diff --git a/src/interfaces/trigger_types.hpp b/src/interfaces/trigger_types.hpp
index ef61aa6..eb0f7c4 100644
--- a/src/interfaces/trigger_types.hpp
+++ b/src/interfaces/trigger_types.hpp
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 #pragma once
 
-#include <sdbusplus/message/types.hpp>
+#include "utils/conversion.hpp"
 
 #include <string>
 #include <tuple>
 #include <utility>
+#include <variant>
 #include <vector>
 
 namespace discrete
@@ -17,6 +18,11 @@
     critical
 };
 
+inline Severity toSeverity(int x)
+{
+    return utils::toEnum<Severity, Severity::ok, Severity::critical>(x);
+}
+
 using ThresholdParam = std::tuple<std::string, std::underlying_type_t<Severity>,
                                   std::variant<double>, uint64_t>;
 } // namespace discrete
@@ -39,6 +45,17 @@
     increasing
 };
 
+inline Type toType(int x)
+{
+    return utils::toEnum<Type, Type::lowerCritical, Type::upperCritical>(x);
+}
+
+inline Direction toDirection(int x)
+{
+    return utils::toEnum<Direction, Direction::either, Direction::increasing>(
+        x);
+}
+
 using ThresholdParam = std::tuple<std::underlying_type_t<Type>, uint64_t,
                                   std::underlying_type_t<Direction>, double>;
 } // namespace numeric