reading the Documentation I am confused on something.
the configuration example;
# Example configuration.yaml entry
notify:
name: NOTIFIER_NAME
platform: lametric
then the automation refers to;
action:
service: notify.lametric
I read that the that the name: should be appended to the the notify
So do the two code example not go together, meaning the automation refers to a service not in the configuration, or am I missing how to stitch this together.
If the name: is NOTIFIER_NAME then the service: is notify.NOTIFIER_NAME
to an expert this probably was obvious for a novice the use of lametric was confusing, and I assume would work if there was no option name: in the configuration.yaml
For clarity, the automation.yaml for the configuration.yaml shown would be
Except the docs say that upper case isn’t valid. Which will be why it’s used, to make it stand out as a thing to replace.
Generally speaking, after you create a new entity or service, you should look in Developer Tools -> States or Developer Tools -> Services to see what it’s actually called. HA will automatically “slugify” names to make them HA safe, which can cause things to change more than you expect.