**Jan 2022 Update** The Google Fit data connector is still deprecated with no ETA on when it might come back. If it is, I will update this page and make a new tutorial. For now, I will keep this post here for posterity.**
**Jul 2020 Update** The Google Fit data connector is temporarily deprecated it seems. A new one should be released later this year. As soon as it is, I will update this page and make a new tutorial if required.**
**Mar 2019 Update** Added video instructions on how you can make a copy of this dashboard and create + swap in your own Google Fit data. Thanks for requesting it!
Google Data Studio has a wonderful feature called Community Connectors, which I’ll talk about in more detail in another post. The basic premise is, with a bit of technical and API know-how, anyone can create their own data sets to connect to, and then allow others to connect using their accounts.
A newly released one that caught my eye was the Google Fit connector. I use the Google Fit app on my phone to track my steps, activity time and weight – but I’m not a big fan of how the app natively visualises the data.
But with the connector and Data Studio, I can build a dashboard to view the data on my terms and make it accessible to me wherever I am (one click and I can see it in my mobile browser). See the embedded dashboard below:
At the top I have some summary metrics and sparklines to track my immediate activity and progress. Below that are monthly aggregated figures, compared to the same period last year to see how I’m benchmarking against past activity. Lastly on the right hand side table enables me to work towards reaching my 90 minutes walking a day goal.
Have you used Data Studio’s community connectors yet? Would you like a copy of the dashboard above with your own Google Fit data in? Let me know in the comments below!
P.s. don’t be too worried about me being nearly 100kg at the time of me posting this. I’m 6’8″/2m tall, so my BMI is still ok, but I could definitely benefit from losing 5-10kg.
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Looks amazing. How did you do it?
It’s amazing, thank’s for the post,
I created a personalized dashboard but i’m missing my BPM from google fit. Is there a war to add it?
Thank you,
Thanks! Currently I don’t think the Google Fit data connector supports that metric. It would be cool if it did though
I added google fit heart rate to the community connector yesterday. If they have deployed the new version, it should be there now (I’m using my development version…)
Hello David, I like your Dashboard. I played with it for a while and I also connected it with tons of data from my smart scales. One think still missing – have you figured out how to import calories from google fit? It is not in Studio datasets, but it is definitely in the Fit app (there is a choice to erase the calories dataset). Even if it would have to be exported and imported through file, it would be good.
Thanks, Jan
Unfortunately calorie data doesn’t seem to be in the Google Fit data connector for Data Studio – you can contact the connectors creator though here to request it https://github.com/googledatastudio/community-connectors/tree/master/google-fit
Hi,
Great page Great Content!
Can multiple G fit data be represented in one Dashboard of Data Sudio?
Technically yes – you can use my dashboard as a template but add in multiple data sources to create more charts within the dashboard e.g. 2 users vs each other. I’ve now made a video with the steps on how to add in your own Google Fit data: http://bit.ly/2TapN84 Let me know how you go
I would like a copy of the dashboard above so that I can put my own Google Fit data in. please and thank you
I’ve now made a video with the steps on how to do this: http://bit.ly/2TapN84 Let me know how you go
@David, I also wan’t a copy of the dashboard. Would really appreciate it.
//Regards Niklas
Hi Niklas, I made a video to help people make a copy and bring in their own data – https://bit.ly/2TapN84
Good luck!
This is great and super useful… is it possible to connect a calorie counter app as well?
The Google Fit data connector I use only has Activity, Steps and Weight data inside of it. However, the beauty of Data Studio is you can connect multiple data sources into 1 dashboard. If their Data Connector library doesn’t have the kind of data you’re looking for, you could look to record the data in Google Sheets and bring the data in that way. Hope that helps!
Can you use it to pull and display heart rate data? I’d be interested in both displaying it on a graph with heart rate zones marked and in displaying time in zone figures, both on a per workout and daily/weekly aggregate basis.
The Google Fit data connector I use only has Activity, Steps and Weight data inside of it. However, the beauty of Data Studio is you can connect multiple data sources into 1 dashboard. If their Data Connector library doesn’t have the kind of data you’re looking for, you could look to record the data in Google Sheets and bring the data in that way. Hope that helps!
Any news on this front?
Also, have you looked into Google Takeout and what could be done via/with it?
I’m mainly interested in longer term datasets, like yearly summaries and monthly comparisons, which is why I ask.
Hi Jukka, sadly now. It seems to be on a continuous delayed “to do list” on their side :(
That’s so disappointing, this looks like such a cool dashboad. I feel like seeing the improvements I make every day on a dashboard like this would be really motivating