diff --git a/vizro-ai/examples/example_dashboard.py b/vizro-ai/examples/example_dashboard.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..98e919018
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vizro-ai/examples/example_dashboard.py
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+from vizro import Vizro
+from vizro_ai import VizroAI
+import vizro.plotly.express as px
+import pandas as pd
+import vizro.models as vm
+import plotly.express as px
+
+
+Vizro._reset()
+vizro_ai = VizroAI(model="gpt-4-turbo")
+
+gapminder_data = px.data.gapminder()
+tips_data = px.data.tips()
+
+dfs=[gapminder_data, tips_data]
+input_text = (
+    "Create a dashboard that displays the Gapminder dataset and the tips dataset. "
+    "page1 displays the Gapminder dataset. use a graph to display the data summary. "
+    "add a filter to filter by year. "
+    "Use a card to explain what Gapminder dataset is about. "
+    "The card should only take 1/6 of the whole page. "
+    "The rest of the page should be the graph or table. Don't create empty space."
+    "page2 displays the tips dataset. use two different charts to help me understand the data "
+    "distributions. one chart should be a bar chart and the other should be a scatter plot. "
+    "first chart is on the left and the second chart is on the right. "
+    "add a filter to filter one of the categorical columns."
+    )
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    res = vizro_ai.dashboard(dfs=dfs, user_input=input_text, return_elements=True)
+    vizro_ai.run_dashboard(res.dashboard, res.metadata)
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diff --git a/vizro-ai/src/vizro_ai/_vizro_ai.py b/vizro-ai/src/vizro_ai/_vizro_ai.py
index 8592d9139..c77d50064 100644
--- a/vizro-ai/src/vizro_ai/_vizro_ai.py
+++ b/vizro-ai/src/vizro_ai/_vizro_ai.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 from vizro_ai.chains._llm_models import _get_llm_model, _get_model_name
 from vizro_ai.components import GetCodeExplanation, GetDebugger
 from vizro_ai.dashboard.graph.dashboard_creation import _create_and_compile_graph
-from vizro_ai.dashboard.utils import DashboardOutputs, _dashboard_code
+from vizro_ai.dashboard.utils import DashboardOutputs, DfMetadata, _dashboard_code, _run_dashboard
 from vizro_ai.task_pipeline._pipeline_manager import PipelineManager
 from vizro_ai.utils.helper import (
     DebugFailure,
@@ -160,6 +160,11 @@ def plot(  # pylint: disable=too-many-arguments  # noqa: PLR0913
 
         return vizro_plot if return_elements else vizro_plot.figure
 
+    @staticmethod
+    def run_dashboard(dashboard: vm.Dashboard, df_metadata: DfMetadata) -> None:
+        """Run the dashboard."""
+        _run_dashboard(dashboard=dashboard, df_metadata=df_metadata)
+
     def dashboard(
         self,
         dfs: List[pd.DataFrame],
@@ -192,10 +197,11 @@ def dashboard(
             config=config,
         )
         dashboard = message_res["dashboard"]
+        metadata = message_res["df_metadata"]
 
         if return_elements:
             code = _dashboard_code(dashboard)  # TODO: `_dashboard_code` to be implemented
-            dashboard_output = DashboardOutputs(dashboard=dashboard, code=code)
+            dashboard_output = DashboardOutputs(dashboard=dashboard, code=code, metadata=metadata)
             return dashboard_output
         else:
             return dashboard
diff --git a/vizro-ai/src/vizro_ai/dashboard/response_models/controls.py b/vizro-ai/src/vizro_ai/dashboard/response_models/controls.py
index a5d950cdf..d5d9f4177 100644
--- a/vizro-ai/src/vizro_ai/dashboard/response_models/controls.py
+++ b/vizro-ai/src/vizro_ai/dashboard/response_models/controls.py
@@ -94,13 +94,21 @@ def create(self, model, available_components, df_metadata):
 
         try:
             if self.control_type == "Filter":
-                return _create_filter(
+                res = _create_filter(
                     filter_prompt=filter_prompt,
                     model=model,
                     df_cols=_df_cols,
                     df_schema=_df_schema,
                     available_components=available_components,
                 )
+                if res.targets == []:
+                    logger.warning(
+                        f"Filter control failed to create, "
+                        f"related user input: `{self.control_description}`."
+                        f"This might be due to the filter target is not found in the available components. "
+                        "returning default values."
+                    )
+                    return None
             else:
                 logger.warning(f"Control type {self.control_type} not recognized.")
                 return None
diff --git a/vizro-ai/src/vizro_ai/dashboard/utils.py b/vizro-ai/src/vizro_ai/dashboard/utils.py
index f0c87659b..049b63da9 100644
--- a/vizro-ai/src/vizro_ai/dashboard/utils.py
+++ b/vizro-ai/src/vizro_ai/dashboard/utils.py
@@ -14,7 +14,10 @@
     "from vizro.models.types import capture\n"
     "import plotly.graph_objects as go\n"
     "from vizro.tables import dash_ag_grid\n"
-    "import vizro.models as vm\n"
+    "from vizro.models import AgGrid, Card, Dashboard, Filter, Layout, Page, Graph\n"
+    "from vizro.managers import data_manager\n"
+    "from vizro import Vizro\n"
+    "import pandas as pd\n"
 )
 
 
@@ -55,6 +58,7 @@ class DashboardOutputs:
 
     code: str
     dashboard: vm.Dashboard
+    metadata: DfMetadata
 
 
 def _execute_step(pbar: tsd.tqdm, description: str, value: Any) -> Any:
@@ -70,3 +74,14 @@ def _dashboard_code(dashboard: vm.Dashboard) -> str:
     # TODO: use black or ruff to format the code
     # formatted_code = black.format_str(dashboard_code_str, mode=black.Mode())
     return dashboard_code_str
+
+
+def _run_dashboard(dashboard: vm.Dashboard, df_metadata: DfMetadata) -> None:
+    """Run the dashboard."""
+    from vizro import Vizro
+    from vizro.managers import data_manager
+
+    for name, metadata in df_metadata.metadata.items():
+        data_manager[name] = metadata.df
+
+    Vizro().build(dashboard).run()