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.csv file is not uploading correctly

marson2012 over 2 years ago

I exported my activities from Garmin connect into .csv file. I cleared my account and now I am trying to upload them back into Garmin connect. I get the "Import Complete" message but my activities are not loaded. Any fix for that?

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trux over 2 years ago +1 suggested

marson2012 said:
Any fix for that?

Not really. Unfortunately you did not export the activities, but only their list with just some very brief summaries. Those cannot be imported to Garmin Connect. For importing…
marson2012 over 2 years ago in reply to trux +1

Thank you very much for your answer. I talked with Garmin help desk, and you are right, deleted data are gone forever. Luckily 50% of my activities were still in my watch and I was able to upload them…

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0 trux over 2 years ago

marson2012 said:
Any fix for that?

Not really. Unfortunately you did not export the activities, but only their list with just some very brief summaries. Those cannot be imported to Garmin Connect. For importing the activities back to GC, you'd need to have the original files of each activity. Preferably in the FIT file format.

You can try requesting the full dump of your data, an although I doubt the deleted data would be still there, perhaps I am wrong, so you can try it anyway: https://www.garmin.com/en-US/account/datamanagement/exportdata/

There is yet another chance that at least some of the latest activities could be still on your watch. Connect it to a computer with the USB cable, and check the folder //GARMIN/Activity/ - copy all those FIT files to your drive and drop them all at once onto the Import page of GC at https://connect.garmin.com/modern/import-data

+1 marson2012 over 2 years ago in reply to trux

Thank you very much for your answer. I talked with Garmin help desk, and you are right, deleted data are gone forever. Luckily 50% of my activities were still in my watch and I was able to upload them from .fit files. Lesson learned.

0 marson2012 over 2 years ago in reply to marson2012

What surprised me is that Garmin does not offer an option to export all activities at once as .tcx, .fit or .gpx file that will be a way to back-up your activities.

0 e7andy over 2 years ago in reply to marson2012

They do: https://www.garmin.com/en-US/account/datamanagement/exportdata/

0 marson2012 over 2 years ago in reply to e7andy

Have you tried that? In what format do they export your data?

0 seilogramp over 2 years ago in reply to marson2012

Last time I did this it took about a week (I have 19 years worth of activities). I eventually received an email from Garmin "Your Portability Request Is Complete." In the email was a link to download my entire history of uploaded activities in a zip file. It contained every activity exactly in the type it was uploaded - FIT, GPX, and TCX.

0 marson2012 over 2 years ago in reply to seilogramp

Thank you for your answer. Good to know.

0 e7andy over 2 years ago in reply to marson2012

I take a backup with that function once every year. It is a lot of data and is pretty hard to navigate all the files and folders, but it works good.