# A camel's conundrum: capping the daily count **URL:** \ **Category:** Newbee\ **Created:** [March 19, 2017, 3:08pm UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/a-camels-conundrum-capping-the-daily-count/3072 "2017-03-19T15:08:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 4
**Author:** ![philip](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.beeminder.com/philip/32/1505_2.png) [@philip](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/philip)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2017, 4:37pm UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/a-camels-conundrum-capping-the-daily-count/3072/4 "2017-03-20T16:37:41Z")
I’ve got a handful of goals in which I’ve set both the slope and an autoratchet. The slope enforces the minimum that I have to do, and the autoratchet enforces the maximum benefit that I can get from ‘drinking too much water’, or whatever. That may or may not be a useful framing. * * * At risk of confusing any actual newbees, here are some thoughts: One of the custom aggregation methods is @drmaciver’s triangular minding, which causes each datapoint to be worth more than the previous datapoint. That’s the opposite effect, but makes me wonder whether there’s a clever mathematical formula that reduces the value of each additional litre of water in a way that’s compatible with your desire. Should also draw your attention to the [IFTTT Macros](http://forum.beeminder.com/t/ifttt-macros/804) and to [Zapier](https://www.beeminder.com/zapier), in case some chain of goals makes the desired effect possible. Failing that, for complex translations, I use our webhook callbacks and my own server running a custom [dancer script](https://github.com/pjjh/bmndr/blob/master/dance.pl). Changing the road width is liable to confuse things further. --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/a-camels-conundrum-capping-the-daily-count/3072)._