Automation trigger group not the same as listing the entities

@Van wrote:

Hi all,

I not sure how to get the trigger to use group similar to how you would list each entity.

for example:

- alias: test
  trigger:
    - platform: state
      entity_id: switch.s1,switch.s2,switch.s3,switch.s4
      to: 'on'
  action:
  - service: persistent_notification.create
    data_template:
      message: "{{ states['switch'] | selectattr('entity_id','in',state_attr('group.mygroup','entity_id')) | selectattr('state','eq','on') | list  }}"
      title: "Group test"

This would get a trigger on every switch state is on. Meaning it if I turn on 3 switches, I would get 3 alerts.

If I change the code to:

- alias: test
  trigger:
    - platform: state
      entity_id: group.mygroup
      to: 'on'
...

Then I would only get a trigger on the first switch that turns on.
If I turn on the 2nd switch, nothing happens.

I tries using platform: template as well and it doesn’t seem to work

- alias: test
  trigger:
    - platform: template
      value_template: "states['switch'] | selectattr('entity_id','in',state_attr('group.mygroup','entity_id')) | selectattr('state','eq','on') | list | count > 0 }}"
...

Is there a way I can get a notification when a switch is turned on regardless of the state of the other switches using group?

Thanks,
Van

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