Path filters operators

The following are the path filters:

  • Entry URL
  • Exit URL
  • Visited URL
  • Referring site

URL components

The URL components help you to better understand the functionality of the path filters operators.

Path components.

Here are the URL components:

  • Protocol: This identifies the protocol to access the page or website, which can be http or https.
  • Domain: This identifies the website.
  • Path: This identifies the specific resource within the website.
  • Query parameters: This includes query string and fragments.

Note

The following characters are only supported: a-z, A-Z,0-9, -, ., _, /, and ~. Any other characters need to be percent-encoded.

Regular path filters

In regular filters, the path is matched by finding all URLs that contain the text entered.

Note

This rule is case sensitive.

Example 1:

For the input 'pages', the results that match all the URLs with the input text are displayed.

URL Does this path match with example URL?
http://www.contoso.com/pages/ Yes
http://www.contoso.com/pages/subpage Yes
http://www.contoso.com/pages/?id=1 Yes
http://www.contoso.com/pages/?id=1&id=2 Yes
http://www.contoso.com/PAGES No
https://www.contoso.com/pages/ Yes
http://contoso.com/pages Yes
https://contoso.com/pages/ Yes

Example 2:

For the input http://www.contoso.com/pages/?id=1, the results that match all the URLs with the input are displayed.

URL Does this path match with example URL?
http://www.contoso.com/pages/ No
http://www.contoso.com/pages/subpage No
http://www.contoso.com/pages/?id=1 Yes
http://www.contoso.com/pages/?id=1&id=2 Yes
http://www.contoso.com/pages/?id=1#article Yes

Advanced path filters

Advanced path filters support the following operators:

  • Is: Filter recordings by exactly matching the URL specified.
  • Is not: Filter recordings without the specified URL.
  • Includes: Filter recordings that contain the specified URL.
  • Excludes: Filter recordings that don't contain the specified URL.

Is operator

This is an exact match type that is used to target a page on your website, ignoring any query parameters that might get added. You can choose to include query parameters by checking include query parameters.

Example 1:

For the input https://www.contoso.com/pages/, the following results will be matched and unmatched:

URL Does this path match with example URL and with ignore query params? Does this path match with example URL and with accept query params?
https://www.contoso.com/pages/ Yes Yes
https://www.contoso.com/pages/subpage No No
https://www.contoso.com/pages/?id=1 Yes No
https://www.contoso.com/pages/?id=1&id=2 Yes No
https://www.contoso.com/pages/?id=1#article Yes No
https://www.contoso.com/PAGES No No
http://www.contoso.com/pages/ No No
https://contoso.com/pages No No
http://contoso.com/pages/ No No

Example 2:

For the input https://www.contoso.com/pages/?id=1, the following results will be matched and unmatched:

URL Does this path match with the example URL and with ignore query params? Does this path match with the example URL and with accept query params?
https://www.contoso.com/pages/ No No
https://www.contoso.com/pages/subpage No No
https://www.contoso.com/pages/?id=1 No Yes
https://www.contoso.com/pages/?id=1&id=2 No No
https://www.contoso.com/pages/?id=1#article No No
https://www.contoso.com/PAGES No No
http://www.contoso.com/pages/ No No
https://contoso.com/pages No No
http://contoso.com/pages/ No No

Is not operator

This is the exact opposite of the Is operator.

Example:

For the input https://www.contoso.com/pages/?id=1, the results with the example URL will be displayed ignoring id=1. So, the following URLS will be ignored:

However, if you check to include query params then the URL https://www.contoso.com/pages/?id=1 will be displayed.

Includes operator

This matches all the URLs that are used to target a page on your website, ignoring any query parameters that might get added. You can choose to include query parameters by checking the box include query parameters.

Example 1:

For the input https://www.contoso.com/pages/, the following results will be matched and unmatched:

URL Does this path match with example URL and with ignore query params? Does this path match with example URL and with accept query params?
https://www.contoso.com/pages/ Yes Yes
https://www.contoso.com/pages/subpage Yes Yes
https://www.contoso.com/pages/?id=1 Yes Yes
https://www.contoso.com/pages/?id=1&id=2 Yes Yes
https://www.contoso.com/pages/?id=1#article Yes Yes

Example 2:

For the input https://www.contoso.com/pages/?id=1, the following results will be matched and unmatched:

URL Does this path match with example URL and with ignore query params? Does this path match with example URL and with accept query params?
https://www.contoso.com/pages/ No No
https://www.contoso.com/pages/subpage No No
https://www.contoso.com/pages/?id=1 No Yes
https://www.contoso.com/pages/?id=1&id=2 No Yes
https://www.contoso.com/pages/?id=1#article No Yes

Excludes operator

This is the exact opposite of the Includes operator.

Example:

For the input https://www.contoso.com/pages/?id=1, the results with the example URL will be excluded. So, the following URLS won't be part of the search result:

However, if you check include query params then the URL https://www.contoso.com/pages/?id=1 will be displayed.

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