Alert component: how to remove it from the configuration.yaml

Configuration
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Hello all,

I’ve been using HA for some time now and all the configurations and customizations are rather easy to do just reading the documentation or using Google. :slight_smile:

But now i’m trying to use the alert: component but i’m getting stuck with the sintax.
In my general config, i try to put all that i can outside of the configuration.yaml file, each component in a .yaml file.
This is working without any problems on most (sensors, cameras, binary_sensor, etc). If i put the configuration on the main file (configuration.yaml), it works perfectly, but on a seperate file is giving me an error (and i’ve tried several combinations os formating the text:

Configuration.yaml (works without problems):

alert:
  3d_printer:
    name: 3D Printer Idle
    message: "WARNING: 3D Printer a consumir {{ states('sensor.shelly_tomada_3d_current_consumption') | float}} W mas sem jobs."
    done_message: "INFO: 3D Printer desligada."
    entity_id: binary_sensor.3d_on_no_print
    state: 'on'
    repeat:
      - 15
      - 30
      - 60
    can_acknowledge: true
    skip_first: false
    notifiers:
      - bmad_telegram
      - bmad_iphone

Trying to get it on a seperate file:
file Configuration.yaml:
alert: !include_dir_list entities/alerts/

file entities/alerts/3d_on.yaml:

3d_printer:
  name: 3D Printer Idle
  message: "WARNING: 3D Printer a consumir {{ states('sensor.shelly_tomada_3d_current_consumption') | float}} W mas sem jobs."
  done_message: "INFO: 3D Printer desligada."
  entity_id: binary_sensor.3d_on_no_print
  state: 'on'
  repeat:
    - 15
    - 30
    - 60
  can_acknowledge: true
  skip_first: false
  notifiers:
    - bmad_telegram
    - bmad_iphone

The error i get when verifying the config is:

Invalid config for [alert]: expected dictionary for dictionary value @ data[‘alert’]. Got [OrderedDict([(‘3d_printer’, OrderedDict([(‘name’, ‘3D Printer Idle’), (‘message’, “WARNING: 3D Printer a consumir {{ states(‘sensor.shelly_tomada_3d_current_consumption’) | float}} W mas sem jobs.”), (‘done_message’, ‘INFO: 3D Printer desligada.’), (‘entity_id’, ‘binary_sensor.3d_on_no_print’), (‘state’, ‘on’), (‘repeat’, [15, 30, 60]), (‘can_acknowledge’, True), (‘skip_first’, False), (‘notifiers’, [‘bmad_telegram’, ‘bmad_iphone’])]))])]. (See ?, line ?).

What am i doing wrong?? Thanks for the help,

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Alerts aren’t lists. They are named dictionaries. Lists start with a dash (-) like in automations, sensors, switches.

Named dictionaries don’t start with a dash. Like in scripts, groups and alerts

try this instead:

alert: !include_dir_merge_named entities/alerts/
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Many thanks!! Worked like a charm. :slight_smile:

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