Design Pattern: Human Readable Names in Messages

[5iver (Scott Rushworth)]

@Udo_Hartmann

I’m curious if Item Metadata would be an option to define a display name?

Do you know how the metadata can be accessed through the rules DSL? I was asking about this here…

How can item metadata be accessed in rules?

I know it’s new to the snapshots, but I can’t wait to be able to use metadata in my items. One use case is to add metadata to my dimmer items for brightness levels based on a lux value and time of day… "DS_HallwayStairwell_Dimmer" -> (newHashMap( "Morning" -> (newHashMap("Low_Lux_Trigger" -> 20, "Level" -> 1)), "Day" -> (newHashMap("Low_Lux_Trigger" -> 50, "Level" -> 55)), "Evening" -> (newHashMap("Low_Lux_Trigger" -> 90, "Level" -> 55)), "Night" …