Tracking Sub Domains and Sub Folder in Universal Analytics

Universal Analytics is out there and lot of Google Analytics users are seeing upgrade message. Soon there will be an auto upgrade for all the Google Analytics accounts.

With the new Universal Analytics, We can see data more at User Levels instead of Visits, Page views. Newly introduced Sessions, Users data is making interesting buzz on internet.

We all know how to track Sub Domains in Google analytics, But many wonder how to track subdomains in Universal Analytics.

In Universal Analytics, you don’t need a separate tracking code to track Sub Domains. Universal analytics ISOGRAM code will now also tracks at domain and sub domain levels. Simple place the Universal tracking code in all pages of website including sub domains.

Want to Monitor Data separately?
You can use Profile Views to Separately View the Data of Sub Domains.
1.    Click on “Admin”

2.    Click on “VIEW (Profile)”

3.    Click on “Create New View”

4.    Choose “Reporting View Name” The name can be “Shop View.”
Now Go to Filters under the Desired Profile View

Click on Create New Filter, Name the Filter Sub Domain Track

Now you can customize the Filter, with Include and Exclude data of Hostname, Sub Directories, IP and ISP as well.

Now you will be able to see the traffic coming to specific sub domains exactly. For Testing whether you are receiving the data, you can view Real Time data of Profile where you can see the number of live users and site pages.

Similarly you can track Sub folder data as well.