Automated notifications for multiple zones

Configuration
1

I’d like to have automation that sends a notification when I enter a zone.

Currently I have the below, which works for 1 zone.

Assume I have zone.one, zone.two, zone.three, what I’d like to do is to add the additional zones and have a dynamic notification instead of 3 scripts (one per zone)

I can’t quite work out how to pass multiple zones, and have this appear in the notification?

- id: 'Entering Zone'
  alias: Notification when entering Zone
  description: ''
  trigger:
  - entity_id: device_tracker.iphone
    event: enter
    platform: zone
    zone: zone.one
  condition: []
  action:
  - data:
      message: You're entering {{ state_attr('zone.one', 'friendly_name') }}
      title: Zone Notification
    service: notify.mobile_app_iphone
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- id: 'Entering Zone'
  alias: Notification when entering Zone
  description: ''
  trigger:
  - entity_id: device_tracker.iphone
    event: enter
    platform: zone
    zone: zone.one
  - entity_id: device_tracker.iphone
    event: enter
    platform: zone
    zone: zone.two
  - entity_id: device_tracker.iphone
    event: enter
    platform: zone
    zone: zone.three
  condition: []
  action:
  - data:
      message: You're entering {{ trigger.to_state.attributes.friendly_name }}
      title: Zone Notification
    service: notify.mobile_app_iphone

Untested. but I have a simliar setup working:

- id: "1557405390202"
  alias: TeleG -  Notify lights on when not home
  trigger:
    - entity_id: light.chandelier
      platform: state
      to: "on"
    - entity_id: input_boolean.group_fan_state
      platform: state
      to: "on"
  condition:
    - condition: state
      entity_id: sensor.jim_home
      state: "false"
    - condition: and
      conditions:
        - condition: state
          entity_id: input_boolean.boolean_switch3
          state: "on"
  action:
    - data_template:
        message: Alert- "{{ trigger.to_state.attributes.friendly_name }}" turned on
      service: notify.habot

You may, or may not need to quote around the trigger variable.

3

I don’t think that will work. There’s no trigger.to_state for event triggers, only state triggers.

4

Thanks both.

I’ve added the zone (didn’t think to simply add additional triggers, I assumed I would need to add an array or something)

Reading through other posts on the forum (now I know what to search for), would the below be a solution if trigger.to_state doesn’t work.

Without heading out, I can’t test if the above suggestion works.

5

I don’t think so. That will only give your tracker name, not the zone.

Here’s a good example ( for both leaving and entering a zone):

6

Hmm good catch, didn’t realize that.

7

Looks to be almost the same though with trigger.zone replacing trigger.to.state.

8

Ok thanks. I’ve got both solutions set up, I’ll be heading out in the morning, let’s see which sends a notification :slight_smile:

9

Thanks to both, I went with the solution tom_l suggested, tried it this morning and it works a treat :+1: