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AngelDee77
AngelDee77
Level 4
October 17, 2019
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Why does local file names show up in my Pages report

We haven't switched on s.pageName yet, and normally just see the URLs for our webpages.  However we do get randoms like the following:

file:///C:/Users/etc....

file:///localfile.....

Why do i get page's for content that looks like its on user's c drives?

Angela

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Urs_Boller
Urs_BollerAccepted solution
Community Advisor
October 18, 2019

I wouldn't block them by default, but filter out from reporting.

what you could do is adding a condition to the tag manager to check for "file://" in the URL (and kill tracking)

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Urs_Boller
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Urs_BollerCommunity Advisor
Community Advisor
October 17, 2019

maybe because the user does not know how to make a bookmark and just save the html to desktop (for a quick access). when user opens the html, the local path is displayed and therefore appearing in your reporting.

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KeriannSu
Level 2
October 18, 2019

Happening here too, and ursboller is correct as to why. Is there a way to block this from happening?

Thanks,

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Urs_Boller
Community Advisor
Urs_BollerCommunity AdvisorAccepted solution
Community Advisor
October 18, 2019

I wouldn't block them by default, but filter out from reporting.

what you could do is adding a condition to the tag manager to check for "file://" in the URL (and kill tracking)

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