Buhli
(Marc)
August 26, 2023, 5:41am
1
Hi HA Community
I have a similiar question like this: Response variable
Is it possible to store the response in a helper variable?
My automation:
alias: Test
description: ""
trigger: []
condition: []
action:
- service: calendar.list_events
data:
start_date_time: "2023-08-26 00:00:00"
end_date_time: "2023-08-28 00:00:00"
target:
entity_id: calendar.kalender_marc
response_variable: calendarItems
- service: input_text.set_value
data:
value: "{{ calendarItems }}"
target:
entity_id: input_text.calendarData
mode: single
If i try it with the above automation, the variable “calendarData” is always empty.
Thanks and best regards
Buhli
tom_l
August 26, 2023, 6:01am
2
You don’t have a variable calendarData
in the automation you posted above. Did you mean calendarItems
?
Do you have any calendar events on the 26th or 27th of August?
Buhli
(Marc)
August 26, 2023, 6:18am
3
Hi tom_I
Thanks for your fast reply
I put the calendarData varibale here unter the target:
- service: input_text.set_value
data:
value: "{{ calendarItems }}"
target:
entity_id: input_text.[u]calendarData[/u]
calenarItems is the response varibale from the automation
and calendarData is an input_text helper:
Yes, at this days I have few events.
Thanks and best regards
Buhli
tom_l
August 26, 2023, 7:26am
4
Ok, that’s your problem. calendarData is not a variable it is an entity. Entity id’s are all lower case letters. So it should be:
- service: input_text.set_value
data:
value: "{{ calendarItems }}"
target:
entity_id: input_text.calendardata
Buhli
(Marc)
August 26, 2023, 7:39am
5
Thank you very much for your reply. I have corrected it, but unfortunately it is still empty.
Automation:
alias: Test
description: ""
trigger: []
condition: []
action:
- service: calendar.list_events
data:
start_date_time: "2023-08-26 00:00:00"
end_date_time: "2023-08-28 00:00:00"
target:
entity_id: calendar.kalender_marc
response_variable: calendarItems
- service: input_text.set_value
data:
value: "{{ calendarItems }}"
target:
entity_id: input_text.calendardata
mode: single
Entity:
Is this perhaps not the right way to assign the variable?
value: "{{ calendarItems }}"
Or is the problem maybe the max length of the helper?
I have to use an other type of helper?
Thanks and best regards
Buhli
tom_l
August 26, 2023, 10:11am
6
It could very well be the max length. Check your log for errors regarding this. The maximum you can set this to is 255.
Buhli
(Marc)
August 26, 2023, 1:33pm
7
Yes it is the max length. I have tested it with a smaller range (one event ) and there it worked
I tested it with the entity, but there i see only the events from today.
My goal is to show the next three days on a lovelace card. I know there is already a calendar card. But I don’tt like this calendar.
Or Is there another way how I can archiev this?
Thanks and best regards
Buhli
You can store the data as an attribute of a trigger-based template sensor which will maintain the data structure and allow more than 255 char.
What type of card are you planning to use?
Buhli
(Marc)
August 26, 2023, 3:00pm
10
thanks for your posts.
@123 Thank you very much for your tutorial. It works. Now I have all the appointments in this sensor. Can you maybe tell me, how I can now display this informations on a card? If I just select the entity, I only see count of events.
Thanks and best regards
Buhli
123
(Taras)
August 27, 2023, 1:29am
11
It depends on the card.
I suggest using the Markdown Card. Look at the end of the linked example (in my previous post) and you will find a template that can be used in a Markdown card.
Buhli
(Marc)
August 27, 2023, 5:03am
12
@123 , HI Taras
Thank you very much, it works
Is it also possible that I can store from two calendars the events in one response variable?
alias: Test Calendar
description: ""
trigger:
- platform: time_pattern
minutes: "30"
condition: []
action:
- service: calendar.list_events
data:
duration:
hours: 72
minutes: 0
seconds: 0
target:
entity_id:
- calendar.kalender_marc
response_variable: scheduled_events
- service: calendar.list_events
data:
duration:
hours: 72
minutes: 0
seconds: 0
target:
entity_id:
- calendar.marc_office
response_variable: scheduled_events
- event: marc_scheduled_events
event_data:
scheduled_events: "{{ scheduled_events }}"
mode: single
I have tried both calendards in one action under the entity_id, but he did not accept that.
Thanks and best regards
Buhli
123
(Taras)
August 27, 2023, 12:40pm
13
You’re welcome!
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Buhli
(Marc)
August 27, 2023, 1:34pm
14
@123 Hi Taras,
yes I wil do.
I want to add another calendar. I have created a second automation and adjusted the yaml file accordingly.
Now I have the problem, one sensor has events and the other not.
If I run automation 2: Sensor 2 has events and sensor 1 not
If I run automation 1: Sensor 1 has events and sensor 2 not
My second automation:
alias: Test Calendar Office
description: ""
trigger:
- platform: time_pattern
minutes: "30"
condition: []
action:
- service: calendar.list_events
data:
duration:
hours: 72
minutes: 0
seconds: 0
response_variable: office_scheduled_events
target:
entity_id: calendar.office
- event: office_scheduled_events
event_data:
office_scheduled_events: "{{ office_scheduled_events }}"
mode: single
My yaml:
template:
- trigger:
- platform: event
event_type:
- marc_scheduled_events
- office_scheduled_events
sensor:
- name: Marc Scheduled Events
unique_id: marc_scheduled_events
state: "{{ trigger.event.data.scheduled_events.events | count() }}"
attributes:
scheduled_events: "{{ trigger.event.data.scheduled_events.events }}"
icon: mdi:calendar
- name: Office Scheduled Events
unique_id: office_scheduled_events
state: "{{ trigger.event.data.office_scheduled_events.events | count() }}"
attributes:
office_scheduled_events: "{{ trigger.event.data.office_scheduled_events.events }}"
icon: mdi:calendarevents: "{{ trigger.event.data.office_scheduled_events.events }}"
icon: mdi:calendar
Can you maybe help here me again?
Thanks and best regards
Buhli
123
(Taras)
August 27, 2023, 1:44pm
15
Your two Trigger-based Template Sensors use one Event Trigger that detects two custom events.
Create a separate Event Trigger for each Trigger-based Template Sensor. Each Event Trigger should detect just one custom event.
template:
- trigger:
- platform: event
event_type:
- marc_scheduled_events
sensor:
- name: Marc Scheduled Events
unique_id: marc_scheduled_events
state: "{{ trigger.event.data.scheduled_events.events | count() }}"
attributes:
scheduled_events: "{{ trigger.event.data.scheduled_events.events }}"
icon: mdi:calendar
- trigger:
- platform: event
event_type:
- office_scheduled_events
sensor:
- name: Office Scheduled Events
unique_id: office_scheduled_events
state: "{{ trigger.event.data.office_scheduled_events.events | count() }}"
attributes:
office_scheduled_events: "{{ trigger.event.data.office_scheduled_events.events }}"
icon: mdi:calendar
Buhli
(Marc)
August 27, 2023, 5:07pm
16
@123 now its works, thank you very much
Honestly, these events, triggers, etc. still confuse me a bit right now.
in the automation under the event_data I have office_scheduled_events (on the left site of the colon).
event_data:
office_scheduled_events: "{{ office_scheduled_events }}"
In the yaml file this office_scheduled_events also appears in the following lines:
unique_id: office_scheduled_events
state: "{{ trigger.event.data.office_scheduled_events.events | count() }}"
attributes:
office_scheduled_events: "{{ trigger.event.data.office_scheduled_events.events }}"
icon: mdi:calendarevents: "{{ trigger.event.data.office_scheduled_events.events }}"
Does it have to be like that? Are they linked? Or is that just a coincidence?
Thanks and best regards
Buhli
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123
(Taras)
August 27, 2023, 6:37pm
17
In my original example, it was my choice to use the same name (attribute and response variable). They can be different; I prefer to keep them the same.
Buhli
(Marc)
August 28, 2023, 4:25am
18
@123 Hi Taras, thank you very much.
I hope this is my last question - sorry
For my understanding, green and yellow are linked? is that correct?
And here the same? Green and yellow belongs together. But where does the purple part comes from?
Sorry for the stupid questions
Thanks and best regards
Buhi
123
(Taras)
August 28, 2023, 1:03pm
19
I suggest you review the following subjects:
Event Trigger
Event Trigger - Properties
Buhli
(Marc)
August 28, 2023, 1:13pm
20
Hi Taras
Thank you very much for your support.
Best regards
Buhli
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