Hey all, I started to set up my complete openHAB2.5 setup on a freshly new setup RPi4 switching to OH3. Now that the system is configured, I wonder whether still to use the textual configuration further (which I liked a lot during all these years) or whether to switch also to the Ui driven way? Is …

You can back up using this command: sudo openhab-cli backup ~/openhab3-WIP-good-so-far.zip I use only the UI. I used to use files but why bother trying to work out the syntax etc. The UI is pretty good. Yes I love my vim editor but the UI is how I am doing it now. I also dropped DSL and all my …

A hybrid solution Since OH 3.0, I am using a hybrid of file-based and UI configuration. The file based part Items, things and sitemaps are completely configured via files, because I came from OH 2.5 and there was no good UI-based way of configuration. Personally, I like the files for easy search an…

[image] barneyd: That said, I usually use the UI to get new things and items going and once I’ve fiddled with the configuration, I replicate the parameters into the .thing file. Is there a good way to extract the parameters from the UI, or are you just doing that for each item individually?

It isn’t automatic but looking at the ‘’’code’’’ tab in the thing definition in the UI shows the parameter names and values that you can replicate. Similarly with items, you can use the ‘’’Channels’’’ tab to get the ‘’’channel=‘’’ string to link it to an item.

Guys, thanks a lot for all your inputs, that gives me a good starting point! Helped me a lot. As written in my inital post i have massive amount of things and items currently configured file based in openHAB2.5. So i will proceed using the file based approach and will test the Ui step by step (and …

[image] paglatz: and maybe use the semantic model For info, you don’t need the UI to generate the semantic model , though it is a bit friendlier.

Nice. I didn’t upgrade to OH3 until February and missed seeing when you originally posted this. Thanks for mentioning it here.

[image] rpwong: Is there a good way to extract the parameters from the UI I feel this problem. How to get clear overview of item metadata (e.g. expire) and how to compare many similar items / things easily to spot configuration errors. Most of my items are bound to modbus and traditionally m…

[image] ssalonen: Semantic model was one the main reasons for me You can use the semantic model with text config. [OH3] Semantic Model setup via tags in configuration Items files

I am aware. But prefer the visuals to see the hiearchy…

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For info, you don’t need the UI to generate the semantic model, though it is a bit friendlier.