Use condition in notification message

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I am trying to create notifications if i left the lights and other stuff on when leaving the house.
I am trying to trigger on zone goes 0. Then i know nobody is there. But it could be cool to reference what light was left on, i know you can do this with triggers, like {{ trigger.from_state.attributes.friendly_name }}. Anyway that is it possible to do the same with conditions.

Example:

alias: Test notification
description: ""
trigger:
  - platform: state
    entity_id:
      - zone.home
    for:
      hours: 0
      minutes: 5
      seconds: 0
    to: 0
condition:
  - condition: or
    conditions:
      - condition: state
        entity_id: light.example1
        state: "on"
      - condition: state
        entity_id: light.example2
        state: "on"

action:
  - service: notify.mobile_app_peter
    data:
      message: >-
        The light {{ condition.attributes.friendly_name }} has been
        left on - what do you want to do?
      data:
        custom_entity: "{{ condition.entity_id }}"
        actions:
          - action: "1"
            title: Turn On
          - action: "0"
            title: Turn Off
mode: single

Or should i turn it upside down and do some magic with triggers ??

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Unlike trigger, there is no condition variable that is created when an automation’s trigger fires. You could use trigger variables

alias: Test notification
description: ""
trigger:
  - platform: state
    entity_id:
      - zone.home
    for:
      hours: 0
      minutes: 5
      seconds: 0
    to: 0
    variables:
      lights_on: >
        {{ expand('light.example1', 'light.example2')
        | selectattr('state', 'eq', 'on') 
        | map(attribute='entity_id')  | list }}
      count: "{{ lights_on | count > 0 }}"
condition:
  - condition: template
    value_template: "{{ count }}"
action:
  - service: notify.mobile_app_peter
    data:
      message: >-
        The light {{ lights_on | map(attribute='attributes.friendly_name') | join }} has been
        left on - what do you want to do?
      data:
        custom_entity: "{{ lights_on }}"
        actions:
          - action: "1"
            title: Turn On
          - action: "0"
            title: Turn Off
mode: single
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3

Thank you so much for the inspiration. I ended up doing it like this:

alias: Test notification
description: ""
trigger:
  - platform: state
    entity_id:
      - zone.home
    for:
      hours: 0
      minutes: 5
      seconds: 0
    to: 0
    variables:
      lights_on: >
        {{ ['light.example1', 'light.example2'] | select('is_state', 'on')
        | list }}
      count: "{{ lights_on | count > 0 }}"
condition:
  - condition: template
    value_template: "{{ count }}"
action:
  - service: notify.mobile_app_peter
    data:
      message: >-
        The light has been left on {% for entity in lights_on %} {{
        state_attr(entity, 'friendly_name') }} {% if not loop.last %},{% endif
        %} {% endfor %} - what do you want to do?
      data:
        custom_entity: "{{ lights_on }}"
        actions:
          - action: "1"
            title: Turn On
          - action: "0"
            title: Turn Off
mode: single

Only reason i went i that direction was that if the entity is a group, the expand will show all its children, which in my case i dont care about :slight_smile:

Again, thank you :slight_smile:

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