PALMS+User's+Guide+-+Daily+Summary+Calculation

=**Daily Summary Calculation V1.2**=

Purpose
This calculation summarizes the contents of the output of the PALMS calculation by participant, by day and by event. An event is defined in a change in the participant’s location (trip), physical activity level (bout) or sedentary behavior.

Output Variables
Each event has a starting and ending time, a starting and ending location, period classification (or mode of transportation when moving), and the accumulated time spent at various levels of activity during that period.

Midpoints of a trip (the path of a trip) are not exported, thus it is not possible to used this file to analyze the path of travel. Pause points (momentary stops within a trip) are exported, if desired. Changes in mode of transportation (i.e.: from walking to vehicle) within a trip are exported.

The data is exported by participant id, by day, by period running from midnight (00:00:00) to midnight (23:59:59). Additional details can be found in this document:

Operation
To use the Daily Summary calculation, it must be first added to your study. Once added, you can select it from the Calculations menu. Once selected, you will be prompted to enter the following:


 * Participant || Select all participants or one specific participant to include in the results. ||
 * Start Date || Earliest date to include in the results. ||
 * End Date || Latest date to include in the results. ||
 * Include Trips || Check this box if you want the trips included as rows in the result. If unchecked, not trips will be included. ||
 * Include Pause Points || Check this box if you want pauses within trips to be included as rows in the results. If unchecked, then only the trip starts and endpoints will be included. ||
 * Include Stationary Periods || Check this box if you want stationary periods included as rows in the results. ||
 * Include Activity Bouts || Check this box if you want bouts of activity to be included as rows in the results. ||
 * Include Sedentary Bouts || Check this box if you want bouts of sedentary periods to be included as rows in the results ||
 * Result Name || Enter name of the result set. NOTE: It is recommended that the name starts with "DS - " to distinguish it from other result sets. ||

There is an interaction between the various "Include..." options: //Note: If only activity and/or sedentary bouts are selected, trip information columns (distance, speed) will be the distance and speed over the period of the bout, not the entire trip.// Once these parameters are entered, press the "Select Result Sets to process" button. A list of result sets (previously produced by the PALMS calculation) will be displayed. Click on the name of the result set to summarize. Then click the "Start Calculation" button.
 * **If you wish to show the information below...** |||||||| **Check these boxes:** ||  ||
 * || **Include Trips** || **Include Pause** || **Include Stationary** || **Include Activity Bouts** || **Include Sedentary Bouts** ||
 * Show only trips -- one line per trip || checked ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Show trip start, end and pauses || checked || checked ||  ||   ||   ||
 * Show when participant was stationary ||  ||   || checked ||   ||   ||
 * Show participant's entire day (trip / location focus) || checked || checked || checked ||  ||   ||
 * Show when participant was active ||  ||   ||   || checked ||   ||
 * Show when participant was sedentary ||  ||   ||   ||   || checked ||
 * Show participant's daily activities ||  ||   ||   || checked || checked ||
 * Show everything || checked || checked || checked || checked || checked ||