Edit an Action in Configuration UI to add transition

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I am a new user, and have been using the Configuration UI to get started with simple Automations to turn on my Hue lights. I have an Automation to turn a light on at Sunset, and it works great. I wanted to add a transition time of 3 seconds, but there is no option in the UI to easily configure that. I see from the documentation that there is an attribute called transition.

I tried to modify the Action using Edit in YAML from within the UI. I added line 6 with the transition as follows:

1 domain: light
2 entity_id: light.hue_4w
3 device_id: xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
4 type: turn_on
5 brightness_pct: 75
6 transition: 3

I could not Save the edit. I received a message:
Message malformed: extra keys not allowed @ data[‘transition’]

Any help on how to fix this (or an alternate solution) would be appreciated. Thanks.

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Hi there… You must be using the action type device. But instead of that you should be using the action type call service to call the light.turn_on service. There can add the transition easily in UI itself. please see the image.

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Just notice the action type which is call service and the service is light.turn_on.

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Thank you so much. I will explore all of the menu options next time. Appreciate the great community here. Just got my Z-Wave network up and running, and added my first switch.

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