# Feature request: meta mind Beeminder load internally? **URL:** \ **Category:** Bugabee\ **Created:** [April 26, 2020, 10:40am UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/feature-request-meta-mind-beeminder-load-internally/6632 "2020-04-26T10:40:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![narthur](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.beeminder.com/narthur/32/5113_2.png) [@narthur](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/narthur)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2020, 10:40am UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/feature-request-meta-mind-beeminder-load-internally/6632/1 "2020-04-26T10:40:34Z")
I saw that the load metric has been added to the API, which is great, thank you! Wondering if this could be added as a meta-minding option when creating a goal? That way it could be updated whenever it changes. The way I’m currently doing it is via my own script which only runs once an hour. ---
**Author:** ![phi](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.beeminder.com/phi/32/2586_2.png) [@phi](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/phi)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2020, 6:04pm UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/feature-request-meta-mind-beeminder-load-internally/6632/2 "2020-04-26T18:04:40Z")
Yay, more additions to the API! Very much welcomed! ---
**Author:** ![zedmango](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c67d28/32.png) [@zedmango](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/zedmango)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2020, 10:27pm UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/feature-request-meta-mind-beeminder-load-internally/6632/3 "2020-04-26T22:27:38Z")
What’s the load metric? ---
**Author:** ![narthur](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.beeminder.com/narthur/32/5113_2.png) [@narthur](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/narthur)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2020, 11:52pm UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/feature-request-meta-mind-beeminder-load-internally/6632/4 "2020-04-26T23:52:53Z")
@zedmango You can read all about it here: > [@"urgency load" metric](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/urgency-load-metric/5648): > > I’ve been playing with a metric to capture how much I’m skating the edge on my goals. I have a good number of goals, usually around 60, and I have found it easy to lose track of progress. When I feel like Beeminder is breathing down my neck, I look and see mostly green goals, sit down and do work for an hour, and I look at my dashboard, and… it’s still mostly green. When I’m already in a grumpy mood, I need more basic feedback than “dates changed on a list of 60 items”. I use Beeminder primar… ---
**Author:** ![mattj256](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4af34b/32.png) [@mattj256](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/mattj256)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2023, 1:13am UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/feature-request-meta-mind-beeminder-load-internally/6632/5 "2023-06-27T01:13:02Z")
Any news on this? I just discovered the Urgency Load in the “statistics” view today (even though it’s been public for a few years apparently). ---
**Author:** ![serenequeen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d2c977/32.png) [@serenequeen](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/serenequeen)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2024, 3:27pm UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/feature-request-meta-mind-beeminder-load-internally/6632/6 "2024-05-29T15:27:37Z")
This was also the type of thing I was looking for when I first tried to set up a beeminder integration. I was originally guessing based on trolling through the forums that maybe there wasn’t a settled good example of something to track. [Is Total Buffer a better metric than Urgency Load?](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/is-total-buffer-a-better-metric-than-urgency-load/10935) Is my best option to set up a cron job or invest in learning Make or val.town ? An internal meta integration would be really helpful ---
**Author:** ![narthur](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.beeminder.com/narthur/32/5113_2.png) [@narthur](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/narthur)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2024, 9:05pm UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/feature-request-meta-mind-beeminder-load-internally/6632/7 "2024-05-29T21:05:36Z")
@serenequeen That really just depends on your preference, I think. None of the options you listed are going to be substantially less or more complicated once you’ve set it up.