Building a Foundation for Meaningful GPS Data Analysis
Collecting GPS data is only the starting point. This onboarding helps you turn it into reliable, actionable insights, combining:
- Technical setup for clean, accurate data
- Sport science principles to interpret it
- Practical workflows for consistent reporting
Why the order matters
GPS analysis builds step by step. Skipping or reordering a foundational step, such as system configuration, carries through everything that follows. It can lead to inconsistent data, misread training loads, reporting errors and less confidence in your decisions.
How it's structured
The onboarding follows the natural GPS system workflow.
Stage 1: Essential Setup (complete first)
System configuration, profiles and parameters, workflow standards, and core sport science metrics.
Stage 2: The performance cycle
Cutting and editing data, interpreting results, creating reports, and exporting insights. This cycle repeats daily, weekly and monthly through the season.
Note: in some workflows, exporting may occur before report creation - this is represented by the dashed arrows.
What you'll gain
Confidence using the key features across OpenField Cloud, Excel and the API, backed by applied sport science workflows. The onboarding doesn’t cover every advanced feature, but it gives you a solid foundation to build on.
Flexible once you're set up
Complete the essential setup first. After that, move between sections and revisit any module whenever you need to.