Hi there
Im reading the documentation to try create a Notify group… and no success
[Notifications - Home Assistant](https://Link 1)
[Introduction | Home Assistant Companion Docs](https://Link 2)
Check the image.
The ideia is create a way to have just one user, and add many devices I need and just notify the user/person, as I attach also
Seems not possible reading the documentation, so we need to modify the configuration.yml
Its strange we cannot create this using UI
Per the docs:
Notify groups
This group is a special case of groups currently only available via YAML configuration.
Also, your syntax is incorrect. Also per the docs:
action string Required
The name part of an entity ID, e.g., if you use notify.html5 normally, just put html5.
So you need to drop the “notify.” at the beginning of each.
First information yea it’s true I read that
Second information about the “notify” I read somewhere to put. And on documentation to remove like you said
Both won’t work.
Will try again later
Have you reloaded your config file/restarted HA after adding it?
Reload and also restart for double check
Tomorrow I will try again
Thanks
seems Im lost in some place.
Probably not understanding the documentation correctly.
So Ive created on configuration.yml
Reaload, and reboot…
Already drop the notify thing like image show…
But well main thing…
where I call the “function” to test?
In a automation, what should put ?
Seems im missing some reading… but can’t understand where…
Still not working
It seems you haven’t read this: https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/group
And please, don’t use images to post YAML code, that will most likely not benefit your request.
Already read that guide.
But will check again. Maybe miss something
Or my English not enough to complete understand the guide
About images. Ok.
Start by creating a notifier group helper and remove that YAML group code from your config file.
From the documentation as of today:
Notify groups
This group is a special case of groups currently only available via YAML configuration.
When you say
Start by creating a notifier group helper and remove that YAML group code from your config file.
it does not quite gel. How does one create a notifier helper group in the YAML configuration without adding it to the YAML configuration?
Up to that point in your screen shots it looks indeed like this is the correct way to go about it, but the problem, and what the OP asked about, is that the targets do not show up in the drop-down. I have working notify groups with several devices in them that run the companion app, but …
Nothing completely useful to add here, but I’ve had mobile groups in my config for the longest time, I got excited when i saw notify groups as a helper to eliminate code, but I also don’t see my devices in this group…or any entities for that matter. A bug maybe?
To the op, This is how I’ve had my working yaml for the longest time.
in my configuration.yaml I have…
notify: !include notify.yaml
Then create a seperate “notify.yaml” file (It just makes things a bit cleaner)
Then have…
#This file is used to send notifications to devices, without this file, entities will not appear in the notifications option
#All Kodi Instances
- platform: group
name: all_kodi
services:
- service: kodi_1
- service: kodi_2
- service: kodi_3
- service: kodi_4
- service: kodi_5
#All Mobile Phones
- platform: group
name: all_mobile_phones
services:
- service: mobile_app_1
- service: mobile_app_2
Then, if you search in your automations actions, your entities should show up.
THEY WILL NOT DISPLAY IN THE STATES LIST.
What/how are you using your all_kodi group ?..
I don’t use this much, because I don’t have an actual need for it, but I did use it in an automation to notify when it’s trash day (at a previous house, I’m in process of rebuilding my setup), here’s an example automation of what i did.
This displays a notification banner across the top of the screen on kodi and a notification message to you’re phones
alias: House - Trash Day
description: >-
This automation will send a notification to All Kodi devices that it is trash
day.
mode: single
triggers:
- at: "19:00:00"
trigger: time
conditions:
- condition: time
weekday:
- tue
actions:
- metadata: {}
data:
title: Bubba Says...
message: Mew! It's trash night! Mew! Mew!
action: notify.all_kodi
- metadata: {}
data:
title: "Bubba Says... "
message: Mew! It's trash night! Mew! Mew!
action: notify.all_mobile_phones
No, that is broken.