Directly pass sensor value to the entity

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Hi!

Is there an option to pass value of sensor directly to the switch entity state?
Like

action:
  do_magic:
    entity_id: switch.my_cool_socket
    value: {{ states('sensor.my_cool_calculated_sensor') }}

instead of writing long story with choose or if-then-else.
I want to use template sensor which has on/off values to control my power socket.

Thank you.

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What are the actual values of your sensor? If it’s on/off, it should probably be a binary sensor. Assuming it contains the strings “on” or “off”, this should work:

action:
   - service: "switch.turn_{{ states('sensor.my_cool_calculated_sensor') }}"
     entity_id: switch.my_cool_socket

Alternatively: Template Switch - Home Assistant

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Looks like interpolation doesn’t work there, it says

Message malformed: value must be one of ['toggle', 'turn_off', 'turn_on'] for dictionary value @ data['type']

Here’s what I did:

type: turn_{{ states('sensor.room_fumigator_set_status') }}
device_id: 972de552c017e05142073d03d99c9207
entity_id: switch.room_fumigator
domain: switch

{{ states('sensor.room_fumigator_set_status') }} shows off in template editor