Invalid config for 'template' at templates.yaml

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Forgive me… I’m a noob.

i’ve read many posts here talking about yaml formating being the cause of templates not working.

i’ve tried many of the suggested fixes… the error remains.

2024-01-17 22:56:19.257 ERROR (MainThread) [homeassistant.config] Invalid config for ‘template’ at templates.yaml, line 2: ‘template’ is an invalid option for ‘template’, check: template

the code in my templates.yaml files is:

template:
  - sensor:
    friendly_name: "Average Home Temparature"
    unit_of_measurement: "°C"
    value_template: "{{ (float(states('ssensor.thermostat_ecobee_kitchen_temperature')) + float(states('sensor.air_sensor_3_temperature_2')) + float(states('sensor.air_sensor_ecobee_2nd_bedroom_temperature')) + float(states('sensor.air_sensor_ecobee_master_bedroom_temperature')) + float(states('sensor.air_sensor_2_temperature_2')) + float(states('sensor.air_sensor_1_temperature'))) / 6 | round(2) }}
"

any suggestions would be welcomed.

thanks

Pierre

2

I tried re-writing based on the documentation.

template:
  - sensor:
      - name: "Average Home Temparature"
        unit_of_measurement: "°C"
        state: >
          {% set kitchen = states('sensor.thermostat_ecobee_kitchen_temperature') | float %}
          {% set LivingRoom = states('sensor.air_sensor_3_temperature_2') | float %}
          {% set BedRoom2 = states('sensor.air_sensor_ecobee_2nd_bedroom_temperature') | float %}
          {% set MasterBedroom = states('sensor.air_sensor_ecobee_master_bedroom_temperature') | float %}
          {% set Bathroom2 = states('sensor.air_sensor_2_temperature_2') | float %}
          {% set MasterBathroom = states('sensor.air_sensor_1_temperature') | float %}

          {{ ((kitchen + LivingRoom + BedRoom2 + MasterBedroom + Bathroom2 + MasterBathroom) / 6) | round(1, default=0) }}

same results

3

In your configuration.yaml file you have this:

template: !include templates.yaml

Now imagine what would happen if you removed that !include and just put the config from your file under it (this is what the include does):

template:
  template:
    - sensor:
        - name: "Average Home Temparature"
          unit_of_measurement: "°C"
          state: >
            {% set kitch..etc

Do you see the problem?

Remove the line template: from your templates.yaml file and adjust your indentation so that the templates.yaml file contains:

- sensor:
    - name: "Average Home Temparature"
      unit_of_measurement: "°C"
      state: >
        {% set kitch..etc

There are other issues with your template though. What happens if one or more sensors are unavailable?

A simpler approach might be to use this:

It can be set up from the UI or by using YAML:

sensor:
  - platform: min_max
    nmae: Average Home Temperature
    type: mean
    round_digits: 1
    entity_ids:
      - sensor.thermostat_ecobee_kitchen_temperature
      - sensor.air_sensor_3_temperature_2
      - sensor.air_sensor_ecobee_2nd_bedroom_temperature
      - sensor.air_sensor_ecobee_master_bedroom_temperature
      - sensor.air_sensor_2_temperature_2
      - sensor.air_sensor_1_temperature

It will calculate the mean temperature of the available sensors, ignoring sensors that are unavailable.

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thanks,

took your advice, removed the templates.yaml, the !include statement, and created a helper in the UI.

that worked but the Min/Max was not in the list but the “Combine the state of several sensors” worked great.

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Thanks