Use an string item state as a name and state for another item

[vzorglub (Vincent Regaud)]

Hi Mo,
You need to put your items in groups and follow this design pattern
Forget about putting the item name in another item, you won’t get anywhere.

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] T…