diff --git a/client/src/components/DataDialog/DataDialog.vue b/client/src/components/DataDialog/DataDialog.vue
index fd0f86201ea4..50a417f0d070 100644
--- a/client/src/components/DataDialog/DataDialog.vue
+++ b/client/src/components/DataDialog/DataDialog.vue
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ interface Props {
     allowUpload?: boolean;
     callback?: (results: Array<Record>) => void;
     filterOkState?: boolean;
+    filterByTypeIds?: string[];
     format?: string;
     library?: boolean;
     modalStatic?: boolean;
@@ -36,6 +37,7 @@ const props = withDefaults(defineProps<Props>(), {
     allowUpload: true,
     callback: () => {},
     filterOkState: false,
+    filterByTypeIds: undefined,
     format: "download",
     library: true,
     modalStatic: false,
@@ -96,6 +98,9 @@ function getHistoryUrl() {
     if (props.filterOkState) {
         queryString += "&q=state-eq&qv=ok";
     }
+    if (props.filterByTypeIds && props.filterByTypeIds.length > 0) {
+        queryString += `&q=type_id-in&qv=${props.filterByTypeIds.join(",")}`;
+    }
     return `${getAppRoot()}api/histories/${props.history}/contents?v=dev${queryString}`;
 }
 
@@ -192,6 +197,7 @@ watch(
         :disable-ok="!hasValue"
         :fields="fields"
         :items="items"
+        :total-items="items.length"
         :modal-show="modalShow"
         :multiple="multiple"
         :options-show="optionsShow"
diff --git a/client/src/components/Panels/VisualizationPanel.vue b/client/src/components/Panels/VisualizationPanel.vue
index fedc8dfab1fd..d9fbf144aa2c 100644
--- a/client/src/components/Panels/VisualizationPanel.vue
+++ b/client/src/components/Panels/VisualizationPanel.vue
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 <script setup lang="ts">
 import { faEye } from "@fortawesome/free-solid-svg-icons";
+import { BAlert, BModal } from "bootstrap-vue";
 import { storeToRefs } from "pinia";
 import { computed, onMounted, type Ref, ref } from "vue";
 import { useRouter } from "vue-router/composables";
@@ -22,6 +23,15 @@ interface Plugin {
     target?: string;
 }
 
+interface Dataset {
+    id: string;
+    name: string;
+}
+
+interface CompatibleDatasetsResponse {
+    hdas: Dataset[];
+}
+
 const { currentHistoryId } = storeToRefs(useHistoryStore());
 const router = useRouter();
 
@@ -29,7 +39,9 @@ const plugins: Ref<Array<Plugin>> = ref([]);
 const query = ref("");
 const isLoading = ref(true);
 const currentPlugin: Ref<Plugin | null> = ref(null);
+const compatibleDatasetIdKeys = ref<string[]>([]);
 const showDataDialog = ref(false);
+const showNoCompatibleDatasetsModal = ref(false);
 
 const filteredPlugins = computed(() => {
     const queryLower = query.value.toLowerCase();
@@ -51,11 +63,31 @@ function createVisualization(dataset: any) {
     }
 }
 
-function selectVisualization(plugin: Plugin) {
+async function selectVisualization(plugin: Plugin) {
     currentPlugin.value = plugin;
+    compatibleDatasetIdKeys.value = await getCompatibleDatasetsInCurrentHistory();
+    if (compatibleDatasetIdKeys.value.length === 0) {
+        showNoCompatibleDatasetsModal.value = true;
+        return;
+    }
     showDataDialog.value = true;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Get compatible datasets in the current history for the selected visualization.
+ * @returns {Promise<string[]>} List of compatible datasets as "type-id" strings. In this case, type will be always "dataset".
+ */
+async function getCompatibleDatasetsInCurrentHistory(): Promise<string[]> {
+    if (!currentPlugin.value || !currentHistoryId.value) {
+        return [];
+    }
+    const result = (await urlData({
+        url: `/api/plugins/${currentPlugin.value.name}`,
+        params: { history_id: currentHistoryId.value },
+    })) as CompatibleDatasetsResponse;
+    return result.hdas.map((dataset: Dataset) => `dataset-${dataset.id}`);
+}
+
 async function getPlugins() {
     plugins.value = await urlData({ url: "/api/plugins" });
     isLoading.value = false;
@@ -97,8 +129,16 @@ onMounted(() => {
             format=""
             :history="currentHistoryId"
             :filter-ok-state="true"
+            :filter-by-type-ids="compatibleDatasetIdKeys"
             @onOk="createVisualization"
             @onCancel="showDataDialog = false" />
+        <BModal v-model="showNoCompatibleDatasetsModal" title="No compatible datasets found" title-tag="h2" ok-only>
+            <p v-localize>
+                No datasets found in your current history that are compatible with
+                <b>{{ currentPlugin?.name ?? "this visualization" }}</b
+                >. Please upload a compatible dataset or select a different visualization.
+            </p>
+        </BModal>
     </ActivityPanel>
 </template>
 
diff --git a/config/plugins/visualizations/editor/config/editor.xml b/config/plugins/visualizations/editor/config/editor.xml
index 26aacb9fbd63..8038f9fd2e88 100644
--- a/config/plugins/visualizations/editor/config/editor.xml
+++ b/config/plugins/visualizations/editor/config/editor.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <data_sources>
         <data_source>
             <model_class>HistoryDatasetAssociation</model_class>
-            <test type="isinstance" test_attr="datatype" result_type="datatype">data.Data</test>
+            <test type="isinstance" test_attr="datatype" result_type="datatype">data.Text</test>
             <to_param param_attr="id">dataset_id</to_param>
         </data_source>
     </data_sources>