Variables vs Helpers for User Settings/Parameters

[Basdub]

Hi, in my current situation, I have defined a set of user/parameters.

For example, I have input_boolean for turning ON/OFF some companion app notifications. I also have some timers and input_datetime to turn off some of the input_boolean for a period of time.
The number of helpers for each users is only ~6/users for now.

Today, I had to create a new account and realized that its becoming a bit annoying, especially with new features i would like to add down the road.

I stumbled on the custom hacs by snarky-snark or by rogro82 and it looks pretty much what i would need, if I understand correctly.

Then i realized their last commit were dating a few years back.

Has a similar thing been implemented directly in HA?
OR
Is it a valid current way of doing this type of things?
OR
Can we create helpers from a script run by an automation triggered by the creation of a new person?
OR
Is there a better way to do this type of user/parameters setup?

Thanks

[Sir_Goodenough ((SG) WhatAreWeFixing.Today)]

Hi Basdub,

There is this…

Trigger based template sensor to store global variables

This was posted earlier here. I’ve added some improvements, mostly to avoid errors, and also added some additional stuff suggested by @erkr in this post It can happen you want to store some data to use it in another automation, or make sure it’s still available after a restart of HA. You can use helpers for that (eg and input_text entity) but these are limited in which types you can store, and they can be easily edited in the GUI. The configuration below creates a trigger based templates senso…

[Basdub]

Thanks, I’ve seen this before but overlooked it since a few “errors/comments”.

To be honest, it’s also because I’m not sure I understand all of it, but I’ll give it a try tomorrow and start playing with it.