Help with Template Sensor: Count lights in the same area as the sensor

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Hello all,

I’m trying to create a template sensor that counts all light entities (state: on) that are in the same area as the template sensor itself. Somehow I cannot access the area of the template sensor - can someone point me in the right direction? This is what I have at the moment:

{% set target_entities = area_entities(area_name(this.entity_id)) %}
{{ (states.light | 
    selectattr('state', 'eq', 'on') | 
    rejectattr('entity_id', 'in', label_entities('Group')) | 
    rejectattr('entity_id', 'in', label_entities('Helper')) | 
    selectattr('entity_id', 'in', 
      target_entities) | list | length) | int(0) }}

Specifically, it seems that this.entity_id is not working correctly.

Hope someone knows what I’m missing here :slight_smile:

Edit:

The following works correctly but doesn’t use the area of the template sensor since it’s hardcoded:

{% set area = 'Keuken' %}
{% set target_entities = area_entities(area) %}
{{ (states.light | 
    selectattr('state', 'eq', 'on') | 
    rejectattr('entity_id', 'in', label_entities('Group')) | 
    rejectattr('entity_id', 'in', label_entities('Helper')) | 
    selectattr('entity_id', 'in', 
      target_entities) | list | length) | int(0) }}
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Seems to work if you provide a default…

{% set target_entities = area_entities(area_name(this.entity_id)|default('Keuken', 1)) %}
{{ target_entities
| select('contains', 'light.')
| select('is_state', 'on')
| reject('in', label_entities('Group')) 
| reject('in', label_entities('Helper'))
| list | length }}
3

Thanks for your help, but providing a default will just always use that area for the template, not the area of the template sensor.

4

In my testing it works for the desired Area once you assign an Area to the template sensor entity. If you are using a Template Helper, ignore what the Preview is telling you, the actual sensor state should be correct.