#How are folks keeping their automations organized?

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magic marsh
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I just bought some zen34 remote switches and realized that the only way to control them is via automations(ie. Central Scene action on Endpoint 0 Scene 001)

so I'll need an automation for when i hit the up paddle and another for when I hit the down paddle. I am planning on installing ~10 of these remote switches and I imagine my automation dashboard will get even more out of control than it already is.

How do folks here keep their automations well organized in a sane manner?

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cursive pollen
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By room

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burnt maple
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You can create one automation per device combining the two buttons if you use choose and trigger id's
You could even combine them all in one automation which can make sense if the buttons should perform similar actions on each device (eg toggle all lights in the area)

cursive pollen
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Couldn’t they do a choose for the button location then if/then else

burnt maple
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That could also work, but it will be a rather complex automation

cursive pollen
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But it would be all in same place

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You could rename the choose options to the specific locations

slow badge
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I tend to group them by what they control. i.e lighting, air conditions, music

ocean pebble
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I do it by room or type when they are global

junior sluice
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I think that was the intended purpose of catagorys. However I just take mine out of the UI thing and track them using folders and files. I would not suggest you do what I do...

magic marsh
burnt maple
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Give each trigger an id

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Then use a trigger condition in the choose building block

magic marsh
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ohhh very cool, didn't know about this little work around!

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thanks!

cursive pollen
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and having the tv trigger other options

burnt maple
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Probably, yes

cursive pollen
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Currently have this

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But I want to involve the tv turning on throughout the day

burnt maple
cursive pollen
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I’ll check this out. I don’t have a lot of automations yet but want to get in a habit of organizing and not over complicating things

bright roost
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organized?

cursive pollen
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So it’s not a clusterFů&k of automations

rapid arrow
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I don't use the UI but I make heavy use of packages to organize related automations, scripts, helpers, etc.

crystal jungle
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I use Categories per action. Notifications, Light Automations, Shutter Automations, etc.
Inside that I give them Tags which I can reference later for example to turn certain Automations off for a "vacation mode"

thorny quest
earnest nexus
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I have to do it also some day, but this is a rabbit hole, as I learn more, more changes and automations and new ideas come to my mind 😅

thorny quest
# earnest nexus I have to do it also some day, but this is a rabbit hole, as I learn more, more ...

I'm experiencing the same thing. I can't believe I'm actually somewhat learning a scripting language just to build templates, and I'm kind of liking it. I learned basic CSS and HTML in college (not really programming, but whatever). Since then I've forgotten most of it. Not like I could be a web developer anyway since most web pages are built feelling like webapps. Things that CSS and HTML can't do. And I thought that was tough enough to learn to pass my web design class. (This was over 10 years ago.) But now I'm here actually making an effort to learn how to seek out IDs, format them, write the syntax, etc. A lot of work learning to avoid small bits of extra work in the future.

earnest nexus
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I'm a programmer and it's difficult for me, no worries 😉

cursive pollen
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I want to include the light sensors of the mmWave presence sensors I have but every time I test if detects it’s light out it does not pass