Advanced Garmin Triggers will allow you to create more complex triggers than the Garmin Intervention Triggers, but the main difference is that with the Advanced Garmin Triggers you can set the trigger to an absolute value, whereas the Garmin Intervention Triggers will only set to a percentile of already-collected Garmin data which is unique to the participant.



To begin, you must create the trigger. Here are the steps:

  1. Click the 'Plus' icon to create a new trigger
    1. A pop up will appear in which to input the trigger name
  2. Once created, the new trigger will automatically appear on the screen with default values. 
    1. If you wish to edit an already existing trigger, choose it from the drop-down menu labeled "Select"
  3. Choose the Garmin data type which you want to set the trigger to. You have options between Continuous and Cumulative data types. Continuous data types take the average from a 60 second, 5 minute, or 10 minute sample period. In the example above, the Garmin trigger is set to 60 seconds of Continuous stress data.
  4. Choose the comparison operator. You have the following options:
    1. > Greater than
    2. < Less than
    3. ≥ Greater than or equal to
    4. ≤ Less than or equal to
    5. = Equal to
    6. != Not equal to
  5. Input the absolute value. In the example above, the Garmin trigger will be activated when the participant experiences stress which is greater than an average of 10.
  6. Click the 'Save' icon to save


The above is a simple trigger. You can add logical operators to combine triggers.

Here is another way to read this trigger:

IF the participant experiences

((60 seconds of stress greater than 10) AND (has taken fewer than 1000 steps))

OR the participant experiences
(an average heart rate of less than 70 over 5 minutes)

THEN trigger


The 'End Statement' checkbox allows you to put multiple triggers within the same statement, combined by logical operators. The statements can then be combined with other statements through logical operators. The logical operators are selected from the drop-down menu at the end of each trigger. You have the following options:

  1. and - both triggers or statements must be true
    1. When selected, a new trigger line will appear to continue the statement or trigger
  2. or - either trigger or statement can be true, but at least one must be
    1. When selected, a new trigger line will appear to continue the statement or trigger
  3. none - this ends the trigger
    1. When selected, no new trigger line will appear. Any lines beneath the line ending with 'none' will disappear



Once an Advanced Garmin Trigger has been created, it can be assigned to a participant or a participant's Support Team on the Advanced Configurations page.