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Filtering by authenticated users only applies to your site if you are using HTTP authentication to control access to pages or sets of pages (realms) on your site. For documentation on how to set up HTTP authentication, you will need to consult with your web host or server software provider. If you are using an Apache 2 server, you may be able to set up this authentication yourself.
Filtering by authenticated users has two primary uses on your site.
If a part of your site requires authentication, once your visitor logs in, you can then filter for that specific visitor and get a good view of their activity on your website. Some web servers also include the authenticated realm in the log file data, so you can even use that to filter for entire groups of users aggregated together.
If you want to look at the behavior of only authenticated users, you can set up an exclude filter for '-' since a dash represents access by unauthenticated users.
Note that after your visitor logs in, still, not all web resources pulled from your server may include the authenticated user in the log of that resource access. Some graphics and auxilliary files may not include the authenticated user.
If your intranet requires HTTP authentication, filtering out authenticated users may help you see external visitor behavior.
Again, note that after your visitor logs in, still, not all web resources pulled from your server may include the authenticated user in the log of that resource access. Some graphics and auxilliary files may not include the authenticated user.