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Adding heart rate to added activity

tom10i
1 month ago

It's not rocket science that Connect actually connect.  Over a given time period, all info should integrate together, expecially if you forget to choose an activity and then do one.  I've seen posts from the past 6 years of so asking for this.  DOES GARMIN WISHTO HAVE ME AS A CUSTOMER?  iF SO, JUST ADD THIS OBVIOUSLY NEEDED FEATURE.

  • 0 1 month ago

    It would not help much anyway, since adding the HR from the all-day data would have no impact on any of the metrics like Training Load, VO₂max, LTHR, Recovery Time, etc. Those have to be processed in the real-time by the watch. Besides that, the all-day data is recorded in 2 minutes intervals, which is pretty much useless for any activity. So, TBH, it is not really surprising Garmin did not add any such functionality.

  • 0 1 month ago in reply to trux

    If the watch can do it, then Garmin ought to be easily able to duplicate that those actions on its platform.  As to your comment, you are obviously wholly unaware of the how databases are put together.  I handled issues like this for a living and can assure you something as simple as duplicating/patching information is a very simple fix.

  • 0 1 month ago in reply to tom10i

    As a Connect IQ developer, and a long-years experienced user of many Garmin devices, I think I am pretty well aware of the data structure. As I wrote, the daily heart rate is stored in the monitoring data FIT files as 2 minutes averages, which is pretty much useless for any activity. Besides that, the HR sensor works in the less-accurate low power mode, when the no activity is in progress.

    In contrary, activity files contain samples of 1s (resp. of a variable length of up to several seconds, in case of the so-called Smart Recording). And the sensor works in the full power mode. The watch cannot reinvent the HR retroactively, and reprocess all the derived metrics, if you forget to start the activity, and create the activity manually.