Light group error

Configuration
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Hello HA community,

I’m a new HA user, not very technically able, therefore apologise if this is a silly question, but I’ve been stuck on this and can’t seem to find a solution. Appreciate any help…

I’ve set up multiple groups for lights in different rooms. This then helps in creating one toggle in the UI for that room. I’ve setup 10 light groups, 9 of which are working fine, one is giving me the following error in the front-end: “This entity does not have a unique ID, therefore its settings cannot be managed from the UI.”

I’ve created all these groups in YAML as below:

light:
  - platform: group
    name: living and dining lights
    entities:
      - light.aeon_labs_zw111_nano_dimmer_level_4
      - light.aeon_labs_zw111_nano_dimmer_level_2
      - light.aeon_labs_zw111_nano_dimmer_level_3
      - light.aeon_labs_zw111_nano_dimmer_level
      - light.living_room_pedestal

  - platform: group
    name: living small chandelier
    entities:
      - light.aeon_labs_zw111_nano_dimmer_level_4
      - light.aeon_labs_zw111_nano_dimmer_level_3

  - platform: group
    name: madhur room roof
    entities:
      - light.guest_left_1
      - light.guest_left_2
      - light.guest_left_3
      - light.guest_left_4
      - light.guest_right_1
      - light.guest_right_2
      - light.guest_right_3
      - light.guest_right_4

  - platform: group
    name: entrence hall roof
    entities:
      - light.hall_1
      - light.hall_2
      - light.hall_3
      - light.hall_4
      - light.hall_5
      - light.hall_6

  - platform: group
    name: master bedroom roof
    entities:
      - light.master_left_1
      - light.master_left_2
      - light.master_left_3
      - light.master_right_1
      - light.master_right_2
      - light.master_right_3

  - platform: group
    name: gallery roof
    entities:
      - light.gallery_bulb_1
      - light.gallery_bulb_2
      - light.gallery_bulb_3
      - light.gallery_bulb_4

  - platform: group
    name: tv room roof
    entities:
      - light.tv_left_1
      - light.tv_left_2
      - light.tv_left_3
      - light.tv_right_1
      - light.tv_right_2
      - light.tv_right_3

  - platform: group
    name: vrinda roof
    entities:
      - light.vrinda_1
      - light.vrinda_2
      - light.vrinda_3
      - light.vrinda_4
      - light.vrinda_5
      - light.vrinda_6

  - platform: group
    name: balcony roof
    entities:
      - light.hue_white_lamp_1
      - light.hue_white_lamp_2

  - platform: group
    name: reassing room
    entities:
      - light.dressing_area_1
      - light.dressing_area_2

It’s the last but one group “balcony roof” that is giving me the error. All the other groups are appearing fine in the entities list.

Please see screenshots below:

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When I click on the “balcony roof” entity I get the error:

This entity does not have a unique ID, therefore its settings cannot be managed from the UI.

Finally I’m running home assistant on a raspberry Pi 4, running HassOS 4.12 version Home Assistant 0.114.4.

Thanks,
M

2

That “error” is normal, and just means you can’t change the entity ID in the UI.

3

Thanks @Tinkerer , sorry I should have clarified, this is also the only light group that I’m unable to control from the dashboard.

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All these four light toggles control light groups as per my configuration above, its just the “balcony roof” group that shows as unavailable.

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The implication is that you have TWO groups called “balcony roof”. One in the “light” platform section (which you copied here) and possibly another in a “groups” configuration. Do you have everything in one large YAML file? If so, search the whole file for “balcony” and see if perhaps you’ve configured another group with the same name.