Most, but not all, of the available layer controls are concerned with plotting table data in some way or other. In general, these allow you to set up a way to generate a plot layer (some generated graphics) from some selected columns of a given table with a chosen style.
However, if you have more than one Row Subset for a given table, a single control can be used to generate several layers, one for each subset. In most cases it makes sense to have the graphics generated by the different subsets configured similarly, but still visually distinguishable.
These table layer controls generally have three tabs: Position, Subsets and Form. The Position tab is for specifying coordinates, and depends on the specific type of the plot and the layer control. The Subsets and Form control which row subsets are plotted and how they are displayed, and a description of how they are arranged follows below.
Subsets tab of a table data layer control
The Subsets tab lists the defined Row Subsets for the table you have selected in the Position tab. The subset All is always present; others may or may not be depending on whether any have been defined. Note that actions you take in the plot (for instance selecting a new subset by region) can result in new entries being added to this list.
The list on the left names the subsets with an activation checkbox and a grab handle; the panel on the right gives the detail for the currently selected subset. Select a subset to see/change its detail by clicking on it.
For each subset you can select:
Style configuration in Form tab of a table data layer control
The Form tab allows you to select style information to determine the details of how the plot will look for each layer. The details differ greatly between layer control types, but they generally contain two sub-panels for defining the style details, Global Style and Subset Styles: