diff --git a/gui/include/Visualization/operations/GenerateVariableMenuOperation.h b/gui/include/Visualization/operations/GenerateVariableMenuOperation.h
index 6bba41c..6849015 100644
--- a/gui/include/Visualization/operations/GenerateVariableMenuOperation.h
+++ b/gui/include/Visualization/operations/GenerateVariableMenuOperation.h
@@ -5,9 +5,13 @@
 
 #include <Common/spimpl.h>
 
+#include <QLoggingCategory>
+
 class QMenu;
 class Variable;
 
+Q_DECLARE_LOGGING_CATEGORY(LOG_GenerateVariableMenuOperation)
+
 /**
  * @brief The GenerateVariableMenuOperation class defines an operation that traverses all of
  * visualization widgets to determine which can accommodate a variable. The result of the operation
diff --git a/gui/src/Visualization/operations/GenerateVariableMenuOperation.cpp b/gui/src/Visualization/operations/GenerateVariableMenuOperation.cpp
index 6a36b22..6152a66 100644
--- a/gui/src/Visualization/operations/GenerateVariableMenuOperation.cpp
+++ b/gui/src/Visualization/operations/GenerateVariableMenuOperation.cpp
@@ -7,14 +7,69 @@
 #include <Variable/Variable.h>
 
 #include <QMenu>
+#include <QStack>
+
+Q_LOGGING_CATEGORY(LOG_GenerateVariableMenuOperation, "GenerateVariableMenuOperation")
+
+namespace {
+
+/// Helper assigned to build the hierarchical menu associated with a variable
+struct MenuBuilder {
+    /**
+     * Ctor
+     * @param menu the parent menu
+     */
+    explicit MenuBuilder(QMenu *menu)
+    {
+        if (menu) {
+            m_Menus.push(menu);
+        }
+        else {
+            qCCritical(LOG_GenerateVariableMenuOperation())
+                << QObject::tr("No parent menu has been defined");
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Adds a new menu to the current menu
+     * @param name the name of the menu
+     */
+    void addMenu(const QString &name)
+    {
+        if (auto currMenu = currentMenu()) {
+            m_Menus.push(currMenu->addMenu(name));
+        }
+        else {
+            qCCritical(LOG_GenerateVariableMenuOperation())
+                << QObject::tr("No current menu to attach the new menu");
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Closes the current menu
+    void closeMenu()
+    {
+        if (!m_Menus.isEmpty()) {
+            m_Menus.pop();
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Gets the current menu (i.e. the top menu of the stack)
+    QMenu *currentMenu() const { return !m_Menus.isEmpty() ? m_Menus.top() : nullptr; }
+
+    /// Stack of all menus currently opened
+    QStack<QMenu *> m_Menus{};
+};
+
+} // namespace
 
 struct GenerateVariableMenuOperation::GenerateVariableMenuOperationPrivate {
     explicit GenerateVariableMenuOperationPrivate(QMenu *menu, std::shared_ptr<Variable> variable)
-            : m_Variable{variable}
+            : m_Variable{variable}, m_MenuBuilder{menu}
     {
     }
 
     std::shared_ptr<Variable> m_Variable;
+    MenuBuilder m_MenuBuilder;
 };
 
 GenerateVariableMenuOperation::GenerateVariableMenuOperation(QMenu *menu,