Send entity State to Notification using HA Automations

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I need to make an automation that sends the alarm panel status on change detected to a notification. the problem i am having how to put the status in the message part of the notification.

i.e. how I can put the entity status into the notification message? I managed to do in in Node-Red by sending the msg.payload but I am having problems with the Automation

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well, for one, i’m assuming your googling around for the word ‘status’ and that’s your problem. Status is not a thing in home assistant. You need to figure out the lingo so you know what to look for and what to ask.

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hi petro … I think it should be State not Status.
I tried using the is_state but till now I did not manage.

what I need to send the state shown here:

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well, post your current automation and I can help you tailor it. It’s going to require templates.

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thanks for helping out … unfortunately I never used templates in automations. This is what I have working right now:

- id: '1574523322809'
  alias: Alarm Panel Change send Notification
  description: Alarm Panel Change send Notification
  trigger:
  - entity_id: alarm_control_panel.alarm_panel
    platform: state
  condition: []
  action:
  - data:
      message: Alarm Status Changed
    service: notify.hassio_notifier_s7
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to get the state,

change your action to:

  - data_template:
      message: "Alarm status changed to {{ trigger.to_state.state }}"
    service: notify.hassio_notifier_s7
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thanks again!
Tried it … but not working. In the logfile I got:

2019-11-23 19:23:41 ERROR (MainThread) [homeassistant.components.automation] Error while executing automation automation.alarm_panel_change_send_notification. Error rendering template for call_service at pos 1: UndefinedError: ‘trigger’ is undefined

What does trigger do?

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See the docs. It’ll work, as long as you don’t try to trigger it manually.

9

managed to make it work! thanks for your help!
The GUI does not let you use data_template, had to do it from the yaml file.

10

@petro

I am trying to make something simular, but i can not get it to work. Can you have a look at it maybe:

alias: AllergyInfo Air Quality Today
description: Luchtkwaliteit Vandaag Notification
trigger:
  - platform: time
    at: '13:00'
condition:
  - alias: Test
    condition: or
    conditions:
      - condition: state
        entity_id: sensor.air_quality_today_names
        state: Slecht
      - condition: state
        entity_id: sensor.air_quality_today_names
        state: Ongezond
      - condition: state
        entity_id: sensor.air_quality_today_names
        state: Zeer Ongezond
      - condition: state
        entity_id: sensor.air_quality_today_names
        state: Gevraarlijk
action:
  - data_template:
      message: "Alarm status changed to {{ sensor.air_quality_today.state }}"
      title: TEST
    service: notify.rick_android
mode: single

It does not send any notification

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All you had to do was copy the code without changing anything aside from the notification service

EDIT: NEvermind, your trigger is a time trigger. Change the code to grab the state using the state method. i.e. states('your_entity_id_in_single_quotes')

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see my edit

15

Thank you! it works :smiley:

action:
  - data_template:
      message: '{{ states(''sensor.acc_air_today_info'') }}'
      title: >-
        Allery Info - Luchtkwaliteit is {{
        states('sensor.air_quality_today_names') }} Vandaag
    service: notify.rick_android
mode: single