diff --git a/core/Plugin/Visualization.php b/core/Plugin/Visualization.php
index bc09cdeeead986d0274ffb709cd19f6a136d66a8..c953f64145347fa81e5aadf2bce184d023d375a5 100644
--- a/core/Plugin/Visualization.php
+++ b/core/Plugin/Visualization.php
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ class Visualization extends ViewDataTable
 
             $this->beforeLoadDataTable();
 
-            $this->loadDataTableFromAPI();
+            $this->loadDataTableFromAPI(array('disable_generic_filters' => 1));
             $this->postDataTableLoadedFromAPI();
 
             $requestPropertiesAfterLoadDataTable = $this->requestConfig->getProperties();
diff --git a/core/ViewDataTable/Request.php b/core/ViewDataTable/Request.php
index 80eb46aed4417e0af116bb81a8a5a137317f4881..e304758f29959f0c62328f08708e795b4e8c96e6 100644
--- a/core/ViewDataTable/Request.php
+++ b/core/ViewDataTable/Request.php
@@ -38,11 +38,15 @@ class Request
      * It builds the API request string and uses Request to call the API.
      * The requested DataTable object is stored in $this->dataTable.
      */
-    public function loadDataTableFromAPI()
+    public function loadDataTableFromAPI($fixedRequestParams = array())
     {
         // we build the request (URL) to call the API
         $requestArray = $this->getRequestArray();
 
+        foreach ($fixedRequestParams as $key => $value) {
+            $requestArray[$key] = $value;
+        }
+
         // we make the request to the API
         $request = new ApiRequest($requestArray);
 
@@ -62,9 +66,8 @@ class Request
         // - we request the method to call to get this specific DataTable
         // - the format = original specifies that we want to get the original DataTable structure itself, not rendered
         $requestArray = array(
-            'method'                  => $this->requestConfig->apiMethodToRequestDataTable,
-            'format'                  => 'original',
-            'disable_generic_filters' => Common::getRequestVar('disable_generic_filters', 1, 'int')
+            'method' => $this->requestConfig->apiMethodToRequestDataTable,
+            'format' => 'original'
         );
 
         $toSetEventually = array(