Rule for several items instead of one rule for each

[JustinG]

There are several answers to your question:

1. Yes, you can run rules on group members. A good place to start is here:

Design Pattern: Working with Groups in Rules

Edit: Updates for OH 4, inclusion of JS Scripting and Blockly examples, removed the doors example as it’s superfluous. Please see Design Pattern: What is a Design Pattern and How Do I Use Them for how to read and use DPs. Problem Statement One powerful way to consolidate code in rules is to use array/list manipulation operations on the members of a Group. For example, filter down to just those members that are ON, get a list of the labels of those Items that are NULL, etc. Concept [image] Th…

2. You can set multiple when statements for a rule to trigger the same rule with different items. See the use of the implicit variable triggeringItem here:

Textual Rules

3. Your best bet, in this case is probably to just do this without rules at all. Item profiles can set timestamps for you automatically:

Items