Automation script.turn_on with parameters, syntax help

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Hello,

I have an automation which calls multiple scripts in sequence:

service: script.mon_script
data:
  param1: ma_valeur_1
data_template:
  param2: ma_valeur_2
  
service: script.mon_script
data:
  param1: ma_valeur_3
data_template:
  param2: ma_valeur_4

Problem is that I would need those scripts to be executed in parallel. Therefore, I am trying to follow this documentation: Scripts - Home Assistant

However, I do not find the correct syntax to replace my current implementation with script.turn_on, and still being able to pass parameters (data and data_template)

Have someone already managed to do this ?

Thanks for the help !

2 
- service: script.turn_on
  target:
    entity_id: script.mon_script
  data:
    variables:
      param1: ma_valeur_1
      param2: ma_valeur_2
- service: script.turn_on
  target:
    entity_id: script.mon_script
  data:
    variables:
      param1: ma_valeur_3
      param2: ma_valeur_4

See here: https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/script/#passing-variables-to-scripts

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3

Thank you !
But what about the type “data” vs “data_template” that I had ?
Both should be listed as “variables” now ?

4

data and data_template are just synonyms, nowadays. Use one or the other.

5

Hi all, I just wanted to add a bit of information that took me a while to figure out. When running a similar automation I got a warning like:

[homeassistant.components.script.mon_script] mon_script: Already running

This caused the second instance of the script to be aborted. Following another thread (What exactly happens on WARNING [homeassistant.components.script] Script script.xxx already running? - #2 by nickrout), I solved by adding a script.turn_off step in between the two calls:

- service: script.turn_on
  target:
    entity_id: script.mon_script
  data:
    variables:
      param1: ma_valeur_1
      param2: ma_valeur_2
- service: script.turn_off
  target:
    entity_id: script.mon_script
- service: script.turn_on
  target:
    entity_id: script.mon_script
  data:
    variables:
      param1: ma_valeur_3
      param2: ma_valeur_4
6

I don’t think that does what you think. Instead, in the definition of the script you out to specify mode: parallel rather then having the default of single for the script. I think that default script mode is what is causing the warning you see.