What does recordCount mean in exported xml from Health.app?

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yas375 OP

Created Sep ’15

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I'm working on an app dealing with the data exported from Health.app using build in export feature.

In the exported xml some of the records have "recordCount" attribute and I can't figure out what does it mean.

<Record type="HKQuantityTypeIdentifierHeartRate" source="Victor's Apple Watch" unit="count/s" startDate="20150603003800-0700" endDate="20150604003800-0700" min="1.01667" max="1.35" average="1.21111" recordCount="9"/>
<Record type="HKQuantityTypeIdentifierHeartRate" source="Victor's Apple Watch" unit="count/s" startDate="20150604003800-0700" endDate="20150605003800-0700" min="0.766667" max="1.7" average="1.13559" recordCount="37"/>
<Record type="HKQuantityTypeIdentifierHeartRate" source="Victor's Apple Watch" unit="count/s" startDate="20150605003800-0700" endDate="20150606003800-0700" min="1.01667" max="2.3" average="1.41458" recordCount="16"/>
<Record type="HKQuantityTypeIdentifierHeartRate" source="Victor's Apple Watch" unit="count/s" startDate="20150606003800-0700" endDate="20150607003800-0700" min="1.03333" max="1.78333" average="1.2619" recordCount="14"/>
<Record type="HKQuantityTypeIdentifierHeartRate" source="Victor's Apple Watch" unit="count/s" startDate="20150607003800-0700" endDate="20150608003800-0700" min="1.01667" max="1.35" average="1.22222" recordCount="12"/>
<Record type="HKQuantityTypeIdentifierDistanceWalkingRunning" source="Victor's Apple Watch" unit="m" startDate="20150502003800-0700" endDate="20150503003800-0700" value="17209.8" recordCount="398"/>
<Record type="HKQuantityTypeIdentifierDistanceWalkingRunning" source="Victor's Apple Watch" unit="m" startDate="20150503003800-0700" endDate="20150504003800-0700" value="10004.2" recordCount="227"/>
<Record type="HKQuantityTypeIdentifierDistanceWalkingRunning" source="Victor's Apple Watch" unit="m" startDate="20150504003800-0700" endDate="20150505003800-0700" value="4662.04" recordCount="170"/>
<Record type="HKQuantityTypeIdentifierDistanceWalkingRunning" source="Victor's Apple Watch" unit="m" startDate="20150505003800-0700" endDate="20150506003800-0700" value="4201.85" recordCount="126"/>

Could somebody clarify this for me please? Thanks in advance!

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Answer 1

yas375 OP

Oct ’15

Any response from an Apple engineer, please?

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Answer 2

Antonio Carranza OP

Nov ’15

I'm not sure but it seems that in the export process some data like step count is totalized. I figure that if you found 5342 steps they are the sum of a number of different records.

don't know why there is no documentation about the two files generated in the export process. Did you find something?

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Answer 3

Antonio Carranza OP

Nov ’15

Ok, I'm looking at <Record type="HKQuantityTypeIdentifierFlightsClimbed" source="iPhone de Antonio" unit="count" startDate="20151027122800+0100" endDate="20151028122800+0100" value="2" recordCount="2"/>

in my iPhone there are two record both with a value of 1.

in my iPhone I have 3 records each with a value of 1. but the hours don´t match.

Same, two records with a value of 1 on day 6, and 3 recods with a value of 1 on day 5 so recordCount=5 and Value=5.

If I delete one record and make a new export the result is that tha last register has been divided into two register both with a record count of 2. So Recordcount is the number of registers totalized in the export.

The start and end dates are a misterious for me right now. I can´t understand the purpose of this export file.

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