =>
+    fileName.endsWith(extension),
+  );
+  if (resourceExtension) return resourceExtension;
+
+  const firstIndexOfDot = fileName.indexOf(".");
+  return firstIndexOfDot >= 0 ? fileName.substring(firstIndexOfDot) : "";
 }
 
 export function splitFolderAndFileName(
diff --git a/web-common/src/features/entity-management/infer-resource-kind.spec.ts b/web-common/src/features/entity-management/infer-resource-kind.spec.ts
index 11c23526d3f..d7b23f11e66 100644
--- a/web-common/src/features/entity-management/infer-resource-kind.spec.ts
+++ b/web-common/src/features/entity-management/infer-resource-kind.spec.ts
@@ -48,6 +48,18 @@ describe("inferResourceName", () => {
       `rows:\n  type: invalid\ntype: canvas`,
       ResourceKind.Canvas,
     ],
+    [
+      "implicit kind for dotted yaml",
+      "dashboards/dashboard.canvas.yaml",
+      `type: canvas\nrows: []`,
+      ResourceKind.Canvas,
+    ],
+    [
+      "implicit kind for dotted sql",
+      "models/orders.latest.sql",
+      `select * from orders`,
+      ResourceKind.Model,
+    ],
   ];
 
   testCases.forEach(([title, path, contents, expected]) => {
diff --git a/web-common/src/features/sources/extract-table-name.spec.ts b/web-common/src/features/sources/extract-table-name.spec.ts
index dffbceee866..beda8a9ff27 100644
--- a/web-common/src/features/sources/extract-table-name.spec.ts
+++ b/web-common/src/features/sources/extract-table-name.spec.ts
@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@ const TestCases = [
     "table_v1_parquet",
     ".v1.parquet.gz",
   ),
+  ...generateTestCases("dashboard.canvas.yaml", "dashboard_canvas", ".yaml"),
+  ...generateTestCases("dashboard.canvas.yml", "dashboard_canvas", ".yml"),
+  ...generateTestCases("orders.latest.sql", "orders_latest", ".sql"),
 ];
 
 describe("extract-table-name", () => {