Message to Display - IF Condition

[jmduemes]

How do I write an IF condition to display the entity state?

I'm trying to display if the back door is open, then display - Back Door Open and Unlocked, but if the back door is closed and the door is unlocked, then display Back Door is Unlocked

For some reason, I can't get this to work - any help would be appreciated!

[cookesan]

The simplest way is to keep the alert trigger separate and put the branching in message, since the README says the message field supports full Jinja2, including {% if %} / {% else %} blocks.

Assuming your contact sensor is on when open and your lock entity reports unlocked, something like this should work:

message: >
  {% set door = states('binary_sensor.back_door') %}
  {% set lock = states('lock.back_door') %}
  {% if door == 'on' and lock == 'unlocked' %}
    Back Door Open and Unlocked
  {% elif door != 'on' and lock == 'unlocked' %}
    Back Door is Unlocked
  {% else %}
    Back Door is Open
  {% endif %}

Swap in your actual entity ids / states, but the key point is: use the card's Jinja2-capable message field for the IF/ELIF logic instead of trying to encode all of that in the plain condition field.

[jmduemes]

THANKS! for your response - heres what I get - not what I was expecting :)