diff --git a/lib/cartodb/models/mapconfig/adapter/analysis-mapconfig-adapter.js b/lib/cartodb/models/mapconfig/adapter/analysis-mapconfig-adapter.js
index 46f5185a..b6fca095 100644
--- a/lib/cartodb/models/mapconfig/adapter/analysis-mapconfig-adapter.js
+++ b/lib/cartodb/models/mapconfig/adapter/analysis-mapconfig-adapter.js
@@ -125,10 +125,12 @@ AnalysisMapConfigAdapter.prototype.getMapConfig = function(user, requestMapConfi
             return layer;
         });
 
+
         debug('mapconfig output', JSON.stringify(requestMapConfig, null, 4));
 
-        if (missingNodesErrors.length > 0) {
-            return callback(missingNodesErrors);
+        var missingDataviewsNodesErrors = getMissingDataviewsSourceIds(dataviews, sourceId2Node);
+        if (missingNodesErrors.length > 0 || missingDataviewsNodesErrors.length > 0) {
+            return callback(missingNodesErrors.concat(missingDataviewsNodesErrors));
         }
 
         context.analysesResults = analysesResults;
@@ -177,8 +179,9 @@ function appendFiltersToNodes(requestMapConfig, dataviewsFiltersBySourceId) {
 }
 
 function shouldAdaptLayers(requestMapConfig) {
-    return Array.isArray(requestMapConfig.layers) &&
-        Array.isArray(requestMapConfig.analyses) && requestMapConfig.analyses.length > 0;
+    return Array.isArray(requestMapConfig.layers) && requestMapConfig.layers.some(getLayerSourceId) ||
+        (Array.isArray(requestMapConfig.analyses) && requestMapConfig.analyses.length > 0) ||
+        requestMapConfig.dataviews;
 }
 
 var DATAVIEW_TYPE_2_FILTER_TYPE = {
@@ -270,3 +273,26 @@ function getDataviewsErrors(dataviews) {
 
     return errors;
 }
+
+function getMissingDataviewsSourceIds(dataviews, sourceId2Node) {
+    var missingDataviewsSourceIds = [];
+    Object.keys(dataviews).forEach(function(dataviewName) {
+        var dataview = dataviews[dataviewName];
+        var dataviewSourceId = getDataviewSourceId(dataview);
+        if (!sourceId2Node.hasOwnProperty(dataviewSourceId)) {
+            missingDataviewsSourceIds.push(new AnalysisError('Node with `source.id="' + dataviewSourceId +'"`' +
+                ' not found in analyses for dataview "' + dataviewName + '"'));
+        }
+    });
+
+    return missingDataviewsSourceIds;
+}
+
+function AnalysisError(message) {
+    Error.captureStackTrace(this, this.constructor);
+    this.name = this.constructor.name;
+    this.type = 'analysis';
+    this.message = message;
+}
+
+require('util').inherits(AnalysisError, Error);
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diff --git a/test/acceptance/analysis/error-cases.js b/test/acceptance/analysis/error-cases.js
index c876f147..5a2628eb 100644
--- a/test/acceptance/analysis/error-cases.js
+++ b/test/acceptance/analysis/error-cases.js
@@ -72,6 +72,89 @@ describe('analysis-layers error cases', function() {
         });
     });
 
+    it('should handle missing analyses when layers point to nonexistent one', function(done) {
+        var mapConfig = createMapConfig(
+            [
+                {
+                    "type": "http",
+                    "options": {
+                        "urlTemplate": "http://{s}.basemaps.cartocdn.com/light_only_labels/{z}/{x}/{y}.png",
+                        "subdomains": "abcd"
+                    }
+                },
+                {
+                    "type": "cartodb",
+                    "options": {
+                        "source": {
+                            "id": "ID-FOR-NONEXISTENT-ANALYSIS"
+                        },
+                        "cartocss": '#polygons { polygon-fill: red; }',
+                        "cartocss_version": "2.3.0"
+                    }
+                }
+            ]
+        );
+
+        var testClient = new TestClient(mapConfig, 1234);
+
+        testClient.getLayergroup(ERROR_RESPONSE, function(err, layergroupResult) {
+            assert.ok(!err, err);
+
+            assert.equal(layergroupResult.errors.length, 1);
+            assert.equal(
+                layergroupResult.errors[0],
+                'Missing analysis node.id="ID-FOR-NONEXISTENT-ANALYSIS" for layer=1'
+            );
+
+            testClient.drain(done);
+        });
+    });
+
+    it('should handle missing analyses when dataviews point to nonexistent one', function(done) {
+        var mapConfig = createMapConfig(
+            [
+                {
+                    "type": "http",
+                    "options": {
+                        "urlTemplate": "http://{s}.basemaps.cartocdn.com/light_only_labels/{z}/{x}/{y}.png",
+                        "subdomains": "abcd"
+                    }
+                },
+                {
+                    "type": "cartodb",
+                    "options": {
+                        "sql": "select * from populated_places_simple_reduced",
+                        "cartocss": '#polygons { polygon-fill: red; }',
+                        "cartocss_version": "2.3.0"
+                    }
+                }
+            ],
+            {
+                pop_max_histogram: {
+                    source: {
+                        id: 'ID-FOR-NONEXISTENT-ANALYSIS'
+                    },
+                    type: 'histogram',
+                    options: {
+                        column: 'pop_max'
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        );
+
+        var testClient = new TestClient(mapConfig, 1234);
+
+        testClient.getLayergroup(ERROR_RESPONSE, function(err, layergroupResult) {
+            assert.ok(!err, err);
+
+            assert.equal(layergroupResult.errors.length, 1);
+            assert.equal(layergroupResult.errors[0], 'Node with `source.id="ID-FOR-NONEXISTENT-ANALYSIS"`' +
+                ' not found in analyses for dataview "pop_max_histogram"');
+
+            testClient.drain(done);
+        });
+    });
+
     it('camshaft: should return error missing analysis nodes for layers with some context', function(done) {
         var mapConfig = createMapConfig(
             [