Change item state text to custom text

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Hi there,
is there a way how to change item state to custom text?
I have SmartThings multipurpose sensor and Item representing contact. But I see as result false or true (true when closed, false when open)
I would like to see Open instead of false and Closed instead of true.
Can I achieve this by adding some metadata? Or differently?

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Maybe. Where are you looking at it? A Contact type Item will have states OPEN or CLOSED. But a binding may suggest default labels for those by supplying stateOptions. I don’t know if the binding you’re using does that,but there aren’t many other ways to get the claimed true/false.
You can “translate” the real OPEN/CLOSED state to anything you like using a transformation,probably a MAP type.

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hmm … because when I created channel fype that multipurpose sensor with channel type String (text value) it is showing me false/true as output
If I create for the same Thing channel type Open/Close contact then I have always NULL :frowning:
I do not know why

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Okay, I should have asked what the Item type was instead of assuming contact just because you mentioned it.

Okay, you have a String type Item now. Simplest would be to use a profile on the channel of type transform, with a MAP to convert channel’s “true/false” to "Open/Closed"or whatever you want in your string.

Because you cannot usefully link a string type channel to a Contact type Item unless it only ever says OPEN or CLOSED.
You could actually do that with a profile and MAP as above,but this time translating toOPEN/CLOSED.

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Thanks - I installed Transformation MAP and now I am able to see desired texts

btw different topic but maybe I can get answer here and not to open new topic > how I will find the command syntax?
I was trying to do Rule if sensor is open then brightness of light to 40, if the sensor is closed then brightness of light to 40. I am able to regulate light brightness but with slider so I do not know the code behing
I am doing this in openhap web application (not in configuration files) and there is line saying “Comand to send”

Thanks

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See

Find your events.log so that you can view commands issued from your UI

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Textual rules

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