#Creating own variables for automations to act differently off of.

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limber girder
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Hey all, probably something simple, just need to know the right verbiage or feature to look into playing with. I basically use the built in alarm function to click the ARM button which then when the alarm is in an "armed" state, automations become live or act accordingly. Im looking to understand two things.

  1. How can i create my own variables in HA that would be persistent within HA so i can almost create a more flexible "alarm" type concept for automations to act depending on what variables i set or turned on or off at any point.
  2. How can I turn those variables into on\off type "buttons" on my dashboard similar to the built in "alarm" concept?
spiral tangle
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Either input boolean helpers or just use something like Alarmo that has most of that stuff built in already.

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But, you can also use template helpers as "variables".

limber girder
spiral tangle
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Ahhhhh no. Sorry. I misunderstood what you were asking.