Viewing Your Data - Basics

This article assumes you have:

  • A Tidepool Web account — you can create one for free at tidepool.org/signup
  • Diabetes data uploaded to your Tidepool Web account.
  • Google Chrome installed on your computer.

The Basics View is designed to provide a summary of all your diabetes interactions over the past three weeks. Pretty much everything on the Basics page can be clicked on. Section headers filter your data based on different options, and you can click on each of the days to go to the Daily View and see all your diabetes data in that moment.

Table of Contents

Date Range Selection

By default, the Basics view shows you two weeks of your most recent diabetes data. Clicking the calendar icon calendar icon to the right of the default date range allows you to select a smaller or larger date range.

Upon clicking the calendar icon, you will be presented with the Chart Date Range window where you have the option of selecting 14, 21, 30, or 90 days via the available buttons.

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You can also click in the "Or select a custom date range (90 days max)" field to set a custom date range of your choosing.

 

Changing the date range will cause the data in the Basics view to update, including the Summary Widgets and the Copy as text data.

Summary Widgets

Summary widgets along the right side of the page show blood glucose distribution based on CGM or blood glucose meter (BGM) data (this can be toggled), CGM sensor usage, average daily carbs, glucose management indicator (GMI), basal/bolus ratio, and average total daily dose of insulin based on your body weight (your weight must be entered to complete the calculation).

Image showing aggretate statastics widgets on the right side of Tidepool Web

 

Blood Glucose Readings

The “BG readings” section can be filtered for CGM calibrations, readings from your meter, manual entries into your bolus calculator, and more.
Animation showing the various options one can select to view BG readings
 
 

Bolus

The “Bolus” section summarizes all of the boluses you’ve made from your insulin pump. You can filter by boluses calculated by your insulin pump, corrections for highs, overrides when you request more insulin than your pump suggests, and more.
Animation showing the various options one can select to view Boluses
 
 

Basals

The “Basals” section indicates all of the times you’ve directly interacted with your basal rate. You’ll see every temporary basal rate, including your suspended basals, represented by a dot.
Animation showing the various options one can select to view basals
 
 

Infusion Site Change

Finally, you can see a visualization of how often you’re changing your insulin pump site in the “Infusion Site Changes” section.  Read this guide to get additional details about the Infusion site changes section.
Animation showing the various options one can select to view pump site changes
 
 
Data from Medtronic 670G insulin pumps is a little different in the Basics View.  This page details those differences.

Please reach out to support@tidepool.org if you have any questions or feedback on this article.

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