Great questions! The main difference between the profile and register feeds is that the former is designed for adding, retrieving, and manipulating atomic data (individual GData entries/CCRDataObjects [Medications, Conditions, TestResults, etc.]), and the latter is for posting composite records (patient records, medication summaries, lab panels, etc.). Composite test results, such as blood pressure measurements, cycling distance and time, etc., are more complex that other atomic data, so the profile feed currently doesn't support them; although, the register feed does.
The Health team is aware of this situation, and we are considering various alternatives to make dealing with composite results more easy to developers. Until a fix is in place, however, the best strategy that I know of for working with composite results like they are atomic data is to use the register feed for posting them, and the profile feed for retrieving and manipulating them. In Skizo's case, he should consider using the register feed if he wishes to post collections of data, or atomic posts to the profile feed if he wishes to be able to later retrieve and/or manipulate individual results. I certainly hope this helps! The team does hope to make dealing with composite results easier. I'll definitely share any updates in the forum! Paul -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Health Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/googlehealthdevelopers?hl=en.
