Smart Home Junkie
𝗧𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝗺𝗲. Do you use 𝗧𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗴𝗲𝗿 𝗜𝗗𝘀 in #homeassistant? And how do you use them together with conditions?
I use conditions in 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝘀𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 when they apply only to 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗴𝗲𝗿𝘀.
Let me know your best practices. 𝗜'𝗺 𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀!
Apr 7 at 8:03amWeb
Show threadNicolas HoizeyApr 7
@smarthomejunkie I do the same, probably because I saw one (or multiple) of your videos where you show this way. 😅
Show threadSmart Home JunkieApr 7
@nhoizey Haha. Cool!
Show threadRoApr 7
@smarthomejunkie I haven't typically used trigger IDs, because I generally forget that they are there. t's not immediately obvious that you can give a trigger an ID, and you have to click a three-dot menu to access it? I real;ly think an ID field should be added to the UI without having to use the menu. Feature request yo!
Show threadMiakoda Apr 7
@smarthomejunkie This doth strike me as novel, and henceforth, I shall put it into practice.
Show threadRune 🇨🇦Apr 7
@smarthomejunkie
I use it for a lot of things. Mostly to combine automations into one, like handling door open and door close with one automation. Biggest use is my 4 button scene switcher, which gives 12 different ways to trigger it.
Show threadfarmio / Matthias AlphartApr 7
@smarthomejunkie I almost always use trigger ids in my automations and almost always skip the conditions section.
Show threadClaude FlammangApr 7
@farmous @smarthomejunkie
I have 38 automations in our RV and 52 at home, most have trigger IDs and none have conditions in the general section.
Show threadkellyaApr 7

@smarthomejunkie I do the same, and I wish there was a global option to "always show trigger ids".  I use them all the time and hate having to explicitly click "edit id" to show the otherwise-hidden value.

For me, it ends up being easier to consolidate things in a single automation and differentiate by the trigger id and then additional conditions in the actions.  I almost never use the global "And if"/conditions section on an automation.

Show threadSmart Home JunkieApr 7
@kellya Yes, same here.
Show threadlogiciteApr 7

@smarthomejunkie
I use Trigger IDs in let's say one tenth of my automations. Never with conditions.

... but to be honest I never understood how I should be using this 'conditions' part and hence never use it whatever the automation 😅😅

Show threadSmart Home JunkieApr 8
@logicite I think that when you use Trigger IDs, the conditions section is obsolete.