Node Red - Climate - Set temperature while taking temperature value from a schedule helper

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Hello,

I’ve been trying to set an action node up to set a climate control temperature, while taking the temperature value from a schedule helper temperature attribute.

I’ve tried so many different variations of JSON but it’s not working. This is the latest version

​"temperature": “{{msg.data.attributes.temperature}}”

How do I achieve this?

Thanks in advance!

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Set the data field to JSONata (J: Expression), and use the $entities() function to access entity attributes directly:

"temperature": $entities("entity.id").attributes.temperature

More details: https://zachowj.github.io/node-red-contrib-home-assistant-websocket/guide/jsonata/#home-assistant-functions

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Thanks for coming back to me. I must have set something up wrong. This is the debug results:

JSONataError: Syntax error: “:”

I’ve set the J: expression up as:

“temperature”: $entities(“schedule.oliver_and_eva_not_here_upstairs”).attributes.temperature

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The way a schedule entity works is that it will only have a temperature value when it is on. If there is no entry, schedule state is off, set for the time when the automation triggers, there will be no temperature value.

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Thanks for coming back to me @Mikefila. Turns out the issue was I didn’t add the {} to the J: expression.

It’s all working now.

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