Show triggering sensor in notification messages

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Hi. I’ve tried the solution posted here: Show triggering sensor in notification?

The goal is to setup a notification that will have several sensors as possible triggers that will send out a notification once the temperature is above a certain level. I’m trying to get the notification to show which one actually triggers the automation.

Unfortunately, it doesn’t work. My setup is similar but with temperature instead of humidity. When I run the automation, nothing happens at all. This is the error from the automations log:

Error: Error rendering data template: UndefinedError: 'dict object' has no attribute 'to_state'

- id: '1646071707542'
  alias: High temp
  description: ''
  trigger:
  - platform: numeric_state
    entity_id: sensor.test_2
    above: '30'
    for:
      hours: 0
      minutes: 0
      seconds: 5
  condition: []
  action:
  - service: notify.mobile_app_sm_g973f
    data:
      title: ALERT - High temperature alarm
      message: Temperature is high - current temperature is {{ states('sensor.test_2')
        }} {{ '°C' }} {{ trigger.to_state.attributes.friendly_name }} 
  - service: notify.gmail
    data:
      title: ALERT - High temperature alarm
      message: Temperature is high - current temperature is {{ states('sensor.test_2')
        }} {{ '°C' }} {{ trigger.to_state.attributes.friendly_name }} 
  mode: single
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If you run the automation manually there will be no triggers and thus no trigger.to_state to get a friendly name from. Hence you get this error:

UndefinedError: 'dict object' has no attribute 'to_state'

Trigger the automation by changing the state of sensor.test_2 in developer tools / states, from below 30 to above 30.

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Worked like a charm, thanks.