diff --git a/core/ViewDataTable.php b/core/ViewDataTable.php
index e6b466399f9d26cb203461746cb0f428cb816ffd..81aefb762c542cf255a8cdfb1bb047f2c9be4761 100644
--- a/core/ViewDataTable.php
+++ b/core/ViewDataTable.php
@@ -49,14 +49,6 @@ abstract class Piwik_ViewDataTable
      */
     public static $reportPropertiesCache = null;
 
-    /**
-     * Template file that will be loaded for this view.
-     * Usually set in the Piwik_ViewDataTable_*
-     *
-     * @var string eg. 'CoreHome/templates/cloud.twig'
-     */
-    protected $dataTableTemplate = null;
-
     /**
      * Flag used to make sure the main() is only executed once
      *
@@ -126,6 +118,7 @@ abstract class Piwik_ViewDataTable
      */
     public function __construct()
     {
+        $this->viewProperties['datatable_template'] = '@CoreHome/_dataTable';
         $this->viewProperties['show_goals'] = false;
         $this->viewProperties['show_ecommerce'] = false;
         $this->viewProperties['show_search'] = true;
@@ -390,11 +383,13 @@ abstract class Piwik_ViewDataTable
      * eg. 'CoreHome/templates/cloud'
      * But some users may want to force this template to some other value
      *
+     * TODO: after visualization refactor, should remove this.
+     * 
      * @param string $tpl eg .'@MyPlugin/templateToUse'
      */
     public function setTemplate($tpl)
     {
-        $this->dataTableTemplate = $tpl;
+        $this->viewProperties['datatable_template'] = $tpl;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -1635,7 +1630,7 @@ abstract class Piwik_ViewDataTable
     protected function buildView($visualization, $template = false)
     {
         if ($template === false) {
-            $template = $this->dataTableTemplate;
+            $template = $this->viewProperties['datatable_template'];
         }
 
         $view = new Piwik_View($template);
diff --git a/core/ViewDataTable/Cloud.php b/core/ViewDataTable/Cloud.php
index 5fe275c841a4ed7258d3d8e2158a834b497fcd96..02fed10119d27b6a9992297cc3bb22f9f4d79e2b 100644
--- a/core/ViewDataTable/Cloud.php
+++ b/core/ViewDataTable/Cloud.php
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ class Piwik_ViewDataTable_Cloud extends Piwik_ViewDataTable
     {
         parent::__construct();
 
-        $this->dataTableTemplate = '@CoreHome/_dataTable';
         $this->disableOffsetInformation();
         $this->disableExcludeLowPopulation();
         $this->viewProperties['display_logo_instead_of_label'] = false;
diff --git a/core/ViewDataTable/GenerateGraphHTML.php b/core/ViewDataTable/GenerateGraphHTML.php
index 7823d2cb0031916a7f50c9badf680e2633b5e408..cd6e25284756d5950fcd7b5efb951daf999dc58e 100644
--- a/core/ViewDataTable/GenerateGraphHTML.php
+++ b/core/ViewDataTable/GenerateGraphHTML.php
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ abstract class Piwik_ViewDataTable_GenerateGraphHTML extends Piwik_ViewDataTable
     {
         parent::__construct();
         
-        $this->dataTableTemplate = '@CoreHome/_dataTable';
         $this->disableOffsetInformationAndPaginationControls();
         $this->disableExcludeLowPopulation();
         $this->disableSearchBox();
diff --git a/core/ViewDataTable/HtmlTable.php b/core/ViewDataTable/HtmlTable.php
index fa014e8521900e58bfc4606a49d06441aab47288..0d5bb7e3ec7f91807d2b88493fe820437489e54b 100644
--- a/core/ViewDataTable/HtmlTable.php
+++ b/core/ViewDataTable/HtmlTable.php
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ class Piwik_ViewDataTable_HtmlTable extends Piwik_ViewDataTable
     {
         parent::__construct();
 
-        $this->dataTableTemplate = '@CoreHome/_dataTable';
         $this->viewProperties['enable_sort'] = '1';
         $this->viewProperties['disable_row_evolution'] = false;
         $this->viewProperties['disable_row_actions'] = false;
@@ -80,7 +79,7 @@ class Piwik_ViewDataTable_HtmlTable extends Piwik_ViewDataTable
 
         $this->postDataTableLoadedFromAPI();
 
-        $template = $this->idSubtable ? $this->viewProperties['subtable_template'] : $this->dataTableTemplate;
+        $template = $this->idSubtable ? $this->viewProperties['subtable_template'] : $this->viewProperties['datatable_template'];
         $this->view = $this->buildView(new Piwik_Visualization_HtmlTable(), $template);
     }
     
diff --git a/plugins/Live/Controller.php b/plugins/Live/Controller.php
index 6b88ea7b57533669767f7b10335d96d094523fcc..2c7b9c036ee7a49b498100a036bb4bc632dc6224 100644
--- a/plugins/Live/Controller.php
+++ b/plugins/Live/Controller.php
@@ -78,47 +78,21 @@ class Piwik_Live_Controller extends Piwik_Controller
     {
         $view = new Piwik_View('@Live/indexVisitorLog.twig');
         $view->filterEcommerce = Piwik_Common::getRequestVar('filterEcommerce', 0, 'int');
-        $view->visitorLog = $this->getVisitorLog($fetch = true);
+        $view->visitorLog = $this->getLastVisitsDetails($fetch = true);
         echo $view->render();
     }
 
-    public function getVisitorLog($fetch = false)
+    public function getLastVisitsDetails($fetch = false)
     {
-        $view = Piwik_ViewDataTable::factory();
-        $view->init($this->pluginName,
-            __FUNCTION__,
-            'Live.getLastVisitsDetails'
-        );
-        $view->disableGenericFilters();
-        $view->disableSort();
-        $view->setTemplate("@Live/getVisitorLog.twig");
-        $view->setSortedColumn('idVisit', 'ASC');
-        $view->disableSearchBox();
-        $view->setLimit(20);
-        $view->disableOffsetInformation();
-        $view->disableExcludeLowPopulation();
-
-        // disable the tag cloud,  pie charts, bar chart icons
-        $view->disableShowAllViewsIcons();
-        // disable the button "show more datas"
-        $view->disableShowAllColumns();
-        // disable the RSS feed
-        $view->disableShowExportAsRssFeed();
-
-        // disable all row actions
-        if ($view instanceof Piwik_ViewDataTable_HtmlTable) {
-            $view->disableRowActions();
-        }
-
-        $view->setReportDocumentation(Piwik_Translate('Live_VisitorLogDocumentation', array('<br />', '<br />')));
-
-        // set a very high row count so that the next link in the footer of the data table is always shown
-        $view->setCustomParameter('totalRows', 10000000);
-
-        $view->setCustomParameter('filterEcommerce', Piwik_Common::getRequestVar('filterEcommerce', 0, 'int'));
-        $view->setCustomParameter('pageUrlNotDefined', Piwik_Translate('General_NotDefined', Piwik_Translate('Actions_ColumnPageURL')));
+        return Piwik_ViewDataTable::render($this->pluginName, __FUNCTION__, $fetch);
+    }
 
-        return $this->renderView($view, $fetch);
+    /**
+     * @deprecated
+     */
+    public function getVisitorLog($fetch = false)
+    {
+        return $this->getLastVisitsDetails($fetch);
     }
 
     public function getLastVisitsStart($fetch = false)
diff --git a/plugins/Live/Live.php b/plugins/Live/Live.php
index d4bd5042041fe6e90658ca24b7da72d5a7b71518..68d3a86e3e274af4e80ea81eeadb49a2195a084d 100644
--- a/plugins/Live/Live.php
+++ b/plugins/Live/Live.php
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ class Piwik_Live extends Piwik_Plugin
             'AssetManager.getCssFiles' => 'getCssFiles',
             'WidgetsList.add'          => 'addWidget',
             'Menu.add'                 => 'addMenu',
+            'ViewDataTable.getReportDisplayProperties' => 'getReportDisplayProperties',
         );
     }
 
@@ -50,4 +51,35 @@ class Piwik_Live extends Piwik_Plugin
         Piwik_AddWidget('Live!', 'Live_RealTimeVisitorCount', 'Live', 'getSimpleLastVisitCount');
     }
 
-}
+    public function getReportDisplayProperties(&$properties)
+    {
+        $properties['Live.getLastVisitsDetails'] = $this->getDisplayPropertiesForGetLastVisitsDetails();
+    }
+
+    private function getDisplayPropertiesForGetLastVisitsDetails()
+    {
+        return array(
+            'datatable_template' => "@Live/getVisitorLog.twig",
+            'disable_generic_filters' => true,
+            'enable_sort' => false,
+            'filter_sort_column' => 'idVisit',
+            'filter_sort_order' => 'asc',
+            'show_search' => false,
+            'filter_limit' => 20,
+            'show_offset_information' => false,
+            'show_exclude_low_population' => false,
+            'show_all_views_icons' => false,
+            'show_table_all_columns' => false,
+            'show_export_as_rss_feed' => false,
+            'disable_row_actions' => true,
+            'documentation' => Piwik_Translate('Live_VisitorLogDocumentation', array('<br />', '<br />')),
+            'custom_parameters' => array(
+                // set a very high row count so that the next link in the footer of the data table is always shown
+                'totalRows' => 10000000,
+
+                'filterEcommerce' => Piwik_Common::getRequestVar('filterEcommerce', 0, 'int'),
+                'pageUrlNotDefined' => Piwik_Translate('General_NotDefined', Piwik_Translate('Actions_ColumnPageURL'))
+            ),
+        );
+    }
+}
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