Formatting an if statement in a template

1

I have a sensor…

sensor:
  - platform: mqtt
    name: "Owl Intuition Heating State"
    state_topic: "tele/owl/heating"
    value_template: "{{value_json['Heating'].State}}"
    force_update: true

That values come as a single numeric digit [0,1,2,5,6,7].
I’m trying to decode that (ie 4 decodes as “Comfort - Up to Temperature”) and am doing it by creating a platform template called central_heating_status where the value comes from a series of if statements …

sensor:
  - platform: template
    sensors:
      central_heating_status:
        friendly_name: Central Heating Status
        value_template: >-
          {% if ('sensor.owl_intuition_heating_state' == 0) %}
            Standby
          {% elif ('sensor.owl_intuition_heating_state' == 1) %}
            Comfort - Running
          {% else %}
            Not Defined
          {% endif %}

I’ve tried many different syntaxes that have been hinted at in the docs and forum but none seem to work as I always get an error or “Not Defined”.
Am I going about this decoding thing in the right way to begin with and if so can someone put me out of my misery re the correct syntax?

2

Try to add ‘states’ to your sensor line, like this

{% if (states('sensor.owl_intuition_heating_state') == 0) %}

or this

{% if (states('sensor.owl_intuition_heating_state')| int == 0) %}

rewrite the elif line to the same format

3

Thanks. That did the trick. I’m sure I tried something very similar. The code block looks like this now…

        value_template: >-
          {% if (states('sensor.owl_intuition_heating_state')| int == 0) %} Standby
          {% elif (states('sensor.owl_intuition_heating_state')| int == 1) %} Comfort - Running
          {% elif (states('sensor.owl_intuition_heating_state')| int == 4) %} Comfort - Up to Temperature
          {% elif (states('sensor.owl_intuition_heating_state')| int == 5) %} Comfort - Warm Up
          {% elif (states('sensor.owl_intuition_heating_state')| int == 6) %} Comfort - Cool Down
          {% elif (states('sensor.owl_intuition_heating_state')| int == 7) %} Standby - Running - Below Standby Temperature
          {% else %} Not Defined
          {% endif %}