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Importing Data from Fitbit

Hi everyone,

I am thinking of moving from Fitbit To Garmin. I have ben using Fitbit since 2015 and would like to import all my data to Garmin but it doesn't seem to work.

I tried to import just a month but nothing.

You tube videos seems to say it's working but I can't get it to work.

Any help would be appreciated.

Many Thanks

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4265122 over 1 year ago +2

So, I finally managed to do it!!

Export activities a month at a time. You can do it for "body" as well. Using custom export. Then, import these files in Garmin connect.

I now did 2 years. It…
trux over 1 year ago in reply to 5002198 +2

5002198 said:
the import needs the file to be named " weight

No, the file can be named in any way you want:
4265122 over 1 year ago in reply to seilogramp +1

Hi, I did it more than once and it says the import was complete but I have nothing showing.

Could it be a formatting issue. Date and time together?

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0 trux over 1 year ago in reply to 5002198

Right

0 1100599 over 1 year ago in reply to trux

Thank you so much for all your help and patience.

But... this is so weird. If I take your file I can import it without trouble. But as soon as I save it again, even if I didn't do any changes to it, then even if the import says it's successful it fails. The data doesn't show up for some reason.

I'm wondering if Excel rewrites something hidden when I save it again. What language do you have on your keyboard setting (I know that has forked up things before)?

0 trux over 1 year ago in reply to 1100599

What editor do you use? And what OS?

I am editing it with Notepad on Windows. Rich text editors like Word, Wordpad, etc will corrupt the formatting. MacOS or Unix can add different endlines than Windows uses.

0 trux over 1 year ago in reply to 1100599

1100599 said:
I'm wondering if Excel rewrite

Don't use Excel ! Despite that the CSV is an abbreviation for "Comma Separated Values", Excel for some stupid reason replaces commas with its own separators that depend on your localization - it can be semicolons, tabs, and perhaps even other characters. Practically nobody except Microsoft uses other separators than commas in CSVs. Avoid Excel. If you need a spredsheet program, rather use OpenOffice Calc - it can handle CSV files better.

0 1100599 over 1 year ago in reply to trux

There we go! I tried with Notepad and it worked! Thank you!

And of course Microsoft forks things up XD

Didn't know Excel did that, but now I do. Thank you so much!