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Hi John ([log in to unmask])
I am not sure what you are doing with the visual.ly reporting, but you
should not remove the main Property from the sub-pages or you'll lose
all the comparative data and flow possibilities in Google reporting.
I think it might be that you can use the same Account and Property, but
create a new View within the property Then add the unfiltered one to all
pages and the new one to just the sub-directory.
Within the new profile, you have options to create filters that
specifically limit traffic to certain sub-directories
I think this would work, but you should check out Google dev notes.
It can also be done up a layer by using a separate Property. We tend to
use this for whole sections like sub-domains, to separate out data if
you need to do lots of analysis. This may work better with what you are
trying to do
Check out Google's Analytics Hierarchies. NB, like all GA stuff, this
changed a while back. Profiles were renamed Views
https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/1009618?hl=en-GB
Good luck with it!
Date: Tue, 8 Oct 2013 00:18:09 +0100
From: James Morley <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: Google analytics and sub directories [Scanned]
Two things to note from that, based on my reading of it (but it's even
later now - cake is needed!):
- that approach will need you to set up a custom Analytics code within
any
pages in that sub-directory
- I believe it will remove those stats from your main account so you
won't
have visibility of them there
But that may not be an issue to you. And I may be wrong anyway!
James
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On Mon, Oct 7, 2013 at 8:58 PM, Mike Ellis <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:
> John
>
> I *think* this might help, but it's late and I ate too much cake at
> MuseumCamp today so may be being a gibbon:
>
>
>
https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/collection/gajs/gaTrackingSite#singleSubDirectory
>
> Mike
>
> _____________________________
>
>
> Mike Ellis
>
> Thirty8 Digital: a small but perfectly formed digital agency:
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>
> * My book: http://heritageweb.co.uk *
>
>
>
>
> On 7 Oct 2013, at 16:29, John Benfield <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:
>
> > I hope you can forgive my ignorance, but can anyone point me in
the
> right direction of setting up GA so you can produce a new Account
profile
> for a sub directory of our main site. So I can have one account for
> www.domain.com and another for www.domain.com/xyz/
> >
> > Why? So I can use visual.ly's free reporting tool in a more
granular
> way.
> >
> > John
> > 01789 272351
> > 07825 397387
> > P Please consider the environment before printing this email.
> >
> >
> >
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Date: Tue, 8 Oct 2013 08:34:08 +0000
From: Ivan Teage <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: MCG Digest - 4 Oct 2013 to 7 Oct 2013 (#2013-205)
Hi John
We do this a lot (if I've understood correctly):
Click on admin and you should see three columns: account, property and
view (profile)
In the drop-down for the view you should see 'create new view'.
When you have created the basic view click on 'filters' to add a basic
filter to just include the sub-directory.
We use this approach to ensure we can measure unique visitors to
individual sections as well as the site overall (and have custom reports
per section).
'Profiles' are now called 'views' as of very recently in case that's
confusing things!
Ivan
Ivan Teage | Digital Development Manager, ICT
Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD
t: +44 (0)20 7942 5821 | m: 07717693038 | e: [log in to unmask]
On 7 Oct 2013, at 16:29, John Benfield <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:
> I hope you can forgive my ignorance, but can anyone point me in the
> right direction of setting up GA so you can produce a new Account
> profile for a sub directory of our main site. So I can have one
> account for www.domain.com and another for www.domain.com/xyz/
>
> Why? So I can use visual.ly's free reporting tool in a more granular
way.
>
> John
> 01789 272351
> 07825 397387
> P Please consider the environment before printing this email.
>
>
>
> ****************************************************************
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Date: Tue, 8 Oct 2013 10:15:29 +0100
From: Mike Ellis <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: MCG Digest - 4 Oct 2013 to 7 Oct 2013 (#2013-205)
I think John was asking for a separate account just for that
sub-directory, rather than a filter / view… but maybe I got that wrong?
_____________________________
Mike Ellis
Thirty8 Digital: a small but perfectly formed digital agency:
http://thirty8.co.uk
* My book: http://heritageweb.co.uk *
On 8 Oct 2013, at 09:34, Ivan Teage <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Hi John
>
> We do this a lot (if I've understood correctly):
>
> Click on admin and you should see three columns: account, property
and view (profile)
> In the drop-down for the view you should see 'create new view'.
> When you have created the basic view click on 'filters' to add a
basic filter to just include the sub-directory.
> We use this approach to ensure we can measure unique visitors to
individual sections as well as the site overall (and have custom reports
per section).
>
> 'Profiles' are now called 'views' as of very recently in case that's
confusing things!
>
> Ivan
>
> Ivan Teage | Digital Development Manager, ICT
> Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD
> t: +44 (0)20 7942 5821 | m: 07717693038 | e: [log in to unmask]
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On 7 Oct 2013, at 16:29, John Benfield <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:
>
>> I hope you can forgive my ignorance, but can anyone point me in the
>> right direction of setting up GA so you can produce a new Account
>> profile for a sub directory of our main site. So I can have one
>> account for www.domain.com and another for www.domain.com/xyz/
>>
>> Why? So I can use visual.ly's free reporting tool in a more granular
way.
>>
>> John
>> 01789 272351
>> 07825 397387
>> P Please consider the environment before printing this email.
>>
>>
>>
>> ****************************************************************
>> website: http://museumscomputergroup.org.uk/
>> Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/ukmcg
>> Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/museumscomputergroup
>> [un]subscribe: http://museumscomputergroup.org.uk/email-list/
>> ****************************************************************
>
>
>
> ****************************************************************
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Date: Tue, 8 Oct 2013 09:27:17 +0000
From: John Benfield <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: MCG Digest - 4 Oct 2013 to 7 Oct 2013 (#2013-205)
[Scanned]
Hi
Firstly, many thanks to all of you who have contacted me on and off
list.
I had thought that all I needed was a separate view with filter applied
(I have done this, but am getting 0s in the results - perhaps I
shouldn't be so impatient?). If a new 'view' is not picked up by
visual.ly then a new a/c might be the answer.
'But why this obsession with visual.ly John?', I hear you ask. Well,
visual.ly as a nice free infographic tool that would make it possible
for me to give content owners an easy heads-up as to their section's
performance without me having to do more work.
John
01789 272351
07825 397387
P Please consider the environment before printing this email.
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From: Museums Computer Group [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
Mike Ellis
Sent: 08 October 2013 10:15
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: [MCG] MCG Digest - 4 Oct 2013 to 7 Oct 2013 (#2013-205)
[Scanned]
I think John was asking for a separate account just for that
sub-directory, rather than a filter / view… but maybe I got that wrong?
_____________________________
Mike Ellis
Thirty8 Digital: a small but perfectly formed digital agency:
http://thirty8.co.uk
* My book: http://heritageweb.co.uk *
On 8 Oct 2013, at 09:34, Ivan Teage <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Hi John
>
> We do this a lot (if I've understood correctly):
>
> Click on admin and you should see three columns: account, property
and
> view (profile) In the drop-down for the view you should see 'create
new view'.
> When you have created the basic view click on 'filters' to add a
basic filter to just include the sub-directory.
> We use this approach to ensure we can measure unique visitors to
individual sections as well as the site overall (and have custom reports
per section).
>
> 'Profiles' are now called 'views' as of very recently in case that's
confusing things!
>
> Ivan
>
> Ivan Teage | Digital Development Manager, ICT Natural History Museum,
> Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD
> t: +44 (0)20 7942 5821 | m: 07717693038 | e: [log in to unmask]
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On 7 Oct 2013, at 16:29, John Benfield <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:
>
>> I hope you can forgive my ignorance, but can anyone point me in the
>> right direction of setting up GA so you can produce a new Account
>> profile for a sub directory of our main site. So I can have one
>> account for www.domain.com and another for www.domain.com/xyz/
>>
>> Why? So I can use visual.ly's free reporting tool in a more granular
way.
>>
>> John
>> 01789 272351
>> 07825 397387
>> P Please consider the environment before printing this email.
>>
>>
>>
>> ****************************************************************
>> website: http://museumscomputergroup.org.uk/
>> Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/ukmcg
>> Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/museumscomputergroup
>> [un]subscribe: http://museumscomputergroup.org.uk/email-list/
>> ****************************************************************
>
>
>
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Date: Tue, 8 Oct 2013 13:21:15 +0100
From: Mia <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: MCG Digest - 4 Oct 2013 to 7 Oct 2013 (#2013-205)
[Scanned]
Views (aka 'profiles' until recently) only work from the date they're
created, so you will need some patience! You could try creating
segments, which work retrospectively.
Cheers, Mia
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On 8 October 2013 10:27, John Benfield <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:
> Hi
>
> Firstly, many thanks to all of you who have contacted me on and off
list.
>
> I had thought that all I needed was a separate view with filter
applied (I have done this, but am getting 0s in the results - perhaps I
shouldn't be so impatient?). If a new 'view' is not picked up by
visual.ly then a new a/c might be the answer.
>
> 'But why this obsession with visual.ly John?', I hear you ask. Well,
visual.ly as a nice free infographic tool that would make it possible
for me to give content owners an easy heads-up as to their section's
performance without me having to do more work.
>
> John
> 01789 272351
> 07825 397387
> P Please consider the environment before printing this email.
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