How do I change the comparison?
Open the date picker, turn Compare on or off, choose a mode, and select Apply. The picker keeps the date range, timezone, chart bucket, and comparison as one draft: Cancel, Escape, or clicking outside closes it without changing the report or URL. The applied date trigger names the active baseline, so you can see the comparison without reopening the picker. Turning comparison off is also saved in the URL, so a reload or copied link does not silently turn the default back on.Which comparison modes are available?
Equal-length ranges keep count and rate changes meaningful. A custom comparison cannot include
future dates, overlap the current window, or use a different duration.
What does comparison add to a supported report?
- Stat cards gain a change percentage versus the chosen baseline.
- Breakdown tables gain a change column for the rows in the current period.
- Time-series charts draw a muted baseline line with legends and tooltips that name the actual baseline dates.
- Performance metrics keep their lower-is-better meaning, so a rising LCP is treated as a regression rather than an improvement.
- Exports carry the same comparison mode and resolved windows as the dashboard.
Which reports support comparison?
Comparison is available on site Overview, Pages and URLs, Acquisition, AI traffic, Performance, organization Overview, and the organization website list, plus compatible overview exports. Date-only or shape-specific reports—Sessions, Users, Events, Retention, Funnels, Journeys, Goals, Groups, Revenue, Globe, Bots, and custom SQL dashboards—hide the comparison control because they do not fetch or render a second dataset. If you navigate from a compared report to one of these pages, the page does not show stale comparison labels or deltas.How do I choose a baseline?
- Use adjacent dates for immediate movement: the last 7 days versus the 7 days before them.
- Use same weekdays when weekday mix matters: a Thursday–Saturday campaign versus an earlier Thursday–Saturday window.
- Use previous year for seasonal questions where last week or last month is misleading.
- Use custom dates for a known campaign, launch, or incident window with the same duration.
If your plan’s reporting history does not include the full baseline, TinyAnalytics
omits the comparison instead of presenting partial data as a complete period.
Frequently asked questions
Why does Last 7 days already show a comparison?
Why does Last 7 days already show a comparison?
A fresh Last 7 days view defaults to Previous period (adjacent dates),
so it compares with the preceding seven days. Turn Compare off and
select Apply to save an explicit off state that survives reload and
sharing.
Why does a row show 'new' instead of +100%?
Why does a row show 'new' instead of +100%?
The row had no baseline value and appears in the current period. With no
nonzero starting value, a percentage increase is undefined, so TinyAnalytics
labels it new.
Can I compare two ranges with different lengths?
Can I compare two ranges with different lengths?
No. Previous, year-over-year, and custom baselines resolve to the same number
of days as the current range. Equal duration keeps count and rate changes
comparable.
Does changing the date range apply immediately?
Does changing the date range apply immediately?
No. The date range and baseline are one draft. Select Apply to commit
both, or use Cancel, Escape, or outside dismissal to leave the report and
URL unchanged.
Related
Dashboard overview
Read the metrics, trend, and breakdowns a baseline annotates.
Pages
Compare session-ranked pages and URLs.
Core Web Vitals
Compare performance with lower-is-better handling.
Filter your data
Compare a filtered slice against its own baseline.