I use Node-RED for a few of my automations. As probably is widely known, any service call from NR results in a logbook entry like "X turned on/off by [your name]", whereas an HA automation turning something on or off would result in "X turned on/off by [name of automation]".
Is there a way to (manually) include a name from NR in the service call for the "by [name]" section of the logbook? If not, is this something that’s being considered?
Wasn’t known by me but I like the idea.
Hi @Timmiej93 and @Hellis81 here is how I do it:
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It is basically a service call to logbook/log service with the data being passed as a parameter via an object you can add to your messages. Hope this helps.