Exporting Data; Application Preferences - BodyMedia SenseWear User Manual

Exporting Data

The SenseWear® Professional software allows you to export data in XLS or CSV format for
Microsoft Excel and other data analysis applications.
Automatic Exporting of Data
When data is retrieved from a device a .swd data file is saved. At this time, the data can also be
automatically exported, this feature is set in the Settings - Preferences menu. A SenseWear
Professional license key allows for detailed data to be automatically exported. Otherwise
summary information is exported.
Exporting Data
Exporting detailed data requires a SenseWear Professional license key. To export a data file, go
to the View & Annotate Data screen (figure 6). Click the Export button located at the bottom of
your screen. When prompted, name and save the .xls or .csv file. To view the exported file,
double click on the file.
The detailed .xls file will include five tabs: Data, Subject Info, Summary, Clinician Info, and
Legend. The Data tab contains detailed data samples including raw measures, derived values,
Timestamps and annotations. The Subject Info tab includes the Subject's body information.
The Summary tab includes a day by day breakdown of derived information. The Clinician Info
tab includes notes and pertinent information about the data file for the clinician. The data
exported from SenseWear Professional also contains Blood Pressure, Blood Glucose and
Weight tabs, if the data were entered manually. The Legend tab includes a key to values used in
the Data tab.

Application Preferences

Application Preferences allow you to control the behavior of certain SenseWear Software and
SenseWear Professional features. Go to the menu bar at the top of your screen. Click Settings
and select Application Preferences from the drop down menu. A window will appear with the
following five tabs.
General
The General tab (figure 20) allows you to select how date, time, height, and weight values
should be displayed and entered, and how energy expenditure values should be displayed.
When selecting how the energy expenditure value is displayed, you can choose to include or
exclude off-body estimates in the total energy expenditure results.
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