Use multiple Group state aggregation functions of same type - for example multiple `OR`

[rlkoshak (Rich Koshak)]

@ThaDaVos

How would one trigger a rule for all items - except creating a huge group? If we could somehow create a rule to trigger based on a item with tag it could be easily done - or maybe I am thinking to complicated

There is a generic trigger that supports filters. But I don’t think thats warranted in this case. A Group or tag would be a better choice, particularly on lower power machines.

@ThaDaVos

Which generic trigger do you mean? The cron and trigger every second?

No. GenericEventTrigger. I’ve used this in my Thing Status Reporting [4.0.0.0;4.9.9.9] rule template to trigger the rule on all changes to a Thing’s status. It’s not available in Rules DSL and it requires hand coding it in the UI from the Code tab. But that’s OK, most users day-to-day shouldn’t be using this trigger anyway.

@ThaDaVos

Thank you @JimT - I’ll look into using more rules then - wish we could order them in some kind of hierachy though - cause the list can get long

You can add tags to rules and use the search bar to find all the rules with a given tag. You can also use the Developer Sidebar to pin what you are currently working on.

The list can get long on any OH Settings page which is why there is a fairly robust search capability.

The nice thing about the developer sidebar is you can pin everything: Items, Things, Rules, etc. so everything is right there.

@ThaDaVos

Also quick question - why do the buttons for specific code fences use PHP and not the corresponding language like yaml?

The code fences buttons of the forum software have not been updated since before OH 3. At that time there was no YAML in OH anywhere. The buttons use the languages closest to the custom formats OH defines for those entities. In the rules case, PHP gave the best results for Rules DSL.