i have several nodes that trigger on multiple events. i end up having to have several trigger nodes and then get some of the other states so that i can form my final message. it makes things overly complicated when looking at the logic. I am wondering if there is a way to use a trigger node to also fetch it’s variable even if it didn’t change? Here is an example that is not very complex (others may have 5 or six triggers and it makes them messy). I see that i can enable an input to a trigger node, but my testing has been unsuccessful at getting it to fetch it’s value.
it would be much cleaner if i could just out the trigger in line as below (since the mode change to night does not pull any data, just triggers the flow)
Hi @Mikefila, sorry for the radio silence, had to travel for work. I read through the link provided and it is most helpful for future work. i guess maybe i did not word my question correctly. what i am trying to see is if there is a way to make a trigger node pull the value of the entity it is monitoring even if the entity does not change. for example, i have a trigger node that checks if anyone is home via a template i created. if anyone gets home, it triggers just fine and the flow works. i also want to trigger the flow if things change from day to night. so i have another trigger node that triggers if that entity changes, but then i need to go fetch to see if anyon is home via a get entity node. it would be easier and cleaner if i could tell a trigger node to fire if the entity changed or go fetch the value of the entity if it gets called via the input for that node. i have looked around and not seen a way to do it, so i just make my flows have multiple triggers that all fetch the values after they trigger. sorry for the wordy explanation.
