Trigger. flow on update of entity state, evemn if value remains same

Third party integrations Node-RED
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I was attempting to build a node red flow for a water tank level. I have a proximity sensor that is updated every few minutes but it is distinctly possible that the level value is unchanged and so it simply updates it with the same as the previous value.

I do want to carry out some scripted actions whenever it receives a reading, not necessarily when the value is different.

I tried trigger state node but that only triggered if the value actually changed. Is there a means of doing this simply?

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Can’t you use an Event: States node and leave the ‘if state’ field blank. That should grab any change coming from the entity, then grab the msg.data.last_updated value to get the date/time of the last update, or msg.data.last_changed for when it actually changed. I haven’t tried this myself.