Arbitrary notification based on string

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Wondering if it's possible to have a notification generate based on an arbitrary variable set on a driver?

Trying to have a notification get generated when my SmartHQ dishwasher finishes... but the only capability the driver has is contactSensor, which is what the door itself has... the rest are just string attributes.

So wondering if I can just say "attributeName = Complete" generate a notification.

Thanks!

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I'm not quite sure what you're asking. Does some attribute have the value of "Complete"? If so, you can definitely use that to generate a notification. If it's a custom attribute -- it certainly shouldn't be "contact" since that's not a valid value for it -- you'll need Rule Machine or some other app that can handle those, but it's possible.

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Sorry, got caught up in the idea of using the Notifications app to do it, which only supports certain specific things "Contact open/closed" etc... not arbitrary string attributes.

Will shift and look at Rule Machine.

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