Responsive Layout and persistent Date Range control

[druderman]

One shortcoming for Responsive Layout for reports is that the Date Range control is independent on all pages. Thus the interactive value may vary page to page, so a report with several pages will require one to change non-default dates for each page you visit.

While I've recently changed a few GA4 reports to use responsive layout with success, I would like an option for the old default behavior where a dynamic Date Range value can apply to all pages without the need to set this on every page I may visit.

Namely, if the date range is set as, for example, Auto (last 28 days), and then interactively change it on Page 1 to, for example, Last 7 Days, that this new date range carries over to Page 2 when I visit it until I change it again.

By design, this no longer behaves this way when using Responsive Layout. (Nor do other controls.)

Can anyone suggest a work-around?

[a_aleinikov]

Hi @druderman ,

You’re right — with Responsive Layout in Looker Studio, interactive controls like the Date Range don’t persist across pages, which can be frustrating.

Possible workarounds:

• Switch back to Fixed Layout if you need shared controls across pages.

• Use report-level filters (set at the top level, not inside pages) — though this works mostly for filters, not all controls.

• Add a global parameter + custom setup in your data sources, but this is more advanced and depends on your connector.

Unfortunately, there’s no built-in toggle yet to make the Date Range carry over in Responsive Layout.

[druderman]

It would be desirable if the Date range selection for report pages could be persistent across pages. I find this a limitation to adoption of Responsive Layout, since it is cumbersome and non-intuitive to set a date range each time a different report page is visited.