Google Analytics filter not working

Question

I send all my events to the same Google Analytics account and use profiles with filters to filter them out.

My staging filter isn't working properly. Here it is, pretty simple:

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Here are my events, in the All Traffic profile (no filters):

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Based on my filter, the events with the hostname stagingsecure.example.com should show up in the Staging profile. But they don't.

Any ideas why these events don't show up in my Staging profile?

Answer 1

I had the same problem. It turns out that GA Filters only start working when you create them, not retroactively. When you create a filter and then look at a report, you will not see the filter working unless you put a timeframe that starts after the filter was created.

It's also a good idea to add a filter to a new view since the filter permanently removes the data from the view and it can't be recovered.