cross domain - consolidate _ga pageviews in Google Analytics

Question

I've recently configured my site for Cross Domain Tracking (following the Simo checklist) and can now see data pulling through as expected (ie. the source is consistent through my 3 domains). However, this now means that the hit on the first crossed domain will now show the bespoke _ga id in the Google Analytics All Pageview report, so that particular url will be split across tons of rows. I've added _ga to the Exclude URL Query Parameters section in the view settings, but this doesn't appear to be having any effect. I've seen people mention using a filter to strip these out, but i'm reluctant until i understand why the Exclude URL Query Parameters solution isn't working. Could it be that as this is a Google thing that it's not able to exclude in this way? What can i do to consolidate all those urls into fewer rows?

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question from:https://stackoverflow.com/questions/65941876/consolidate-ga-pageviews-in-google-analytics

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