diff --git a/web-ui/src/main/resources/catalog/components/viewer/layermanager/LayerManagerDirective.js b/web-ui/src/main/resources/catalog/components/viewer/layermanager/LayerManagerDirective.js
index 11552ccd3dca..d26a32e0ebe3 100644
--- a/web-ui/src/main/resources/catalog/components/viewer/layermanager/LayerManagerDirective.js
+++ b/web-ui/src/main/resources/catalog/components/viewer/layermanager/LayerManagerDirective.js
@@ -295,13 +295,30 @@
           function initDimension(dimension) {
             var dimensionConfig = scope.layer.get(dimension);
             if (dimensionConfig) {
-              var idx = dimensionConfig.values.length - 1;
-              for (var i = 0; i < dimensionConfig.values.length; i++) {
-                if (dimensionConfig.values[i] === dimensionConfig.default) {
+              var currentLayerValue = scope.layer.getSource().getParams()[
+                dimension.toUpperCase()
+              ];
+              var idx = undefined;
+              var defaultValueIdx = dimensionConfig.values.length - 1;
+              for (i = 0; i < dimensionConfig.values.length; i++) {
+                if (dimensionConfig.values[i] === currentLayerValue) {
                   idx = i;
                   break;
                 }
+                if (dimensionConfig.values[i] === dimensionConfig.default) {
+                  defaultValueIdx = i;
+                }
               }
+              if (currentLayerValue && !idx) {
+                console.warn(
+                  "Dimension value " +
+                    currentLayerValue +
+                    " not found in dimension list of values. Using default or latest value: " +
+                    dimensionConfig.values[defaultValueIdx]
+                );
+              }
+              idx = idx || defaultValueIdx;
+
               scope.dimensions[dimension] = {
                 current: dimensionConfig.values[idx],
                 idx: idx,
diff --git a/web-ui/src/main/resources/catalog/components/viewer/owscontext/OwsContextService.js b/web-ui/src/main/resources/catalog/components/viewer/owscontext/OwsContextService.js
index 8538da10cf5c..8493a1d6905b 100644
--- a/web-ui/src/main/resources/catalog/components/viewer/owscontext/OwsContextService.js
+++ b/web-ui/src/main/resources/catalog/components/viewer/owscontext/OwsContextService.js
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@
       // eg. name="{type=arcgis,name=0,1,2,3,4}"
       var reT = /type=([^,}|^]*)/;
       var reL = /name=([^}]*)\}?\s*$/;
+      var dimensions = ["TIME", "ELEVATION"];
 
       /**
        * @ngdoc method
@@ -407,6 +408,13 @@
                   layer.metadataUuid = extension.uuid;
                 }
 
+                dimensions.forEach(function (dimension) {
+                  if (extension[dimension.toLowerCase() + "DimensionValue"]) {
+                    layer[dimension.toLowerCase() + "DimensionValue"] =
+                      extension[dimension.toLowerCase() + "DimensionValue"];
+                  }
+                });
+
                 var layerIndex = map.getLayers().push(loadingLayer) - 1;
                 var p = self.createLayer(layer, map, undefined, i, currentStyle);
                 loadingLayer.set("index", layerIndex);
@@ -698,6 +706,13 @@
             extension.processInputs = processInputs;
           }
 
+          dimensions.forEach(function (dimension) {
+            if (source.getParams()[dimension]) {
+              extension[dimension.toLowerCase() + "DimensionValue"] =
+                source.getParams()[dimension];
+            }
+          });
+
           layerParams.extension = {
             name: "Extension",
             any: JSON.stringify(extension)
@@ -776,6 +791,29 @@
         }
         var createOnly = angular.isDefined(bgIdx) || angular.isDefined(index);
 
+        function setMapLayerProperties(olL, layer) {
+          olL.set("group", layer.group);
+          olL.set("groupcombo", layer.groupcombo);
+          olL.setOpacity(layer.opacity);
+          olL.setVisible(!layer.hidden);
+          var title = layer.title ? layer.title : olL.get("label");
+          olL.set("title", title || "");
+          olL.set("label", title || "");
+          olL.set("metadataUuid", layer.metadataUuid || "");
+          if (bgIdx) {
+            olL.set("bgIdx", bgIdx);
+          } else if (index) {
+            olL.set("tree_index", index);
+          }
+          var params = olL.getSource().getParams() || {};
+          dimensions.forEach(function (dimension) {
+            if (layer[dimension.toLowerCase() + "DimensionValue"]) {
+              params[dimension] = layer[dimension.toLowerCase() + "DimensionValue"];
+              olL.getSource().updateParams(params);
+            }
+          });
+        }
+
         if (layer.name && layer.name.match(reT)) {
           var type = reT.exec(layer.name)[1];
           var name = reL.exec(layer.name)[1];
@@ -813,22 +851,7 @@
 
           return promise
             .then(function (olL) {
-              olL.set("group", layer.group);
-              olL.set("groupcombo", layer.groupcombo);
-              olL.setOpacity(layer.opacity);
-              olL.setVisible(!layer.hidden);
-              if (layer.title) {
-                olL.set("title", layer.title);
-                olL.set("label", layer.title);
-              }
-              if (layer.metadataUuid) {
-                olL.set("metadataUuid", layer.metadataUuid);
-              }
-              if (bgIdx) {
-                olL.set("bgIdx", bgIdx);
-              } else if (index) {
-                olL.set("tree_index", index);
-              }
+              setMapLayerProperties(olL, layer);
               return olL;
             })
             .catch(function () {});
@@ -854,15 +877,7 @@
                     layer.group = decodeURIComponent(escape(layer.group));
                   }
                 } catch (e) {}
-                olL.set("group", layer.group);
-                olL.set("groupcombo", layer.groupcombo);
-                olL.set("tree_index", index);
-                olL.setOpacity(layer.opacity);
-                olL.setVisible(!layer.hidden);
-                var title = layer.title ? layer.title : olL.get("label");
-                olL.set("title", title || "");
-                olL.set("label", title || "");
-                olL.set("metadataUuid", layer.metadataUuid || "");
+                setMapLayerProperties(olL, layer);
                 $rootScope.$broadcast("layerAddedFromContext", olL);
                 return olL;
               }