To restore the Pacer Needle you’d need to select Continuous or 120 Day Program and go with a blank calendar guided by XATA.
I don’t think the Training Pacer applies to an FAI plan. At least not in its current form.
The Pacer needle shows your surplus/deficit pts against the 12 o’clock position when compared to weighted moving average XSS over a 7-day window at your selected ramp rate.
A moving target is at play that varies based on what you chose to do within XATA guidelines (or not) compared to what you have done in recent past on same day of the week.
An FAI plan is pre-populated for the weeks ahead and includes a variable ramp rate.
Assuming you stick close to the plan you’ll remain “on track”. Essentially hovering around the Noon position if a needle were shown.
If you veer off plan (needle too low or too high) the Adapt Forecast red dot appears. Every time adapt is run the needle is essentially back to Noon.
I think most FAI users will try to stick to the plan, especially if they’ve configured Availability and have a restrictive schedule.
If wavering off course is going to be a common occurrence, another way to handle it would be an escalating red dot warning. Not sure it’s needed but…
First dot would appear at 9 o’clock position on the button icon for the first off track infraction.
Add another dot at Noon position if you move further from plan over the next day or two.
Then a third dot at 3 o’clock is the final warning. Adapt the forecast!
The idea would be to accomodate weekly changes until they exceed a limit.
You might, for example, switch up the week’s low/high/rest days and by end-of-week (or two days later) be back on track. In this case any red dot warnings disappear. No adaptation required.