Make Heart Rate Data export in Excel/CSV format

[Gypsylou]

Please add the heart rate data to the reports that can be downloaded/exported.  The ones for the activity and sleep are perfect but since I have a pacemaker I really need to have one to print out for my cardiologist showing how often I rise above the set pace.

Thank you

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[ytfsic]

Things I'd like to see:

1) In addition to the "raw data" heart rate, it'd be nice to have a smoothened line for when the heart rate seems to go "way high" or "way low" due to activity.

2) After a peak activity or an exercise period, especially for exercises I've intentionally logged, it'd be nice for the graph to say the maximum heart rate (already requested), identify the exercise period on the graph with vertical dotted lines to see what the logged activity occurred during that period without having to guess when looking at the graph, and lastly a "recovered marker" as in a marker on the graph that shows approximately when the heart returned to its regular day to day behavior (not exactly resting HR but avg HR?)

3) I'd like to be able to select multiple days and see an average HR graph that combines the numbers showing me the average HR of the selected day.  Example: I'd select three days and see one line that is the average of those three.  This would be helpful to compare intraday activity to see if there is improvement.

4) I do EPOC focused training and I'd love to see an "avg calories burned outside of activity" to gauge my metabolic rate outside of my exercise.  Most of these requests are for me to try to gauge the efficacy of my exercise at achieving a prolonged post-exercise recovery.  I regularly track my exercises as "boot camp" but then I have to do a bit of guessing to figure out when my heart is "recovered".

[devans96111]

Yes, being able to export would be great, I have BP problems and Doctor would like to have a rough idea what its doing.

[mpittman]

Allowing premium members to export heart rate data for printing graphs would be an easy thing for you to do.  Fortunately I tried the "Free Trial" first and found that you don't allow this data to be exported for some reason.  This is sad and iritating.  I bought the Blaze because of the heart rate tracking and the data on the app is great. Is there a reason you are not trelling us about? Premium members are paying for this feature and are not getting the feature nor an explanation.

[JasManAK]

I am one of many who purchased the Fitbit Charge HR with the idea I could download the heart rate data. I do appreciate the graphs, and the ability to drill down on them a bit.   

I understand that a 3 field CSV file would be about 1.5 MB, for a sample every 1 second for 24 hours.  That problably is too much data to try on store on your servers.  

However, at least give us the chance to download it from our phones or PC's without storing on your servers.

Thank You,

James

[JasManAK]

I am one of many who purchased the Fitbit Charge HR with the idea I could download the heart rate data. I do appreciate the graphs, and the ability to drill down on them a bit.   

I understand that a 3 field CSV file would be about 1.5 MB, for a sample every 1 second for 24 hours.  That problably is too much data to try on store on your servers.  

However, at least give us the chance to download it from our phones or PC's without storing on your servers.

Thank You,

James

[ralucam]

Any updates on this? After a year and 3 months wait this is a deal breaker and I'll be switching from Fitbit Surge to Garmin Vivoactive HR because of the lack of HR data export (for indoor activities that don't have GPS data).

Also, there are so many feature requests for cadence (it's missing) and there were no actions taken in more than a year. My expectations are so low at this point, I can't wait till April when the Vivoactive HR is supposed to start shipping. Sorry Fitbit :(.

[coronalforce]

still nothing..?

[whitesoul]

Forget about changes soon. They are worries about money and the new watches and so on... forget about programming improvement.

Please share on amazon to let fitbit knows our dissapointed with fitbit.

You can read from glassdor website the same response, it is terrible.

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Cons

This is a terrible place to work. Management leaves at 4 every day and spends what little time they are on site harassing developers who are working 10, 11, and 12 hour days over petty things like a 45 minute bike ride to test activity detection and a spouse guest with a guest badge talking in an unrestricted area.

Every other place I've worked management has existed to help employees get work done and help them get along with their team. At Fitbit, management's job is to leave early while their options from the IPO vest and they rarely even have a clue about what is going on. They usually try to come in, complain about something so it looks like they are doing work, then leave ASAP.

A common initiative was to put timeouts throughout the app when timeouts already existed implemented exactly the same way in code that was being called. This provides no benefit and just makes 4 code paths to test instead of 2 code paths since now either timeout can expire, but if you bring something like that up you'll get in a lot of trouble. The company is very politics and friends based and data like logs proving the software doesn't work with a specific change are completely ignored.

The code base really shows the lack of love and attention as well. It was mainly done by a Russian outsourcing company and has a half dozen levels of indirection where only a couple are needed. Whenever there is a bug, and there are many since developers just tend to throw code into source control without testing and then go on vacation, you'll have to track the code flow through error states, screen states, screen state generators, screen flow classes, fragments, activities, controllers, and countless other classes most of which aren't even needed and none of which are commented since the authors were Russian and couldn't comment well in English.

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Cons

Rapid growth requires "start-up" type hours which restricts true work-life balance

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The hiring spree since early last year has brought a lot of new people in, which resulted in some people being prompted 2 or 3 months after being hired, since after 2 or 3 month, they are seen as senior, but they are not in fact.

The speed that the teams are expanding at makes me worry that there'll be efforts wasted in unnecessary politics since there are more people than needed.

[Edbett]

Agreed HR detailed raw data should be available for export.  It's clear you have the data from the rudimentary plots you do show, but once in Excel data could be processed and graphed as desired.  Please accelerate your efforts to have the HR detailed data exportable for download.  

[Rafie]

I'm a new Fitbit user and I would love to be able to export my Fitbit HR heart rate data. I was very disappointed to learn this was not possible. If seems like the users are being toyed with when the enter the export data area and it states "Your data belongs to you!" and heart rate data is not available.

[Devfit]

Why don't they just put a disclaimer like everyone else, and release the download version so all the Charge HR users can get the data that is stored.

This is the big selling point of the Charge HR and it is YOUR DATA !

Hope it is resolved soon.

[mpittman]

I've started taking a screenshot of the graph on my phone each day. Then I can assemble them in a document each week that I can store them or send to someone if I want.

[ForesterMan]

I agree. Having just bought a Charge HR specifically for monitoring my heart rate - the other aspects are all a bonus as far as I am concerned - I find it incredible that none of the HR data can be downloaded. If data storage is an issue, even a summary would be better than nothing.

[gz5]

Shame on me for not doing deep enough research, but the primary reason I went with Fitbit HR over a competitor was HR takes pulse more frequently, so I assumed all the readings could be exported...what a disappointment to find out much of the data is "trashed".  Free our data!

ps. Perfectly willing to sign something saying I understand the data is not 100% precise and am not holding Fitbit responsible for data anomalies, accuracy, etc.

[TonyPinnington]

Given up and use a chest strap HRM linked to my Strava now. makes the extra brass I paid to have heart rate feel a little redundant.

[Frannyyo]

I agree, very surprising it doesn't already exist, and very important information for some of us. Please put to the top of your implimentation list. 

[Nightwolf]

The email address maplehill left bounced.

[MapleHill]

I replied privately to avoid self-promotion.

[macbikegeek]

Hi @MapleHill, please message me with your email address. I got a bounce as well.

[Vivavoce]

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Hi @MapleHill, please message me with your email address. I got a bounce as well.

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I'd like to be included in that private message.

[MapleHill]

Hi Vivavoce,

I sent you a private email.  My contact email is also provided at the end of the bio in my profile.  just click on the MapleHill link at the top of this post.

-r

[ErlingA]

I have a Wahoo TickrX, they can export direct from the phone in CSV or XLS format. I get all info in 1 sec. increments properly. The problem with that is that when I am resting it turn itself off. ( a confirmed nonwritten feature ). I need to monitor the HR during sleep. I purchased the Charge HR. I can't find any whay to get out detailed HR data. Very strange, do they process the data locally ( in a simple graph format ), and for that reason are unable to export the details or ... ?? Othervise it's for me no reason why the data is unaccessable. Or have I missed any feature ?

[MapleHill]

Hi ErlingA,

No, the data is not processed locally.  Your heart rate data is stored on the Fitbit servers.  If you are looking at an Activity heart rate graph in your dashboard on a PC in Internet Explorer, you can save it as a text file and see how they store the data in that web page.  It is very similar but not identical to the data available by accessing it through direct calls to the Application Programming Interface (API).  You can get more information on that by going to dev.fitbit.com.  There is an API Explorer Fitbit makes available which is documented on the developer site.  And you can set up a free Personal application that lets you write code similar to the API Explorer to access your data without the Explorer (a daunting task).  Several forum members have worked on scripts and programs to help you with the process.  You can search the forums for Export Heart and you might find a post that would help you.  If you have further questions, you can post here, send me a private message by going to my profile page and clicking the Send Member a private message link, or you can read my bio and send an email directly to me.

Hope that helps.

Ravi

[NeedData]

A primary use of HR trackers is to be able to analyze and communicate the data both for yourself and for health care professionals.  While no data acquisition is perfect, the HR data could be useful if it could be exported.  Aside from some very limited pictures there appears to be no ability to capture time spent in peak or cardiac zones while exercising (or any other HR related data).  Seeing the data on a screen is useful but hardly a sufficient way to capture or communicate it.  It can't be technically difficult to export the data via the website.  The first wearable that does this easily will capture the data focused market.

[Pkpilot]

Please allow Chatge HR's heart rate monitor to connect to Runtastic. This would be very voluble for conditioning and training.