How to use an entity for trigger: state node conditions?

[Rickerdo]

I am trying to compare the state of the triggered entity with the state of another entity. The conditional entity never pulls the value of the entity I have listed. Perhaps my syntax is wrong, but there is no documentation to describe such a scenario.

In the screenshot below, a change in state correctly triggers the node. The node then attempts to compare the trigger state against the entity "input_number.master_bedroom_tstat_cool_pm" which is just a number input set to the number 70. It seems to me that the entity "input_number.master_bedroom_tstat_cool_pm" is not being parsed as an entity, but rather as a string because the error message never shows the value of the entity's state (see second screenshot below).

[zachowj]

entity. references the entity that triggered the node, sensor.master_bedroom_thermostat_air_temperature.

If you want to check a different entity swap the condition.

or use JSONata - $entities("input_number.master_bedroom_tstat_cool_pm").state

edit: Those should have all been using input_number.master_bedroom_tstat_cool_pm

[Rickerdo]

Although the examples you provided have the trigger entity listed in the condition (opposite of what I need), the syntax is what I needed. The following screenshot yields my expected results:

However, setting "entity id" to "input_number.master_bedroom_tstat_cool_pm" as you listed in the first screenshot, in the Conditions section, caused all sorts of odd results that I couldn't figure out a pattern for. Nevertheless, like I stated above, the syntax you provided in your second screenshot was exactly what I needed.

Could the docs for the "trigger: state" node be updated to show the JSONata expression: $entities("{entity}").state?

Thanks for the help and the quick response!