Getting Geo Data From Strava into Tableau

Quick, dirty and free

July 2015

Prologue: Inspiration • What do you want to do in Tableau?

http://public.tableausoftware.com/views/training_guide_0206/Dashboard5?:showVizHome=no#1

Step One: Do Something; Get Data

• Start your app. Stop your app! SAVE your session!!!

Step Two: Get Data Out of App

• Open Strava in a Browser - Login

• Select the “Training” menu Select the “My Activities” sub menu

Step Two (cont): Get Data Out of App

• Select A Ride to Map

Step Two (cont): Extract Files • Strava:

Select the Actions icon (1.) and then “Export GPX” (2.)

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)

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…

Step Three (cont): File Conversion

This is what your new *.xml file looks like when viewed in Notepad++

Step Three (cont): File Conversion

Open XML File in Microsoft Excel Truthfully, I prefer Alteryx for this step…

Step Three (cont): File Conversion

You may see these, but don’t worry:

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

Step Four: Data Prep Open XLSX/XLS File in Tableau

Step Four: Open in Tableau and Viz Away!