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samirem
samirem

Reputation: 135

Google Analytics - View filter not working

I have a Google Analytics account for a mobile app (it is actually a .NET Desktop application that is hooked up to the API for mobile apps).

To get rid of referral spam etc, I've set up an include-filter for my view (see pic below). The filter checks the Application Name field and should include only traffic that has this field. In my application, I always call the GA API with this application name.

Now, the problem is that this filter seems to not work when set as a View Filter (to filter out incoming traffic). Even though I set this filter up several weeks ago, I still get referral spam traffic that does not have a valid Application Name. But if I apply the exact same filter to my reports, it actually filters out the spam.

GA View Filter

Does anyone here have an idea of why the filter works when filtering out reports, but not as a view filter?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 702

Answers (1)

samirem
samirem

Reputation: 135

I solved this by including a hostname filter. The filter is set as: Include -> Hostname -> Filter Pattern "(not set)".

Upvotes: 1

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