I can not get the Automation editor to save an automation

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I must be missing something dumb, I have the (automation: !include automations.yaml) line in my config. I have tinkered with file permissions trying chmod 777 and 744. nothing shows up in the logs. its like that part of the GUI doesn’t know where to save any changes.

does anyone have an idea?

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When you set up or change an automation there should be an icon in the lower right corner to save. See below.

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dude, when i click that button nothing saves… but thanks for the reply, I do appreciate it.

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I guess you could always edit the automation.yaml file manually…

What type of HA installation do you have?

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I’m using Hassio on a Debian VM with Docker CE. I can get the service to fire exactly the way I want using the services tool, I just cant get the .yaml all sorted out.

here is my integration so far:

-id: someone_is_home
alias: Someone is Home
trigger:
  platform: zone
  event: arrive
  zone: zone.home
  entity_id: person.someone
action:
  service: light.lifx_effect_pulse
  entity_id: light.office_1
    color_name: "pink"
    period: 1
    cycles: 10

I keep getting an error on the line with color_name. do I need to make a scene to tie to the entity?

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crap I feel dumb :

- id: someone_is_home
  alias: someone is Home
  trigger:
    entity_id: person.someone
    event: enter
    platform: zone
    zone: zone.home
  action:
  - data:
      entity_id: light.office_1
      color_name: pink
      period: '1'
      cycles: '10'
    service: light.lifx_effect_pulse

I screwed up the indents and the trigger event … doh!
and now the automation editor works…

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Guys add this to your configuration.yaml file!

automation: !include automations.yaml

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