# Does changing the score values apply historically? **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/does-changing-the-score-values-apply-historically/308455 **Category:** Support **Tags:** gamification **Created:** [May 10, 2024, 2:28pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/does-changing-the-score-values-apply-historically/308455 "2024-05-10T14:28:51Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 4
### Author: ![colin.mckibben](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/colin.mckibben/32/307951_2.png) [@colin.mckibben](https://meta.discourse.org/u/colin.mckibben) #### Post date: [May 17, 2024, 3:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/does-changing-the-score-values-apply-historically/308455/4 "2024-05-17T15:46:34Z")
> [@colin.mckibben](#): > > I was hoping the gamification plugin would leave the old point values in tact even if there was a recalculation, but it looks like we need to figure out another way to preserve the old points. I have posted a doc on how we accomplished this process. > [@How to adjust gamification points without retroactively updating point values for old score-able actions](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-adjust-gamification-points-without-retroactively-updating-point-values-for-old-score-able-actions/308447): > > Problem statement If you use the [Discourse Gamification Plugin](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-gamification-plugin/225916) to award users points for contributing to your community, you may have come across a need to adjust point values based on emerging trends. In the [SailPoint Developer Community](https://developer.sailpoint.com/discuss), we use the Gamification Plugin to power our [Ambassador program](https://developer.sailpoint.com/ambassadors/). Users who make valuable contributions to our community earn points which in turn are used to determine the level of perks they receive. As our community has grown and the number of contributions… --- _[View the full topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/does-changing-the-score-values-apply-historically/308455)._