diff --git a/core/ViewDataTable/Graph.php b/core/ViewDataTable/Graph.php
index 609cdea2ac980aebfea61b0928580f078674ff8a..722e4f442f75fb86d379ab447265457c18f01627 100644
--- a/core/ViewDataTable/Graph.php
+++ b/core/ViewDataTable/Graph.php
@@ -125,12 +125,12 @@ abstract class Graph extends Visualization
 
     /**
      * Init.
-     *
-     * @param \Piwik\ViewDataTable $view
      */
-    public function init($view)
+    public function init()
     {
-        parent::init($view);
+        $view = $this->viewDataTable;
+
+        parent::init();
 
         if ($view->show_goals) {
             $view->translations['nb_conversions'] = Piwik::translate('Goals_ColumnConversions');
diff --git a/core/ViewDataTable/Visualization.php b/core/ViewDataTable/Visualization.php
index 4b8910a38f782082e8379b13058ccf21e1ec3f72..7a9ac26fa02f4cf84ede83f2bbf88a55a863b800 100644
--- a/core/ViewDataTable/Visualization.php
+++ b/core/ViewDataTable/Visualization.php
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ use Piwik\ViewDataTable;
  */
 abstract class Visualization extends View
 {
-
     const GET_AVAILABLE_EVENT = 'Visualization.addVisualizations';
 
     protected $templateFile = '';
@@ -40,10 +39,10 @@ abstract class Visualization extends View
         parent::__construct($this->templateFile);
 
         $this->viewDataTable = $view;
-        $this->init($view);
+        $this->init();
     }
 
-    protected function init($view)
+    protected function init()
     {
         // do your stuff here, do not overwrite constructor
     }
diff --git a/plugins/CoreVisualizations/Visualizations/Cloud.php b/plugins/CoreVisualizations/Visualizations/Cloud.php
index 24958fa17e4ec37b4e31f068a6ffed91a43d03bd..0ef800f6fa28ca66697fdb531c18adb7e0a27d02 100644
--- a/plugins/CoreVisualizations/Visualizations/Cloud.php
+++ b/plugins/CoreVisualizations/Visualizations/Cloud.php
@@ -46,8 +46,9 @@ class Cloud extends Visualization
 
     protected $templateFile = "@CoreVisualizations/_dataTableViz_tagCloud.twig";
 
-    public function init($view)
+    public function init()
     {
+        $view = $this->viewDataTable;
         $self = $this;
         $view->after_data_loaded_functions[] = function ($dataTable, $view) use ($self) {
             if ($dataTable->getRowsCount() == 0) {
diff --git a/plugins/CoreVisualizations/Visualizations/HtmlTable.php b/plugins/CoreVisualizations/Visualizations/HtmlTable.php
index 205774c0d65ce6f77c022767843801a3bfc819c7..6acf7b892b6dfd61f772339efbacbfd3ab12af67 100644
--- a/plugins/CoreVisualizations/Visualizations/HtmlTable.php
+++ b/plugins/CoreVisualizations/Visualizations/HtmlTable.php
@@ -152,8 +152,10 @@ class HtmlTable extends Visualization
     /**
      * Init.
      */
-    public function init($view)
+    public function init()
     {
+        $view = $this->viewDataTable;
+
         if (Common::getRequestVar('idSubtable', false)
             && $view->visualization_properties->show_embedded_subtable
         ) {
diff --git a/plugins/CoreVisualizations/Visualizations/HtmlTable/AllColumns.php b/plugins/CoreVisualizations/Visualizations/HtmlTable/AllColumns.php
index c3cef43e4917e8fc878bf6dba6b824e5957d6e1b..1abcdf939423b35dd0564471e5c7c0ff8d9e316b 100644
--- a/plugins/CoreVisualizations/Visualizations/HtmlTable/AllColumns.php
+++ b/plugins/CoreVisualizations/Visualizations/HtmlTable/AllColumns.php
@@ -22,13 +22,11 @@ class AllColumns extends HtmlTable
 
     /**
      * Init.
-     *
-     * @param \Piwik\ViewDataTable $view
      */
-    public function init($view)
+    public function init()
     {
-        $view->visualization_properties->show_extra_columns = true;
+        $this->viewDataTable->visualization_properties->show_extra_columns = true;
 
-        parent::init($view);
+        parent::init();
     }
 }
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diff --git a/plugins/CoreVisualizations/Visualizations/HtmlTable/Goals.php b/plugins/CoreVisualizations/Visualizations/HtmlTable/Goals.php
index 5900d2d694b7802b188386c6e187f1c76cb34193..469e7b2bcf1a3f84fbbba54b00553d85b60ae05e 100644
--- a/plugins/CoreVisualizations/Visualizations/HtmlTable/Goals.php
+++ b/plugins/CoreVisualizations/Visualizations/HtmlTable/Goals.php
@@ -21,14 +21,12 @@ class Goals extends HtmlTable
     const ID = 'tableGoals';
 
     /**
-     * Constructor.
-     *
-     * @param \Piwik\ViewDataTable $view
+     * Init
      */
-    public function init($view)
+    public function init()
     {
-        $view->visualization_properties->show_goals_columns = true;
+        $this->viewDataTable->visualization_properties->show_goals_columns = true;
 
-        parent::init($view);
+        parent::init();
     }
 }
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diff --git a/plugins/CoreVisualizations/Visualizations/JqplotGraph.php b/plugins/CoreVisualizations/Visualizations/JqplotGraph.php
index 21a17c7ffd445c7f8fd7f3dc1ba87b21ae712686..9c729bf7ae27c1ce12f0c001b3ac83ef9fdd87e2 100644
--- a/plugins/CoreVisualizations/Visualizations/JqplotGraph.php
+++ b/plugins/CoreVisualizations/Visualizations/JqplotGraph.php
@@ -60,13 +60,13 @@ class JqplotGraph extends Graph
     protected $templateFile = "@CoreVisualizations/_dataTableViz_jqplotGraph.twig";
 
     /**
-     * Constructor.
-     *
-     * @param \Piwik\ViewDataTable $view
+     * Init.
      */
-    public function init($view)
+    public function init()
     {
-        parent::init($view);
+        $view = $this->viewDataTable;
+
+        parent::init();
 
         // do not sort if sorted column was initially "label" or eg. it would make "Visits by Server time" not pretty
         if ($view->filter_sort_column != 'label') {
diff --git a/plugins/Live/VisitorLog.php b/plugins/Live/VisitorLog.php
index c6e83ca695c95ee97a3b90c4b7f40eb4c2c5200c..894ba815f542765345ad471f3fd7e628b52bec5c 100644
--- a/plugins/Live/VisitorLog.php
+++ b/plugins/Live/VisitorLog.php
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@ class VisitorLog extends Visualization
     /**
      * Init.
      */
-    public function init($view)
+    public function init()
     {
-        $view->datatable_js_type = 'VisitorLog';
+        $this->viewDataTable->datatable_js_type = 'VisitorLog';
     }
 }
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