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When trying to utilize layers and setting date ranges for sub layers. TM will shift the date range for the data collected from each sublayer an equal amount of time for any time range changes made to the base layer. This makes it extremely difficult to use the layers function as any changes to the base layer change all of the other layers. 

For example, when trying to compare operating data from a previous run to a current run on the multi-scatter plot. When you update your current data to a new date range (i.e. last 7 days) the sub layers will all shift forward by the same amount of time resulting in you having to redo every sub layer every time you want to update the scatter plot.

This seems like a bug and not the intended functionality of layers in the multi-scatter. Is there a way around this?

Hi ​@slblum 

Thank you for mentioning this. When you shift your base layer, the sublayers indeed move along. This behavior stems from the early use cases for layers in comparing periods with time series data (e.g., week by week comparisons). In that situation, this behavior was useful to keep the layers equally separated in time.

I understand that for your use case, the behavior is not very convenient indeed. At the moment, you can work around this by navigating to the Layers menu and switching the base layer to a layer that does not need shifting, before making a change to the original base layer. Sublayers can be shifted independently.

I would also suggest to add an Idea (e.g., Option to shift Base Layer independently from Sublayers) in the Product Ideas section of this Community. That way, other customers with similar challenges can upvote it and our Product Team gets a better view on the importance.

​@Christina Linne ​@Jeroen Bouvin Copying you in for your information.

Hi Spencer, 

Jef covered this well; this is a legacy characteristic of how layers are defined and visualized.  Depending on what information you’re looking for and what criteria is determining the layer periods, you may be able to utilize the scatter plot in Event Analytics to serve a similar purpose (this uses calculations on search results as plotted points). However, if you’re manually creating the layer periods, this won’t be possible.
 

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