[Solved] How to add Attribute variable inside mail plugin

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Hello,
i want to add an Attribute from an MQTT device inside Email Plugin (rule) for text, like:

send mail to: "XXX@gmail.com" subject:"Laden beendet" text:"Laden beendet über PV, geladen: {"ENERGY.Today"} "

Any ideas how to solve that ?

Thank you

@hyperx Please format your post properly. Thanks

@hyperx said in How to add Attribute variable inside mail plugin:

send mail to: "XXX@gmail.com" subject:“Laden beendet” text:"Laden beendet über PV, geladen: {“ENERGY.Today”} "

Assuming ENERGY is an mqtt device and Today is an attribute the following should work:

send mail to:"XXX@gmail.com" subject:"Laden beendet" text:"Laden beendet über PV, geladen: $ENERGY.Today"

Please also note you have an extraneous space after to: which will cause an error

send mail from:"..." to:"..." subject:"test" text:"test $wetter.currentWeather"

for some reasons, i can´t find the variable for my MQTT device !
even if i search for the value inside Variable-list…

    {
      "class": "MqttSensor",
      "id": "mqttsonoffPOWinfo",
      "name": "Ladestation Infos",
      "attributes": [
        {
          "name": "ENERGY.Yesterday",
          "topic": "tele/sonoffPOW/SENSOR",
          "type": "number",
          "unit": "kWh",
          "acronym": "Gestern",
          "messageMap": {}
        },
        {
          "name": "ENERGY.Today",
          "topic": "tele/sonoffPOW/SENSOR",
          "type": "number",
          "unit": "kwh",
          "acronym": "Heute",
          "messageMap": {}
        },
        {
          "name": "ENERGY.Current",
          "topic": "tele/sonoffPOW/SENSOR",
          "type": "number",
          "unit": "A",
          "acronym": "I",
          "messageMap": {}
        },
        {
          "name": "ENERGY.Voltage",
          "topic": "tele/sonoffPOW/SENSOR",
          "type": "number",
          "unit": "V",
          "acronym": "U",
          "messageMap": {}
        },
        {
          "name": "ENERGY.Power",
          "topic": "tele/sonoffPOW/SENSOR",
          "type": "number",
          "unit": "W",
          "acronym": "P",
          "messageMap": {}
        }

this is my config for my MQTT device, everything is shown on the pimatic page, but can´t find Variables inside list !?

@hyperx said in How to add Attribute variable inside mail plugin:

ENERGY.Today

I am not sure this is going to work as the dot is a special character.
EDIT: Just tested it. To my own surprise I can confirm this works

Generally, if you you want to reference an attribute variable you need to give the device id followed by a dot and the attribute name. In you case that is

$mqttsonoffPOWinfo.ENERGY.Today


send mail to:"XXX@gmail.com" subject:"Laden beendet" text:"Laden beendet über PV, geladen: $mqttsonoffPOWinfo.ENERGY.Today"

so i have to change the NAME of my MQTT device?

@hyperx no, see my previous post (edited)

@mwittig
not working

Expected: "and", got " text:"Laden beendet über PV, geladen: $mqttsonoffPOWinfo.ENERGY.Today""

if i “remove” $mqttsonoffPOWinfo.ENERGY.Today than i can safe the rule

i even can´t find any related variable that belongs to $mqttsonoffPOWinfo in the list

@hyperx I have tested this with a VariablesDevice and this works for me exactly as provided. It should work the same way with MqttSensor. As there are no variables for mqttsonoffPOWinfo shown as you say I suspect there is an configuration issue with the MqttSensor. Are you able to display the sensor values in pimatic at all?

@mwittig

yes, the device itself is shown in pimatic perfectly.

Also for example this rule works:

WHEN:

"ENERGY.POWER" < "100" for 5 minutes and $chargingPV = 1

How is the variable shown in the variables section of pimatic?

@hyperx said in How to add Attribute variable inside mail plugin:

“ENERGY.POWER” < “100”

That’s just a comparison between to strings

inside pimatic MQTT config the type is set to number. I don´t know why Pimatic does interprate this as an string?

okay Guys… i think we can close this discussion… after restarting Pimatic, all variables are inside variable-list !

@hyperx said in How to add Attribute variable inside mail plugin:

MQTT config the type is set to number. I don´t know why Pimatic does interprate this as an string

A number given in quotes is a string. As JavaScript generally does auto-conversion it is converted to a number when needed. For sure, “ENERGY.POWER” is not a reference to variable but simply a string! As < is numeric operator JS will convert your expression to NaN < 100 which yields false So, the condition is not meaningful as far as I can tell. Try to use the same reference scheme for conditions as I suggested for the mail action, i.e.

"$mqttsonoffPOWinfo.ENERGY.POWER" < "100" for 5 minutes and $chargingPV = 1

@hyperx said in How to add Attribute variable inside mail plugin:

after restarting Pimatic, all variables are inside variable-list !

That might be an issue with the MqttSensor if on device creation no initial value is set for the attribute. @wutu can you please check the case? Thanks