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How to filter items [message #1718514]

Fri, 25 December 2015 18:36

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Registered: February 2015

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I have an action which post events to items based on some inputs. I want to be able to filter items based on a group. Meaning, only items within a selected group will get the event.

I see two options to handle this case but I don't like them both :-):

1. Add a condition that will set the name of the group in an output value. The action will use this value to filter the items before sending the message.
2. Add input parameter to action. The user will specify the group name when he selects the item.

I think the condition is the right way to go but the issue is that it comes before the action.

Is there a better way to handle this case?

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Re: How to filter items [message #1719972 is a reply to message #1718514]

Wed, 13 January 2016 14:07

Kai Kreuzer

Messages: 673
Registered: December 2011

Senior Member

Hm, I probably do not understand your question. I would simply send the command to the item group and all is fine. No?

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Re: How to filter items [message #1719986 is a reply to message #1719972]

Wed, 13 January 2016 15:32

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Messages: 109
Registered: February 2015

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I am not sure that the functionality I want exists in the ESH ...

I don't want to send command to an item via the group, I want to send a command to item if the item exits in the group.

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Re: How to filter items [message #1720055 is a reply to message #1719986]

Thu, 14 January 2016 07:30

Yordan Mihaylov

Messages: 10
Registered: January 2016

Junior Member

1) I don't understand your logic. If an Item is not part of a group, it will not receive the command which was sent to the group.
2) If you have a dynamic group of items you can create a special action type which gets the items selected by some special criteria and send event to them.

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