Notify.Mobileapp stops working when trigger.entity_id is added

Configuration
1

I am trying to write a single automation that will notify me via push notification on Android HA app.
It will notify me just fine with basic text in quotes but as soon as I try to add the trigger.entity_id into the message service data it breaks it.
Here is my YAML

- id: '1582292442297'
  alias: Notify me when Garage door Opens
  description: ''
  trigger:
  - entity_id: 
      - binary_sensor.little_garage_door
      - binary_sensor.big_garage_door
    from: closed
    platform: state
    to: open
  condition: []
  action:
  - data:
      message: '{{trigger.entity_id}} has been opened'
      title: Alert
    service: notify.mobile_app_pixel_3
2

“data” needs to be “data_template” when you are using a template.

3

Good call! I found the automation templating page, I looked for it before but I guess I didn’t know what to actually search for.
I tweaked the config a little bit but still not getting any form of notification on my phone.

#Notify me when something in the garage Opens
- id: 'Garage notification'
  alias: Notify me when something in the garage opens
  trigger:
  - platform: state
    entity_id:
     - binary_sensor.little_garage_door
     - binary_sensor.big_garage_door
     - binary_sensor.garage_front_window
     - binary_sensor.garage_rear_window
    to: 'ON'
  action:
    - service: notify.mobile_app_pixel_3
      data_template:
        title: 'Alert'
        message: > 
          '{{trigger.entity_id}} has been opened'

Most of it is just copy and pasted from the automation templating page and the entities changed to fit mine.

4

Pretty sure your trigger to needs to be lowercase. Also, your action message does not need quotes if you used a caret.

#Notify me when something in the garage Opens
- id: 'Garage notification'
  alias: Notify me when something in the garage opens
  trigger:
  - platform: state
    entity_id:
     - binary_sensor.little_garage_door
     - binary_sensor.big_garage_door
     - binary_sensor.garage_front_window
     - binary_sensor.garage_rear_window
    to: 'on'
  action:
    - service: notify.mobile_app_pixel_3
      data_template:
        title: 'Alert'
        message: > 
          {{trigger.entity_id}} has been opened

Make sure you are reloading your automations after you have saved changes.

5

Thanks, I don’t really know what it was. I lower cased the “on” which is weird because the MQTT message and every other config I use that for is upper case. Oh well. I also took the quotes off and its working great now. Thanks!

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