diff --git a/core/include/DataSource/DataSourceItem.h b/core/include/DataSource/DataSourceItem.h
index 0a8194e..cecbf82 100644
--- a/core/include/DataSource/DataSourceItem.h
+++ b/core/include/DataSource/DataSourceItem.h
@@ -75,6 +75,12 @@ public:
     DataSourceItem *parentItem() const noexcept;
 
     /**
+     * Gets the item's root
+     * @return the top parent, the item itself if it's the root item
+     */
+    const DataSourceItem &rootItem() const noexcept;
+
+    /**
      * Sets or appends a value to a key
      * @param key the key
      * @param value the value
diff --git a/core/src/DataSource/DataSourceController.cpp b/core/src/DataSource/DataSourceController.cpp
index 0a3d1e3..220945e 100644
--- a/core/src/DataSource/DataSourceController.cpp
+++ b/core/src/DataSource/DataSourceController.cpp
@@ -11,6 +11,28 @@
 
 Q_LOGGING_CATEGORY(LOG_DataSourceController, "DataSourceController")
 
+namespace {
+
+/**
+ * Builds the metadata of the variable that will be generated from the loading of an item
+ * @param dataSourceItem the data source item from which to generate the metadata
+ * @return the metadata of the variable
+ */
+QVariantHash variableMetadata(const DataSourceItem &dataSourceItem)
+{
+    // Variable metadata contains...
+
+    // ... all metadata of the item
+    auto result = dataSourceItem.data();
+
+    // ... and the name of the plugin, recovered from root item
+    result.insert(QStringLiteral("plugin"), dataSourceItem.rootItem().name());
+
+    return result;
+}
+
+} // namespace
+
 class DataSourceController::DataSourceControllerPrivate {
 public:
     QMutex m_WorkingMutex;
@@ -94,7 +116,8 @@ void DataSourceController::loadProductItem(const QUuid &dataSourceUid,
         auto it = impl->m_DataProviders.find(dataSourceUid);
         auto dataProvider = (it != impl->m_DataProviders.end()) ? it->second : nullptr;
 
-        emit variableCreationRequested(productItem.name(), productItem.data(), dataProvider);
+        emit variableCreationRequested(productItem.name(), variableMetadata(productItem),
+                                       dataProvider);
     }
     else {
         qCWarning(LOG_DataSourceController()) << tr("Can't load an item that is not a product");
diff --git a/core/src/DataSource/DataSourceItem.cpp b/core/src/DataSource/DataSourceItem.cpp
index 48c1abd..cf316d8 100644
--- a/core/src/DataSource/DataSourceItem.cpp
+++ b/core/src/DataSource/DataSourceItem.cpp
@@ -90,6 +90,11 @@ DataSourceItem *DataSourceItem::parentItem() const noexcept
     return impl->m_Parent;
 }
 
+const DataSourceItem &DataSourceItem::rootItem() const noexcept
+{
+    return isRoot() ? *this : parentItem()->rootItem();
+}
+
 void DataSourceItem::setData(const QString &key, const QVariant &value, bool append) noexcept
 {
     auto it = impl->m_Data.constFind(key);
diff --git a/core/src/Variable/VariableModel.cpp b/core/src/Variable/VariableModel.cpp
index e5f6f37..a3065ba 100644
--- a/core/src/Variable/VariableModel.cpp
+++ b/core/src/Variable/VariableModel.cpp
@@ -16,7 +16,10 @@ namespace {
 const auto NAME_COLUMN = 0;
 const auto TSTART_COLUMN = 1;
 const auto TEND_COLUMN = 2;
-const auto NB_COLUMNS = 3;
+const auto UNIT_COLUMN = 3;
+const auto MISSION_COLUMN = 4;
+const auto PLUGIN_COLUMN = 5;
+const auto NB_COLUMNS = 6;
 
 // Column properties
 const auto DEFAULT_HEIGHT = 25;
@@ -34,10 +37,10 @@ struct ColumnProperties {
     int m_Height;
 };
 
-const auto COLUMN_PROPERTIES
-    = QHash<int, ColumnProperties>{{NAME_COLUMN, {QObject::tr("Name")}},
-                                   {TSTART_COLUMN, {QObject::tr("tStart"), 180}},
-                                   {TEND_COLUMN, {QObject::tr("tEnd"), 180}}};
+const auto COLUMN_PROPERTIES = QHash<int, ColumnProperties>{
+    {NAME_COLUMN, {QObject::tr("Name")}},       {TSTART_COLUMN, {QObject::tr("tStart"), 180}},
+    {TEND_COLUMN, {QObject::tr("tEnd"), 180}},  {UNIT_COLUMN, {QObject::tr("Unit")}},
+    {MISSION_COLUMN, {QObject::tr("Mission")}}, {PLUGIN_COLUMN, {QObject::tr("Plugin")}}};
 
 /// Format for datetimes
 const auto DATETIME_FORMAT = QStringLiteral("dd/MM/yyyy \nhh:mm:ss:zzz");
@@ -163,6 +166,12 @@ QVariant VariableModel::data(const QModelIndex &index, int role) const
                     return dateTimeVariant(variable->range().m_TStart);
                 case TEND_COLUMN:
                     return dateTimeVariant(variable->range().m_TEnd);
+                case UNIT_COLUMN:
+                    return variable->metadata().value(QStringLiteral("units"));
+                case MISSION_COLUMN:
+                    return variable->metadata().value(QStringLiteral("mission"));
+                case PLUGIN_COLUMN:
+                    return variable->metadata().value(QStringLiteral("plugin"));
                 default:
                     // No action
                     break;