I want a specific URL to not contribute pageviews Google Analytics default reports, but I don't want to use a filter because as I understand it, once I filter out the data, It's lost forever and I can't consult it in the future.Applying segmentation is no good because it filters out entire sessions or users who visited this URL.So what's the preferred/recommended way to do it?
Exclude URL from contributing pageviews to Google Analytic's reports
google analytics;filtering;advanced segments
Create a new view with a filter applied.You should, as a best practice, have three core views:a Raw view, where there are no filters applied at all. I typically replicate all goals in this view as well.a Test view to try out new filters and goals, etc. With this test view you can create a filter to filter out the unwanted URL.a Master view for your main reporting data. If the filter works in the test view, then you can apply it to the master view.You can create as many views as you need, so you could have one that specifically filters out the unwanted URL. This way, you can don't have to worry about losing data just because you applied a filter, because you'll always have your Raw view as a sort of backup of all your data.