Deleting a dynamically created scene within the same automation

[kahilzinger (Kirk Hilzinger)]

I just got introduced to the scene functions and have been moving over to them. I have 5 Govee HS800 WiFi bulbs and wish to use them as indicators of various issues throughout the house. For example, I have a scene to activate if the bathroom sink leak detector turns on to turn these to yellow and dim to 100%.

I saw the scene create function and the scene delete function and it says it deletes dynamically created scenes. However; when I enter the yaml code to do it, it does not like the delete part of it. If I could get this working, there are a lot of cool things I could be doing with this.

Here is the code. ← are areas of interest.

alias: “Bathroom: Sink Leak Detected”
description: “”
trigger:

• platform: state
  entity_id:
  • binary_sensor.bathroom_sink_leak_detection_sensor_state_any
    to: “on”
    condition:
    action:
• service: switch.turn_off
  data: {}
  target:
  entity_id:
  - switch.main_floor_cold_water_shutoff
  - switch.main_floor_hot_water_shutoff
• service: notify.mobile_app_sm_s908u
  data:
  message: >-
  {{ trigger.entity_id }}, Date: {{ now().strftime(‘%Y-%m-%d’) }}, Time:
  {{ now().strftime(‘%H:%M’) }}
  title: Bathroom Sink Leak Detected
• service: scene.create ← Here is where I create the temporary scene.
  metadata: {}
  data:
  snapshot_entities:
  - light.alarm_indicator_lights <–This is a light group I made of those HS300 lights.
  scene_id: bathroom_sink_leak_detected_temp <–Here is the name of the temporary scene
• service: scene.turn_on
  metadata: {}
  target:
  entity_id: scene.alarm_bathroom_sink_leak <–This is the indicator scene, not the temp scene, to turn those lights to yellow.
• wait_for_trigger:
  • platform: state
    entity_id:
    • binary_sensor.bathroom_sink_leak_detection_sensor_state_any
      to: “off”
      for:
      hours: 0
      minutes: 5
      seconds: 0
• service: scene.turn_on
  metadata: {}
  target:
  entity_id: bathroom_sink_leak_detected_temp <–This is to turn back on that temporary scene.
• service: scene.delete
  metadata: {}
  data:
  entity_id: bathroom_sink_leak_detected_temp <–This is to delete that temporary scene and this is where it gets mad at me.
  mode: single

[code-in-progress (Bill - I write code.)]

For your scene.delete, it should look like this:

- service: scene.delete
    metadata: {}
    data: {}
    target:
      entity_id: scene.bathroom_sink_leak_detected_temp 

[kahilzinger (Kirk Hilzinger)]

Wow! That was fast. But, unfortunately, it still is giving me that error when I try to save it.

alias: “Bathroom: Sink Leak Detected”
description: “”
trigger:

• platform: state
  entity_id:
  • binary_sensor.bathroom_sink_leak_detection_sensor_state_any
    to: “on”
    condition:
    action:
• service: switch.turn_off
  data: {}
  target:
  entity_id:
  - switch.main_floor_cold_water_shutoff
  - switch.main_floor_hot_water_shutoff
• service: notify.mobile_app_sm_s908u
  data:
  message: >-
  {{ trigger.entity_id }}, Date: {{ now().strftime(‘%Y-%m-%d’) }}, Time:
  {{ now().strftime(‘%H:%M’) }}
  title: Bathroom Sink Leak Detected
• service: scene.create
  metadata: {}
  data:
  snapshot_entities:
  - light.alarm_indicator_lights
  scene_id: bathroom_sink_leak_detected_temp
• service: scene.turn_on
  metadata: {}
  target:
  entity_id: scene.alarm_bathroom_sink_leak
• wait_for_trigger:
  • platform: state
    entity_id:
    • binary_sensor.bathroom_sink_leak_detection_sensor_state_any
      to: “off”
      for:
      hours: 0
      minutes: 5
      seconds: 0
• service: scene.turn_on
  metadata: {}
  target:
  entity_id: bathroom_sink_leak_detected_temp
• service: scene.delete
  metadata: {}
  data: {}
  target:
  entity_id: scene.bathroom_sink_leak_detected_temp
  mode: single

[code-in-progress (Bill - I write code.)]

What error is it throwing? I use that same snippet of code without issues, so I’m not sure what it’s barking about.

EDIT: Wait a second… is the mode: single at the top level or in the service: scene.delete call?

Also, can you edit the message and include your code in backticks? It’ll format properly then.

How do I format code correctly to post in the forums or reddit?

I don’t know what has changed but normally I would select all, copy and paste into code block and format would remain the same. Recently, it goes like this: cards: - entities: - entity: person.jake - entity: sensor.jake_travel_time type: entities show_header_toggle: false - entities: - entity: person.emma - entity: sensor.em_travel_time type: entities - entities: - entity: binary_sensor.rio type: entitiestype: horizontal-stack what am I doing wrong?

[kahilzinger (Kirk Hilzinger)]

Thank you. The forum prompts me to change it from my paste. I will choose that option (been burned with forums screwing up formatting).

This is the error:
Message Malformed: not a valid value for dictionary value @ data[‘action’][5][‘target’][‘entity_id’]

I think it stems from the fact that “bathroom_sink_leak_detected_temp” doesn’t yet exist because it was not created. Do I temporarily create it as a null scene, finish the automation, then delete it?

Here is the code with me answering yes to the reformatting question when I post it:

alias: "Bathroom: Sink Leak Detected"
description: ""
trigger:
  - platform: state
    entity_id:
      - binary_sensor.bathroom_sink_leak_detection_sensor_state_any
    to: "on"
condition: []
action:
  - service: switch.turn_off
    data: {}
    target:
      entity_id:
        - switch.main_floor_cold_water_shutoff
        - switch.main_floor_hot_water_shutoff
  - service: notify.mobile_app_sm_s908u
    data:
      message: >-
        {{ trigger.entity_id }}, Date: {{ now().strftime('%Y-%m-%d') }}, Time:
        {{ now().strftime('%H:%M') }}
      title: Bathroom Sink Leak Detected
  - service: scene.create
    metadata: {}
    data:
      snapshot_entities:
        - light.alarm_indicator_lights
      scene_id: bathroom_sink_leak_detected_temp
  - service: scene.turn_on
    metadata: {}
    target:
      entity_id: scene.alarm_bathroom_sink_leak
  - wait_for_trigger:
      - platform: state
        entity_id:
          - binary_sensor.bathroom_sink_leak_detection_sensor_state_any
        to: "off"
        for:
          hours: 0
          minutes: 5
          seconds: 0
  - service: scene.turn_on
    metadata: {}
    target:
      entity_id: bathroom_sink_leak_detected_temp
  - service: scene.delete
    metadata: {}
    data: {}
    target:
      entity_id: scene.bathroom_sink_leak_detected_temp
mode: single

[petro]

His code didn’t have correct indentation. From your original post, just change
bathroom_sink_leak_detected_temp

to
scene.bathroom_sink_leak_detected_temp

whenever you reference the entity_id.

@kahilzinger

  - service: scene.turn_on
    metadata: {}
    target:
      entity_id: bathroom_sink_leak_detected_temp

[code-in-progress (Bill - I write code.)]

@kahilzinger

- service: scene.turn_on
    metadata: {}
    target:
      entity_id: bathroom_sink_leak_detected_temp

Argh! I was just typing that… lol Thanks @petro

[kahilzinger (Kirk Hilzinger)]

I swear I do not drink when I work on this stuff…THANK YOU. Yes, I freely admit I am a noob at coding. Thank you both for your help.