How can I separate anonymous traffic from known traffic?

When you collect some data from visitors who don’t consent using a 30-minute cookie, you’ll see their data mixed with data from other visitors. In this article, we’ll show you how to keep that data apart.

Create a segment for no-consent traffic

To create a segment for anonymous traffic, follow these steps:

1. Go to Menu > Analytics.
2. At the top of any open tab like Dashboards, Reports, Custom reports, Goals, or Ecommerce, you will find segments. Click the + button.
   

   

3. Click Manage segments.
4. Click Add new segment.
5. Name the segment, for example, No-consent traffic.
6. In Visibility, set: Author or All users. The All users option lets you share this segment with other teammates.
7. Set the following condition: IPv4 address equals 0.0.0.0.
   

   

   Note: If Collect data using a 30-minute cookie is turned on, visitors’ IP addresses are fully masked. This is how they look in reports: 0.0.0.0. This is why you can use this condition to filter out non-consent traffic.

8. Click Create segment.

Create a segment for consent traffic

To create a segment for known traffic, follow these steps:

1. Go to Menu > Analytics.
2. At the top of any open tab like Dashboards, Reports, Custom Reports, Goals, or Ecommerce, you will find segments. Click the + button.
3. Click Manage segments.
4. Click Add new segment.
5. Name the segment, for example, Consent traffic.
6. In Visibility, set: Author or All users. The All users option lets you share this segment with other teammates.
7. Set the following condition: IPv4 address not equals 0.0.0.0.
   

   

   Note: If Collect data using a 30-minute cookie is turned on, visitors’ IP addresses are fully masked. This is how they look in reports: 0.0.0.0. This is why you can use this condition to filter out non-consent traffic.

8. Click Create segment.

Compare both traffics

After creating segments, you will be able to apply them to your dashboards, core reports, and custom reports. Here’s an example of a comparison of both traffics.