I see the service for automation trigger. But when I select it what do I do then? How do I specify which other automation to trigger. I see some similar posts in yaml but I am trying to do this through the UI. Thanks.
Just select an automation to trigger.
However you should not need to use this service. Automations should be triggered by… their triggers.
maybe you want to call a script instead?
What underlying task are you trying to accomplish?
Thanks - now that you mention it in this case I can just turn on the device that triggers the other automation. But coming from my previous HA system I used this technique quite a lot so would be interested to figure out how to do it here.
Let’s say I have an automation that has a complex series of triggers and then performs a bunch of actions - such as lock all doors in the house. In another automation I want to take advantage of all of those actions so I just call the automation. I often would set up automations that had no trigger and just use them for this purpose. Also cleaner if I need to add a new lock, add it to one automation and not lots of automations. I have not gotten into scripts (yet), staying in the UI.,
So in the screen shot below where do I actually specify the automation to trigger? I am used to the UI allowing me to select from existing items but I don’t see that here. Thanks.
An automation with no triggers is a script in Home Assistant…
And if I wanted to trigger an automation that already has triggers - how would I do that in the UI? Thanks.
If it already has triggers wouldn’t it trigger itself? Anyway - just click the Choose Entity button and find the automation.
Thanks and Thanks. Not always will all triggers be satisfied as I am using the automation as a way to do a series of commands - sort of like a macro. It has it’s own triggers that cause it to run, but then sometimes I just want to take advantage of its actions. A shortcut to having to repeat all of the actions in the automation I am working on.
But it seems like a script is a better way to achieve this so will learn more about this.
Put your reusable actions in a script. You can call the script in more than one automation’s actions or run the script manually from button tap actions.