diff --git a/openbis/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/generic/client/web/client/application/ui/experiment/columns/CommonExperimentColDefKind.java b/openbis/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/generic/client/web/client/application/ui/experiment/columns/CommonExperimentColDefKind.java
index 9d73720f63dbcfe3164af26259a29e55fdadc372..7d8397bd6fc8e7787f408dde72aec8d17123f6ce 100644
--- a/openbis/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/generic/client/web/client/application/ui/experiment/columns/CommonExperimentColDefKind.java
+++ b/openbis/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/generic/client/web/client/application/ui/experiment/columns/CommonExperimentColDefKind.java
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ public enum CommonExperimentColDefKind implements IColumnDefinitionKind<Experime
             }
         }),
 
-    EXPERIMENT_TYPE(new AbstractColumnDefinitionKind<Experiment>(Dict.EXPERIMENT_TYPE)
+    EXPERIMENT_TYPE(new AbstractColumnDefinitionKind<Experiment>(Dict.EXPERIMENT_TYPE, true)
         {
             @Override
             public String tryGetValue(Experiment entity)