Change Over Time Events For Weight

Impact supports a “change over time” event type for the “weight” measurement type. This page explains this event type and how it triggers associated actions.

 

Metric

Trigger Type

Comparison

Recipient

Schedule

Weight

Gain, Loss

Greater than, Less than

Member, Provider

Every time, At most once per day

 

The change over time event depends on new readings. When a new reading is submitted, the rule will evaluate the submitted reading against the min or max (depending on gain or loss configuration) over the configured duration to determine if the event will trigger the associated action.

Let’s say that we have an event configured for a weight gain of > 5 lbs in 72 hours:

  • For this example imagine I have selected the action fire Every Time and not At most once a day

And we have the below readings:

Weight

Hours ago

206

0 (submitted now)

201

24

203

48

200

70

203

96

 

The following readings will be evaluated in yellow when the new reading (206 lbs) is submitted, as these are within the 72-hour window:

Weight

Hours ago

206

0 (submitted now)

201

24

203

48

200

70

198

96

 

The min value in this dataset for evaluation is: 200 lbs

The submitted reading (206 lbs), would trigger the rule, as the delta/gain is greater than 5 lbs:

Weight

Hours ago

Min

Delta (from Min)

Notes

206

0 (submitted now)

 

6 lbs

Event triggered - gain exceeds 5 lbs

201

24

 

1 lbs

 

203

48

 

3 lbs

 

200

70

x

0 lbs

 

198

96

N/A

N/A

Not evaluated, outside of time window

 

Additionally submitted readings will be evaluated against the time duration window. For example, if the user immediately submits another reading minutes later (207 lbs, say), the rule will trigger again, as it continues to be evaluated against the min within that time range (200 lbs).

 

Weight

Hours ago

Min

Delta (from Min)

Notes

207

0 (submitted now)

 

7 lbs

Event triggered - gain exceeds 5 lbs

206

0 (2 min ago)

 

6 lbs

Event previously triggered - gain exceeds 5 lbs

201

24

 

1 lbs

 

203

48

 

3 lbs

 

200

70

x

0 lbs

 

198

96

N/A

N/A

Not evaluated, outside of time window