diff --git a/app/src/MainWindow.cpp b/app/src/MainWindow.cpp
index 4e11f1c..3dcbf5e 100644
--- a/app/src/MainWindow.cpp
+++ b/app/src/MainWindow.cpp
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@
 #include <SidePane/SqpSidePane.h>
 #include <SqpApplication.h>
 #include <TimeWidget/TimeWidget.h>
+#include <Variable/Variable.h>
+#include <Visualization/VisualizationController.h>
 
 #include <QAction>
 #include <QDate>
@@ -172,6 +174,10 @@ MainWindow::MainWindow(QWidget *parent)
     connect(&sqpApp->dataSourceController(), SIGNAL(dataSourceItemSet(DataSourceItem *)),
             m_Ui->dataSourceWidget, SLOT(addDataSource(DataSourceItem *)));
 
+    qRegisterMetaType<std::shared_ptr<Variable> >();
+    connect(&sqpApp->visualizationController(), SIGNAL(variableCreated(std::shared_ptr<Variable>)),
+            m_Ui->view, SLOT(displayVariable(std::shared_ptr<Variable>)));
+
     /*    QLopGUI::registerMenuBar(menuBar());
         this->setWindowIcon(QIcon(":/sciqlopLOGO.svg"));
         this->m_progressWidget = new QWidget();
diff --git a/gui/include/Visualization/VisualizationWidget.h b/gui/include/Visualization/VisualizationWidget.h
index b4af372..4d12b0e 100644
--- a/gui/include/Visualization/VisualizationWidget.h
+++ b/gui/include/Visualization/VisualizationWidget.h
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 #include <QLoggingCategory>
 #include <QWidget>
 
+class Variable;
 class VisualizationTabWidget;
 
 Q_DECLARE_LOGGING_CATEGORY(LOG_VisualizationWidget)
@@ -35,6 +36,15 @@ public:
     void close() override;
     QString name() const;
 
+public slots:
+    /**
+     * Displays a variable in a new graph of a new zone of the current tab
+     * @param variable the variable to display
+     * @todo this is a temporary method that will be replaced by own actions for each type of
+     * visualization widget
+     */
+    void displayVariable(std::shared_ptr<Variable> variable) noexcept;
+
 private:
     Ui::VisualizationWidget *ui;
 };
diff --git a/gui/src/Visualization/VisualizationWidget.cpp b/gui/src/Visualization/VisualizationWidget.cpp
index 5fa0cda..611bbfa 100644
--- a/gui/src/Visualization/VisualizationWidget.cpp
+++ b/gui/src/Visualization/VisualizationWidget.cpp
@@ -78,3 +78,8 @@ QString VisualizationWidget::name() const
 {
     return QStringLiteral("MainView");
 }
+
+void VisualizationWidget::displayVariable(std::shared_ptr<Variable> variable) noexcept
+{
+    /// @todo ALX : add variable in a new graph
+}