Get friendly_name of entity in condition

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1

Hi all,
I’m trying to make an automation for my trash. I have an automation which looks everyday at 19:00:00 o’clock if a binary sensor is on. When the sensor is on, i send a message to my phone. Now I want to know which of the binary sensors from my conidtion was the one who make the automation start. Here is my code:

  - alias: 'Notify Trash Black'
    trigger:
      platform: time
      at: "19:00:00"
    condition:
       condition: or
       conditions:
         - condition: state
           entity_id: binary_sensor.morgen_schwarze_tonne
           state: 'on'
         - condition: state
           entity_id: binary_sensor.morgen_blaue_tonne
           state: 'on'
         - condition: state
           entity_id: binary_sensor.morgen_gruene_tonne
           state: 'on'
         - condition: state
           entity_id: binary_sensor.morgen_gelbe_tonne
           state: 'on'
    action:
      - service: counter.increment
        entity_id: counter.iosbadgecount_tim
      - service: counter.increment
        entity_id: counter.iosbadgecount_vio
      - service: notify.ios_tims_devices
        data_template:
          title: "Morgen wird Müll abgeholt"
          message: "INSERT FRIENDLY NAME OF BINARY SENSOR HERE"
          data:
           push:
            badge: '{{states.counter.iosbadgecount_tim.state}}'
            thread-id: "Muell"

Can anyone help me with this?

2

I’m sure you can do this with if statements, someone else can take the liberty of posting that. Here’s an expandable template but it uses ‘high level’ templating. I suggest you read up on templates and jinja and you could probably come up with an if - elif - else template on your own.

  - alias: 'Notify Trash Black'
    trigger:
      platform: time
      at: "19:00:00"
    condition:
       condition: or
       conditions:
         - condition: state
           entity_id: binary_sensor.morgen_schwarze_tonne
           state: 'on'
         - condition: state
           entity_id: binary_sensor.morgen_blaue_tonne
           state: 'on'
         - condition: state
           entity_id: binary_sensor.morgen_gruene_tonne
           state: 'on'
         - condition: state
           entity_id: binary_sensor.morgen_gelbe_tonne
           state: 'on'
    action:
      - service: counter.increment
        entity_id: counter.iosbadgecount_tim
      - service: counter.increment
        entity_id: counter.iosbadgecount_vio
      - service: notify.ios_tims_devices
        data_template:
          title: "Morgen wird Müll abgeholt"
          message: >
            {% set sensors = [
              states.binary_sensor.morgen_schwarze_tonne,
              states.binary_sensor.morgen_blaue_tonne,
              states.binary_sensor.morgen_gruene_tonne,
              states.binary_sensor.morgen_gelbe_tonne ] %}
            {{ sensors | selectattr('state', 'eq', 'on') | map(attribute='name') | list | first }}
          data:
           push:
            badge: '{{states.counter.iosbadgecount_tim.state}}'
            thread-id: "Muell"
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3

Templategod @petro :wink:

Thanks for your quick answer!
I think I have found the if solution:

  - alias: 'Notify Trash Black'
    trigger:
      platform: time
      at: "19:00:00"
    condition:
       condition: or
       conditions:
         - condition: state
           entity_id: binary_sensor.morgen_schwarze_tonne
           state: 'on'
         - condition: state
           entity_id: binary_sensor.morgen_blaue_tonne
           state: 'on'
         - condition: state
           entity_id: binary_sensor.morgen_gruene_tonne
           state: 'on'
         - condition: state
           entity_id: binary_sensor.morgen_gelbe_tonne
           state: 'on'
    action:
      - service: counter.increment
        entity_id: counter.iosbadgecount_tim
      - service: counter.increment
        entity_id: counter.iosbadgecount_vio
      - service: notify.ios_tims_devices
        data_template:
          title: "Morgen wird Müll abgeholt"
          message: "{% if is_state('binary_sensor.morgen_schwarze_tonne', 'on') %}
  Bitte die schwarze Tonne rausstellen!
{% elif is_state('binary_sensor.morgen_gruene_tonne', 'on') %}
  Bitte die grüne Tonne rausstellen!
{% elif is_state('binary_sensor.morgen_blaue_tonne', 'on') %}
  Bitte die blaue Tonne rausstellen!
{% elif is_state('binary_sensor.morgen_gelbe_tonne', 'on') %}
  Bitte die gelbe Tonne rausstellen! {% endif %}" 
          data:
           push:
            badge: '{{states.counter.iosbadgecount_tim.state}}'
            thread-id: "Muell"
      - service: notify.ios_vios_devices
        data_template:
          title: "Morgen wird Müll abgeholt"
          message: "Bitte die {{ trigger.to_state.attributes.friendly_name }}"
          data:
           push:
            badge: '{{states.counter.iosbadgecount_vio.state}}'
            thread-id: "Muell"
      - service: persistent_notification.create
        data:
          title: "Morgen wird Müll abgeholt"
          message: "Bitte die Tonne füllen"
          notification_id: muell_schwarz

Thanks for your answer. You were right, the documentation helps me a lot!

4

Wouldn’t it be easier to use trigger.entity_id here?

5

he’s using a time trigger, no entity. He’d have to change his automation completely, might get undesired results

6

Oh right, I see it now, I somehow assumed he was using the binary sensors as the trigger, my bad.