What is the different between filter and segment?

[bangalorewebgur]

What is the different between filter and segment?

[pranalabel]

Segment – For a segment, every visit is checked to see if it satisfies the conditions of the segment. For sessions that satisfy the condition, all rows are returned. For sessions that do not, no rows are returned.

Filter – For a filter all the rows for ALL visits are considered, then only the rows that satisfy the conditions of the filter will be returned.

[dennis123]

filters should be used for data preparation purposes, whereas segments are meant as a way to focus on different session or user behaviours to highlight patterns and insights. Unless you are a power user and/or admin, just use segments for reporting and analysis.

[daikaads]

Filters and segments in Google Analytics are two different techniques which are used to select data to be shown in reports. Filters are used to change the way data is collected in a Google Analytics view whereas Segments are meant for focusing on different sessions or user behaviors to highlight the insights