I have some automations where the service to be called is determined by a template. In certain situations I do not want a service called. In that case I call the service homeasistant.update_entity in order to prevent the error “invalid service”. Like this:
- service: '
{% if state_attr("sensor.jablotron_oasis_80","zones")=="ABC" and states("alarm_control_panel.woonhuis_alarm")!="armed_away" %}
alarm_control_panel.alarm_arm_away
{% elif state_attr("sensor.jablotron_oasis_80","zones")=="A" and states("alarm_control_panel.woonhuis_alarm")!="armed_home" %}
alarm_control_panel.alarm_arm_home
{% elif state_attr("sensor.jablotron_oasis_80","zones")=="None" and states("alarm_control_panel.woonhuis_alarm")!="disarmed" %}
alarm_control_panel.alarm_disarm
{% else %}
homeassistant.update_entity
{% endif %}
'
target:
entity_id: alarm_control_panel.woonhuis_alarm
data:
code: !secret alarm_code
'
However this stil generates an error because the update_entity service does not allow any data.
Is there a no-op service that can be applied in all domains, accepts all kind of data and does exactly nothing?