Creating and using objects within config files

Configuration
1

I have created a number of buttons for a custom NS Panel where each button press will instruct 3 WLED controllers to load some presets. Each preset can be individual so and I have 6 buttons in total giving 18 values to change. I want to be able to store these values in a single location to make it easy to update them. I have tired creating YAML lists but no matter what I try I get config errors.

Here is the first button:

# Button 1
  - platform: template
    switches:
      bar_cp_button10:
        turn_on:
          service: select.select_option
          data:
            entity_id: select.bar_lights_preset
            option: Fireworks
        turn_off:
          service: esphome.the_bar_nspanel_play_rtttl
          data:
            song_str: scale_up:d=32,o=5,b=100:e
      bar_cp_button11:
        turn_on:
          service: select.select_option
          data:
            entity_id: select.outer_lights_preset
            option: Spiral
        turn_off:
          service: esphome.the_bar_nspanel_play_rtttl
          data:
            song_str: scale_up:d=32,o=5,b=100:f#
      bar_cp_button12:
        turn_on:
          service: select.select_option
          data:
            entity_id: select.ceiling_matrix_preset
            option: Frizzles
        turn_off:
          service: esphome.the_bar_nspanel_play_rtttl
          data:
            song_str: scale_up:d=32,o=5,b=100:e

On this button the 3 options are set to Fireworks, Spiral and Frizzles. What ideally I want is to create a list like this:

variables:
presets:
- ctr1.button1: Fireworks
- ctrl1.button2: Spiral
- ctrl1.button3: Frizzles
- ctrl2.button1: Another Preset
etc…

And then to be able to write a button like this:

bar_cp_button10:
        turn_on:
          service: select.select_option
          data:
            entity_id: select.bar_lights_preset
            option: ctr1.button1

Is this possible?

2

I found a solution, probably not the best way but it seems to work. I found that YAML anchors can be used to define values so my config now looks like this:

homeassistant:
 customize:
   package.node_anchors:
     # Button 1
     cntl1_btn1: &cntl1_btn1 'Fireworks'
     cntl2_btn1: &cntl2_btn1 'Fireworks'
     cntl3_btn1: &cntl3_btn1 'Fireworks'

     # Button 2
     cntl1_btn1: &cntl1_btn1 'Spiral'
     cntl2_btn1: &cntl2_btn1 'Spiral'
     cntl3_btn1: &cntl3_btn1 'Spiral'

switch:

# Button 1

 - platform: template

   switches:
     bar_cp_button10:
       turn_on:
         service: select.select_option
         data:
           entity_id: select.bar_lights_preset
           option: *cntl1_btn1

The only downside is they can’t be used within an included YAML file for some reason so they are now in the main configuration.yaml file?