How do you setup a test analytics account?
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I have created a test view but that is not helping with skewed data. Do you all just create a total separate profile with a different GA account for a non-indexed domain? How can I test tag manager and other things without messing with our data? I have our IP filtered out so it doesn't show up in reports but other event tags from outsiders will.
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Ok cool. We do have a dev environment. It's published sort of infrequently but I can use that. Thank you!
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Usually live (production) websites have a counterpart, their development website. I.e. dev.domain.com
This subdomain can easily be setup as its own profile and allow for company IP addresses to accrue data. I usually apply my test scenarios to the development environment first, test the goals, and then move the changes into the production environment.
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