Help for This Page - Dashboard
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This page will help you navigate your Dashboard so you'll be able to maximize your data at MotionBased.
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What you're seeing on this page
- Site Navigation
- Detail Links
- Links & Tabs to Features & Functions
- Links to Dashboard Metrics
- Summary Data
- Map Preview
- Chart Details
Navigation
You'll see this Navigation bar throughout MotionBased . . . get comfy with it!
- My Activities - Takes you to your Digest
- TrailNetwork - Takes you to the TrailNetwork
- Account - Takes you to your Account information
- Support - Takes you to our Support Area with links to downloads, FAQ's and other helpful information
- Information - Takes you to other informative topics
- Link to our Forum - Takes you to our message boards chock full of helpful tips from other users
- Link to our MBlog (http://blog.motionbased.com/) - Takes you to our Blog
- Quick search tool for finding things fast
- Username and/or MotionBased Alias name
Dashboard
Detail Links
Clicking on any of the links in this little section will run a search for that Activity Name/Activity Type/Location. It works both for your Digest and the TrailNetwork activities.
Links and Tabs to Features & Functions
Area where you select to view other features:
- Activity Options - The place to edit your activity details.
- Email_a_Friend - Link that will take you to the page where you can email your activity.
- Link to Activity - Provides a link you can embed into an email or blog/web site.
- Dashboard - (click to get back to Dashboard when done viewing other features.)
- Analyzer tab - View the Analyzer (paid feature).
- Map Player - View the Map Player.
- Player - View the Player.
Links to Dashboard Metrics
Found on the far left side of your browser, you can click on a link to see the detailed data for each metric. For more information on each metric click the links below:
Summary Data
This is your activity data at-a-glance. For more detail you'll want to open up the individual metrics from the menu on the left of the page (see Links to Dashboard metrics above).
Breaking down the Summary Data:
- Total Time indicates the time you were out on your Activity. All stops are included here.
- Moving Time is the time you spent running, riding, hiking, kayaking, etc. Does not include stopped time.
- Distance tells you how far your activity was. This can read in Standard Units or Metric Units by visiting the Units Tab of the Accounts Preferences section.
- Moving Speed tells you the average speed of your activity. The Max Speed is included as well.
- The Elevation Gain gives a preview of your elevation gains and losses.
- Temperature and Wind Speed are a part of the Weather metric. If you don't see weather upon Upload simply click Refresh under the Weather metric and it will be available shortly.
- Check out GPS Signal Quality for information on how we determine Signal Quality.
- You can pull up Similar activities in your own Digest or the TrailNetwork with one simple click. Just click on the Similar Activities link of your choice to view the list.
- The Download GPS link allows you to Download a Course to your device.
- You can Export your Activities in different formats:
- GPX
- TCX/HST - to export your activities from Motionbased and upload to Training Center.
- CRS - save the course file to your Desktop for download to your device.
Map Preview
Just a taste of what you'll see in the Larger Map, Google Earth export, and the Player. You can choose between 3 different views on the Preview; street map, satellite or hybrid. Links to the Larger Map (Google Maps), Google Earth and Driving Directions are just below the Preview.
Chart Details
The on the Dashboard shows the Elevation Profile. Clicking on the link below ("chart details") opens the chart in another window with more detail, including distance and speed.
Also See
You may also find helpful tips in our FAQ sections - FAQ-Agent, FAQ-GPS, FAQ-General Information, FAQ-Inbox, FAQ-MotionBased.
