diff --git a/gui/include/DataSource/DataSourceTreeWidgetItem.h b/gui/include/DataSource/DataSourceTreeWidgetItem.h
index 02b0122..842e5ba 100644
--- a/gui/include/DataSource/DataSourceTreeWidgetItem.h
+++ b/gui/include/DataSource/DataSourceTreeWidgetItem.h
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@ public:
     virtual QVariant data(int column, int role) const override;
     virtual void setData(int column, int role, const QVariant &value) override;
 
+    /// @return the actions associated to the item
+    QList<QAction *> actions() const noexcept;
+
 private:
     class DataSourceTreeWidgetItemPrivate;
     spimpl::unique_impl_ptr<DataSourceTreeWidgetItemPrivate> impl;
diff --git a/gui/src/DataSource/DataSourceTreeWidgetItem.cpp b/gui/src/DataSource/DataSourceTreeWidgetItem.cpp
index 236f0b4..bce551a 100644
--- a/gui/src/DataSource/DataSourceTreeWidgetItem.cpp
+++ b/gui/src/DataSource/DataSourceTreeWidgetItem.cpp
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 
 #include <SqpApplication.h>
 
+#include <QAction>
+
 Q_LOGGING_CATEGORY(LOG_DataSourceTreeWidgetItem, "DataSourceTreeWidgetItem")
 
 namespace {
@@ -40,6 +42,9 @@ struct DataSourceTreeWidgetItem::DataSourceTreeWidgetItemPrivate {
 
     /// Model used to retrieve data source information
     const DataSourceItem *m_Data;
+    /// Actions associated to the item. The parent of the item (QTreeWidget) takes the ownership of
+    /// the actions
+    QList<QAction *> m_Actions;
 };
 
 DataSourceTreeWidgetItem::DataSourceTreeWidgetItem(const DataSourceItem *data, int type)
@@ -54,6 +59,8 @@ DataSourceTreeWidgetItem::DataSourceTreeWidgetItem(QTreeWidget *parent, const Da
 {
     // Sets the icon depending on the data source
     setIcon(0, itemIcon(impl->m_Data));
+
+    /// @todo ALX : generate actions based on the DataSourceItem (model)
 }
 
 QVariant DataSourceTreeWidgetItem::data(int column, int role) const
@@ -73,3 +80,8 @@ void DataSourceTreeWidgetItem::setData(int column, int role, const QVariant &val
         QTreeWidgetItem::setData(column, role, value);
     }
 }
+
+QList<QAction *> DataSourceTreeWidgetItem::actions() const noexcept
+{
+    return impl->m_Actions;
+}