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Bot Rules let you remove traffic that is generated by known spiders and bots from your report suite. Removing bot traffic can provide a more accurate measurement of user activity on your website.After bot rules are defined, all incoming traffic is compared against the defined rules. Traffic that matches any of these rules is not collected in the report suite and is not included in traffic metrics.Removing bot traffic typically reduces the volume of traffic and conversion metrics. Many customers find that removing bot traffic results in increased conversion rates and increases in other usability metrics. Before removing bot traffic, communicate with stakeholders to make sure they can make the necessary adjustments to key performance indicators as a result of this change. If possible, it is recommended to first remove bot traffic from a small report suite to estimate the potential impact.We recommend defining no more than 200 bot rules per report suite.Bot traffic data is stored in a sep

If you do not want a report suite to be available to you and your users any more, you can hide it from view. Hiding a report suite prevents it from being shown in the report suite selector drop-down menu., the Admin Console, or anywhere else that report suites are shown. It makes the report suite's data inaccessible via the Adobe Analytics interfaces until the report suite is unhidden.Note: Data that is sent to a hidden report suite from your site continues to be collected, processes, and billed.To hide the report suite, go to Analytics > Admin > Company Settings. Check the Hidden checkbox to the left of the report suite name.To unhide the report suite, uncheck the Hidden checkbox.To view only hidden report suites under Company Settings, select View > Only Hidden Report Suites.To view only visible report suites, select View > Only Visible Report Suites.The default is View > All. Reference: https://marketing.adobe.com/resources/help/en_US/reference/c_hide_report_suites.ht

As your site collects data, there are many external factors that can drastically affect data collection or reporting. The following is a list of potential explanations as to why certain variables or overall traffic dramatically increases or decreases.Traffic dropsTo troubleshoot dramatic decreases in traffic, place each into two categories: zero data or partial data.Potential causes of completely missing data (reporting zeros) Implementation removal: Sometimes when an organization makes implementation changes or even a site restructure, reimplementing code is overlooked. Working with your developers in reimplementing the code on your site is recommended to resume data collection.Report Suite Latency: Occasionally, a report suite can experience latency due to a number of factors. Many latency issues are resolved within hours. If you are concerned with a specific report suite, one of your organization's supported users can contact Customer Care with the affected report suite ID. The Adob