From 32ff0e7693fc75017ec62e06bec8038d4b0f34a3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Smart Home Junkie <67226335+smarthomejunkie@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2023 09:00:49 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Added video tutorial to show how to set up Trigger based Action Template sensors (#28928) --- source/_integrations/template.markdown | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/source/_integrations/template.markdown b/source/_integrations/template.markdown index 1b8c15eedbe..e350715ba90 100644 --- a/source/_integrations/template.markdown +++ b/source/_integrations/template.markdown @@ -305,6 +305,11 @@ template: [trigger-doc]: /docs/automation/trigger +### Video Tutorial +This video tutorial explains how to set up a Trigger based template that makes use of an action to retrieve the weather forecast (precipitation). + + + ## Template and action variables State-based and trigger-based template entities have the special template variable `this` available in their templates and actions. The `this` variable is the [state object](/docs/configuration/state_object) of the entity and aids [self-referencing](#self-referencing) of an entity's state and attribute in templates and actions. Trigger-based entities also provide [the trigger data](/docs/automation/templating/).