In blueprints it would be useful to have a possibility to define templated values for “time_pattern” components.
Consider this faulty automation:
description: ""
mode: single
trigger:
- platform: time_pattern
minutes: >-
{{ "/1" }}
condition: []
action:
- service: notify.persistent_notification
data:
message: xxx
Use case: using helpers to define a time_pattern.
You can do this with template triggers.
trigger_variables:
entity_id: !input some_entity_selector
trigger:
- platform: template
value_template: "{{ now().minute % states(entity_id) | int }}"
Thank you, this is what I do now (not exactly this code, a similar one).
Just wanted to propose some more flexibility…
{{ (now().timestamp()|int(default=0) % (MINUTES|int * 60) == 0) }}
Yeah, this method won’t work for seconds. But then again, even if we add templates to seconds, it still won’t work for seconds because there’s nothing in templates that automatically creates a per-second resolution.
yes, and time_pattern trigger seems to support seconds (never tested myself).
I still cannot get past this. My automation won’t run based on the input I set:
blueprint:
name: Time Pattern Notification
description: Sends a notification at a variable time interval defined within the blueprint.
domain: automation
input:
time_interval_minutes:
name: Time Interval (minutes)
description: The interval in minutes for the notification to trigger.
default: 15
selector:
number:
min: 1
max: 60
unit_of_measurement: minutes
target_device:
name: Target iPhone Device
description: The mobile device to send the notification to.
selector:
device:
integration: mobile_app
trigger_variables:
interval: !input time_interval_minutes
trigger:
- platform: template
value_template: "{{ now().minute % states(interval) | int }}"
actions:
- data:
message: test
action: notify.mobile_app_iphone_X
What’s wrong??
Removes states() | int from your template and keep just interval.
Still doesn’t trigger, this is the blueprint code:
blueprint:
name: Time Pattern Notification
description: Sends a notification at a variable time interval defined within the blueprint.
domain: automation
input:
time_interval_minutes:
name: Time Interval (minutes)
description: The interval in minutes for the notification to trigger.
default: 15
selector:
number:
min: 1
max: 60
unit_of_measurement: minutes
target_device:
name: Target iPhone Device
description: The mobile device to send the notification to.
selector:
device:
integration: mobile_app
trigger_variables:
interval: !input time_interval_minutes
trigger:
- platform: template
value_template: "{{ now().minute % interval }}"
actions:
- data:
message: test
action: notify.mobile_app_iphone_di_filippo
and this is the actual BP config:
Fixed:
variables:
interval: !input time_interval_minutes
value_template: >
{{ (now().minute % interval | int) == 0 }}
time_interval_minutes is of course declared at the beginning of the blueprint:
input:
time_interval_minutes:
name: Time Interval (minutes)
description: The interval in minutes for the automation to trigger
default: 15
selector:
number:
min: 1
max: 60
unit_of_measurement: minutes