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yaddayadda | 10 years ago

Under 'Preferences'[1] there is an 'Advanced Preferences'. In Advanced Preferences, there are two relevant settings: Smoothing Days and Forecast days. The differences aren't clearly delineated, so when I first started using Libra (several years ago), I ended up experimenting for several weeks.

The explanation for smoothing days is that it "[controls] how strongly each weight value affects the trend". It takes an positive integer value or 0. The recommended value is 7, but I ended up with 14. With higher values, both the forecast line and average line tend to be less dependent on recent weights and average out over a longer period.

The forecast days "[control] how many days to use for the forecast calculation. It doesn't specify what the acceptable range is, simply that the minimum value is 2 and the recommended value is 7. I ended up with a 14 here also. This value only impacts the forecast line, not the average line.

[1] On my phone, reached via Android's hamburger physical button. [2] Reached via a button that looks like the ai-settings icon from the http://www.androidicons.com/ set.

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rooster8|10 years ago

So you liked that you could customize it to be more responsive to recent weight changes... interesting.

I do also have an advanced settings section for the forecast calculation, but it's good to know there's interest in controlling the MV factors too. Thanks for the feedback!