Generated invalid automation

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I am trying to convert the following working automation to a blueprint and cannot get it to work.

This automation is for a specific hardcoded light which will loop through a list of named colors:

input_select:
  light_color:
    options:
      - Red
      - Blue
      - Green

automation:
- alias: 'Color Loop Test'
  initial_state: 'on'
  trigger:
    platform: event
    event_type: deconz_event
    event_data:
      id: light.my_hardcoded_light_name
      state: 'on'
  action:
    - repeat:
        while:
          - condition: state
            entity_id: light.my_hardcoded_light_name
            state: 'on'
        sequence:
          - service: light.turn_on
            data:
              entity_id: light.my_hardcoded_light_name
              color_name: "{{ states('input_select.light_color') }}"
              transition: 5
          - service: input_select.select_next
            entity_id: input_select.light_color
          - delay: 5

I want to convert this to a blueprint so that I can easily create the same automation for certain light(s) but adjust things like the list of colors and transition time.

But just getting the basics to work is not going well, so far I have:

blueprint:
  name: Color Loop Test Blueprint
  description: ''
  domain: automation
  input:
    my_light:
      name: Color Loop Light
      description: Choose Light entity to Color Loop
      selector:
        target:
          entity:
            domain: light
    light_colors:
      name: Available Colors
      description: Refer to https://htmlcolorcodes.com/color-names/ for valid colors.
      selector:
        select:
          multiple: true
          custom_value: true
          options:
            - Red
            - Green
            - Blue

trigger:
  platform: state
  entity_id: !input my_light

action:
  - repeat:
      while:
        - condition: state
          target: !input my_light
          state: 'on'
      sequence:
        - service: light.turn_on
          target: !input my_light
          data:
            color_name: "{{ states('light_colors') }}"
            transition: 5
        - service: input_select.select_next
          target: !input 'light_colors'
        - delay: 5

And when I try to save a new automation using the blueprint, I get the following in the log:

Blueprint Color Loop Test Blueprint generated invalid automation with inputs OrderedDict([('my_light', OrderedDict([('device_id', 'b4472458334d11ebb01ecd4ebbfb63a4')])), ('light_colors', ['Red', 'Green', 'Blue'])]): expected a dictionary for dictionary value @ data['action'][0]['repeat']['sequence'][1]['target']. Got None extra keys not allowed @ data['action'][0]['repeat']['while'][0]['target']. Got None required key not provided @ data['action'][0]['repeat']['while'][0]['entity_id']. Got None

Can anyone help with with how to properly populate the chosen light (and color list) into the action?

2

Figured it out, the issue I was having was due to the while condition expecting an entity_id and instead having a target value, which the blueprint was attempting to populate with a device_id.

From what I understand,

    my_light:
      name: Color Loop Light
      description: Choose Light entity to Color Loop
      selector:
        target:
          entity:
            domain: light

…and…

      while:
        - condition: state
          target: !input my_light
          state: 'on'

Should be changed to…

    my_light:
      name: Color Loop Light
      description: Choose Light entity to Color Loop
      selector:
        entity:
          domain: light

…and…

      while:
        - condition: state
          entity_id: !input my_light
          state: 'on'

(note the removal of target in the my_light configuration and changing of target to entity_id in the while condition)

Also other instances of target would need to be changed to entity_id throughout the sequence.

While using target in both the my_light configuration and sequence should work, I was not able to figure out how to get it working in my while condition.

I ended up using this to build my updated and working blueprint, which can be found here:

References for other posts which helped me figure this out: