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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[swheeler]

Just want to add my vote to the need for HR data and resting HR data be included in downloads.  Heart rate data is included in the archive, but I'm not sure how to deal with it yet.

Thank you

Steven Wheeler

[AukeL]

It is possible to retreive your HR data on a 10 seconds interval. Many options given in the past. Scroll back in this thread and you’ll find them

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[e94904]

Id love to see this on a charge 3. That's a great feature.

[TrendyTreky]

I have found a way to access my entire (5 minute increment) heart rate record from FitBit using Data Export at
https://www.fitbit.com/settings/data/export


under Export Your Account Archive; request data


This will generate a MyFitBit.zip file of ALL your activity, including Heart Rate, by date.once the zip file is downloaded, there are many file types within including files titled "heart_rate-YYYY-MM-DD.json" (where YYYY-MM-DD=Year-Month-Day)The format of the Heart rate JSON record is (by example):[{  "dateTime" : "03/05/18 08:00:03",  "value" : {    "bpm" : 60,    "confidence" : 1  }},{  "dateTime" : "03/05/18 08:00:08",  "value" : {    "bpm" : 60,    "confidence" : 2  }
...   (note the records are in 5 minute increments)
To convert this to a CSV file, a typical RTF file editor, such as Microsoft Word or equivalent can edit this file with a couple find and replace.(I find Word better for replacing Paragraph marks)Replace: ColonSpace with CommaSpace (": " with ", ")Replace : ParagraphMarkSpace with CommaSpace ("^p " with ", ")Then delete any other extra characters as desired.  Note the first and last line need special handling.
This file can be imported into spreadsheets, such as Microsoft Excel.
Better than nothing.

[jo111]

add

[TrendyTreky]

Sorry, should have said 5 second, not 5 minute increments in the JSON file

[RaduGalan]

"Great suggestion let's see what the community thinks" sounds like someone would say when they have to answer something, but don't really want to. I can't believe this feature haven't been implemented yet, especially since it's been suggested plenty of times and since more than a year ago. The only reason I bought a fitbit is because I've heard only good things about you and how you share your data and allow exporting. As a programmer I was really looking forward to working with my raw data. And as you probably know in machine learning you need quite a lot of entries to train something, and I am not willing to wait all my life for that data because it's only daily.

[mtyger]

I find it utterly frustrating and illogical that I can download data for literally everything EXCEPT detailed information on my daily heart rate, which by the way was the reason I got my fitbit AND one for my mother. Why is this even a suggestion that needs to be made???? Why collect so much heart data that cannot be accessed in any real way?

Also, it's ridiculous that I can't use my last name as my username because it has a word in it that is "restricted."

[LuciaFitbit]

Hi @mtyger, thanks for taking the time to share your feedback with us. This feature suggestion already exists so I’ve moved your post here. Don't forget to add your vote!

[mtyger]

Why do I have to vote for ANYTHING? I have already told you what I want and expect from my device and the utterly illogical oversight of not allowing users to export the information about their heart rate that the device IS ALREADY TRACKING!!!

This is not a “Community” decision! This is actually a corporate fix for an illogical oversight, so just FIX IT! That is my “Vote.”

This is an overly democratic process and a way to avoid actually servicing customers. I see that some people have been complaining about this for a year. Does that sound like customer service? Please just FIX IT, and leave me alone with all of this time-wasting nonsense!

[SunsetRunner]

I agree that this is not a feature for voting, but a right dictated by GDPR: https://gdpr-info.eu/art-20-gdpr/

I would like to see an official response of what data is maintained by FitBit and how can its customers get the data recorded about them.

[SunsetRunner]

I've sold my 5 days old Fitbit tracker, because of this issue.

[Umbriano]

In order for me to provide my physician with long-term, post-surgical monitoring of my heart rate (both during exercise and at rest), he suggested I get a tracker that measures both my heart rate and exercise activity.  I had been happy with a Flex 2, but it doesn't measure heart rate, so I upgraded to a Charge 3 one month ago based on the specs I found on the Fitbit website.  Today I discovered that it is not possible to export heart rate data from my Charge 3 (this is not revealed in the specs).  That's just astonishing to me.  Among other benefits, the ability to export heart rate data would provide an invaluable data link between patient and physician, regardless of patient's health status. 

I note in Fitbit Community postings that suggestions have been made dating back to 2015 that Fitbit include the ability to export heart rate data.  Since four years doesn't seem to have been long enough for Fitbit to have deployed that export capability, it seems a foregone conclusion that it is simply not forthcoming.   That is very disappointing, and prompts me to find another tracker that will fulfill my needs.      

[LuciaFitbit]

Hi @Umbriano, thanks for taking the time to share your feedback regarding the export feature with us. This feature suggestion already exists so I’ve moved your post here. Don't forget to add your vote!

[Umbriano]

Don't patronize me. Vote for what? What's the purpose? People have been asking Fitbit for the capability of exporting heart rate data since at least 2015. Wake me when you've actually responded meaningfully and honestly to your many customers who have suggested this important and valuable feature.

If you truly had customers' interests and your own integrity at heart, you would do two things:

1. Tell us whether or not this export function will ever be added, and if so, when; and

2. State honestly in the specs of Fitbit trackers that the export of heart rate data is not possible.

I'm not holding my breath.

[AukeL]

Every month or so somebody starts complaining again. But of course you can get your HR data! 8640 measurement points a day. Things might not be straightforward but you can get your data. We read 20 fitbits simultaneously for research purposes. And that works really fine. From Apple Watch you only receive your data in pdf format. So no device is as convenient as Fitbit for getting your data! Good choice you bought a charge 3!!

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[AukeL]

Don’t bother! Because it really is possible. Fitbit is correct.

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[TrendyTreky]

You can get your heart rate data. Not convenient, but usable. It is embedded in the download your entire data record.  It is in JSON format which some versions of excel handle,  but can be made as a csv with some minor editing.  See recent posts.

[DrDanGuitr]

Yes, Umbriano, it really stinks, doesn't it? If I weren't so cheap I'd toss
my Blaze and find something by some mfr. who actually wants to meet the
customers' needs. The closest thing I can find to "good news" is that the
structure of the case is apparently badly designed as well, and the band
keeps coming off. So far I've found it every time it came off, but
eventually it will just disappear and I'll have an excuse to get something
different. 🙂

[Umbriano]

TrendyTreky

 First Steps:

Thanks.  I'll look into the JSON option.  But this should not relieve FB of the responsibility to improve its product by making it capable of exporting heart rate data.  Achieving excellence requires improving, and it doesn't seem like FB cares about being excellent. 

[Umbriano]

DrDanGuitr

 Jogger:

But what will you get?   Charge 3 would be right for me if it delivered -- which it doesn't.  But there are some hopeful tech suggestions for workarounds to solve my problem on this BB.  But that doesn't help you with problems of manufacture and or quality hardware.  Apple Watch might do you, but wow -- $$$$$ for what?  Battery life of 1 day and lots of useless bells and whistles.  Good Luck!  

[MapleHill]

The squash league program is probably the best option for most.  I wrote an extensive free program but its too much for most folks.  Still, if you are looking for a program that can download your data daily unattended you might check it out.  I scheduled automated downloads in May 2016 and I have about 1700 excel files in my export folder with a record of the 8000 or so data points each day.  I put many hours into the program but not many much cared. LOL  parseheartrate.com if interested.  It still works fine, although the "API Explorer" is no longer available from Fitbit.  I haven't worked on it for several years now.  Every 30 days I'm prompted to renew my security certificate and the program takes me to the Fitbit page to approve access.  Other than that I can ignore it.

Cheers,

Ravi

[ahmer_us]

I just bought my Fitbit a month ago and if this feature is not available soon then I may have to return this device as well. There is no development required to enable this feature if min by min graphs are available over the phone app than customer should be allowed to download the raw data.

[mtyger]

Yep... it’s not available and they don’t seem to recognize its importance. It’s so illogical that you can literally download every other feature except the heart rate.

[TheLeroyMan]

I see that heart rate data is collected and can be charted, a nice feature. If this data could be added to the export to CSV, the world would rejoice!