Rule Machine Global Variables [Beta] In response to community requests, we have added Global Variables to Rule Machine. This new feature is a beta release. There is preliminary functionality within a framework. We're looking for feedback as to additional functionality that is needed. Creating G…

It's idle so I suppose this is not the reason. I'd have to try on different thermostats to see how it goes but for now I'm just going to try to work around this using delays. Thanks a lot for your help!

@bravenel , Are GV like rules - the more the merrier? Or are GV as per webcore, keep them limited? I want to know if I can remove my virtual switches and convert them to GV's. Not dozens, but maybe 10.

There are no significant performance issues with RM global variables. You can create as many as you need.

Can you only use GV in conditions and triggers? I was going to use a number GV that was set depending on the mode. Then I was going to use this as the dimmer level or kelvin level of my lights. The idea being I could have a value and implement this in all the rules rather than repeating the same val…

This is not possible at present. There has been another request to be able to use GVs for any numeric input. This idea, while it has some merit, is somewhat challenging in the implementation. I'm considering it...

[image] BorrisTheCat: Can you only use GV in conditions and triggers? I was going to use a number GV that was set depending on the mode. Then I was going to use this as the dimmer level or kelvin level of my lights. The idea being I could have a value and implement this in all the rules rather t…

@bravenel could the global be made with a default value? IE bool already be true? Or a way to set them to value. I have a trigger rule that have them as a condition of "true" and for true set it to false and false set to true. So i then needed to do a temp rule to set them to a value.

There was a DTH for WebCoRE that Robin developed for a Value tile. Basically, all it did was stored data for display other places. You should be able to use an attribute tile and an HTTP request to the Maker API to set the attributes in the device. Haven't tried it yet but it should work, unless …

@bravene i think there is a bug in global as conditions. this seems to work fine and i can see the bool changing correctly [image] but it doesn't seem to actually update this rule. [image] so then only true happens to fire this [image] if i use switches instead it works so must be the glob…

Sorry, I'm not following what is wrong. Which is failing, setting the variable, or testing the variable in the rule?

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I figure I'd pass this along. At least with sharptools, ran into a work around to display a GV. I currently don't use the built in dashboard, so am not 100% sure if can display a chosen attribute for it to work here

then josh came up with a "cleaner" device to use here:

This solution also gave me a means of passing a GV from RM to ST