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Various improvements to Calendar integration page (#25382)
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ha_integration_type: entity
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---
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The calendar integration allows you to integrate your calendars into Home Assistant. Calendars are shown on the calendar dashboard, and can be used with automations.
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The calendar integration provides calendar entities, allowing other integrations
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to integrate calendars into Home Assistant. Calendars are shown on the calendar
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dashboard and can be used with automations.
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A calendar entity has state and attributes represent the next upcoming event (only). A calendar trigger is much more flexible, has fewer limitations, and is recommended for automations, instead of using the entity state.
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A calendar entity has a state and attributes representing the next event (only).
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A calendar trigger is much more flexible, has fewer limitations, and is
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recommended for automations instead of using the entity state.
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<div class='note'>
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Calendar entities are here to be consumed and provided by other integrations.
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This page, therefore, does not provide instructions on how to create calendar
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entities. Please see the ["Calendar" category](/integrations/#calendar) on the
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integrations page to find integration offering calendar entities.
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</div>
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## Viewing and managing calendars
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Each calendar is represented as its own entity in Home Assistant and can be
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viewed and managed on a calendar dashboard. You can find the calendar dashboard
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in the main sidebar of your Home Assistant instance.
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Some calendar integrations allow Home Assistant to manage your calendars
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directly from Home Assistant. In this case, you can add new events by clicking
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the “Add event” button in the lower right corner of the calendar dashboard.
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## Automation
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Calendar [Triggers](/docs/automation/trigger) enable automation based on an event start or end. Review the [Automating Home Assistant](/getting-started/automation/) getting started guide on automations or the [Automation](/docs/automation/) documentation for full details.
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Calendar [Triggers](/docs/automation/trigger) enable automation based on an
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event's start or end. Review the [Automating Home Assistant](/getting-started/automation/)
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getting started guide on automations or the [Automation](/docs/automation/)
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documentation for full details.
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{% my automations badge %}
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An example of a calendar trigger in yaml:
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An example of a calendar trigger in YAML:
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```yaml
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automation:
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trigger:
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- trigger:
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- platform: calendar
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# Possible values: start, end
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event: start
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offset: -00:15:00
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```
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Calendar triggers should not generally use automation mode `single` to ensure the trigger
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can fire when multiple events start at the same time (e.g., use `queued` or `parallel` instead). Note that calendars are read once every 15 minutes. When testing, make sure you do not plan events less than 15 minutes away from the current time, or your trigger might not fire.
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Calendar triggers should not generally use automation mode `single` to ensure
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the trigger can fire when multiple events start at the same time (e.g., use
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`queued` or `parallel` instead). Note that calendars are read once every 15
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minutes. When testing, make sure you do not plan events less than 15 minutes
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away from the current time, or your trigger might not fire.
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See [Automation Trigger Variables: Calendar](/docs/automation/templating/#calendar) for additional trigger data available for conditions or actions.
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See [Automation Trigger Variables: Calendar](/docs/automation/templating/#calendar)
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for additional trigger data available for conditions or actions.
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### Automation Recipes
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{% details "Example: Calendar Event Notification " %}
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This example automation consists of:
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- For the calendar entity `calendar.personal`
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- At the start of any calendar event
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- Send a notification with the title and start time of the event
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- Allowing multiple events starting at the same time
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- For the calendar entity `calendar.personal`.
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- At the start of any calendar event.
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- Send a notification with the title and start time of the event.
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- Allowing multiple events starting at the same time.
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{% raw %}
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```yaml
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automation:
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alias: Calendar notification
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trigger:
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- platform: calendar
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event: start
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entity_id: calendar.personal
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action:
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- service: persistent_notification.create
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data:
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message: >-
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Event {{ trigger.calendar_event.summary }} @
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{{ trigger.calendar_event.start }}
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mode: queued
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- alias: Calendar notification
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trigger:
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- platform: calendar
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event: start
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entity_id: calendar.personal
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action:
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- service: persistent_notification.create
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data:
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message: >-
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Event {{ trigger.calendar_event.summary }} @
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{{ trigger.calendar_event.start }}
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```
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{% endraw %}
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{% details "Example: Calendar Event Light Schedule " %}
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This example consists of:
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- For the calendar entity ` calendar.device_automation`
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- When event summary contains `Front Lights`
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- Turn on and off light named `light.front` when the event starts and ends
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- For the calendar entity ` calendar.device_automation`.
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- When event summary contains `Front Lights`.
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- Turn on and off light named `light.front` when the event starts and ends.
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{% raw %}
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```yaml
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automation:
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alias: Front Light Schedule
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trigger:
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- platform: calendar
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event: start
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entity_id: calendar.device_automation
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- platform: calendar
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event: end
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entity_id: calendar.device_automation
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condition:
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- condition: template
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value_template: "{{ 'Front Lights' in trigger.calendar_event.summary }}"
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action:
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- if:
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- "{{ trigger.event == 'start' }}"
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then:
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- service: light.turn_on
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entity_id: light.front
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else:
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- service: light.turn_off
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entity_id: light.front
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mode: queued
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- alias: Front Light Schedule
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trigger:
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- platform: calendar
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event: start
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entity_id: calendar.device_automation
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- platform: calendar
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event: end
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entity_id: calendar.device_automation
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condition:
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- condition: template
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value_template: "{{ 'Front Lights' in trigger.calendar_event.summary }}"
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action:
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- if:
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- "{{ trigger.event == 'start' }}"
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then:
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- service: light.turn_on
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entity_id: light.front
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else:
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- service: light.turn_off
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entity_id: light.front
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```
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{% endraw %}
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