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CSV format

How to move readings into BP Rhythm from another diary, app or Excel spreadsheet.

In brief

• You need a CSV file: one row per reading, column names in the first row.
• Date, systolic and diastolic are required. Time, pulse and note are optional.
• In the app: Settings → “Export and import log” → “Import from CSV”. If the file is not from BP Rhythm, the app shows the “Match the columns” screen: check which column means what and see how the first rows will go into the log.
• Import is free. Loading the same file again does not create duplicates.

The simplest file

Date,Time,Systolic,Diastolic,Pulse,Note
2026-09-01,07:30,132,85,68,after waking up
2026-09-01,19:05,141,90,74,
2026-09-02,07:42,128,82,,coffee

What the app understands by itself

• Column names in English and Russian: “Date”, “Time”, “Date/Time”, “Systolic”, “SYS”, “Diastolic”, “DIA”, “Pulse”, “HR”, “Heart rate”, “Note”, “Comment”, “Irregular heartbeat”. No names — columns are guessed from the values.
• Blood pressure in one column: 132/85 (or 132/85/68 with pulse).
• Dates: 2026-09-01, 01.09.2026, 09/01/2026 and 01/09/2026, Sep 1, 2026. If the file doesn’t show which is the day and which is the month, the app asks.
• Time: 07:30, 07:30:15, 7:30 PM — in its own column or together with the date. Without a time the reading is placed at noon.
• Separator — semicolon, comma or tab; encoding — UTF-8 or Windows-1251. Put text that contains the separator in quotes: "after waking up, sitting".

What will not go into the log

Rows without a date or blood pressure and with impossible values: systolic not between 60 and 300, diastolic not between 30 and 200, systolic not above diastolic, pulse not between 30 and 250, a date in the future. Before importing, the app shows how many rows are skipped and why, with row numbers. Readings already in the log (same blood pressure within a minute) are not duplicated.

How to prepare your file

1. Export the history from your previous app — usually “Export” or “Share” → CSV or Excel.
2. Open it in Excel or Google Sheets. Keep one header row, then one row per reading. Extra columns (weight, mood) can stay — just don’t choose them.
3. Save: Excel — “File → Save As → CSV UTF-8”; Google Sheets — “File → Download → CSV”.
4. Send the file to your phone and load it: Settings → “Export and import log” → “Import from CSV”.

Imported readings are marked “manual”: you can delete them from the log like readings entered by hand.

BP Rhythm log format

“Export to CSV” saves the whole log; the file opens in Excel and loads back without questions. UTF-8 with BOM, semicolon separator, oldest first. Column names are in Russian:

You don’t have to convert your file to this format: the columns from “The simplest file” are enough.

BP Rhythm · Русский · The app is not a medical device.