Possible to use transform in a rule?

[rlkoshak (Rich Koshak)]

@jsable

but have the triggeringItem.name transformed to the camera number that has a view on the door. What would be the best way to go about this?

Design Pattern: Human Readable Names in Messages

Please see Design Pattern: What is a Design Pattern and How Do I Use Them for details on what a DP is and how to use them. Problem Statement Sometimes one wants to create a message or log statement that references certain Items. A clear example of this is to generate an alert message to be sent when one or more sensors change state. We have a nice way to provide a human readable version of an Item’s name on the UIs (i.e. the label) but from a rule this becomes more difficult. Concept [image] …

@jsable

Looking at your suggestion to parse out a camera number by including it in the name now.

This is demonstrated in Design Pattern: Encoding and Accessing Values in Rules Approach 3.