---
title: "ForecastScore"
description: "a forecast scored against its effect by the proper rule fixed on the row, read as of what was knowable when the forecast was written"
section: concepts
address: /concepts/forecastscore
contract: 0476e35e6e275db5
---

# ForecastScore

a forecast scored against its effect by the proper rule fixed on the row, read as of what was knowable when the forecast was written

[figure: ForecastScore is a fact at strategy scope. The drawing shows its fields and the objects that they point at.]

| property | value |
|---|---|
| kind | fact |
| scope | strategy |
| key | the forecast and the effect |
| store | postgres+lake |
| family | strategy |



## Fields


| field | type | required | note |
|---|---|---|---|
| `forecast` | `id` | yes |  |
| `effect` | `id` | yes |  |
| `rule` | `one of CRPS \| Brier \| log` | yes |  |
| `score` | `number` | yes |  |
| `play` | `id` | yes |  |
| `tactic` | [Tactic](/concepts/tactic) | yes |  |
| `framing` | [KindOfFraming](/concepts/kindofframing) | no |  |
| `actor` | `id` | no |  |
| `content` | `id` | no |  |
| `read_at` | `time` | yes |  |



## Routes that use it
No route takes or returns ForecastScore directly. The record holds it, and the objects that point at it reach it.