Hi guys.
Looking for some suggestions. I have in my Kitchen 9 GU10 spot lights. I am looking at setting up a dashboard and would like to group them rather than having 9 lights showing. Any suggestions?
You can create a TRUE/FALSE variable, add this variable to the dashboard, and create a rule to turn all lights on if this variable is changed to TRUE, or turn all lights off when it is changed to FALSE. So this variable tile basically becomes your main switch of all the lights.
See the rule example below and please note that I use the Context Variable to check the variable event’s value, instead of checking the isOffieLightOn variable itself. This trick would have slightly faster rule execution performance because the event value can access in runtime via the Context Variable. 
Thanks James. I will check this out.
Um, James - in the example, why are you executing commands twice excecuting commands twice?
They are actually different devices. One is Office Lamp and the other one is Office Light. So when the variable is changed to TRUE/FALSE, the rule will turn both lights on or off. Sorry the screenshot was not very clear. 
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Spotted the issue. I had two variables when i should have just had one. Sorry completely over looked that. Its now working.
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I have a group device I created in Hubitat, but the dashboard doesn’t seem to be able to control it. In reality, the device is three Zigbee bulbs in a three-head torchiere lamp. Would this work for that situation? Is there a noticeable difference between the first and the rest of the light turning on?
I figured I would give this a shot as a rule, Got it half working, it will turn ON the lights, but not back off.
am I at least going down the right road here?
