Maybe a stupid question

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Hya,

more than once i’ve found trigger.from_state.attributes.friendly_name in examples and guides.

What the explanation for this, how does it works?

Thx in advance.

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It get’s the friendly name of the entity id that triggered the automation.

See here for more info of the trigger variables → Automation Trigger Variables - Home Assistant

Actually, trigger.from_state.name would be more efficient as it will get the friendly name and if the friendly name doesn’t exist, it defaults to the entity_id.

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And a better option is: trigger.from_state.name which will return the entity_id if the trigger entity has no friendly_name.

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Isn’t name a variable of the state object directly, instead of the state_objects attributes?

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Yeah it is. Fixed.

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