Update daily restrictions

The Update daily restrictions action updates playtime and bedtime restrictions for a specific day of the week on a specified device.

Prerequisites

• You are signed in with an administrator account. Only administrators can run this action.
• The device’s restriction mode is set to Different for each day. You can update daily restrictions only in this mode.

This action does not support targets. In the UI, you are not prompted to choose an area, entity, or label. Instead, you select the Nintendo Switch to update restrictions for through the Device option.

Using this action from the user interface

If you prefer building automations and scripts visually, Home Assistant walks you through this action step by step. You pick what to target, tweak a few options, and save. No YAML knowledge required.

To update daily restrictions from an automation or a script:

1. Go to Settings > Automations & scenes.
2. Open an existing automation or script, or select Create automation > Create new automation.
3. If you’re setting up a new automation, add a trigger in the When section. Scripts don’t need a trigger. They run when something else calls them.
4. In the Then do section, select Add action.
5. From the search box, search for and select Nintendo Switch parental controls: Update daily restrictions.
6. Choose the Device, select the Day of the week, and configure the playtime or bedtime restrictions as needed.
7. Select Save.

Options in the UI

Using this action in YAML

If you work directly in YAML, or you want to know exactly what Home Assistant does under the hood, this section has the technical reference. It lists the field names you use in YAML, their types, and which ones are required. For how an automation or a script is built in YAML, refer to Automations in YAML and Scripts.

In YAML, refer to this action as nintendo_parental_controls.update_daily_restrictions. A basic example looks like this:

action: nintendo_parental_controls.update_daily_restrictions
data:
  device_id: 1b4a46c6d0f3406c80d275f5b0c6483b
  day_of_week: "friday"
  max_play_time: 120
  bedtime_start: "21:00:00"
  bedtime_end: "07:00:00"

This updates the restrictions for Friday on the selected Nintendo Switch.

Options in YAML

Try it yourself

Ready to test this? Open Settings > Tools > Actions, search for this action, fill in the fields, and select Perform action. You see what happens on your actual entitiesAn entity represents a sensor, actor, or function in Home Assistant. Entities are used to monitor physical properties or to control other entities. An entity is usually part of a device or a service. [Learn more] without writing a line of YAML.

More examples

Real scenarios where this action shows up in automations and scripts. Copy any example and adapt it to your setup. In the visual editor, select the UI options listed in the example or paste the YAML code.

Automation: Adjust weekend playtime and bedtime

This automation updates daily restrictions on Friday to allow more playtime and a later bedtime at the weekend.

• Trigger: Friday morning at 06:00
• Action: update daily restrictions on the Nintendo Switch
  • Device: the child’s Nintendo Switch
  • Day of the week: saturday
  • Max playtime: 180
  • Bedtime start: 22:00:00
  • Bedtime end: 08:00:00
• Action: update daily restrictions on the Nintendo Switch
  • Device: the child’s Nintendo Switch
  • Day of the week: sunday
  • Max playtime: 180
  • Bedtime start: 22:00:00
  • Bedtime end: 08:00:00

alias: "Set weekend playtime on Friday"
triggers:
  - trigger: time
    at: "06:00:00"
conditions:
  - condition: time
    weekday:
      - fri
actions:
  - action: nintendo_parental_controls.update_daily_restrictions
    data:
      device_id: 1b4a46c6d0f3406c80d275f5b0c6483b
      day_of_week: "saturday"
      max_play_time: 180
      bedtime_start: "22:00:00"
      bedtime_end: "08:00:00"
  - action: nintendo_parental_controls.update_daily_restrictions
    data:
      device_id: 1b4a46c6d0f3406c80d275f5b0c6483b
      day_of_week: "sunday"
      max_play_time: 180
      bedtime_start: "22:00:00"
      bedtime_end: "08:00:00"

Still stuck?

To test the action on its own, run it in the automation editor with Run action, and check the message that it shows. To see what the action did when the automation ran, open the trace of that run. For details, refer to Testing automations. For common problems and their solutions, refer to Troubleshooting automations.

If that doesn’t help, the Home Assistant community is quick to help: join Discord for real-time chat, post on the community forum with the action you’re calling and what you expected to happen, or share on our subreddit /r/homeassistant.