Recurring Task Template Entities

Referring page: Recurring Task Tracking

This page provides code examples for the data objects that need to be created to support my recurring task tracking feature.

Entity Creation

Tasks and Task_actions are created in pairs (more information on how I’ve decided to use them is [here](ADD LINK)). As shown below, a Task is setup in Home Assistant as a trigger based binary sensor with a variety of attributes. A Task_action is setup simply as an input boolean.

NOTE: The yaml config below is dependent the existence of a Jinja based custom template. That code is available here.


Task Entity (creates binary_sensor.chore_change_keurig_filter):

template:
    - trigger:
    - platform: time
        at: '06:30:00'
    - platform: state
        entity_id: input_boolean.status_change_keurig_filter
        from: 'off'
    binary_sensor:
        - name: "Chore change keurig filter"
        unique_id: chore_change_keurig_filter
        state: |
            {% set e_string = 'change_keurig_filter' %}
            {% from 'tasks.jinja' import determine_task_state %}
            {{ determine_task_state(e_string) }}
        attributes:
            last_updated: "{{ now() | as_local }}"
            last_triggered: |
                {% set e_string = 'change_keurig_filter' %}
                {% from 'tasks.jinja' import get_last_triggered %}
                {{ get_last_triggered(e_string) }}    
            last_completed: |
                {% set e_string = 'change_keurig_filter' %}
                {% from 'tasks.jinja' import get_last_completed %}
                {{ get_last_completed(e_string) }}
            trigger_type: "time"
            trigger_interval: "Every 2 months on the 1st Sunday"
            next_trigger: |
                {% set e_string = 'change_keurig_filter' %}
                {% from 'tasks.jinja' import get_next_trigger %}
                {{ get_next_trigger(e_string) }}
            overdue: |
                {% set e_string = 'change_keurig_filter' %}
                {% from 'tasks.jinja' import check_if_overdue %}
                {{ check_if_overdue(e_string) }}



Task_action Entity (creates input_boolean.status_change_keurig_filter):

input_boolean:
    status_change_keurig_filter:
    name: "Status Change Keurig Filter"