BUG 2.2.4.153 Cannot Delete Global Variable

[matthewschultz92]

I can select delete all night long and still not delete the variable "Presence: Just Arrived"

Update: So the advantage of not having many RM rules on my C-7 yet? I can remove RM and reinstall it. This would be a harsh way of resolving this issue if I had multiple rules. So hopefully someone can duplicate and debug it.

Update 2: So I am kind of sure this is related to 2.2.4.153 as I was able to delete a global variable on my C5 running 2.2.4.148

[nclark]

I believe they introduced a BUG when solving one, this is what I found out 2 days ago...

Global Variable creation (read canceled) bug?

Yesterday, I was going to create a Global Variable but half way through I decided that this did not need to be global and would instead use a local one. So I clicked the cancel button before finishing the creation. I then went to the rule, created a local variable in there (with a different name than first anticipated), once done, I edited the rule to add the local variable, but when I was asked what rule to use, the name of the global variable (that I had canceled) was in the list of variables…

So when fixing that, they broke this @bravenel, can you confirm?

[bravenel]

@nclark

I believe they introduced a BUG when solving one, this is what I found out 2 days ago...

The fix for your bug wasn't released yet, and would have nothing to do with the OP's issue.

@matthewschultz92

I can select delete all night long and still not delete the variable "Presence: Just Arrived"

I can reproduce this. I'm looking into what the issue is. I suspect it's the colon in the name... This may have ganked up your GV's in general. I'll know more in a bit.

[bravenel]

So, the problem is in fact the : in the name. I'm going to put in a fix for that. Hopefully, when this fix is released, you'll be able to delete the GV, and going forward a colon in a GV name will not be a problem.

[matthewschultz92]

@bravenel

ganked

Never heard of that technical term before. Thanks for checking that out Bruce!

[bravenel]

Going forward the disallowed character in a GV name will be ~. But, unlike what was happening with : it will enforce it not being in the name.

[mluck]

I have a similar problem that surfaced with Hub Mesh. A GV that doesn't show up in the UI of the local hub, but does appear in the device list (under RM Connectors) in the other hub. Not clear how to delete this "shadow" GV?

[bravenel]

Do you have this connector device on the hub that is sharing for Hub Mesh, the source hub? Did you share that connector device? Screenshots would be helpful to explain what you are talking about.

[mluck]

Thanks for the response! Here is the RM Connector on the source hub:

Summary

And here's the UI within RM showing GVs. The GV in question, Sun_Azimuth, is conspicuously absent. Note the underscore in Sun_Azimuth, not to be confused with the GV in use, "Sun Azimuth" without the underscore.

Summary

It's as if there is a shadow connector in the hub that the UI doesn't present, so I cannot delete. I won't bore you with more screenshots, but suffice it to say that this connector comes along in the hub mesh. How do I delete this?

[bravenel]

On the source machine, create that GV again. It should reconnect to the connector, then you can remove the connector. Let me know if that works for you.

[mluck]

Hmm, the mystery continues. I added the GV again with the same name, per your instruction. I saw it show up on the UI every so briefly and then it disappeared without any action on my part. Then I tried adding a new GV, just as a test. The UI let me add the GV, but it too never showed up on the UI, so no opportunity to delete or add a connector. Something strange is happening. I'm having no other problems with my hub that I'm aware of, and the log shows nothing of note.

[bravenel]

Update to 2.2.4.158. It should fix these issues. You will need to repeat the step of creating the GV that corresponds to the orphaned Connector.

[mluck]

It is absolutely ridiculous how user-responsive the Hubitat team is. Tip o' the cap to you, sir. You have my genuine respect and appreciation. I know things aren't perfect, but your user-orientation goes a looonnnnnggg way in my book.

I hope you never lose this flavor that you all bring.

[bravenel]

Did you get it fixed?

[mluck]

It worked. I had to recreate the Connector after recreating the GV. Then, deleted both, first the connector. All is good in the world again. Again, props.