If you are just starting out with Google Analytics it is important to categorize your data by views.

Here is how I setup my views:

All Web Site Data – When you create an account in Google Analytics this is the default view. Don’t do anything here and just create the next view

Main Report – This view will hold all my filters, segments, and goals. This is where I analyse data and formulate hypotheses from it.

Test Data – This is where I test all settings specially filters and once everything is working that is the time I’m going to implement it to the Main Report

Always remember we want to have accurate data so we need to test our filters or settings on a separate view before implementing it on the Main Report view.