How to include select entities in recorder.purge service call?

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I want to selective remove some of the older data in the default SQLite database. I believe recorder.purge service is the correct to use. I am having trouble finding an example of the correct way to use this service to include only select entities.

That is I don’t want to remove any data other than from those select entities, and I want to keep the last seven days of data for those entities.

I have tried to call the following service, however it generates an error

service: recorder.purge
data:
  apply_filter: true
  keep_days: 7
  include:
    entities: binary_sensor.router

The error states that extra keys are not allowed @ data[‘include’]. I am not sure if this a formatting problem or I am just attempting to something in completely the wrong way.

Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.

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You want the purge entities service: https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/recorder/#service-purge_entities

Have a look in Developer Tools → Services for the format to use.

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Thank you for your suggestion.

I have looked at purge_entities and it doesn’t appear to have an option to retain the last seven days of data. It appears to purge all data for the selected entity.

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It’s has been added.But there is no repack yet.

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Did you find a way to do it?

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Unfortunately no.
Documentation doesn’t provide usable example, Dev tools GUI and automation.yaml are working differently.
I gave up.