Need help with excluding IP addresses in Google Analytics
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In Google Analytics, are you able to add more than 1 IP address to an exclude filter? I found this article, http://www.creare.co.uk/filter-multiple-ip-addresses-in-google-analytics, but wasn't sure if it was the right way to do this or if I should create a new filter for each IP address. Also, when I try to create a new filter, it only will let me select from a list of profiles I have created whereas on other accounts I've been able to create several new filters without any problems. Does anyone know why this might be?
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multiple IP addresses can be separated with pipes (|), but it’s important to precede each dot with a backslash () so that it’s treated as a regular full stop. You need to click on 'custom', which is next to 'predefined' and then follow this process. Make sure this is set up correctly by using real time reports.
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Does the rank/filter order matter when applying these filters? I'm having the same issue. Multiple IP addresses since we are all able to work from home. No VPN.Thanks! - Cristy
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They use their home IPs. Thank you, that was very helpful.
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That depends - are the employees using a VPN while at home? If so, then they would all be coming from the office network. However, if they are using their home networks then you would need to create multiple IP filters to account for all the different IP addresses.
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Hi Ray-pp, I am not trying to exclude a range of IP addresses, but instead need to exclude multiple IP addresses from different locations. We want to exclude the IP addresses of our office but also from our employee homes. Do we need to create a separate filter for each IP address if it is not a range?
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You can specify a range of IP addresses to exclude by using regular expressions: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/1034840?hl=en
If you're unfamiliat with regex then you can use: _You can filter a simple range of addresses by using the that begin with or that end with options. _
You can apply filters at the profile view or the account view. Account view will apply the filter to all profiles on the account, so be careful with that option.
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