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Heart Rate Data

fenix5xI routinely records my heart rate without any extra settings. You can check it via Garmin Connect.
Do you know where this data is stored?
I selected 'Export original data' from the gear symbol in WEB Garmin Connect and executed it.
I then got the following three types of fit files, then got the following three types of fit files.

~_WELLNESS.fit
~_METRICS.fit
~_SLEEP_DATA.fit

But there was no heart rate data in any of the fit files.
If you know where the heart rate data is stored, please let me know.

Thanks,

Kizen

0 seilogramp over 1 year ago

I can read these fit files using a 3rd party tool. such as Fit File Repair Tool and view as Excel file. I used the largest *.wellness.fit file (18kb) as it had the most data, including heart rate recorded every minute since around midnight today.

FitFileRepairTool-20231102-124557.xlsx

You can also use something like FIT File Viewer to view the contents of the file and download a CSV

0 kizen777 over 1 year ago in reply to seilogramp

Hi seilogramp,

Thanks for the information.

I am extracting the timestamps and heart rates recorded every second from the workout records on my Garmin fenix5x or Edge, ex. bike, run, or walk, from the fit file. However, as shown in the attached diagram, the Smartwatch fenix5x displays the number of steps, stairs climbed, and heart rate in daily life. This raw data does not seem to remain as a fit file.

I would like to know how to get this raw data.

0 trux over 1 year ago in reply to kizen777

kizen777 said:
This raw data does not seem to remain as a fit file.

The heart rate data is in welness.fit files, exactly as seilogramp wrote. However, the sampling rate for the all-day data is not 1s, rather just each 2 minutes.

0 kizen777 over 1 year ago in reply to trux

Hi 8484322,

I appreciate your support too.

Noted, all-day data is not 1s, but just every 2 minutes.

I wanted to collect my heart rate when I sleep and I felt it was not comfortable to put a strap HRM in sleep.

How do I collect the heart rate per one second in sleep? Is it the only way to wear a strap HRM in the sleep and what activity should I select?

BTW it seems quite different from my data and seilogramp's screenshot.

0 trux over 1 year ago in reply to kizen777

kizen777 said:
How do I collect the heart rate per one second in sleep?

You have to record it as an activity.

0 kizen777 over 1 year ago in reply to trux

Noted, I need to record some indoor activity with strap HRM.

0 trux over 1 year ago in reply to kizen777

With or without the strap, that's up to you. With the strap you get more accurate data, of course, though.