Activity Data

If you're looking for activity data to put in your formula, you've come to the right place. Build your own data field using native data such as heart rate (HR) and power.

Quick Start

Variables and Constants

Case is not important: "Cadence" is the same as "cadence". Variables are updated once per second.

Available to all devices:

Timer, ElapsedTime,
Speed, MaxSpeed, AvgSpeed, Distance,
Cadence, MaxCadence, AvgCadence,
HR, maxHR, AvgHR,
Calories,
Heading, Altitude, TotalAscent, TotalDescent,
TrainingEffect, EnergyExpenditure,
LocationAccuracy
UserRestingHR, UserHRZone1Min, UserHRZone1Max, UserHRZone2Max, UserHRZone3Max, UserHRZone4Max, UserHRZone5Max
NotificationCount
TimeOfDay
LapCount, LapDistance, LapTime,
pi, kmPerMile, metresPerFoot,metersPerFoot

Multisport/cycling only:
Power, MaxPower, AvgPower

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Everything below is available to [CIQ2] devices only:
(any device except:FR230/235, FR630, FR920XT, Vivoactive, Fenix 3/HR, D2 Bravo/Titanium, Quatix 3, Tactix Bravo)

UserWeight,
DistanceToStart, DistanceToLapStart,
Steps,
AmbientPressure, RawAmbientPressure, MeanSeaLevelPressure

Multisport/cycling:
FrontGearIndex, FrontGearMax, FrontGearSize, RearGearIndex, RearGearMax, RearGearSize

Advanced navigation devices only (e.g. 935, Fenix 5, but not VA3 or 645):
distanceToNextPoint, distanceToDestination, elevationAtNextPoint, elevationAtDestination, Bearing, BearingFromStart, CourseOverGround,

Lap Data/Functions

NOTE: Lap data/functions work for all manual and auto laps, outside of a structured workout. For lap support in structured workouts, AppBuilder 5 and Connect IQ 3 is required.

CIQ 1 devices: D2 Bravo (titanium), Fenix 3 (HR), Vivoactive, FR230, 235, 630, 920XT
CIQ 2 devices: Vivoactive HR, 735XT, Edge 520, Edge 1000
CIQ 3 devices: Anything not in the above list (some devices, such as Approach S60, are still on CIQ 2, but are supposed to get the CIQ 3 upgrade in the future.)

To check your CIQ version: open the menu (hold UP on most devices), navigate to Settings > About and scroll down.

Units

Variables normally use automatic units, which are determined by device settings. Auto units have the advantage of displaying data in the same format as the native fields. For example, "distance" is returned in either km or miles, depending on your device settings.

"Raw" units are fixed units which don't change based on device settings; this can come in handy when you need to do further calculations with the data, like converting distance to yards. Raw units are selected by adding "_raw" to the end of a variable name (e.g. distance in metres is "distance_raw").

Type		Automatic Units	Raw Units
Time		seconds	milliseconds
Distance		km, miles	metres
Speed		km per hour, miles per hour	metres per second
Altitude		metres or feet	metres
Heading, Bearing, Course over ground		degrees (0 to 360)	radians (-pi to pi)
Weight		kg or pounds	grams
Power		W	W
Cadence		rpm (both legs)	rpm
Heart rate		bpm	bpm
Calories		kcal	kcal
Energy expenditure		kcal/min	kcal/min
Pressure		millibar / hPa	Pa

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Details

Variables

Timer: The activity timer. When you pause your activity, this stops. Same as Timer in built-in Garmin data fields.
ElapsedTime: The activity elapsed time. When you pause your activity, this does not stop. Same as Elapsed Time in built-in Garmin data fields.
TrainingEffect: 1.0 (easy) to 5.0 (overreaching)
LocationAccuracy: 0 - 4 (0: GPS unavailable, 1: Using last location, 2: Poor, 3: Usable, 4: Good)
DistanceToStart, DistanceToLapStart: straight-line distance as the crow flies
TimeOfDay: number of seconds since midnight
LapCount: the number of laps completed so far (0 during the first lap, 1 during the second lap, etc.)

Heading: the direction you are currently facing, independent of direction of travel.
CourseOverGround: the direction of travel, independent of direction you are facing
Bearing: the direction from your current location to the destination
BearingFromStart: The direction from your starting location to the destination

AmbientPressure: Same as native "ambient pressure" field (except units are always in millibars/hPa). Smoothed/filtered by device
RawAmbientPressure: Raw data from sensor
MeanSeaLevelPressure: Same as native "barometric pressure" field (except units are always in millibars/hPa). Pressure corrected for elevation. Requires GPS fix for altitude

More information on heading, bearing and course over ground.

Notes

Note about older devices: unit settings (metric vs statute) are only applied to AppBuilder when the data field is loaded (i.e. when you open the running app). If you change your unit settings, you must exit the activity and re-enter it for changes to be applied. (For most devices, it would be enough to discard or save your current run).

Newer devices do not have this limitation.