# Confusion on "Hard Cap By Day" numbers **URL:** \ **Category:** Akrasia\ **Created:** [December 9, 2025, 11:42pm UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/confusion-on-hard-cap-by-day-numbers/12656 "2025-12-09T23:42:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![joemjr2](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.beeminder.com/joemjr2/32/6319_2.png) [@joemjr2](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/joemjr2)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2025, 11:42pm UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/confusion-on-hard-cap-by-day-numbers/12656/1 "2025-12-09T23:42:26Z")
I have a “Do Less” goal. I originally had the allowance set to 5x per week (5/7 or .71 per day). Recently, I decided to give myself a bit more of an allowance, and changed it to 1 per day. If I’m not mistaken, the new allowance should take effect on 12/12. [Side question: Is there a way to see a log of my commitment changes and when each change takes effect?] Anyway, assuming I’m correct that the relaxed commitment takes effect on 12/12, after that date, my “Hard Cap By Day” delta should increase by exactly 1 every day thereafter, correct? However, here is my Hard Cap By Day table: | DAY | DELTA | TOTAL | | --- | --- | --- | | **Today** | **+1** | **24** | | **Tomorrow** | **+1** | **24** | | **Thu (11th)** | **+2** | **25** | | Fri (12th) | +3 | 26 | | Sat (13th) | +4 | 27 | | Sun (14th) | +4 | 27 | | Mon (15th) | +5 | 28 | It seems to me that my Sunday delta should be +5 and Monday delta should be +6. Here’s a link to my goal if it helps: [alcohol – joemjr2 – beeminder](https://www.beeminder.com/joemjr2/alcohol) ---
**Author:** ![scarabaea](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.beeminder.com/scarabaea/32/5475_2.png) [@scarabaea](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/scarabaea)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2025, 7:19am UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/confusion-on-hard-cap-by-day-numbers/12656/2 "2025-12-10T07:19:36Z")
Yes, you can see all (past and future) rate changes in the settings tab, all the way down. Or you can use the standalone graph editor to see all the segments in a few useful ways (graphically and as a table): [Beeminder Graph Editor](https://graph.beeminder.com/login) ---
**Author:** ![shanaqui](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.beeminder.com/shanaqui/32/3513_2.png) [@shanaqui](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/shanaqui)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2025, 4:54pm UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/confusion-on-hard-cap-by-day-numbers/12656/3 "2025-12-10T16:54:53Z")
The last date of your old rate is 14th December, not 12th, so that’ll be the confusion, I think! ---
**Author:** ![joemjr2](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.beeminder.com/joemjr2/32/6319_2.png) [@joemjr2](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/joemjr2)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2025, 5:08pm UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/confusion-on-hard-cap-by-day-numbers/12656/4 "2025-12-10T17:08:18Z")
![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/beeminder/original/2X/e/edd4713b98e3944b732bf9491f2da543d430c821.png) @scarabaea I can see it in Graph Editor, but not on the regular Settings tab. Here’s a screenshot of the bottom of my goal’s Setting tab. ---
**Author:** ![joemjr2](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.beeminder.com/joemjr2/32/6319_2.png) [@joemjr2](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/joemjr2)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2025, 5:10pm UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/confusion-on-hard-cap-by-day-numbers/12656/5 "2025-12-10T17:10:20Z")
@shanaqui Thanks! That does appear to be it. There is a slight graph change on the on the 12th, which is why I thought that was the date. Do you know why the lines shift a bit on the 12th? ---
**Author:** ![shanaqui](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.beeminder.com/shanaqui/32/3513_2.png) [@shanaqui](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/shanaqui)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2025, 5:36pm UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/confusion-on-hard-cap-by-day-numbers/12656/6 "2025-12-10T17:36:54Z")
I started by zooming it in a bit to see what you were mentioning, so here’s a screenshot of that for reference first! ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/beeminder/original/2X/7/7df6ef9be8a9d5cf3e6307d10dbe34135bd44d41.png) Looks to me like the bright red line changes starting the 15th, but the coloured lines denoting amounts of buffer start to shift sooner. They’re often a bit different to the bright red line, because they’re just guidelines showing how much buffer you get if your datapoint is at that point on that date, if that makes sense – so sometimes they get a bit confusing about rate changes transitions, sometimes even all converging, because each progressive line is making predictions about safety further into the future (and therefore the rate change comes into range for some and not others). Does that make sense at all? I’m probably not putting it very well, but hopefully that’s a start! 😅 Re: @scarabaea’s suggestion, the graph editor in the settings tab is only there for people with Bee Plus and Beemium (IIRC, it might be just Beemium). ---
**Author:** ![scarabaea](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.beeminder.com/scarabaea/32/5475_2.png) [@scarabaea](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/scarabaea)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2025, 5:51pm UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/confusion-on-hard-cap-by-day-numbers/12656/7 "2025-12-10T17:51:52Z")
> [@shanaqui](#): > > Re: @scarabaea’s suggestion, the graph editor in the settings tab is only there for people with Bee Plus and Beemium (IIRC, it might be just Beemium). Right! I thought that might be an obstacle, but I guessed wrong that if a user has Do Less goals available, they will also have access to the graph editor. ---
**Author:** ![krugerk](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.beeminder.com/krugerk/32/5161_2.png) [@krugerk](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/krugerk)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2025, 7:21pm UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/confusion-on-hard-cap-by-day-numbers/12656/8 "2025-12-11T19:21:57Z")
> [@shanaqui](#): > > Re: @scarabaea’s suggestion, the graph editor in the settings tab is only there for people with Bee Plus and Beemium (IIRC, it might be just Beemium). There is the embedded version which is the paid-only one and is available, apparently, in settings tab on the website client. The graph editor at [graph.beeminder.com](http://graph.beeminder.com) however is available for all, afaik. ---
**Author:** ![shanaqui](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.beeminder.com/shanaqui/32/3513_2.png) [@shanaqui](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/shanaqui)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2025, 8:30pm UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/confusion-on-hard-cap-by-day-numbers/12656/9 "2025-12-11T20:30:46Z")
> [@krugerk](#): > > The graph editor at [graph.beeminder.com](http://graph.beeminder.com) however is available for all, afaik. Indeed it is: I was talking about the one in the settings tab! 🙂 scarabaea mentioned both, but joemjr2 doesn’t have access to the one in settings, so I was explaining that discrepancy.