HealthVault FAQ

More about data type versioning

This is a supplement to Eric's blog post on Data Type Versioning in HealthVault. The HealthVault platform is capable of converting V2 items into the V1 schema and vice versa. In order to simplify things for app developers, the platform will convert all Read More...

Posted Monday, September 21, 2009 3:05 PM by Tremonte | 0 Comments

Recognizing that a file is a CCD

If an end user uses the "Upload a file" workflow in the HealthVault shell ( https://account.healthvault.com/viewitems.aspx?typeid=bd0403c5-4ae2-4b0e-a8db-1888678e4528&additem=True ) to upload a CCR or CCD file, the HealthVault shell recognizes that Read More...

Posted Monday, June 22, 2009 2:54 PM by Tremonte | 0 Comments

Identifying data type versions

Some of our developers have asked how to identify the most recent version of a HealthVault data type that has been revised. We are working to improved our naming conventions and documentation in this space, but until then here is a workaround: Go to the Read More...

Posted Friday, April 10, 2009 4:34 PM by Tremonte | 1 Comments

Energy Burn from Pedometer Data

With the release of HealthVault 0901 (late January 2009), applications that access data uploaded from Omron 720ITC pedometers are no longer able to retrieve a value for calories burned during exercise. Applications that use the Exercise data type (the Read More...

Posted Tuesday, February 17, 2009 4:32 PM by Tremonte | 1 Comments

Where do I put my bits?

An application developer recently asked how much of a HealthVault-compatible application and its data are hosted on Microsoft servers versus servers that the developer maintains. Here is an answer: The application resides on a server that you maintain Read More...

Posted Friday, February 08, 2008 2:50 PM by Tremonte | 1 Comments