Hey, so i have two automations whitch i want to group so i can toggle them on and off at the same time. I haven’t manage to find a way to group them in the helpers>group section. Is there a way to group them?
these are the automations names automation.apagar_fuente_findes_de_semana & automation.encender_fuente_findes_de_semana
I might be wrong but I don’t think you can group automations like that.
You can combine more than one automation into a single automation using Trigger ID’s to keep track of the triggers and what actions they activate. Then you only have one automation to toggle on and off.
ok, so basically i have one automation that turns of a devide at sunset on saturday and sunday and the other one turn that device on at a specific time on saturdays and sundays. How will I do that?
You can’t make this sort of group through the UI. You have to use yaml and the legacy group format:
https://community.home-assistant.io/t/groups-new-vs-old/526867
what file do I put that in?
Even easier: create an Entities card with the automations
You can then selectively or globally switch them off.
If you want to do this without the old style yaml groups:
- Go to the settings->devices & services->helpers and create a new “Group” helper and add all switches that you need to it.
- Create there a new “Change Switch Device Type” hepler with a “Light” type and select pre-created group from the step 1.
- Create an Automation, select to do a “Lights On” or “Lights Off”, and select a pre-created helper object from the step 2.
This does not answer the question about grouping automations.
You can not change automations to switches or lights.