03-08-2017 05:03
03-08-2017 05:03
A couple of concerns:
1) Is Fitbit EVER going to fix the bug that prevents downloading more than 1 month's worth of data at a time? A search of these forums indicated it's been a known "feature" for perhaps two years.
2) When I look at my weight in the dashboard, it displays only days that I actually entered a value. Yet when I export the data, it records some kind of smoothed, interpolated value on every day. I don't want Fitbit's guesstimates. I want to export my data. We do own our data, right? How do I get just the values that I entered?
03-09-2017 11:04
03-09-2017 11:04
Hello @dcobranchi!
I'd like to answer your first question and ask for some more information on the second one:
Look forward to your reply.
03-09-2017 11:46
03-09-2017 11:46
You can see in the measurement history that I only have recorded two values this month. Yet the export shows something every day.
03-13-2017 12:30
03-13-2017 12:30
Hey @dcobranchi! Thanks for attaching those pictures.
I can definitely see what you said. It definitely looks like the Dashboard entered information based on the graph that shows on the web Dashboard. The numbers from March 4th to 7th should match the ones showing there.
In this case, since the exporting is based on that information it wouldn't be possible to get only the details that you entered. However you could manually delete the information for the days in which you did not log your weight.
Thanks for bringing this to our attention. If you have any further questions, please let me know.
11-18-2017 11:47
11-18-2017 11:47
I have the same concerns as @dcobranchi.
I too am looking for exporting more than 31 days of data and having a way of getting only actual data points so that I can do my own analysis.
The work arounds of exporting one month at a time manually and having to scrub my data after the fact to remove interpolated data points is very time consuming. I would much appreciate getting the raw data of actual data points for all time. Thanks for your help!
11-20-2017 07:39
11-20-2017 07:39
Hello @MarkSi.
I absolutely understand where you are coming from. Please do know that we take comments like this seriously and are always looking for ways to improve. If you have the time, perhaps you could write about it in our Feature Suggestions board where other users can vote or comment on your idea to show their support.
Hope to see you around.
11-20-2017 09:53
11-20-2017 09:53
@dcobranchi and @LanuzaFitbit:
Without looking at another period when there where gaps between "actual" weight entries, I can only say that it looks like, for the period in question (3/3 - 3/8), the download took the 1.6 pound difference, divided that by 5 days to get an average daily change of .32 pounds. And "Bingo" there are your daily extrapolated values.
I suspect it makes a nice smooth line on a graph, but take it from an application developer (computer programmer) that has been performing data extracts for over 30 years - that is not what the term "export" means.
For some people, having the application perform some kind of analysis is great. For others, not so great, as they, like @dcobranchi, want to apply their own rules to the data. And hey, like Fitbit says, we own the data.
11-20-2017 19:25
11-20-2017 19:25
Thanks for the feedback.
I've posted to the feature request forum at https://community.fitbit.com/t5/Feature-Suggestions/Exporting-Aria-Data-Should-Generate-All-Raw-Data...
11-21-2017 06:30
11-21-2017 06:30
@MrMarv As always, great post. I understand where you are coming from and definitely see your point. I will be sure to let the rest of the team know.
@MarkSi Thanks for sharing the suggestion! I will be sure to keep it mind in case I can refer other users to it.
Hope to see you both around! Feel free to ask me if there are any questions.