How do I disable a rule?

[Keo]

@EdwardN

If you want to have a different method within RM, then put in a suggestion in the Feature Requests subforum. What about if virtual devices were optionally displayed in a separate list from physical ones? It seems your issue with this method is largely aesthetic rather than functional.

Looks like setting the private boolean will do what I need:

Rule Machine User Guide

Rule Machine User Guide Rule Machine is a powerful automation tool for Hubitat. The Rule Machine User Guide has four sections below: • Conditions and Trigger Events • Actions • Expert Features: Custom Commands • Restrictions Conditions and Trigger Events Rules and Triggers respond to events on the selected devices. In the case of a Rule, it evaluates its rule upon any event affecting its Conditions. In the case of a Trigger, it is fired whenever the selected event occurs. Devices with the f…

• Enable/Disable with private Boolean?
This setting allows the rule’s private Boolean variable to act as an enable / disable selector. If this option is selected, then the rule is enabled when its private Boolean is true, and is disabled when its private Boolean is false. Other rules may set the rule’s private Boolean. The private Boolean variable is initialized to true when a rule is created, so when selecting this option to use private Boolean to disable, the rule will start out enabled. When the rule is disabled, the rule will do nothing, all outstanding timers are ignored.