Getting your Data from Strava to Tableau July 2015
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1) The document provides steps to extract geo data from Strava activities and import it into Tableau. 2) The first steps are to export activity data from Strava as a GPX file, then convert the file to XML and open it in Excel to clean and format the data. 3) The final steps are to save the cleaned data as a CSV or Excel file and open it in Tableau to build visualizations.
Getting your Data from Strava to Tableau July 2015
- 1. Getting Geo Data From Strava into Tableau Quick, dirty and free July 2015
- 2. Prologue: Inspiration • What do you want to do in Tableau? http://public.tableausoftware.com/views/training_guide_0206/Dashboard5?:showVizHome=no#1
- 3. Step One: Do Something; Get Data • Start your app. Stop your app! SAVE your session!!!
- 4. Step Two: Get Data Out of App • Open Strava in a Browser - Login • Select the “Training” menu Select the “My Activities” sub menu
- 5. Step Two (cont): Get Data Out of App • Select A Ride to Map
- 6. Step Two (cont): Extract Files • Strava: Select the Actions icon (1.) and then “Export GPX” (2.)
- 7. Step Two (cont): Extract Files • Strava: Strava will download a .gpx file for this ride. (Hint: Look in the lower left hand corner of your browser window)
- 8. Step Three: File Conversion • Now you have a *.gpx saved to your machine. (If you have a Garmin device, you probably know the *.gpx file format.) • Right click, and choose ‘Rename’. (I prefer to copy first, then change the copy version) • Change the file extension to *.xml • You might receive an warning message, if so disregard by clicking “OK”. • Steve to talk about XML here…
- 9. Step Three (cont): File Conversion This is what your new *.xml file looks like when viewed in Notepad++
- 10. Step Three (cont): File Conversion Open XML File in Microsoft Excel Truthfully, I prefer Alteryx for this step…
- 11. Step Three (cont): File Conversion You may see these, but don’t worry:
- 12. Step Three (cont): File Conversion Open XML File in Microsoft Excel • Delete columns that are not needed • Change headings as needed • OR Do it in Tableau’s data connection screen! • NOW, save this file as an Excel spreadsheet or CSV. CSV, XLS or XLSX
- 13. Step Four: Data Prep Open XLSX/XLS File in Tableau
- 14. Step Four: Open in Tableau and Viz Away!