diff --git a/core/ViewDataTable.php b/core/ViewDataTable.php
index bd83dea97bf..ac8ca541549 100644
--- a/core/ViewDataTable.php
+++ b/core/ViewDataTable.php
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ public function __construct()
         $this->viewProperties['show_table'] = true;
         $this->viewProperties['show_table_all_columns'] = true;
         $this->viewProperties['show_all_views_icons'] = true;
-        $this->viewProperties['hide_all_views_icons'] = false;
+        $this->viewProperties['show_active_view_icon'] = true;
         $this->viewProperties['hide_annotations_view'] = true;
         $this->viewProperties['show_bar_chart'] = true;
         $this->viewProperties['show_pie_chart'] = true;
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ public function getOverridableProperties()
             'show_table',
             'show_table_all_columns',
             'show_all_views_icons',
-            'hide_all_views_icons',
+            'show_active_view_icon',
             'hide_annotations_view',
             'show_barchart',
             'show_piechart',
@@ -1093,7 +1093,7 @@ public function disableShowAllViewsIcons()
     public function hideAllViewsIcons()
     {
         $this->viewProperties['show_all_views_icons'] = false;
-        $this->viewProperties['hide_all_views_icons'] = true;
+        $this->viewProperties['show_active_view_icon'] = false;
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/core/ViewDataTable/Properties.php b/core/ViewDataTable/Properties.php
index 1a899f37b1d..ad1b77fafde 100644
--- a/core/ViewDataTable/Properties.php
+++ b/core/ViewDataTable/Properties.php
@@ -106,6 +106,27 @@ class Piwik_ViewDataTable_Properties
      */
     const DISPLAY_LOGO_INSTEAD_OF_LABEL = 'display_logo_instead_of_label';
 
+    /**
+     * Controls whether the footer icons that change the ViewDataTable type of a view are shown
+     * or not.
+     */
+    const SHOW_ALL_VIEW_ICONS = 'show_all_views_icons';
+
+    /**
+     * Controls whether to display a tiny upside-down caret over the currently active view icon.
+     */
+    const SHOW_ACTIVE_VIEW_ICON = 'show_active_view_icon';
+
+    /**
+     * TODO: this property is specific ONLY to the row evolution popup. Need to move it.
+     */
+    const EXTERNAL_SERIES_TOGGLE = 'external_series_toggle';
+
+    /**
+     * TODO: this property is specific ONLY to the row evolution popup. Need to move it.
+     */
+    const EXTERNAL_SERIES_TOGGLE_SHOW_ALL = 'external_series_toggle_show_all';
+
     /**
      * Returns the set of all valid ViewDataTable properties. The result is an array with property
      * name as a key. Values of the array are undefined.
diff --git a/plugins/CoreHome/DataTableRowAction/RowEvolution.php b/plugins/CoreHome/DataTableRowAction/RowEvolution.php
index 1c860725db8..15898d29861 100644
--- a/plugins/CoreHome/DataTableRowAction/RowEvolution.php
+++ b/plugins/CoreHome/DataTableRowAction/RowEvolution.php
@@ -176,23 +176,24 @@ protected function extractEvolutionReport($report)
     public function getRowEvolutionGraph($graphType = false, $metrics = false)
     {
         // set up the view data table
-        $view = Piwik_ViewDataTable::factory($graphType ?: $this->graphType);
+        $view = Piwik_ViewDataTable::factory(
+            $graphType ?: $this->graphType, $this->apiMethod, $controllerAction = 'CoreHome.getRowEvolutionGraph');
         $view->setDataTable($this->dataTable);
-        $view->init('CoreHome', 'getRowEvolutionGraph', $this->apiMethod);
 
-        if (!empty($this->graphMetrics)) // In row Evolution popover, this is empty
-        {
-            $view->setColumnsToDisplay(array_keys($metrics ?: $this->graphMetrics));
+        if (!empty($this->graphMetrics)) { // In row Evolution popover, this is empty
+            $view->columns_to_display = array_keys($metrics ?: $this->graphMetrics);
         }
-        $view->hideAllViewsIcons();
+
+        $view->show_all_views_icons = false;
+        $view->show_active_view_icon = false;
+        $view->show_related_reports = false;
 
         foreach ($this->availableMetrics as $metric => $metadata) {
-            $view->setColumnTranslation($metric, $metadata['name']);
+            $view->translations[$metric] = $metadata['name'];
         }
 
-        if (method_exists($view, 'addRowEvolutionSeriesToggle')) {
-            $view->addRowEvolutionSeriesToggle($this->initiallyShowAllMetrics);
-        }
+        $view->external_series_toggle = 'RowEvolutionSeriesToggle';
+        $view->external_series_toggle_show_all = $this->initiallyShowAllMetrics;
 
         return $view;
     }
diff --git a/plugins/CoreHome/templates/_dataTableFooter.twig b/plugins/CoreHome/templates/_dataTableFooter.twig
index 8d6f1f1469e..5a74cf4a747 100644
--- a/plugins/CoreHome/templates/_dataTableFooter.twig
+++ b/plugins/CoreHome/templates/_dataTableFooter.twig
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     {% if properties.show_footer_icons %}
         <div class="dataTableFooterIcons">
             <div class="dataTableFooterWrap" var="{{ javascriptVariablesToSet.viewDataTable }}">
-                {% if not properties.hide_all_views_icons %}
+                {% if properties.show_active_view_icon %}
                     <img src="plugins/Zeitgeist/images/data_table_footer_active_item.png" class="dataTableFooterActiveItem"/>
                 {% endif %}
                 <div class="tableIconsGroup">
@@ -77,14 +77,6 @@
                     {% endif %}
 				    </span>
                 </div>
-                {% elseif not properties.hide_all_views_icons and javascriptVariablesToSet.viewDataTable == "generateDataChartEvolution" %}
-                <div class="tableIconsGroup">
-            	    <span class="tableGraphViews">
-                        <a class="tableIcon" format="graphEvolution" var="graphEvolution">
-                            <img width="16" height="16" src="plugins/Zeitgeist/images/chart_bar.png" title="{{ 'General_VBarGraph'|translate }}"/>
-                        </a>
-                    </span>
-                </div>
                 {% endif %}
                 <div class="tableIconsGroup">
                     <span class="exportToFormatIcons">