Automation Trigger Variable for State triggers represent the State Object of the triggering entity. The name property refers to the entity i.e. person.oscar it doesn’t refer to the state… that’s what the state property does.
Most of the time your people are going to be either leaving or entering an undefined zone, so I would set this up a bit differently… Also, you may want to use queued or parallel mode in case they happen to be changing zones at the same time.
alias: Kids location notify
description: ""
trigger:
- platform: state
entity_id:
- person.oscar
- person.christian_bendtsen
condition:
- condition: template
value_template: "{{ trigger.from_state.state != trigger.to_state.state }}"
alias: Not the same state
action:
- choose:
- conditions:
- condition: template
value_template: "{{ trigger.from_state.state == 'not_home' }}"
alias: Leaving Undefined zone
sequence:
- service: notify.mobile_app_michael_mobile
data:
title: Kids status
message: >
{{ trigger.to_state.name }} arrived at {{ trigger.to_state.state }}
- conditions:
- condition: template
value_template: "{{ trigger.to_state.state == 'not_home' }}"
alias: Entering Undefined zone
sequence:
- service: notify.mobile_app_michael_mobile
data:
title: Kids status
message: >
{{ trigger.to_state.name }} left {{ trigger.from_state.state }}
default:
- service: notify.mobile_app_michael_mobile
data:
title: Kids status
message: >
{{ trigger.to_state.name }} from {{ trigger.from_state.state }} to {{
trigger.to_state.state }}
mode: single