Extra keys not allowed @ data['channel']

Mobile Apps Home Assistant Companion for Android
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I’m trying to generate two different notificaion sounds, for different events, at the Home Assistant Companion App on my Android. For this I’m trying to use channels.

automations.yaml

  • alias: Button Test
    trigger:
    • platform: state
      entity_id: input_button.test_button
      action:
    • action: notify.mobile_app_darren_mobile
      data:
      message: Button pressed!
      title: Button Notification
      id: 2efb7233a3774d02a85359d97ae3ec7d
  • alias: Garage Door Open
    trigger:
    • platform: state
      entity_id: binary_sensor.garage_door_opening
      action:
    • action: notify.mobile_app_darren_mobile
      data:
      message: The Garage Door is open!
      title: Garage Door
      id: 8b8fa400180b41f2a4755f6b4366f36b
  • alias: Garage Door Open Alarm
    trigger:
    • platform: state
      entity_id: binary_sensor.garage_door_opening
      action:
    • action: notify.mobile_app_darren_mobile
      data:
      message: Close the Garage Door. It’s still open!
      title: “This is Alarming”
      channel: alarm
      importance: high
      id: 87ac8c0ed25d47738c3840d665e9448e

The Button Test was proof of concept: Can I get a notificaiton to the phone from a button on the dashboard? This works.

I also have the garage door trigging the default “General” channel via the “Garage Door Open” automation.

However the “Garage Door Open Alarm” automation is not working.
So as not to wear out the physical door (or wake the neighbours - because I’ve been pulling my hair out over this into the wee hours), I’ve been trigging using System → Automations & Scenes → [Automations Tab] … |> Run

This generates the System → Logs error:

Logger: homeassistant.components.automation.garage_door_open_1
Source: components/automation/__init__.py:776
integration: Automation (documentation, issues)
First occurred: 11:13:33 AM (1 occurrences)
Last logged: 11:13:33 AM

Error while executing automation automation.garage_door_open_1: extra keys not allowed @ data['channel']

Commenting out the channel results in an error on the importance tag:

extra keys not allowed @ data['importance']

Commenting out this, in addition to the channel line, works insofar as a notification is sent to the phone. However the automation has degenerated to being equivalent to “Garage Door Open” and I can’t indicate an alternative alert sound, which was the whole point!

Guidance would be appreciated

Thanks in advance.

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youll want to make sure to follow the proper format in the docs so it should be like.

action: notify.mobile_app_darren_mobile
data:
  message: Close the Garage Door. It's still open!
  title: "This is Alarming"
  data:
    channel: alarm
    importance: high
4

Thank You!

For the record, I now have:

- alias: Garage Door Open Alarm
  trigger:
    - platform: state
      entity_id: binary_sensor.garage_door_opening
  action:
    - action: notify.mobile_app_darren_mobile
      data:
        message: Close the Garage Door. It's still open!
        title: "This is Alarming"
        data:
          channel: alarm
          importance: high

Somehow my brain conflated those two “Data” sections into a single block.
<stupid brain!>

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