diff --git a/src/vt-tv/api/info.h b/src/vt-tv/api/info.h
index c3231499f..31908c411 100644
--- a/src/vt-tv/api/info.h
+++ b/src/vt-tv/api/info.h
@@ -245,37 +245,38 @@ struct Info {
   /**
    * \brief Returns a getter to a specified object QOI
    */
-  std::function<double(ObjectWork)>
-  getObjectQOIGetter(const std::string& object_qoi) const {
-    std::function<double(ObjectWork)> qoi_getter;
+  template <typename T>
+  std::function<T(ObjectWork)>
+  getObjectQOIGetter(std::string const& object_qoi) const {
+    std::function<T(ObjectWork)> qoi_getter;
     if (object_qoi == "load") {
       qoi_getter = [&](ObjectWork obj) {
-        return convertQOIVariantTypeToT_<double>(getObjectLoad(obj));
+        return convertQOIVariantTypeToT_<T>(getObjectLoad(obj));
       };
     } else if (object_qoi == "received_volume") {
       qoi_getter = [&](ObjectWork obj) {
-        return convertQOIVariantTypeToT_<double>(getObjectReceivedVolume(obj));
+        return convertQOIVariantTypeToT_<T>(getObjectReceivedVolume(obj));
       };
     } else if (object_qoi == "sent_volume") {
       qoi_getter = [&](ObjectWork obj) {
-        return convertQOIVariantTypeToT_<double>(getObjectSentVolume(obj));
+        return convertQOIVariantTypeToT_<T>(getObjectSentVolume(obj));
       };
     } else if (object_qoi == "max_volume") {
       qoi_getter = [&](ObjectWork obj) {
-        return convertQOIVariantTypeToT_<double>(getObjectMaxVolume(obj));
+        return convertQOIVariantTypeToT_<T>(getObjectMaxVolume(obj));
       };
     } else if (object_qoi == "id") {
       qoi_getter = [&](ObjectWork obj) {
-        return convertQOIVariantTypeToT_<double>(getObjectID(obj));
+        return convertQOIVariantTypeToT_<T>(getObjectID(obj));
       };
     } else if (object_qoi == "rank_id") {
       qoi_getter = [&](ObjectWork obj) {
-        return convertQOIVariantTypeToT_<double>(getObjectRankID(obj));
+        return convertQOIVariantTypeToT_<T>(getObjectRankID(obj));
       };
     } else {
       // Look in attributes and user_defined (will throw an error if QOI doesn't exist)
       qoi_getter = [&](ObjectWork obj) {
-        return convertQOIVariantTypeToT_<double>(
+        return convertQOIVariantTypeToT_<T>(
           getObjectAttributeOrUserDefined(obj, object_qoi));
       };
     }
@@ -383,11 +384,23 @@ struct Info {
    *
    * \return the object QOI
    */
-  double getObjectQOIAtPhase(
-    ElementIDType obj_id, PhaseType phase, std::string obj_qoi) const {
-    auto qoi_getter = getObjectQOIGetter(obj_qoi);
+  template <typename T>
+  T getObjectQOIAtPhase(
+    ElementIDType obj_id, PhaseType phase, std::string const& obj_qoi
+  ) const {
     auto const& objects = this->getPhaseObjects(phase);
     auto const& obj = objects.at(obj_id);
+    auto const& ud = obj.getUserDefined();
+
+    if (auto it = ud.find(obj_qoi); it != ud.end()) {
+      if (std::holds_alternative<double>(it->second)) {
+        return static_cast<T>(std::get<double>(it->second));
+      } else if (std::holds_alternative<int>(it->second)) {
+        return static_cast<T>(std::get<int>(it->second));
+      }
+    }
+
+    auto qoi_getter = getObjectQOIGetter<T>(obj_qoi);
     return qoi_getter(obj);
   }
 
diff --git a/src/vt-tv/render/render.cc b/src/vt-tv/render/render.cc
index 7f0b864ae..199b11e7f 100644
--- a/src/vt-tv/render/render.cc
+++ b/src/vt-tv/render/render.cc
@@ -190,14 +190,13 @@ Render::computeObjectQOIRange_() {
   // Initialize object QOI range attributes
   double oq_max = -1 * std::numeric_limits<double>::infinity();
   double oq_min = std::numeric_limits<double>::infinity();
-  double oq;
   std::set<std::variant<double, int>> oq_all;
 
   // Update the QOI range
   auto updateQOIRange = [&](auto const& objects, PhaseType phase) {
     for (auto const& [obj_id, obj_work] : objects) {
       // Update maximum object qoi
-      oq = info_.getObjectQOIAtPhase(obj_id, phase, this->object_qoi_);
+      auto oq = info_.getObjectQOIAtPhase<double>(obj_id, phase, this->object_qoi_);
       if (!continuous_object_qoi_) {
         // Allow for integer categorical QOI (i.e. rank_id)
         if (oq == static_cast<int>(oq)) {
@@ -538,7 +537,7 @@ vtkNew<vtkPolyData> Render::createObjectMesh_(PhaseType phase) {
 
       // Set object attributes
       ElementIDType obj_id = objectWork.getID();
-      auto oq = this->info_.getObjectQOIAtPhase(obj_id, phase, this->object_qoi_);
+      auto oq = info_.getObjectQOIAtPhase<double>(obj_id, phase, object_qoi_);
       q_arr->SetTuple1(point_index, oq);
       b_arr->SetTuple1(point_index, migratable);
       if (this->object_qoi_ != "load") {
diff --git a/tests/unit/api/test_info.cc b/tests/unit/api/test_info.cc
index de5e0bd5b..cdd3d6a4a 100644
--- a/tests/unit/api/test_info.cc
+++ b/tests/unit/api/test_info.cc
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ TEST_P(InfoTest, test_get_object_qoi_getter) {
      "rank_id",
      "non-existent"});
   for (auto const& qoi : qoi_list) {
-    auto qoi_getter = info.getObjectQOIGetter(qoi);
+    auto qoi_getter = info.getObjectQOIGetter<double>(qoi);
   }
 }
 
@@ -409,9 +409,9 @@ TEST_F(InfoTest, test_get_object_qoi) {
      "non-existent"});
   for (auto const& qoi : qoi_list) {
     if (qoi == "non-existent") {
-      EXPECT_THROW(info.getObjectQOIAtPhase(0, 0, qoi), std::runtime_error);
+      EXPECT_THROW(info.getObjectQOIAtPhase<double>(0, 0, qoi), std::runtime_error);
     } else {
-      ASSERT_NO_THROW(info.getObjectQOIAtPhase(0, 0, qoi));
+      ASSERT_NO_THROW(info.getObjectQOIAtPhase<double>(0, 0, qoi));
     }
   }
 }