Creating this template into configuration.yaml

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Hi, not quite sure if I’m right in this section…
I’ve a working snippet of a template which is:

{% set t = states('sensor.aeg_waschmaschine_timetoend') %}
{% set t = now() + timedelta(minutes=t | int) if t | is_number else now() %}
{{ t.strftime("%H:%M") }}

How do I get these lines in the right arrangement into my configuration.yaml as a template sensor with name, unique_id ?

Thanks for any help…

2

The schema for template sensors, including all available configuration variables and examples can be found in the docs at the link above.

3

I know this instruction. But I’m a little bit overwhelmed regarding the right arrangement of the lines like the indentation…

4

If you’re not comfortable with YAML, you can just create the sensor as a Helper.

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5

I tried this as well and I didn’t find a helper for the given lines…

Other approach…

template:
  - sensor:
      - name: "Ende Waschmaschine"
        unique_id: waschmaschine_ende
        {% set t = states('sensor.aeg_waschmaschine_timetoend') %}
        {% set t = now() + timedelta(minutes=t | int) if t | is_number else now() %}
        {{ t.strftime("%H:%M") }}

Is this the right way to integrate the lines into my configuration.yaml?

6

You’re missing the state variable, which is where the template goes.

template:
  - sensor:
      - name: "Ende Waschmaschine"
        unique_id: waschmaschine_ende
        state: |
          {% set t = states('sensor.aeg_waschmaschine_timetoend') %}
          {% set t = now() + timedelta(minutes=t | int) if t | is_number else now() %}
          {{ t.strftime("%H:%M") }}
7

Thank you!