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Make it possible to create custom countdown goals

At the moment, when I create a custom goal with a current value of 200 and a target of 10, subsequent data points which are greater than 200 are green instead of red.

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  • the custom-goal creation dialog compares the current value to the target value, if if the current value is greater than the target value, establish it as a countdown goal.

  • have three custom goals name "Countdown Custom", "Countup Custom", "Flat Custom" [people in weight-maintenance mode will like flat custom"]

I am about to experiment with negative numbers to see if that works.

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  • Between Two Parks commented  ·   ·  Report

    Thanks for the pointer to the Advanced tab on the Settings gadget. This resolves the issue.

    I suggest that after a user creates a Custom goal, the system say "You have supplied the basics for a Custom goal. You should check out the Advanced tab on the Settings for this goal to make additional tweaks."

  • Admindreeves (Cofounder, Beeminder) commented  ·   ·  Report

    If you create a Custom goal now, this should all be possible, albeit confusing! You can set things like the good side of the road in Advanced Settings.

  • Between Two Parks commented  ·   ·  Report

    Custom goals with negative numbers, e.g. start -200, target -10, results in charts where the green and red are correct, but the rose-colored-dots and purple-swath do not appear (yet).