Automation: Send message with all conditions which are true?

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Hi all, hope you are doing well!

I want to send myself a message when everyone has left the house but there are still doors/windows open. The following works, but I would like to include a list in the message of exactly which doors/windows are still open. Any suggestions on how to achieve that? Any help is greatly appreciated!

- alias: Melding Let Op
  description: ''
  trigger:
  - platform: state
    entity_id: input_boolean.presence_anyone
    to: 'off'
  condition:
  - condition: or
    conditions:
    - type: is_open
      condition: device
      device_id: 35c79f7e483dc4f101edff12257142b4
      entity_id: binary_sensor.woonkamer_deursensor_schuifpui_contact
      domain: binary_sensor
    - type: is_open
      condition: device
      device_id: 37293db8c2d0767a739de54ba7062e0c
      entity_id: binary_sensor.hal_deursensor_voordeur_contact
      domain: binary_sensor
    - type: is_open
      condition: device
      device_id: 20e84c9298aa620d82c9d55f083a4ff8
      entity_id: binary_sensor.garage_deursensor_garage_1_contact
      domain: binary_sensor
    - type: is_open
      condition: device
      device_id: 157fbc1687147b89754c4a1bad5203ab
      entity_id: binary_sensor.garage_deursensor_garage_2_contact
      domain: binary_sensor
    - type: is_open
      condition: device
      device_id: 13f252f32f60aec9a34b4d4024accc14
      entity_id: binary_sensor.badkamer_raamsensor_badkamer_contact
      domain: binary_sensor
  action:
  - service: notify.telegram
    data:
      message: '*LET OP:* Het huis is niet helemaal afgesloten!'
  mode: single
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Create a group containing your five contact sensors:

#group
  contact_sensors:
    entity_id:
    - binary_sensor.woonkamer_deursensor_schuifpui_contact
    - binary_sensor.hal_deursensor_voordeur_contact
    - binary_sensor.garage_deursensor_garage_1_contact
    - binary_sensor.garage_deursensor_garage_2_contact
    - binary_sensor.badkamer_raamsensor_badkamer_contact

Modify your existing automation to look like this:

- alias: Melding Let Op
  description: ''
  trigger:
  - platform: state
    entity_id: input_boolean.presence_anyone
    to: 'off'
  action:
  - variables:
      active: >
        {{ expand('group.contact_sensors') 
            | selectattr('state', 'eq', 'on')
            | map(attribute='name') | list }}
  - condition: template
    value_template: "{{ active | count > 0 }}"
  - service: notify.telegram
    data:
      message: '*LET OP:* Het huis is niet helemaal afgesloten! {{ active }}'
  mode: single

It will not send a notification if all contact sensors are off.

To test it, open a door and then manually execute the automation: Configuration > Automations > Melding Let op > Execute

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OK, that sounds like a possible solution, thanks! :slight_smile: I will try this!

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I’m trying to do the exact same thing but it’s not working like I’d hoped.

- alias: Open Door Nobody Home
  trigger:
    - platform: zone
      entity_id: device_tracker.a_s_iphone_ios, device_tracker.brads_iphone_ios
      zone: zone.home
      event: leave
  condition:
    condition: and
    conditions:
      - condition: state
        entity_id: group.millers_home
        state: "not_home"
      - condition: or
        conditions:
        - condition: state
          entity_id: binary_sensor.l_garage_opened
          state: 'on'
        - condition: state
          entity_id: binary_sensor.r_garage_opened
          state: 'on'
        - condition: state
          entity_id: binary_sensor.front_door
          state: 'on'
        - condition: state
          entity_id: binary_sensor.side_door
          state: 'on'
        - condition: state
          entity_id: binary_sensor.deck_slider
          state: 'on'
        - condition: state
          entity_id: binary_sensor.patio_slider
          state: 'on'
  action:     
    service: notify.mobile_app_brads_iphone 
    data_template:
      message: '{{ trigger.to_state.friendly_name }} is open and nobody is home!'

This will send a message when one of us leaves and the group is not home BUT it doesn’t include what is exactly open. I’ve used the “trigger.to_state.friendly_name” to push out what caused the automation to run and yes I know, the condition is not the trigger.

For example, this works to tell me when a garage door is opened:

- alias: Garage Door Opened
  trigger:
  - platform: state
    entity_id: binary_sensor.l_garage_opened, binary_sensor.r_garage_opened
    to: 'on'

  action:     
    service: notify.mobile_app_brads_iphone 
    data_template:
      message: 'The {{ trigger.to_state.name }} was opened! - {{now().strftime("%H:%M:%S on %m/%d/%y")}}'

I guess I needed something like a “condition.on_state.friendly_name”. I’ve tried to find something like that but have come up blank. I’ll try out the post above as well to see if I can get it to work.

5

@123 Just wanted to report back that this works, thanks! :smiley:
Quick question: besides binary sensors, I’d also like to include some covers, which have “open” as the state. So I woul like to select all the entities in the group that have the state “on” OR “open”. Can you help me with the proper syntax for that?

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If the group contains binary_sensors and covers, and you want to know which ones are either on or open, you only need to make a small change to the active variable’s template:

- variables:
      active: >
        {{ expand('group.contact_sensors') 
            | selectattr('state', 'in', ['on', 'open'] )
            | map(attribute='name') | list }}
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Great, thanks!