I cannot use a newly added file with filenotify

jacoscar · November 15, 2024, 5:49pm

I have just added a file to which I want to write some data periodically called “PDC.csv”


notify:
  - platform: file
    name: filenotify
    filename: /config/data/file.csv
    timestamp: true
  - platform: file
    name: filenotify2
    filename: /config/data/file2.csv
    timestamp: true
  - platform: file
    name: filenotify3
    filename: /config/data/F1F2F3.csv
    timestamp: true
  - platform: file
    name: filenotify_Leam
    filename: /config/data/Leam.csv
    timestamp: true
  - platform: file
    name: filenotify_Leam_daily
    filename: /config/data/Leam_daily.csv
    timestamp: true
  - platform: file
    name: filenotify_Leam_daily_inverter
    filename: /config/data/Leam_daily_inverter.csv
    timestamp: true
  - platform: file
    name: filenotify_BMS
    filename: /config/data/BMS.csv
    timestamp: true
  - platform: file
    name: filenotify_Leam_daily_solar
    filename: /config/data/Solar.csv
    timestamp: true
  - platform: file
    name: filenotify_CPDC
    filename: /config/data/PDC.csv
    timestamp: true

I’ve restarted Home Assistant, however, while I can see the previously created notifyfile services, I cannot see the new one under “developer tools”/“actions” when I start typing notify…

It’s also not visible here

If I try and add it through the UI…

it appears as “file” and not “filenotify”

WallyR · November 16, 2024, 1:29am

Probably a browser cache issue.
Clear your browser cache.

jacoscar · November 16, 2024, 7:31am

I just checked on my iPhone and it doesn’t show up

WallyR · November 16, 2024, 8:17am

Try reading this thread then.

jacoscar · November 16, 2024, 8:23am

That thread is from 2018; I set up my working file notifications no more than 2 years ago; now something has changed again. I really need something more recent

Mariusthvdb · November 16, 2024, 8:46am

you didnt read the last posts there obviously?

its all there

WallyR · November 16, 2024, 8:50am

Is it a long time since the last HA core update?
There were a breaking change a few months back.

jacoscar · November 16, 2024, 9:14am

I have now; but that’s not the problem I have. Even if I use “notify.send_message”, the entity that I defined in the yaml or through the UI (which shows as “file” rather than “filenotify”, see picture above) does not show up

Mariusthvdb · November 16, 2024, 2:36pm

I have these

sensor:

  - platform: file
    file_path: /config/logging/filed/filed_notifications.txt
    name: Filed notifications
    <<: &truncate_value
      value_template: >
        {% if value is not none %}
          {% if value|length < 255 %} {{value}}
          {% else %} Truncated: {{value|truncate(240,True, '')}}
          {% endif %}
        {% endif %}

for the sensor and

notify:
# https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/file/#notifications
  - name: filed_notifications
    platform: file
    filename: /config/logging/filed/filed_notifications.txt
  #  timestamp: False

for the notifications from before

resulting in the File integration overview

but, now I reread your OP: are you only having an issue with the PDC.csv? and all others work correctly?

jacoscar · November 17, 2024, 8:37am

Yes, all the others work correctly.

I finally figured it out
I needed to get the entity ID of the file service I created

This cannot be changed and it confusingly looks like an action name

However, the service I need to call is “Notifications: send a notification message” and then select the entity from above

So while, previously set up notifications included the target file in the action, now you have to specify the generic action and then specify the “target file”