Lost Data -OK - So How do I Catch up?

[reMarkable]

Background: I've been a long time aCar user - my phone crashed and I lost about 3 months of data. My data left off in April - and I started manually saving receipts/mileage since my phone crashed in July- so I have a few month gap.

My question is - how do I continue forward with my data? Is there a way to account for a gap in the data or should I estimate and fake my data?

Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated!

Thanks in advance,
Mark

[RobertV]

Hi, sorry for the delay in getting back to you!

Sorry to hear about your device failure and data loss! No fun.

To answer your questions- start with whatever fuel up you have available. If it's from last week, or last month, just enter the log. I realize your concern is regarding the lack of data (gap) between April and July. So with your first entry (let's presume July 1st), ensure you've checked "Missed Fill-Ups" in the New Record form.
This lets the app know that there may be data missing prior to this record, and to start calculations again from this point going forward.

Cheers!

[reMarkable]

Thanks for the response - that was just the answer for which I was looking. I didn't realize there was a neat way to handle missing fill-ups - thanks so much!

One further question - what happens with the break in the data - how does that work with graphs/stats etc?

Thanks in advance once again.

[RobertV]

Originally Posted by reMarkable

Thanks for the response - that was just the answer for which I was looking. I didn't realize there was a neat way to handle missing fill-ups - thanks so much!

One further question - what happens with the break in the data - how does that work with graphs/stats etc?

Thanks in advance once again.

No data results in no stats. The purpose of the Missed is to tell the app there is a 'break' between your last logged fuel up and your latest. Essentially, so it doesn't think you've driven 2k miles in 3 months on a single tank of fuel!

[reMarkable]

Thanks for the speedy response again RobertV - makes sense!