Identifying Mobile Library Record Sources

Owned by Andrew Rankin
Last updated: Nov 05, 2020
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This article pertains to: Legacy API (V1)

What are the possible values for the original_source, intermediary_source, and device fields for records captured using the Validic Mobile Library?

When using the Show Original Source Filter, the possible values for "intermediary_source" are "ValidicMobile Bluetooth" for records created by mobile library's Bluetooth connectivity and "ValidicMobile Apple Health" for records created by the mobile library's connection to Apple HealthKit.

The "device" field will be the model number of the Bluetooth device used to capture a reading or the specific object that Apple HealthKit data came from.

For Apple HealthKit, the "original_source" field will have the app that recorded the data and saved it to HealthKit. For example, if a third party app is enabled in Apple HealthKit and the mobile library retrieves the HealthKit data, the "original_source" will be "third_party_app" in the Validic API. For records captured via Bluetooth, if the device manufacturer of the clinical Bluetooth connected device is "Pyle Health", that will be the value of the "original_source" field.