Your dashboard brings connected health records into a single daily view. Weight is the primary goal measure, with recorded activity, nutrition, sleep, and water alongside it. This guide explains how to read that view and where to look when a value needs more context.
Why use a daily dashboard?
A combined view reduces the need to switch between separate trackers. It lets you compare available records and open the metric behind a summary without losing your place in the app.
- A shared daily view: summaries use the calendar days defined by your profile time zone.
- Weight-goal context: your latest measurements sit alongside the target you entered.
- Connected records: permitted Health Connect or Apple Health data supplies the native metrics.
- More detail when needed: charts and history help explain a summary's source and timing.
Getting started with the dashboard
Begin with a completed profile and at least one connected metric that you already record. Missing permissions or source records can leave cards empty; they do not establish that nothing happened that day.
Step 1: Confirm your profile
Open Settings to review height, weight goal, preferred units, and time zone. Profile inputs are used by BMI and energy calculations. The time zone determines day boundaries, so it is useful to check it before comparing daily totals.
Step 2: Connect your health source
Review the permissions panel and choose which metrics decoderHealth can read. On Android the source is Health Connect; on iOS it is Apple Health. Other tracking apps must have supplied records to that source before decoderHealth can display them.
Step 3: Review available summaries
Read the current and previous-day values as summaries of recorded data. Steps and calorie data depend on the platform and available sources. Sleep records can include stages when the source supplies them. In-progress days contain only records available so far.
Step 4: Understand weight and energy
Weight measurements and calculated energy estimates have different meanings. Recorded intake is the total from available food records, while expenditure uses supported sources and documented fallbacks. Energy balance subtracts expenditure from recorded intake. An empty food log does not confirm zero consumption.
Step 5: Open a metric chart
Select a metric to review its chart, range controls, and history. Looking at the underlying records can explain why a daily total changed. Use supported manual entry for a missing measurement you want to record yourself; do not assume an imported aggregate can be edited as a manual record.
Step 6: Refresh connected records
Pull to refresh in a metric view after adding data in another health app. Opening or resuming decoderHealth also triggers a refresh. Background refresh is best effort, so a recently created source record may not appear until a foreground refresh completes.
Step 7: Add daily context
Fasting and Check-In are separate destinations. Fasting stores timed sessions; Check-In stores mood, energy, notes, and optional observations. Your Buddy uses local recorded signals to offer suggestions alongside the dashboard. None of these features requires decoderPro.
Keep the recorded-data context
The dashboard is useful for reviewing what is available, with the limits of that data kept in view. Source coverage, permissions, profile inputs, and the selected day all affect the result. For calculation details, read the dashboard reference; for setup help, start with the quick start guide.