Several items in one row

Setup, Configuration and Use Scripts & Rules
1

Hi,
I try to get more than one item in one row. I tried it with the following rule, but it don’t run. What is my mistake?

rule “wetter”
when
Item Temp_Min received update or
Item Temp_Max received update
then
wetteranzeige.postUpdate(Temp_Min.state.format(“%.1f”) +" °C / “+Temp_Max.state.format(”%.1f")+" °C")
end

My item looks like this:

String wetteranzeige “Wetter: [%s]” (wetter)

Did I made a mistake with the String?

2

Elaborate. Do you see a “-” in place of your string? Do you know if the rule is actually executing or not? Do you know that both Temp_Min and Temp_Max have valid values? Do you see any errors in your logs?

3

Yes, there is a “-” in place of the string. I used a cronjob which runs the rule every minute.
Something is going wrong with this rule, but what?

I found this entry in the logfile:

2016-04-10 11:48:01.041 [INFO ] [c.internal.ModelRepositoryImpl] - Refreshing model ‘wetter.rules’
2016-04-10 11:48:01.061 [WARN ] [c.internal.ModelRepositoryImpl] - Configuration model ‘wetter.rules’ is either empty or cannot be parsed correctly!
2016-04-10 11:48:01.062 [DEBUG] [c.internal.ModelRepositoryImpl] - Errors reported for ‘wetter.rules’:

4

wetter.rules has a syntax error in it that is preventing it from being loaded. I highly recommend loading it into Designer which will highlight and syntax errors for you.

The “-” indicates that that Item has not be initialized and is undefined.

5

Can you retry without the degree symbol?

6

I tried it without the °C, but got also the “-” only.
WIthib habmin I see that the rule has a failure, but as I’m a newbie I can’t understand it.
The line:

Temp_Min_Max.postUpdate(Temp_Min.state.format(“%.0f”) + " °C / " + Temp_Max.state.format(“%.0f”) + " °C")

gives the following content:

Multiple markers at this line

  • Couldn’t resolve reference to JvmIdentifiableElement ‘postUpdate’.
  • Couldn’t resolve reference to JvmIdentifiableElement ‘Temp_Min_Max’.

What is missing? I found the rule here:
link

They said the rule runs, but why not in my rule?

7

The Item Temp_Min_Max doesn’t exist. Make sure you have an Item called Temp_Min_Max in an .item file and make sure they are identical, including case.

8

Thank you, now it’s running. Probably I deleted the item.

By the way, is there a way to have more than one image in one row, e.g. the weather icon for today, tomorrow etc.?

9

No. You can sometime cheat with labels by combining the text from two Items into a third Item using a rule, but you cannot have more than one icon per row.

However, if you want a more detailed weather presentation, look at the webview approach described at the bottom of the weather binding wiki page.