Paper UI incomplete on fresh install - unable to create items

[goddib (Benjamin)]

Hi everyone,

I have just installed a fresh setup of openHABian with 2.5.0.M4 and I keep running into weird behaviour.

It seems like there is some issue with the interfaces. Paper UI does not seem to work completely - it’s missing links that I know from before - right now I’m in the process of adding items but I do not have the menu item for that and neither the linking option in the things. What am I doing wrong?

Thanks in advance!

[sihui]

@goddib

What am I doing wrong?

[SOLVED] ITEM is missing under configuration in PaperUI

Found the issue. Under Configuration -> System Search for Item Linking. Is Simple mode is enabled then ITEM will be missing under the Configuration. I disabled it and ITEM is back

[goddib (Benjamin)]

@sihui wow thanks, I must have looked through that configuration menu 5 times and missed it each time. That’s what was I was missing.

Actually, I’m fine with “Simple mode” - how do I get the name of the item for the sitemap though? It’s not displayed anywhere else but in the Items table. And without it I cannot add an item to the sitemap. Any ideas?

Cheers!

[vzorglub (Vincent Regaud)]

@goddib

Actually, I’m fine with “Simple mode” -

Not really,
You will run into problems, like naming your items etc…
Disable the simple mode, friendly advice

[sihui]

@goddib

how do I get the name of the item for the sitemap though?

Good advice from Vincent, but if you still want to know:

Go to your things channels and select “Linked items”, you will get a popup with all your existing items.

[goddib (Benjamin)]

@sihui Pretty sure that’s not available for me. Another unchecked option?

[sihui]

@goddib

Another unchecked option?

Sorry, no idea. I’m not using PaperUI for items …

[Thedannymullen (Danny mullen)]

@goddib have you stopped openHAB, clear cache and restarted. Go have a coffee before you try to open paper ui?

I had something like this happen once in an upgrade all I needed was cache cleared and a restarts.

A thought if you have not tried.

[goddib (Benjamin)]

@Thedannymullen how would I best go about doing that cache clearing? I haven’t done that yet - last time I did that I did something wrong and needed a reinstall.

[Bruce_Osborne]

@vzorglub

Disable the simple mode,

Somebody needs to do a PR for the official tutorial removing the advice to use Simple Mode.

[sihui]

@goddib

how would I best go about doing that cache clearing?

Clear the Cache

Often when one encounters a problem with OH, particularly after an update, OH will refuse to run or certain parts of OH stop working. Some reported errors include: 500 or 404 errors when accessing the UIs lots of exceptions from Jetty or other core components in openhab.log OH refuses to start at all The first step in debugging the problem is to clear the tmp and cache. Installed OH If you are running an installed OH (openHABian, installed using apt or yum): openhab-cli stop openhab-cl…

[goddib (Benjamin)]

Yeah that didn’t make a difference. Alright I will just without the simple mode.