Automation notification if conditions are met or not met

Configuration
1

Hello.
I have an automation that has 2 conditions that need to be met to fire the action. Once the conditions are met and the automation runs, I get a notification that it has run. All is good.
Where I am having the problem is getting a notification when it does not run because the conditions are not met.
Is it possible to have a notification sent when the conditions are not met and the automation does not continue?

2

Yes, first of you need to remove the original condition so that the automation can run.

Then use a “Choose” with same logic you had in the original condition.

If the Choose condition is true then carry out the relevant actions and notify “conditions met”.

Otherwise there are no actions to carry out and just notify “conditions not met”.

3

Hi Mark.

Thanks for the really quick response.
The Choose option is not something I have used or seen before. I had a quick look but I am not sure where to put it in the code.

My code looks like this

alias: Hot Water Automation
description: ‘’
trigger:

  • platform: time
    at: ‘20:00:00’
    condition:
  • condition: and
    conditions:
    • condition: state
      entity_id: timer.mqtt_watchdog
      state: active
    • condition: numeric_state
      entity_id: sensor.hot_water_temperature
      below: ‘45’
      action:
  • service: input_boolean.turn_on
    target:
    entity_id: input_boolean.hot_water_boost
  • service: notify.mobile_app_main_iphone
    data:
    message: Hot Water Automatic Boost Activated
  • service: notify.mobile_app_backup_iphone
    data:
    message: Hot Water Automatic Boost Activated
  • delay:
    hours: 0
    minutes: 30
    seconds: 0
    milliseconds: 0
  • service: input_boolean.turn_off
    target:
    entity_id: input_boolean.hot_water_boost
    mode: single

Where would I put the Choose option?

6

I haven’t figured out how to post my code either. Sorry.

7

Highlight the code and use: </>

8

Use the “Choose” action and place the “fail” action as the default at the end… That way the “not activated” message will be sent whenever the automation is triggered, but the conditions fail.

alias: Hot Water Automation
description: ''
mode: single
trigger:
  - platform: time
    at: '20:00:00'
condition: []
action:
  - choose:
      - conditions:
          - condition: state
            entity_id: timer.ztest_timer
            state: active
          - condition: numeric_state
            entity_id: sensor.hot_water_temperature
            below: 45
        sequence:
          - service: input_boolean.turn_on
            target:
              entity_id: input_boolean.hot_water_boost
          - service: notify.mobile_app_shanes_iphone
            data:
              message: Hot Water Automatic Boost Activated
          - service: notify.mobile_app_alexandras_iphone
            data:
              message: Hot Water Automatic Boost Activated
    default:
      - service: notify.mobile_app_shanes_iphone
        data:
          message: Hot Water Automatic Boost was not  Activated
      - service: notify.mobile_app_alexandras_iphone
        data:
          message: Hot Water Automatic Boost was not Activated
9

Thanks Mark for the idea and Didgeridrew for putting it into code. Seeing the code was extremely helpful to understand how to use the option. The choose option is very cool and something I never heard of. The code works perfectly. I did get an error when I tried to copy and paste the code but once did it from scratch, all is well. Thanks again.