Calendar condition does not work in automation

Configuration
1

Hi I subscribe an ICS calendar which is shown in Home Assistant correct.

Now I try to run an automation every time if there is an event with Titel: Homeoffice recognized.

I created the following condition which isn’t working correct.

condition: state
entity_id: calendar.kalender_arbeit
attribute: message
state: Homeoffice
enabled: true

In my eyes the main conditions are correct but the trigger fails every time.

image
image1920×1611 99.4 KB

Any suggestions?

2

Instead of using a state condition try by using a template condition like so:

condition:
  - condition: template
    value_template: "{{ 'Homeoffice' in state_attr('calendar.kalender_arbeit', 'message') }}"
3

According to your trace, the attribute has ending blanks.

I’m surprised this is syntactically valid, though. Normally, you’d use to: instead of state:

Anyways, keep in mind that if you have 2 consecutive “Homeoffice” events, the second one won’t trigger because the value of the message attribute won’t change.

4

Hi thanks but unfortunately this doesn’t work.

5

Show us the whole automation you have so far. Just posting snippets are not enough to evaluate.

6

Hey this is the full automation for trails so far. I tested today a lot and now it seams to work. Next step is to trigger the automation with an all_day event. which I didn’t test so far, therefore it is disabled.

Any suggestions are welcome, thanks for your support :slight_smile:

alias: Heizung EIN bei Homeoffice
description: ""
triggers:
  - trigger: calendar
    entity_id: calendar.kalender_arbeit
    event: start
    offset: "-1:0:0"
    id: StartHomeoffice
  - trigger: calendar
    entity_id: calendar.kalender_arbeit
    event: end
    offset: "-1:0:0"
    id: StopHomeoffice
conditions: []
actions:
  - choose:
      - conditions:
          - condition: trigger
            id:
              - StartHomeoffice
          - condition: template
            value_template: "{{ states.calendar.kalender_arbeit.attributes.all_day }}"
            enabled: false
          - condition: state
            entity_id: calendar.kalender_arbeit
            attribute: message
            enabled: true
            state: Homeoffice
        sequence:
          - action: telegram_bot.send_message
            metadata: {}
            data:
              message: Homeoffice EIN
      - conditions:
          - condition: trigger
            id:
              - StopHomeoffice
          - condition: state
            entity_id: calendar.kalender_arbeit
            attribute: message
            enabled: true
            state: Homeoffice
          - condition: template
            value_template: "{{ states.calendar.kalender_arbeit.attributes.all_day }}"
            enabled: false
        sequence:
          - action: telegram_bot.send_message
            metadata: {}
            data:
              message: Homeoffice AUS
mode: single
7

For it to work reliably you should base your template condition off the trigger variable data not of the state of the calendar entity.

8

Sorry didn’t get this. Could you make an example, please?

9

There are examples in the Calendar integration docs, but esentially… instead of:

condition: state
entity_id: calendar.kalender_arbeit
attribute: message
state: Homeoffice

Use:

condition: template
value_template: "{{ trigger.calendar_event.summary == 'Homeoffice' }}"