Identifying an entity using "Get Entities" based on an attribute

DriesA · December 19, 2022, 1:31pm

Hi,

I’m trying to find an entity_ID that is part of a group, based on a custom attribute. I think I’m close, but I’m still not getting the results.

If I use a fixed value “Z036” as a filter criteria (see screenshot below), I am getting the results I need.

The output is:

object
zoneID: "Z036"
zoneStatus: "0"
messageType: "ZoneUpdate"
entityID: array[1]
0: object
entity_id: "binary_sensor.tex_zone_z036_w10_2"
state: "off"
attributes: object
device_class: "window"
friendly_name: "Raam bureau zijkant kipstand"
zone_id: "Z036"
window_id: "W10"
window_type: "2"

However, if I replace the “Z036” in the Get Entities node with “payload.zoneID” (as you can see in the previous output, it has value Z036), the node is unable to identify the entity.

I tried “payload.zoneID” and just “zoneID”. What am I overlooking?

michaelblight · December 20, 2022, 8:22am

It should be “payload.zoneID” if that’s what your input msg property is called, but are you also changing “az” to “msg.” to get it out of the message rather than using a string? Maybe post what your input msg looks like and how you’re trying to configure the “get entities” node.

DriesA · December 20, 2022, 10:04am

The zoneID/zone_id was just a typo in my post.

However, the “az” should indeed be “msg.”. Thanks, that solved the issue now!
Not sure how I’ve missed that…

Thanks a lot!