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Garmin MoveIQ Activity Summary Export Format

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Move IQ Event summaries are a feed of activities which have been automatically detected by the device based on movement patterns, like running or biking. These are not activities initiated by the user.

  • File Prefix: GarminMoveIQActivitySummary
  • Natural Key: ParticipantID+ SummaryId

For a complete list of all the export file types possible, see the Garmin Export Overview.

Table of Contents

Data Fields

Field Description
ParticipantID The stable, automatically generated, internal system identifier for this participant. Universally unique identifier (UUID).
ParticipantIdentifier The identifier of the participant the activity summary is for. Can be used to cross reference with Participants.
SummaryId Unique identifier for the summary.
ActivityId Unique identifier for the activity at Garmin Connect.
StartTimeInSeconds

Start time of the activity in seconds since January 1, 1970, 00:00:00 UTC (Unix timestamp).
StartTimeOffsetInSeconds Offset in seconds to add to startTimeInSeconds to derive the “local” time of the device that captured the data.
DurationInSeconds

The duration of the measurement period in seconds.
CalendarDate

The calendar date this summary would be displayed on in Garmin Connect. The date format is ‘yyyy-mm-dd’.
ActivityType

Text description of the activity type.
ActivitySubType

Text description of the activity sub type.
InsertedDate The creation date of the entry, in ISO 8601 format. Is always in UTC.

Sample CSV Export

ParticipantID,ParticipantIdentifier,SummaryId,StartTimeInSeconds,OffsetInSeconds,DurationInSeconds,CalendarDate,ActivityType,ActivitySubType,InsertedDate
1be320d5-57fa-4860-8fa2-033b27038c4e,TST12345,x45e31a7-63c410b8walking474,1673793720,-18000,1140,2023-01-15,walking,,2023-02-04T16:22:33Z
1be320d5-57fa-4860-8fa2-033b27038c4e,TST12345,x45e31a7-63cbeba8walking2d0,1674308520,-18000,720,2023-01-21,walking,,2023-02-04T16:22:33Z
1be320d5-57fa-4860-8fa2-033b27038c4e,TST12345,x45e31a7-63cc47c4running744,1674332100,-18000,1860,2023-01-21,running,,2023-02-04T16:22:33Z
...
1be320d5-57fa-4860-8fa2-033b27038c4e,TST12345,x45e31a7-63cd77c0walking1554,1674409920,-18000,5460,2023-01-22,walking,,2023-02-04T16:22:33Z

Sample JSON Export

{
    "CalendarDate": "2023-01-15",
    "StartTimeInSeconds": 1673793720,
    "OffsetInSeconds": -18000,
    "DurationInSeconds": 1140,
    "ActivityType": "walking",
    "ParticipantID": "b728e3e8-1e97-453c-a3a5-5f4a1e5ce687",
    "ParticipantIdentifier": "TST12345",
    "SummaryId": "x45e31a7-63c410b8walking474",
    "InsertedDate": "2023-02-04T16:22:33"
}
{
    "CalendarDate": "2023-01-21",
    "StartTimeInSeconds": 1674308520,
    "OffsetInSeconds": -18000,
    "DurationInSeconds": 720,
    "ActivityType": "walking",
    "ParticipantID": "b728e3e8-1e97-453c-a3a5-5f4a1e5ce687",
    "ParticipantIdentifier": "TST12345",
    "SummaryId": "x45e31a7-63cbeba8walking2d0",
    "InsertedDate": "2023-02-04T16:22:33"
}
{
    "CalendarDate": "2023-01-21",
    "StartTimeInSeconds": 1674332100,
    "OffsetInSeconds": -18000,
    "DurationInSeconds": 1860,
    "ActivityType": "running",
    "ParticipantID": "b728e3e8-1e97-453c-a3a5-5f4a1e5ce687",
    "ParticipantIdentifier": "TST12345",
    "SummaryId": "x45e31a7-63cc47c4running744",
    "InsertedDate": "2023-02-04T16:22:33"
}
...
{
    "CalendarDate": "2023-01-22",
    "StartTimeInSeconds": 1674409920,
    "OffsetInSeconds": -18000,
    "DurationInSeconds": 5460,
    "ActivityType": "walking",
    "ParticipantID": "b728e3e8-1e97-453c-a3a5-5f4a1e5ce687",
    "ParticipantIdentifier": "TST12345",
    "SummaryId": "x45e31a7-63cd77c0walking1554",
    "InsertedDate": "2023-02-04T16:22:33"
}

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