From 7e2b90f7824e16e0727c6b05066dcad314b13290 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: haakon storm heen <193781+haakonstorm@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 2 Sep 2019 10:22:59 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Update counter.markdown (#10273)

* Update counter.markdown

Added details for getting counters to work when counting errors, with example configuration.

* :pencil2: Tweak

* :pencil2: Tweak
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 source/_components/counter.markdown | 37 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 35 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/source/_components/counter.markdown b/source/_components/counter.markdown
index 8449140c273..d7a8538a8f1 100644
--- a/source/_components/counter.markdown
+++ b/source/_components/counter.markdown
@@ -23,9 +23,8 @@ counter:
 ```
 
 {% configuration %}
-# 'alias' should be replaced by the user for their actual value.
 "[alias]":
-  description: Alias for the counter. Multiple entries are allowed.
+  description: Alias for the counter. Multiple entries are allowed. `alias` should be replaced by the user for their actual value.
   required: true
   type: map
   keys:
@@ -120,3 +119,37 @@ Select <img src='/images/screenshots/developer-tool-services-icon.png' alt='serv
   "entity_id": "counter.my_custom_counter"
 }
 ```
+
+## Examples
+
+### Counting Home Assistant errors
+
+To use a counter to count errors as caught by Home Assistant, you need to add `fire_event: true` to your `configuration.yaml`, like so:
+
+```yaml
+# Example configuration.yaml entry
+system_log:
+  fire_event: true
+```
+
+### Error counting - example configuration
+
+```yaml
+# Example configuration.yaml entry
+automation:
+- id: 'errorcounterautomation'
+  alias: Error Counting Automation
+  trigger:
+    platform: event
+    event_type: system_log_event
+    event_data:
+      level: ERROR
+  action:
+    service: counter.increment
+    entity_id: counter.error_counter
+    
+counter:
+  error_counter:
+    name: Errors
+    icon: mdi:alert  
+```