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How To video: Visualise your Fitbit data in Power BI

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How To video: Visualise your Fitbit data in Power BI

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In this video, our BI wizard Frederik Aerts, integrates the data of his Fitbit into Microsoft Power BI.

When using the template, you need to provide the full path of 3 example files (steps/calories/resting heart rate) and also the main folder path:

  • Folder: this is the folder where your downloaded Fitbit data resides (unzipped)
  • FullPathSteps: this is an example file for the Steps (pick any json file you want from the Folder above, as long as it starts with `steps`)
  • FullPathCalories: this is an example file for the Calories (pick any json file you want from the Folder above, as long as it starts with `calories`)
  • FullPathHearRateRest: this is an example file for the Resting Heart Rate (pick any json file you want from the Folder above, as long as it starts with `resting_heart_rate`)

For example:

If your system is not using the US date format, you will probably see this error after loading the data:

In that case, go to `File > Options and settings > Options` and set the regional settings for import to English (United States):

That should do it!

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