Create Group -Mapping Values Not Found

Configuration
1 
  LightDownstairs
    - name: Downstairs 
        entities:
          - light.1f_kitchen_stove_east
          - light.1f_lc_living_room_south
          - light.1f_lc_living_room_east
          - light.1f_lc_living_room_hallway
          - light.1f_livingroom_3_head_lamp_bot
          - light.1f_livingroom_3_head_lamp_top
          - light.1f_livingroom_3_head_lamp_mid
    
   LightUpstairs
     - name: Upstairs
         entities:
           - light.2f_bedroom_lamp
           - light.2f_bedroom_lamp_mid
           - light.2f_bedroom_lamp_top
           - light.2f_bedroom_mini_lamp
           - light.2f_lc_bedroom_bay_window
           - light.2f_lc_living_room_east
           - light.2f_lc_living_room_se
           - light.2f_lc_work_area_north
           - light.2f_work_overhead_area

Getting this error.

General Errors:
- Error loading /home/homeassistant/.homeassistant/configuration.yaml: mapping values are not allowed here
in “/home/homeassistant/.homeassistant/configuration.yaml”, line 6, column 11

Are the hyphens in the right place? Only thing Ican think of is wrong but every example I’ve seen online seems to follow this format.

2

Entities should be inline with name. There should be no dash in front of name.

Look at the examples:

3

Oooof. Man that’s an oversight. Thanks!

So I fixed that and now I’m getting this error code

  group: 
    - Invalid config for [group]: value should be a string for dictionary value @ data['group']['lightdownstairs']['entities']. Got None
value should be a string for dictionary value @ data['group']['lightupstairs']['entities']. Got None. (See /home/homeassistant/.homeassistant/configuration.yaml, line 4). Please check the docs at https://home-assistant.io/components/group/
    - default_config: ?
      group: [source /home/homeassistant/.homeassistant/configuration.yaml:4]
        lightdownstairs: [source /home/homeassistant/.homeassistant/configuration.yaml:5]
          - entities: [source /home/homeassistant/.homeassistant/configuration.yaml:7]
              - light.1f_kitchen_stove_east
              - light.1f_lc_living_room_south
              - light.1f_lc_living_room_east
              - light.1f_lc_living_room_hallway
              - light.1f_livingroom_3_head_lamp_bot
              - light.1f_livingroom_3_head_lamp_top
              - light.1f_livingroom_3_head_lamp_mid
            name: Downstairs
        lightupstairs: [source /home/homeassistant/.homeassistant/configuration.yaml:16]
          - entities: [source /home/homeassistant/.homeassistant/configuration.yaml:18]
              - light.2f_bedroom_lamp
              - light.2f_bedroom_lamp_mid
              - light.2f_bedroom_lamp_top
              - light.2f_bedroom_mini_lamp
              - light.2f_lc_bedroom_bay_window
              - light.2f_lc_living_room_east
              - light.2f_lc_living_room_se
              - light.2f_lc_work_area_north
              - light.2f_work_overhead_area
            name: Upstairs
      script: ?

Here’s the modified script compensating for the misaligned entities

4

That still looks nothing like the example.

5

Whoops. Pasted the error message when I meant to paste the code.

group:
  lightdownstairs:
    - name: Downstairs 
      entities:
        - light.1f_kitchen_stove_east
        - light.1f_lc_living_room_south
        - light.1f_lc_living_room_east
        - light.1f_lc_living_room_hallway
        - light.1f_livingroom_3_head_lamp_bot
        - light.1f_livingroom_3_head_lamp_top
        - light.1f_livingroom_3_head_lamp_mid
    
  lightupstairs:
    - name: Upstairs
      entities:
        - light.2f_bedroom_lamp
        - light.2f_bedroom_lamp_mid
        - light.2f_bedroom_lamp_top
        - light.2f_bedroom_mini_lamp
        - light.2f_lc_bedroom_bay_window
        - light.2f_lc_living_room_east
        - light.2f_lc_living_room_se 
        - light.2f_lc_work_area_north
        - light.2f_work_overhead_area

That’s the edited code. The above post is the error code

6

I guess I’ll try…

Here is yours:

group:
  lightdownstairs:
    - name: Downstairs 
      entities:
        - light.1f_kitchen_stove_east
        - light.1f_lc_living_room_south
        - light.1f_lc_living_room_east
        .
        .
  lightupstairs:
    - name: Upstairs
      entities:
        - light.2f_bedroom_lamp
        - light.2f_bedroom_lamp_mid
..
..

Here is how it looks in the example ion the docs that Tom linked to above:

group:
  kitchen:
    name: Kitchen
    entities:
      - switch.kitchen_pin_3
  climate:
    name: Climate
    entities:
      - sensor.bedroom_temp
      - sensor.porch_temp

hopefully you can see the difference.

7

Yes! I do.

Thanks so much. Fixed!

Sorry, I’ve been known to rush thing when I"m excited about new projects. Need to remember to slow down…