One automation, multiple triggers, different actions based on trigger

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Here’s my use case: A family member arrives home. Companion application welcomes the family member home with a notification containing a button to open the garage door. Once the button has been pressed the garage door opens and the family member receives a notification confirming this. Grateful for advice on the best way to achieve this. I want to do this within a single automation and avoid having a separate automation for each member of the family. I’m thinking a service template may be required but I’d welcome comments before I dig any deeper.

2

Probably something like this-

trigger:
  - platform: state
    entity_id: person.your_name
    from: not_home
    to: home

condition: []

action:
  - variables:
      action_open: >-
        {{ 'OPEN_' ~ context.id }}
      action_decline: >-
        {{ 'DECLINE_' ~ context.id }}
      phone_name: >-
        {{ 'notify.mobile_app_' ~ trigger.entity_id.split('.')[1] }}
  - service: >-
      {{ phone_name }}
    data:
      message: >-
        Welcome home {{ trigger.to_state.attributes.friendly_name.split(' ')[0] }}. Do you want to open garage door?
      data:
        actions:
          - action: >-
              {{ action_open }}
            title: 'Yes'
          - action: >-
              {{ action_decline }}
            title: 'No'
  - wait_for_trigger:
      - platform: event
        event_type: mobile_app_notification_action
        event_data:
          action: >-
            {{ action_open }}
      - platform: event
        event_type: mobile_app_notification_action
        event_data:
          action: >-
            {{ action_decline }}
    timeout: '60'
    continue_on_timeout: false
  - choose:
      - conditions:
          - condition: template
            value_template: >-
              {{ wait.trigger.event.data.action == action_open }}
        sequence:
          - service: switch.turn_on
            target:
              entity_id: switch.your_garage
    default: []

mode: restart

This is based on the official documentation that you can found below-

3

Many thanks however I’m getting the following error message when pasting the code to perform the actions in the automation:

Message malformed: must contain at least one of service, service_template. @ data['action'][0]

5

Ok - i’ve copied the Yaml again, no further errors however upon changing the person state from ‘not_home’ to ‘home’ nothing happens.

6

Check the automation trace and see what’s stopping the automation to be triggered. Try checking the entity_id as well as the condition (try removing it).

7

Executed: 25 August 2021, 18:31:56
Error: Template rendered invalid service: notify.mobile_app_['person', 'cergon']

It’s getting stuck here:

service: '{{ phone_name }}'
data:
  message: Welcome Home. Do you want to open garage door?
  data:
    actions:
      - action: '{{ action_open }}'
        title: 'Yes'
      - action: '{{ action_decline }}'
        title: 'No'
8

Sorry, yesterday I am on mobile phone so the " or ' breaks. Can you try once again using the revised code above?

Next, go to Developer Tools → Services → In the service, type notify.mobile_app → Copy here the complete service name

After that, go to Developer Tools → States → Type person.cergon → Copy here the full state and attribute

9

Ardy - many thanks for your help on this - I’ve finally cracked it. Could not have done it without your input.

I have renamed the phone variable and use trigger.to_state.object_id to reference my notification groups which mirror the object_id of the person entity. This means all devices linked to a particular family member receive the notifications which fits my use case.

For anyone interested, see below for the final Yaml. You’ll likely need to change the notification_service variable and the entity id associated with the garage door.

  alias: Garage - Ask to open door when arriving home
  description: ''
  trigger:
  - platform: state
    entity_id: person.husband
    from: not_home
    to: home
  - platform: state
    entity_id: person.wife
    from: not_home
    to: home
  condition:
  - condition: state
    entity_id: binary_sensor.garage_door_status
    state: 'off'
  action:
  - variables:
      action_open: '{{ ''OPEN_'' ~ context.id }}'
      action_decline: '{{ ''DECLINE_'' ~ context.id }}'
      notification_service: '{{ "notify." ~  trigger.to_state.object_id }}'
  - service: '{{ notification_service }}'
    data:
      title: Welcome Home {{ trigger.to_state.attributes.friendly_name }}
      message: Do you want to open garage door?
      data:
        actions:
        - action: '{{ action_open }}'
          title: 'Yes'
        - action: '{{ action_decline }}'
          title: 'No'
  - wait_for_trigger:
    - platform: event
      event_type: mobile_app_notification_action
      event_data:
        action: '{{ action_open }}'
    - platform: event
      event_type: mobile_app_notification_action
      event_data:
        action: '{{ action_decline }}'
    timeout: '120'
    continue_on_timeout: false
  - choose:
    - conditions:
      - condition: template
        value_template: '{{ wait.trigger.event.data.action == action_open }}'
      sequence:
      - service: switch.turn_on
        target:
          entity_id: switch.garage_door
      - service: '{{ notification_service }}'
        data:
          message: The garage door has been opened.
    - conditions:
      - condition: template
        value_template: '{{ wait.trigger.event.data.action == action_decline }}'
      sequence:
      - service: '{{ notification_service }}'
        data:
          message: The garage door has not been opened.
    default: []
  mode: single
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