Automation with multiple template conditions

Configuration
1

I’m trying to have an automation trigger at a specific time, if one of 2 conditions are met…and I’m failing

- id: '1582138911675'
  alias: Bin reminder
  description: ''
  trigger:
  - at: '19:51'
    platform: time
  condition:
  - condition: template
    value_template: '{{ (state_attr(''sensor.grey_bin'', ''days'')|int) == 1}}'
  - condition: template
    value_template: '{{ (state_attr(''sensor.green_bin'', ''days'')|int) == 1}}'
  action:
  - data:
      message: Bins
      title: Home Assistant
    service: notify.pushbullet

I’ve been away from HA for a while so I’m very rusty!
I’d also like to have the pushbullet notification message read either grey or green bin, based on which condition triggered it?
I canake it work using 2 separate automations, but feel like it can be achieved in 1?
Any help much appreciated

2

If you don’t specify, these will be treated as an AND condition. Both must be true in order for it to trigger.

If you want OR, do the following

condition:
  condition: or
  conditions:
    - condition: template
      value_template: '{{ (state_attr(''sensor.grey_bin'', ''days'')|int) == 1}}'
    - condition: template
      value_template: '{{ (state_attr(''sensor.green_bin'', ''days'')|int) == 1}}'

Also, you might as well have your message tell you which bin to take out.

action:
- data_template:
    message: >
      Take the 
      {% if (state_attr('sensor.grey_bin', 'days')|int) == 1 %} GREY
      {% else %} GREEN
      {% endif %}
      Bin out
    title: Home Assistant
  service: notify.pushbullet
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3

Thanks, I figured the or condition out myself
I was using the GUI editor which isn’t as powerful as direct yaml I guess.
For the notification data template I’m getting an error:

can not read a block mapping entry; a multiline key may not be an implicit key at line 84, column 10:
        title: Home Assistant
             ^
4

If you copied it before my last edit, I forgot to indent the template :stuck_out_tongue:

5

Yeah I figured it was an indentation error… but I’m still failing
:man_facepalming:

  action:
  service: notify.pushbullet
    - data_template:
      message: >
        Take the 
        {% if (state_attr('sensor.grey_bin', 'days')|int) == 1 %} GREY
        {% else %} GREEN
        {% endif %}
        Bin out
      title: Home Assistant
6

Service should be indented…and have the dash if you move it up there. Or just remove the dash because it’s only a single action.

  action:
    - service: notify.pushbullet
      data_template:
        message: >
          Take the 
          {% if (state_attr('sensor.grey_bin', 'days')|int) == 1 %} GREY
          {% else %} GREEN
          {% endif %}
          Bin out
        title: Home Assistant
7

Two other ways to structure the template (using inline-if):

  action:
    - service: notify.pushbullet
      data_template:
        title: Home Assistant
        message: >
          {% set d = state_attr('sensor.grey_bin', 'days')|int %}
          Take the {{ 'GREY' if d == 1 else 'GREEN' }} bin out

  action:
    - service: notify.pushbullet
      data_template:
        title: Home Assistant
        message: "Take the {{ 'GREY' if (state_attr('sensor.grey_bin', 'days')|int) == 1 else 'GREEN' }} bin out"
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8

You’re a star!
Works a treat now!
Thanks!
I really need to brush up on my yaml

9

Is there any benefit in using either of these over the above solution posted by @jocnnor

10

Yeah, it’s a single line. If you have a lot of automations in a single file, it will save lots of space and make things easier to read usually.

11

Yeah ok, makes sense.
I currently have only 1 automations.yaml file.
At some point I’ll get round to splitting them out, but I’m doing a full reinstall of my system so just wanted to get it up and running.