From 122a77bc82ff026a7edc62f6b9fc2f158005c261 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: tschmidty69 <tschmidty@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2018 05:44:01 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Added event_data_template (#4180)

* Added event_data_template

* Update scripts.markdown
---
 source/_docs/scripts.markdown | 10 ++++++++++
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)

diff --git a/source/_docs/scripts.markdown b/source/_docs/scripts.markdown
index bffc89b8a7b..d61ee449b8d 100644
--- a/source/_docs/scripts.markdown
+++ b/source/_docs/scripts.markdown
@@ -124,6 +124,16 @@ event_data:
   entity_id: device_tracker.paulus
   domain: light
 ```
+You can also use event_data_template to fire an event with custom data. This could be used to pass data to another script awaiting
+an event trigger.
+```
+event: MY_EVENT
+event_data_template:
+  name: myEvent
+  customData: "{{ myCustomVariable }}"
+```
+
+
 
 [Script component]: /components/script/
 [automations]: /getting-started/automation-action/