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Issue with a Trigger Rule using "changes from blank=any value to blank=any value"

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    Hello Patrick,

    Hoping this is the right place to ask the following.

    Not sure why, but since I upgraded Reactor to 22293 from 22258 I have a rule that no longer works as expected. I keep a log of all changes/updates/upgrades/etc. I make in my environment and cannot find any recent changes that could have caused this. Maybe it was pure luck that it worked until recently? Hopefully you can steer me in the right direction. Thanks

    I am running Reactor (22293) / HA (2022.10.5) /InfluxDB (2.4.0) / Grafana (9.1.5) inside Docker on a Synology NAS (DSM 7.1.1-42962 Update 1).

    The rule's trigger is designed to update a Home Assistant Helper entity (input_number) value that is used in Grafana to display Humidity Target in my house.

    I set the rule as follow:

    When the Variable Value (HumidityTarget) changes from blank=any value to blank=any value, set the Home Assistant Helper entity value (h_Humidity Target) to Variable Value (HumidityTarget).

    If I manually change the Global Expression Variable Value (HumidityTarget) it works but using the changes from blank=any value to blank=any value does not seem to work anymore.

    Set h_Humidity Target.jpg

    Below the Variable Value (HumidityTarget) created under Global Expression
    HumidityTarget.jpg

    Synology NAS, Docker, Zooz Z-Wave Stick 700, Z-Wave JS-UI, Reactor, Home Assistant, Grafana, and InfluxDB.

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    • SnowmanS Snowman

      Hello Patrick,

      Hoping this is the right place to ask the following.

      Not sure why, but since I upgraded Reactor to 22293 from 22258 I have a rule that no longer works as expected. I keep a log of all changes/updates/upgrades/etc. I make in my environment and cannot find any recent changes that could have caused this. Maybe it was pure luck that it worked until recently? Hopefully you can steer me in the right direction. Thanks

      I am running Reactor (22293) / HA (2022.10.5) /InfluxDB (2.4.0) / Grafana (9.1.5) inside Docker on a Synology NAS (DSM 7.1.1-42962 Update 1).

      The rule's trigger is designed to update a Home Assistant Helper entity (input_number) value that is used in Grafana to display Humidity Target in my house.

      I set the rule as follow:

      When the Variable Value (HumidityTarget) changes from blank=any value to blank=any value, set the Home Assistant Helper entity value (h_Humidity Target) to Variable Value (HumidityTarget).

      If I manually change the Global Expression Variable Value (HumidityTarget) it works but using the changes from blank=any value to blank=any value does not seem to work anymore.

      Set h_Humidity Target.jpg

      Below the Variable Value (HumidityTarget) created under Global Expression
      HumidityTarget.jpg

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      @snowman said in Issue with a Trigger Rule using "changes from blank=any value to blank=any value":

      If I manually change the Global Expression Variable Value (HumidityTarget) it works but using the changes from blank=any value to blank=any value does not seem to work anymore.

      This is not at all clear. "it works"... what works?

      Author of Multi-system Reactor and Reactor, DelayLight, Switchboard, and about a dozen other plugins that run on Vera and openLuup.

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      • SnowmanS Snowman

        Hello Patrick,

        Hoping this is the right place to ask the following.

        Not sure why, but since I upgraded Reactor to 22293 from 22258 I have a rule that no longer works as expected. I keep a log of all changes/updates/upgrades/etc. I make in my environment and cannot find any recent changes that could have caused this. Maybe it was pure luck that it worked until recently? Hopefully you can steer me in the right direction. Thanks

        I am running Reactor (22293) / HA (2022.10.5) /InfluxDB (2.4.0) / Grafana (9.1.5) inside Docker on a Synology NAS (DSM 7.1.1-42962 Update 1).

        The rule's trigger is designed to update a Home Assistant Helper entity (input_number) value that is used in Grafana to display Humidity Target in my house.

        I set the rule as follow:

        When the Variable Value (HumidityTarget) changes from blank=any value to blank=any value, set the Home Assistant Helper entity value (h_Humidity Target) to Variable Value (HumidityTarget).

        If I manually change the Global Expression Variable Value (HumidityTarget) it works but using the changes from blank=any value to blank=any value does not seem to work anymore.

        Set h_Humidity Target.jpg

        Below the Variable Value (HumidityTarget) created under Global Expression
        HumidityTarget.jpg

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        tunnus
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        @snowman This issue has some similarities with my earlier experience

        Using MSR on Docker (Synology NAS), having InfluxDB, Grafana & Home Assistant, Hubitat C-8, Zigbee2MQTT

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          I think it has to do with how the global expression is evaluated, see the excerpt from the docs "A global variable is evaluated when a rule that refers to the global variable in its own (rule-based) expressions or conditions is evaluated, or when a reaction is run that contains actions with substitutions referring to the global variable.". If that is the case try moving this variable to a local expression and see if that works.

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            To answer Patrick question. If I manually change the Global Expression Variable Value (HumidityTarget) to equal 45 (instead of 40), it will trickle up to HA / Influxdb / Grafana.

            This value could be stale for a long time and don't want to manually update/refresh this value. That is why I used "changes from blank=any value to blank=any value".

            I'll try @Pabla suggestion.

            Synology NAS, Docker, Zooz Z-Wave Stick 700, Z-Wave JS-UI, Reactor, Home Assistant, Grafana, and InfluxDB.

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              OK, wait... if you change the variable manually, and it trickles up to HA/Influxdb/Grafana, that means the changes is working, because that true pulse causes the Set reaction to run, which is what pushes the value to your input_number entity on Hass.

              How do you know it's not working when you think it's not? What is the observed behavior?

              Author of Multi-system Reactor and Reactor, DelayLight, Switchboard, and about a dozen other plugins that run on Vera and openLuup.

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                Observed behaviour: On my graph, HumitidyTarget stop being displayed since Oct 21. The date of the upgrade. I waited until the next day, to see if it would show up, and the next day, and then today, still no visual.

                Synology NAS, Docker, Zooz Z-Wave Stick 700, Z-Wave JS-UI, Reactor, Home Assistant, Grafana, and InfluxDB.

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                  OK. And is the value actually changing from one value to another during that time, or is it static (same value) for that time?

                  Author of Multi-system Reactor and Reactor, DelayLight, Switchboard, and about a dozen other plugins that run on Vera and openLuup.

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                    At moment, the value is pretty much static since the temperature has not dropped below -6 Celcius.

                    Synology NAS, Docker, Zooz Z-Wave Stick 700, Z-Wave JS-UI, Reactor, Home Assistant, Grafana, and InfluxDB.

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                      OK. changes means just that. If the value doesn't change, it isn't going to trigger anything. When you make a condition for changes from any to any, that means the value changes from any value to any other value. But if the value never changes, that condition doesn't go true, your Set reaction does not run, etc.

                      If you want to make sure your value is pushed out to HA on some interval, you need to set the logic mode to OR and add an Interval condition with an interval you are happy with, let's say hourly. The two conditions together working in an OR group will send the target to HA every hour, and any time the value (actually) changes.

                      Edit: There's nothing new here. It has always worked this way.

                      Author of Multi-system Reactor and Reactor, DelayLight, Switchboard, and about a dozen other plugins that run on Vera and openLuup.

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                        OK. changes means just that. If the value doesn't change, it isn't going to trigger anything. When you make a condition for changes from any to any, that means the value changes from any value to any other value. But if the value never changes, that condition doesn't go true, your Set reaction does not run, etc.

                        If you want to make sure your value is pushed out to HA on some interval, you need to set the logic mode to OR and add an Interval condition with an interval you are happy with, let's say hourly. The two conditions together working in an OR group will send the target to HA every hour, and any time the value (actually) changes.

                        Edit: There's nothing new here. It has always worked this way.

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                        @toggledbits Wouldn't switching the expression to a local expression fix this issue to? Since a local expression is evaluated differently?

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                          No. The issue is that the value is not changing for a long period of time, so regardless of if it's local or global, the changes will not trigger on its own, and the Set reaction will thus not be run. This creates a gap in Influxdb's data that may be larger than the period he's asking to show in the graphs in Grafana, so nothing is displayed.

                          The other way to address this is to use the last aggregator in the Influxdb query in Grafana, so that the last value stored in the database is carried forward through the graph. This is harder for people to understand and implement (because you need to be fluent in the query language), but it's actually the "right" way to do it. Having data pushed on an interval can wastefully fill the database with identical values.

                          Author of Multi-system Reactor and Reactor, DelayLight, Switchboard, and about a dozen other plugins that run on Vera and openLuup.

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                            Thanks Patrick and @Pabla for your input and suggestions.

                            Synology NAS, Docker, Zooz Z-Wave Stick 700, Z-Wave JS-UI, Reactor, Home Assistant, Grafana, and InfluxDB.

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