Is there a way to have an "on / off " automation

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Hello, new HA user coming from Smartthings. Im used to ST automations having triggers like on at ___ and off at ___ All in one automation. I have not found a way to have 1 automation work like that in HA. Instead, what I see is having to create 2 (like with Alexa) and it’s annoying. Am I missing something?

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An automation can have multiple triggers and action logic can be branched using If/Then or Choose actions.

Here’s an example from the Community Cookbook

That example uses templating with trigger IDs, but it could be done with If/Then with Trigger conditions as follows:

description: "Turn on lights at sunset and off at sunrise"
trigger:
  - id: 'on'
    platform: sun
    event: sunset
  - id: 'off'
    platform: sun
    event: sunrise
action: 
  - if:
      - condition: trigger
        id: 'on'
    then:
      - service: light.turn_on
        target:
          entity_id: light.your_light 
    else:
      - service: light.turn_off
        target:
          entity_id: light.your_light
mode: single
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ohh, ive just been going to create new automation, I need to edit the yaml, got it. Thanks

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You don’t need to edit the YAML, all of the things I mentioned are available using GUI Automation Editor. YAML is just the best way to share stuff (and it can be copy/pasted directly into the Automation editor)

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haven’t come across the GUI-AE, will search and read up on it. thanks

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The thing that you are taken to when you click “Create Automation” button is the GUI Automation Editor…

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Ahh, now youre talking my language. thanks for being patient, HA’s mechanics are still sinking in. totally different from my previous platforms.