We have used App Usage in a relatively smalll study and have a few questions as we are preparing for a larger study.
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We would like to know whether we could have direct access to the database as it will be a challenge to manually download the data source files for this larger study.
If at all possible, we would like to use the data of the previous smaller study to test this procedure.
(study IDS are 714, 715, 716, 717, 718, 720 & 721) -
If so, could we have user rights to the SQL db. If there is db schema information or additional documentation (beyond what we can see in the table structure), that would be useful to have as well. Alternatively we could work with a sql dump and set up a secure share to upload to over https, if that is better for you.
(As long as these data do not contain any Personally Identifying Information such as person names, addresses, etc.)
Brief other questions:
2. We suspect that the UTC times are based on a different time zone than ours. For example, conversion of the UTC start time does not coincide with the “Dutch” (UTC + 2) start time of our study. Is that possible?
3. We read the data source instructions on your website, but are still unclear on a few variables.
Could you help us out with more detailed information on the (technical) meaning of:
End time, start time, recording time, and last used?
For example, certain logs of app usage are repeated in the App Usage datafiles. This seem to occur when the “recording time” changes, yet all other values remain the exact same in those instances (including foreground time in ms.
Let us know what information we could provide to help you answer our questions.