Data Field: AppBuilder

By user request, this app lets you define your own data field, based on a simple math formula like cadence / 2.

If you want to get fancy, there's conditional expressions (like IF in Excel), functions for data analysis (like MIN and AVG), and the data field can also display the text of your choice. The resulting data can be (optionally) written to the activity FIT file.

With AppBuilder, you can implement almost any field that involves math, such as: calculating normalized power and saving the data to the FIT activity file, showing the average pace for even-numbered laps, or recording the amount of time you sprinted.

Full documentation and examples here:
http://ciq-appbuilder.blogspot.com/

AppBuilder 5:
Now with new features! AppBuilder 5 is a completely new app, so please check it out in the store if you are interested in any of the new features.
https://apps.garmin.com/en-US/apps/fd690281-9c22-4fee-a81e-3b7f39aa67c5

- Store up to four formulas per app. Switch between formulas directly on the watch, without using a phone or PC. With four clone apps, you can store up to 16 formulas total
- User variables. Allows for powerful formulas where information can be stored at one point, like the start of a lap, and used later. e.g. Lap elevation change
- Improved timeavg() options. Allows for simpler, more flexible normalized power function
- More functions and variables

4 clones of AppBuilder are available in the store, so you can have 2 formulas in the same activity

and store up to 16 different formulas in all.
3 for 735XT, 4 for Edge devices

AppBuilder 5+:
All the power of AppBuilder 5 in a full-screen datafield with four or six fields, for cutting-edge watches and Edge cycling computers:
https://apps.garmin.com/en-US/apps/394941a6-4e73-4843-820b-fdcfbc877f3a

AppBuilder Classic:
Supports all your existing formulas forever, no matter how complex. 4 clones are available in the store, so you can store up to 4 different formulas.
https://apps.garmin.com/en-US/apps/deb4b872-48be-409c-b91a-9b8485d2fc80

See all my apps here, including all AppBuilder clones, and Distance to Start, Time to Start and Elevation Change as standalone apps:
https://apps.garmin.com/en-US/developer/8545c609-c030-4c0c-b3d8-4bc63ebdc901/apps

I created this app as a fun project in response to an interesting user suggestion. So I'd love to hear if anyone thinks this is practical or useful, and what kinds of extra features you would like to see, if any.

Feel free to share any useful formulas of your own in the thread!

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BentoGalado over 1 year ago in reply to FlowState

Hello, thank you for your app!

I'am a trail runner

I'm trying o develop a field for ITRA points

1KM=1PT

100M ASCENT = 1 POINT

I did a basic for total Itra POINTS/ H

(((Distance_raw*0.001) + (totalascente * 0.01)) / (timer/3600)

This is give me the ItraPOint per hour, How do i make this per 10 second avg?

Thank you

Greg B over 1 year ago

Hello, Just come across and I am keen to start playing with it to try and get round the problem of only CIQ data fields being added to an activity on a fenix 6Pro. Is there a full list of each metric we can use in the code and what their code variables are. e,g 'steps' is for total steps etc

phoglund_ over 1 year ago in reply to Greg B

You have a very good doc here: ciq-appbuilder.blogspot.com/.../overview.html

FlowState over 1 year ago in reply to BentoGalado

BentoGalado said:
I did a basic for total Itra POINTS/ H

(((Distance_raw*0.001) + (totalascente * 0.01)) / (timer/3600)

This is give me the ItraPOint per hour, How do i make this per 10 second avg?

Sorry for the late reply. If I'm understanding you correctly, you want the ITRA points per hour, averaged over the last 10 seconds? If so, this should work:

timeavg((distance_raw * 0.001 + totalascent * 0.01) / (timer / 3600), 10)

Greg B over 1 year ago in reply to phoglund_

Thanks

Greg B over 1 year ago

I have 4 field in my app builder writing to the fit file, they appear GC as graphs, is there a way to get them appear with the final values as numerical entries like the streak data field below?

FlowState over 1 year ago in reply to Greg B

Use recordsummary() to write something as a FIT summary value and norecord() to avoid writing to the graph.

https://ciq-appbuilder.blogspot.com/p/functions.html?m=1

For example:
e.g. Record max HR to the summary, but don't record anything to the graph. Display current HR.

recordsummary(max(hr)) ; norecord() ; hr

Another example (display HR and record final value)

norecord() ; recordsummary(hr)

Greg B over 1 year ago in reply to FlowState

Thank you!!

So, if i want, for example, distance in KM recorded as text I could use

recordsummary(distance_raw/1000) ; distance_raw/1000

That will record the distance in KM, show it in a graph and display it on the device during the activity.

and

recordsummary(distance_raw/1000) ; norecord() ; distance_raw/1000

That will record the distance in KM, not show it in a graph and display it on the device during the activity

FlowState over 1 year ago in reply to Greg B

Correct, except recordsummary() (and the other record*() functions) return the same value you passed in, so you can simplify your formulas as follows:

recordsummary(distance_raw/1000)

norecord() ; recordsummary(distance_raw/1000)

Sorry I didn't make that clear in my comment.

Greg B over 1 year ago in reply to FlowState

Perfect, thanks!