Possible to get count of times automation triggered today from history?

Configuration
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Could it be possible to dynamically fetch from HA history how many times certain automation has been triggered in period (specifically today)?
I know many are using input_number for that purpose but since this data is already present in history it should be more convenient and could avoid dealing with lost values of input_number during HA restart.

2

You could use a history statistics sensor to count that.

The value of the input_number is only lost if you’ve set the initial value - see the docs.

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Thanks, it was exactly what I needed. Don`t know how I missed history statistics sensor in docs.

Anyways for other that may be interested - I ended up with following
Sensor:

- platform: history_stats
  name: Vacuum cleanups today
  entity_id: vacuum.servant
  state: 'cleaning'
  type: count
  start: '{{ now().replace(hour=0).replace(minute=0).replace(second=0) }}'
  end: '{{ now() }}'

And automation:

- alias: Send Servant to dock when someone arrives home during repeated cleanup
  trigger:
    - platform: state
      entity_id: group.people
      to: 'home'
  condition:
    condition: and
    conditions:
      - condition: state
        entity_id: vacuum.servant
        state: 'cleaning'
      - condition: template
        value_template: '{{ states.sensor.vacuum_cleanups_today.state | int > 1 }}'
  action:
    - service: vacuum.return_to_base
      entity_id: vacuum.servant