merging stats for domain.com/ and domain.com/index.php in Google Analytics

Question

I'm using Google Analytics now and it has the annoying feature of considering domain.com/ and domain.com/index.php different items.

Is there a filter setting where I can instruct GA to merge the stats for these two items into one? It's stupid to have 20% of the homepage traffic showing up as /index.php rather than on the root.

Thank you!

Answer 1

You need to set a Filter on your profile.

Do this by navigating to account settings for your profile, then click 'Add Filter'

On the filter page, you'll need to configure it to do a Search & Replace operation on Request URIs, from /index.php to /

Here's an example of how you might configure that:

It's important to note that this filter is not retroactive; i.e., your past data will remain the same.