Variables for Rules and Dashboards!

[josh]

@Jim_Grotto

Another simple use case for variables is a simple multi-state button using a variable tile with $runRule and a rule that moves from state to state with each execution (caused by the variable tile).

That is a really neat concept.

If I understand correctly, you setup a variable to hold a value (for example, a Text variable). Then you display that in your dashboard and change the action to Hyperlink and use the special $runRule syntax. And the rule that you run cycles through various predetermined ‘states’, updating the variable to the next state on each run of the rule.

Brilliant idea!