{"id":447,"date":"2016-01-10T20:35:34","date_gmt":"2016-01-10T19:35:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gendalus.de\/?p=447"},"modified":"2016-01-10T21:50:00","modified_gmt":"2016-01-10T20:50:00","slug":"exporting-your-health-data-when-you-start-having-much-data","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gendalus.de\/?p=447","title":{"rendered":"Exporting your Health data when you start having much data"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Since I have the Apple Watch I collect much more data in the Health App from Apple. A couple of days ago I wanted to get the latest data from the App so I could look what data was collected.<\/p>\n<p>Apple provides a rather simple way to get your data.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gendalus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/health_workflow1.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-451\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gendalus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/health_workflow1-169x300.png\" alt=\"The data tab of the health app. The sharing icon is marked with a circle\" width=\"169\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-451\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gendalus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/health_workflow1-169x300.png 169w, https:\/\/www.gendalus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/health_workflow1-576x1024.png 576w, https:\/\/www.gendalus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/health_workflow1.png 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 169px) 100vw, 169px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gendalus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/health_workflow2.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-452\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gendalus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/health_workflow2-169x300.png\" alt=\"An alert asking if you really want to export you data. It may take a while.\" width=\"169\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-452\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gendalus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/health_workflow2-169x300.png 169w, https:\/\/www.gendalus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/health_workflow2-576x1024.png 576w, https:\/\/www.gendalus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/health_workflow2.png 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 169px) 100vw, 169px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>At the Data tab you can tell the app to export your data. The app will make two XML Files and zip them together. After the zipping the app pulls up a share sheet for this zip archive. This process takes some time. In my case it took several minutes.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gendalus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/health_workflow3.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-453\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gendalus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/health_workflow3-169x300.png\" alt=\"A popup stating that your data is being exported.\" width=\"169\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-453\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gendalus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/health_workflow3-169x300.png 169w, https:\/\/www.gendalus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/health_workflow3-576x1024.png 576w, https:\/\/www.gendalus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/health_workflow3.png 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 169px) 100vw, 169px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gendalus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/health_workflow4.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-454\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gendalus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/health_workflow4-169x300.png\" alt=\"The iOS share sheet. Run Workflow ist marked with a rectangle.\" width=\"169\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-454\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gendalus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/health_workflow4-169x300.png 169w, https:\/\/www.gendalus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/health_workflow4-576x1024.png 576w, https:\/\/www.gendalus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/health_workflow4.png 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 169px) 100vw, 169px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Usually I sent myself an Email the the archive attached. But this time the archive was to big and the mail server rejected the mail. So I needed another way. I first thought, hey let&#8217;s upload the file to my server via <a href=\"https:\/\/panic.com\/transmit\/\">Transmit<\/a>. But for some reason the share sheet does not Transmit as an option. But I saw the share sheet offered that I could run a workflow from the <a href=\"https:\/\/workflow.is\">Workflow<\/a> app.<\/p>\n<p>Turns out with a few steps you can upload this and any other data with Transmit when you setup a workflow.<\/p>\n<p>First you have to create a new workflow.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gendalus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/health_workflow5.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-455\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gendalus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/health_workflow5-169x300.png\" alt=\"The &quot;My Workflows&quot; section in the workflow app\" width=\"169\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-455\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gendalus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/health_workflow5-169x300.png 169w, https:\/\/www.gendalus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/health_workflow5-576x1024.png 576w, https:\/\/www.gendalus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/health_workflow5.png 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 169px) 100vw, 169px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In the details of the workflow choose &#8222;Action Extension&#8220; because that is what we want. Have a look that the workflow accepts Anything as input.<\/p>\n<p>Then tap action.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gendalus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/health_workflow6.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-456\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gendalus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/health_workflow6-169x300.png\" alt=\"The new workflow screen in the workflow app. Action Extension and Actions are highlighted.\" width=\"169\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-456\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gendalus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/health_workflow6-169x300.png 169w, https:\/\/www.gendalus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/health_workflow6-576x1024.png 576w, https:\/\/www.gendalus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/health_workflow6.png 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 169px) 100vw, 169px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>From the actions categories choose the Sharing item.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gendalus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/health_workflow7.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-457\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gendalus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/health_workflow7-169x300.png\" alt=\"The actions list in workflow. The item Sharing is highlighted\" width=\"169\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-457\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gendalus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/health_workflow7-169x300.png 169w, https:\/\/www.gendalus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/health_workflow7-576x1024.png 576w, https:\/\/www.gendalus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/health_workflow7.png 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 169px) 100vw, 169px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>From the sharing actions choose Share with Transmit and drag it over into the workflow.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gendalus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/health_workflow8.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-458\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gendalus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/health_workflow8-169x300.png\" alt=\"Sharing action list in workflow. The Share with Transmit item is highlighted.\" width=\"169\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-458\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gendalus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/health_workflow8-169x300.png 169w, https:\/\/www.gendalus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/health_workflow8-576x1024.png 576w, https:\/\/www.gendalus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/health_workflow8.png 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 169px) 100vw, 169px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Now tap the gear icon to access the workflow settings.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gendalus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/health_workflow9.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-459\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gendalus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/health_workflow9-169x300.png\" alt=\"The sharing workflow. It accepts Anything as input. The gear icon is highlighted.\" width=\"169\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-459\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gendalus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/health_workflow9-169x300.png 169w, https:\/\/www.gendalus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/health_workflow9-576x1024.png 576w, https:\/\/www.gendalus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/health_workflow9.png 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 169px) 100vw, 169px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here you can change the name and the icon.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gendalus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/health_workflow10.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-460\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gendalus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/health_workflow10-169x300.png\" alt=\"The settings of the workflow. Name and Icon are highlighted.\" width=\"169\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gendalus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/health_workflow10-169x300.png 169w, https:\/\/www.gendalus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/health_workflow10-576x1024.png 576w, https:\/\/www.gendalus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/health_workflow10.png 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 169px) 100vw, 169px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I chose yellow and a truck as the icon.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gendalus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/health_workflow11.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-461\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gendalus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/health_workflow11-169x300.png\" alt=\"The icon settings page with the color palette open. Yellow is highlighted. An arrow points at the Glyph tab.\" width=\"169\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-461\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gendalus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/health_workflow11-169x300.png 169w, https:\/\/www.gendalus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/health_workflow11-576x1024.png 576w, https:\/\/www.gendalus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/health_workflow11.png 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 169px) 100vw, 169px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gendalus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/health_workflow12.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-462\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gendalus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/health_workflow12-169x300.png\" alt=\"The icon settings with the glyphs tab open. In this tab the objects tab is opened and highlighted. A truck icon is also highlighted.\" width=\"169\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-462\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gendalus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/health_workflow12-169x300.png 169w, https:\/\/www.gendalus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/health_workflow12-576x1024.png 576w, https:\/\/www.gendalus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/health_workflow12.png 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 169px) 100vw, 169px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Now just accept the settings and the workflow is ready.<\/p>\n<p>When you now pull up the share sheet in Health and you tap Run Workflow you can run this workflow.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gendalus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/health_workflow13.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-463\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gendalus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/health_workflow13-169x300.png\" alt=\"The workflow selection screen. One of the workflows is the newly created workflow for Transmit.\" width=\"169\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-463\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gendalus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/health_workflow13-169x300.png 169w, https:\/\/www.gendalus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/health_workflow13-576x1024.png 576w, https:\/\/www.gendalus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/health_workflow13.png 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 169px) 100vw, 169px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This workflow will pull up Transmit. Here you can save your health data locally or upload it directly to a server of your choice.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gendalus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/health_workflow14.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-464\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gendalus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/health_workflow14-169x300.png\" alt=\"The Transmit screen for local documents. The local tab an the save button are highlighted.\" width=\"169\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-464\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gendalus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/health_workflow14-169x300.png 169w, https:\/\/www.gendalus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/health_workflow14-576x1024.png 576w, https:\/\/www.gendalus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/health_workflow14.png 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 169px) 100vw, 169px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And what did I get?? 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