Apols, I know this should be simple, but again, i’ve spent ages trying to figure this and haven’t got it nailed yet. I need to trigger an automation whenever a value increments over a whole number. Specifically, when electric cost ticks over to the next pound £. I’ve tried this, but it doesn’t wor…

Thanks everyone. I’ve come up with this other potential solution too; Template sensor elec_cost_pounds: value_template: "{{ (states('sensor.elec_cost_today') | int) }}" and automation trigger trigger: - platform: state entity_id: sensor.elec_cost_pounds Any reason why th…

try this: {{ states('sensor.elec_cost_today') | float % 1 == 0 }}

[image] Kitkat: I thought this would be evaluated every time the sensor changed, but it only triggers on the brief occasions that the sensor goes unavailable The template will be evaluated every time the sensor’s state changes, but your comparison is between the sensor’s state and a fixed val…

I like this idea, this would make it work all the time {{ states('sensor.elec_cost_today').replace('.','') | int(0) % 1 == 0 }} EDIT: hmm, it might not if it goes from odd to odd.

Ok, lets go with a normal state trigger and condition. This checks the previous state and ceilings it to the next highest whole number. If the after state is above, it will continue the automation. trigger: - platform: state entity_id: sensor.elec_cost_today variables: continue: > {{ trig…

[image] Didgeridrew: if the price change changes from 0.99 to 1.01 it would not trigger yeah, I forgot to take that into account. I just assumed that it would go from .99 to 1.0 I saw this… [image] Kitkat: Specifically, when electric cost ticks over to the next pound £. and missed th…

[image] Kitkat: Any reason why that won’t work? It might work as long as you don’t mind that it will trigger on decrement as well as increment… also you will need to guard against triggering on restart by setting an availability in the template sensor and a default for the “int”.

Cool thanks. The value never goes down, but it does reset to zero at midnight, but thats OK for me. Default value for an int… I tried to find this in the docs a couple of weeks ago and never really got to the bottom of it. How do I state that??

[image] Kitkat: How do I state that?? int(<default>) so something like: int(1) see this thread for more info: [image] Updating Templates with the new default values in 2021.10.x Configuration I keep seeing the same question about the new default argu…

Thanks, knew the int default was something simple. My post 6 works fine btw. :slight_smile: Amanda

Thanks, this worked for me, too!

Trigger on number change

Configuration

finity December 6, 2021, 3:38pm 10

int(<default>)

so something like:

int(1)

see this thread for more info: