(SOLVED) Automation at a specific time, but using AND to specify a Template with ID

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Trying to do a simple automation at 6AM and then add a template based on Unix epoch to define odd day or even day. AKA: every other day. So If I set an “ID:0” in the template for even days and ID:1 for the odd template I can then use “CHOOSE” in the “DO” section.

Even template: "{{ (now() - as_datetime(‘1970-01-01T00:00:00Z’)).days % 2 == 0 }}
Odd template: "{{ (now() - as_datetime(‘1970-01-01T00:00:00Z’)).days % 2 == 1 }}

I’m just trying to create a way to to do X on even days and Y on odd days in a single automation

Ohh and I can’t flip it to set the 2 templates and ID’s as a trigger and then have a simple “AND at 6AM” because the time options under the AND CONDITION are are before and after, It would be great if I could just do AT 6AM for the AND CONDITION block.

Appreciate all the help in advance

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Hi @jtroberts

Assuming you templates produce the require true or false, I think you should…

Have your time based trigger. No conditions in the And If section, then…

Put an if-then action in the actions and use one of your templates as the condition for the if-then.

That way, you don’t need trigger IDs because the if-then action simply chooses the next step based on the output of your template.

Let me know if you need more detail

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nice! ok I see how that works in the GUI and that should 100% work.

I hate to say this but I used AI to assist and helped point me in this direction. I’ll see which makes most sense but I think the right code is the code that works :slight_smile:

Thanks for the reply

alias: Water The Lawn
description: ""
triggers:
  - at: "06:00:00"
    trigger: time
actions:
  - choose:
      - conditions:
          - condition: template
            value_template: "{{ (now() - as_datetime('1970-01-01T00:00:00Z')).days % 2 == 0 }}"
        sequence:
          - action: notify.mobile_app_jonathans_iphone
            metadata: {}
            data:
              title: Irrigation Even Day
              message: LKN Irrigation Started
          - type: turn_on
            device_id: 1dc708a205f9d00327c5455196843e6c
            entity_id: de55c77722088c7297a0ac3eef6c7b2a
            domain: switch
          - action: switch.turn_on
            metadata: {}
            data: {}
            target:
              entity_id: switch.irrigation_back_yard
            enabled: false
          - delay:
              hours: 0
              minutes: 6
              seconds: 0
              milliseconds: 0
            enabled: true
          - action: switch.turn_off
            metadata: {}
            data: {}
            target:
              entity_id: switch.irrigation_back_yard
            enabled: true
          - action: switch.turn_on
            metadata: {}
            data: {}
            target:
              entity_id: switch.irrigation_right_side_yard
          - delay:
              hours: 0
              minutes: 10
              seconds: 0
              milliseconds: 0
          - action: switch.turn_off
            metadata: {}
            data: {}
            target:
              entity_id: switch.irrigation_right_side_yard
          - type: turn_on
            device_id: 1dc708a205f9d00327c5455196843e6c
            entity_id: c3da9152345aafe98c07f32339a980e7
            domain: switch
          - delay:
              hours: 0
              minutes: 15
              seconds: 0
              milliseconds: 0
          - type: turn_off
            device_id: 1dc708a205f9d00327c5455196843e6c
            entity_id: c3da9152345aafe98c07f32339a980e7
            domain: switch
          - type: turn_on
            device_id: 1dc708a205f9d00327c5455196843e6c
            entity_id: 2d35919b651dfce0a07cd904d276c04e
            domain: switch
          - delay:
              hours: 0
              minutes: 10
              seconds: 0
              milliseconds: 0
          - type: turn_off
            device_id: 1dc708a205f9d00327c5455196843e6c
            entity_id: 2d35919b651dfce0a07cd904d276c04e
            domain: switch
          - type: turn_on
            device_id: 9cd65978ce8350c18fe7109785c3a10d
            entity_id: fa668113ed6e7a05be30c5b6f9f982fc
            domain: switch
          - delay:
              hours: 0
              minutes: 5
              seconds: 0
              milliseconds: 0
          - type: turn_off
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I only get to water my lawn on certain days which are not even or odd but days of week. I created a template sensor to do this.

#--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Day to Water
#--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- sensor:
  - name: "watering_day"
    unique_id: "watering_day"
    state: >
      {% if states('sensor.my_weekday') == '0' %}
        1
      {% elif states('sensor.my_weekday') == '2' %}
        1
      {% elif states('sensor.my_weekday') == '4' %}
        1
      {% else %}
        0
      {% endif %}

then my watering schedule to prevent runoff

- id: '1627491913964'
  alias: Water Lawn with repeat
  description: Water all zones with repeat
  trigger:
  - platform: time
    at: input_datetime.cycle1
  - platform: time
    at: input_datetime.cycle2
  - platform: time 
    at: input_datetime.cycle3
  - platform: time
    at: input_datetime.cycle4
  - platform: time
    at: input_datetime.cycle5
  - platform: time
    at: input_datetime.cycle6
  condition:
  - condition: state
    entity_id: sensor.watering_day
    state: '1'
  - condition: state
    entity_id: input_boolean.run_irrigation
    state: 'on'
  action:
  - repeat:
      count: '11'
      sequence:
      - variables:
          zone: switch.zone_{{ repeat.index }}
      - service: switch.turn_on
        target:
          entity_id: '{{ zone }}'
      - delay:
          minutes: '{{ states(''input_number.zone'' ~ repeat.index) | int }}'
      - service: switch.turn_off
        target:
          entity_id: '{{ zone }}'
  mode: single

I control all the times through input variables.