How am I not formatting this value template correctly?

Configuration
1

The value template works fine in dev tools but I cant get past the config check.

- platform: template
  sensors:
    sensor name:
      friendly_name: "Circulation time"
      value_template:
        "{{% set hours = (11526 / states('sensor.total_circulation_lph') | int) | float %}
        {% set minutes = ((hours % 1) * 60) | int %}
        {% set hours = (hours - (hours % 1)) | int %}
        {{ '%02i:%02i'%(hours, minutes) }}"

I should add that this is my first value template! (and not all mine at that).

2

You cannot do “{{%”

try:

- platform: template
  sensors:
    sensor name:
      friendly_name: "Circulation time"
      value_template: >-
        {% set hours = (11526 / states('sensor.total_circulation_lph') | int) | float %}
        {% set minutes = ((hours % 1) * 60) | int %}
        {% set hours = (hours - (hours % 1)) | int %}
        {{ '%02i:%02i'%(hours, minutes) }}
3

Thanks for the help.

I’m still getting:

Invalid config for [sensor.template]: invalid slug sensor name (try sensor_name) for dictionary value @ data['sensors']. Got OrderedDict([('sensor name', OrderedDict([('friendly_name', 'Circulation time'), ('value_template', "{% set hours = (11526 / states('sensor.total_circulation_lph') | int) | float %} {% set minutes = ((hours % 1) * 60) | int %} {% set hours = (hours - (hours % 1)) | int %} {{ '%02i:%02i'%(hours, minutes) }}")]))]). (See ?, line ?).
4

when you see references to slug it means the field that your template resides in.

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You can’t have spaces or capitals in your slug. change that to circulation_time or something simliar.

EDIT: Also, that template does not protect against dividing by zero… If sensor.total_circulation_lph is ever zero, you’ll get errors.

- platform: template
  sensors:
    circulation_time:
      friendly_name: "Circulation time"
      value_template: >-
        {% set lph = states('sensor.total_circulation_lph') | int(none) %}
        {% if lph %}
          {% set hours = 11526 / lph %}
          {% set minutes = ((hours % 1) * 60) | int %}
          {% set hours = (hours - (hours % 1)) | int %}
          {{ '%02i:%02i'%(hours, minutes) }}
        {% else %}
          none
        {% endif %}
5

Brilliant!

Works a treat. Thank you for taking the time.