diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/js/views/graph/graph_controller.js b/addons/web/static/src/js/views/graph/graph_controller.js
index d68808bac1d..77e3f1e7a40 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/js/views/graph/graph_controller.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/js/views/graph/graph_controller.js
@@ -101,11 +101,21 @@ var GraphController = AbstractController.extend({
             self._updateButtons();
         });
     },
+    /**
+     * @private
+     */
+    _update: function () {
+        this._updateButtons();
+        return this._super.apply(this, arguments);
+    },
     /**
      * makes sure that the buttons in the control panel matches the current
      * state (so, correct active buttons and stuff like that)
      */
     _updateButtons: function () {
+        if (!this.$buttons) {
+            return;
+        }
         var state = this.model.get();
         this.$buttons.find('.o_graph_button').removeClass('active');
         this.$buttons
diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/js/views/graph/graph_model.js b/addons/web/static/src/js/views/graph/graph_model.js
index 50e9f224697..a6d2b057d0e 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/js/views/graph/graph_model.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/js/views/graph/graph_model.js
@@ -55,14 +55,15 @@ return AbstractModel.extend({
      *   to keep track of various entities.
      */
     load: function (params) {
-        this.initialGroupBys = params.groupBys;
+        var groupBys = params.context.graph_groupbys || params.groupBys;
+        this.initialGroupBys = groupBys;
         this.fields = params.fields;
         this.modelName = params.modelName;
         this.chart = {
             data: [],
-            groupedBy: params.groupedBy.length ? params.groupedBy : params.groupBys,
-            measure: params.measure,
-            mode: params.mode,
+            groupedBy: params.groupedBy.length ? params.groupedBy : groupBys,
+            measure: params.context.graph_measure || params.measure,
+            mode: params.context.graph_mode || params.mode,
             domain: params.domain,
             context: params.context,
         };
@@ -85,6 +86,12 @@ return AbstractModel.extend({
      * @returns {Deferred}
      */
     reload: function (handle, params) {
+        if ('context' in params) {
+            this.chart.context = params.context;
+            this.chart.groupedBy = params.context.graph_groupbys || this.chart.groupedBy;
+            this.chart.measure = params.context.graph_measure || this.chart.measure;
+            this.chart.mode = params.context.graph_mode || this.chart.mode;
+        }
         if ('domain' in params) {
             this.chart.domain = params.domain;
         }
diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/js/views/graph/graph_view.js b/addons/web/static/src/js/views/graph/graph_view.js
index 08b5ce1968f..423d52ca64c 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/js/views/graph/graph_view.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/js/views/graph/graph_view.js
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ var GraphView = AbstractView.extend({
     /**
      * @override
      */
-    init: function (viewInfo, params) {
+    init: function (viewInfo) {
         this._super.apply(this, arguments);
 
         var measure;
@@ -57,9 +57,9 @@ var GraphView = AbstractView.extend({
         this.controllerParams.measures = measures;
         this.rendererParams.stacked = viewInfo.arch.attrs.stacked !== "False";
 
-        this.loadParams.mode = params.context.graph_mode || viewInfo.arch.attrs.type || 'bar';
-        this.loadParams.measure = params.context.graph_measure || measure || '__count__';
-        this.loadParams.groupBys = params.context.graph_groupbys || groupBys || [];
+        this.loadParams.mode = viewInfo.arch.attrs.type || 'bar';
+        this.loadParams.measure = measure || '__count__';
+        this.loadParams.groupBys = groupBys || [];
         this.loadParams.fields = viewInfo.fields;
     },
 });
diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/js/views/pivot/pivot_model.js b/addons/web/static/src/js/views/pivot/pivot_model.js
index 13275926c02..7eb2ba4bc6b 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/js/views/pivot/pivot_model.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/js/views/pivot/pivot_model.js
@@ -222,27 +222,16 @@ var PivotModel = AbstractModel.extend({
      * @returns {Deferred}
      */
     load: function (params) {
-        // In the preview implementation of the pivot view (a.k.a. version 2),
-        // the virtual field used to display the number of records was named
-        // __count__, whereas __count is actually the one used in xml. So
-        // basically, activating a filter specifying __count as measures crashed.
-        // Unfortunately, as __count__ was used in the JS, all filters saved as
-        // favorite at that time were saved with __count__, and not __count.
-        // So in order the make them still work with the new implementation, we
-        // simply rename __count__ into __count at this unique entry point.
-        var measures = _.map(params.measures, function (measure) {
-            return measure === '__count__' ? '__count' : measure;
-        });
         this.initialDomain = params.domain;
-        this.initialRowGroupBys = params.rowGroupBys;
+        this.initialRowGroupBys = params.context.pivot_row_groupby || params.rowGroupBys;
         this.fields = params.fields;
         this.modelName = params.modelName;
         this.data = {
             domain: params.domain,
             context: _.extend({}, session.user_context, params.context),
             groupedBy: params.groupedBy,
-            colGroupBys: params.colGroupBys,
-            measures: measures,
+            colGroupBys: params.context.pivot_column_groupby || params.colGroupBys,
+            measures: this._processMeasures(params.context.pivot_measures) || params.measures,
             sorted_column: {},
         };
         this.defaultGroupedBy = params.groupedBy;
@@ -256,6 +245,12 @@ var PivotModel = AbstractModel.extend({
      */
     reload: function (handle, params) {
         var self = this;
+        if ('context' in params) {
+            this.data.context = params.context;
+            this.data.colGroupBys = params.context.pivot_column_groupby || this.data.colGroupBys;
+            this.data.groupedBy = params.context.pivot_row_groupby || this.data.groupedBy;
+            this.data.measures = this._processMeasures(params.context.pivot_measures) || this.data.measures;
+        }
         if ('domain' in params) {
             this.data.domain = params.domain;
         } else {
@@ -272,7 +267,7 @@ var PivotModel = AbstractModel.extend({
         var old_col_root = this.data.main_col.root;
         return this._loadData().then(function () {
             var new_groupby_length;
-            if (!('groupBy' in params)) {
+            if (!('groupBy' in params) && !('pivot_row_groupby' in (params.context || {}))) {
                 // we only update the row groupbys according to the old groupbys
                 // if we don't have the key 'groupBy' in params.  In that case,
                 // we want to have the full open state for the groupbys.
@@ -659,6 +654,29 @@ var PivotModel = AbstractModel.extend({
         this.data.main_row.root = main_row_header;
         this.data.main_col.root = main_col_header;
     },
+    /**
+     * In the preview implementation of the pivot view (a.k.a. version 2),
+     * the virtual field used to display the number of records was named
+     * __count__, whereas __count is actually the one used in xml. So
+     * basically, activating a filter specifying __count as measures crashed.
+     * Unfortunately, as __count__ was used in the JS, all filters saved as
+     * favorite at that time were saved with __count__, and not __count.
+     * So in order the make them still work with the new implementation, we
+     * handle both __count__ and __count.
+     *
+     * This function replaces in the given array of measures occurences of
+     * '__count__' by '__count'.
+     *
+     * @param {Array[string] || undefined} measures
+     * @return {Array[string] || undefined}
+     */
+    _processMeasures: function (measures) {
+        if (measures) {
+            return _.map(measures, function (measure) {
+                return measure === '__count__' ? '__count' : measure;
+            });
+        }
+    },
     /**
      * Format a value to a usable string, for the renderer to display.
      *
diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/js/views/pivot/pivot_view.js b/addons/web/static/src/js/views/pivot/pivot_view.js
index 356672081d9..7e4dddc4a52 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/js/views/pivot/pivot_view.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/js/views/pivot/pivot_view.js
@@ -87,9 +87,9 @@ var PivotView = AbstractView.extend({
             activeMeasures.push('__count');
         }
 
-        this.loadParams.measures = params.context.pivot_measures || activeMeasures;
-        this.loadParams.colGroupBys = params.context.pivot_column_groupby || colGroupBys;
-        this.loadParams.rowGroupBys = params.context.pivot_row_groupby || rowGroupBys;
+        this.loadParams.measures = activeMeasures;
+        this.loadParams.colGroupBys = colGroupBys;
+        this.loadParams.rowGroupBys = rowGroupBys;
         this.loadParams.fields = fields;
 
         this.controllerParams.title = params.title || arch.attrs.string || _t("Untitled");
diff --git a/addons/web/static/tests/views/graph_tests.js b/addons/web/static/tests/views/graph_tests.js
index c7d69b194ff..07f7d060347 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/tests/views/graph_tests.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/tests/views/graph_tests.js
@@ -372,6 +372,52 @@ QUnit.module('Views', {
         });
     });
 
+    QUnit.test('correctly uses graph_ keys from the context (at reload)', function (assert) {
+        var done = assert.async();
+        assert.expect(8);
+
+        var graph = createView({
+            View: GraphView,
+            model: "foo",
+            data: this.data,
+            arch: '<graph><field name="product_id"/></graph>',
+        });
+
+        assert.strictEqual(graph.renderer.state.mode, "bar", "should be in bar chart mode");
+        assert.ok(graph.$buttons.find('button[data-mode="bar"]').hasClass('active'),
+            'bar chart button should be active');
+
+        var reloadParams = {
+            context: {
+                graph_measure: 'foo',
+                graph_mode: 'line',
+                graph_groupbys: ['color_id'],
+            },
+        };
+        graph.reload(reloadParams);
+        return concurrency.delay(0).then(function () {
+            // check measure
+            assert.strictEqual(graph.$('text.nv-legend-text:contains(Foo)').length, 1,
+                "should now use the 'foo' measure");
+
+            // check mode
+            assert.strictEqual(graph.renderer.state.mode, "line", "should be in line chart mode");
+            assert.notOk(graph.$buttons.find('button[data-mode="bar"]').hasClass('active'),
+                'bar chart button should not be active');
+            assert.ok(graph.$buttons.find('button[data-mode="line"]').hasClass('active'),
+                'line chart button should be active');
+
+            // check groupbys
+            assert.strictEqual(graph.$('text:contains(xphone)').length, 0,
+                        "should not contain a text element with product in legend");
+            assert.strictEqual(graph.$('text:contains(red)').length, 1,
+                        "should contain a text element with color in legend");
+
+            graph.destroy();
+            done();
+        });
+    });
+
     QUnit.test('reload graph with correct fields', function (assert) {
         assert.expect(2);
 
diff --git a/addons/web/static/tests/views/pivot_tests.js b/addons/web/static/tests/views/pivot_tests.js
index eb2b18f7d71..fe8c4c5b3f9 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/tests/views/pivot_tests.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/tests/views/pivot_tests.js
@@ -825,6 +825,53 @@ QUnit.module('Views', {
         pivot.destroy();
     });
 
+    QUnit.test('correctly uses pivot_ keys from the context (at reload)', function (assert) {
+        assert.expect(8);
+
+        this.data.partner.fields.amount = {string: "Amount", type: "float"};
+
+        var pivot = createView({
+            View: PivotView,
+            model: "partner",
+            data: this.data,
+            arch: '<pivot>' +
+                        '<field name="date" interval="day" type="col"/>' +
+                        '<field name="amount" type="measure"/>' +
+                '</pivot>',
+        });
+
+        assert.strictEqual(pivot.$('tbody tr:first td.o_pivot_cell_value:last').text(), '0.00',
+            "the active measure should be amount");
+
+        var reloadParams = {
+            context: {
+                pivot_measures: ['foo'],
+                pivot_column_groupby: ['customer'],
+                pivot_row_groupby: ['product_id'],
+            },
+        };
+        pivot.reload(reloadParams);
+
+        assert.strictEqual(pivot.$('thead .o_pivot_header_cell_opened').length, 1,
+            "column: should have one opened header");
+        assert.strictEqual(pivot.$('thead .o_pivot_header_cell_closed:contains(First)').length, 1,
+            "column: should display one closed header with 'First'");
+        assert.strictEqual(pivot.$('thead .o_pivot_header_cell_closed:contains(Second)').length, 1,
+            "column: should display one closed header with 'Second'");
+
+        assert.strictEqual(pivot.$('tbody .o_pivot_header_cell_opened').length, 1,
+            "row: should have one opened header");
+        assert.strictEqual(pivot.$('tbody .o_pivot_header_cell_closed:contains(xphone)').length, 1,
+            "row: should display one closed header with 'xphone'");
+        assert.strictEqual(pivot.$('tbody .o_pivot_header_cell_closed:contains(xpad)').length, 1,
+            "row: should display one closed header with 'xpad'");
+
+        assert.strictEqual(pivot.$('tbody tr:first td:nth(3)').text(), '32',
+            "selected measure should be foo, with total 32");
+
+        pivot.destroy();
+    });
+
     QUnit.test('correctly use group_by key from the context', function (assert) {
         assert.expect(7);