No longer able to create Light Groups. 'This entity ('light.dining_table_lights') does not have a unique ID, therefore its settings cannot be managed from the UI. '

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I decided to redo everything and disabled my old installation.
Also reinstalled the IKEA gateway as ZHA was causing a lot of trouble and
weird behavior with 5-way remotes. After connecting back to the
IKEA TRADFRI Gateway, I re-paired all lights again, I was able to set up
the lights again. Then I wanted to setup the light groups and now I’m stumped.

I’ve tried several ways of creating them like;

configuration.yaml

light:
  - platform: group
    name: Dining Table Lights
    entities:
      - light.dining_table_front
      - light.dining_table_middle
      - light.dining_table_back

lights_group.yaml

- platform: group
  name: Dining Table Lights
  entities:
    - light.dining_table_front
    - light.dining_table_middle
    - light.dining_table_back

No matter what, I only get : This entity (‘light.dining_table_lights’) does not
have a unique ID, therefore its settings cannot be managed from the UI.

I’ve search Hi-and-Lo in the forums but even when trying to recreate them in
the old installation, this fails. What has changed??

2

This simply means you can not setup in the UI, you need to setup in .yaml

3

I am, like I said using: configuration.yaml or light_group.yaml.

So how can I have/get them active in the UI?

4

light groups support unique_id’s , so add it to your yaml and then you can adjust it from the ui.

5

Only you will know which one to add that to. Inside your entire configuration, you can only have 1 light section. If your light section is pointing to light_group.yaml, then it goes there. If your light section is in configuration.yaml, it goes there.

6

Thanks, I know that. Yet, when I use: configuration.yaml with: light groups: !include light_groups.yaml

And inside light_groups.yaml

- platform: group
  name: Dining Table Lights
  entities:
    - light.dining_table_front
    - light.dining_table_middle
    - light.dining_table_back

No other light settings.

I get the light group but without an unique id.

7

try

- platform: group
  name: Dining Table Lights
  unique_id: 9f07967c-a601-4658-87ac-500f3858a7c8
  entities:
    - light.dining_table_front
    - light.dining_table_middle
    - light.dining_table_back
8

because you don’t have the unique_id set… does your configuration have the word unqiue_id in it?

EDIT: See @francisp’s example

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The it in this post was referring to adding unqiue_id to your configuration of the light group.

10

Just did so, still grayed out. Unavailable.

11

you have to restart

12

I restarted the group first, then a full restart. Unfortunately.

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you’re looking at the wrong entity. That’s the original one, search for the new one.

14

I added XXX in front to distinguish.

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I’ve no other entities with XXX

15

post your entire configuration for the light groups then.

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# Setup light groups
- platform: group
  name: XXXDining Table Lights
  unique_id: 9f07967c-a601-4658-87ac-500f3858a7c8
  entities:
    - light.dining_table_front
    - light.dining_table_middle
    - light.dining_table_back
    
- platform: group
  name: Living Room Lights
  entities:
    - light.living_room_back_sphere
    - light.living_room_back_hemisphere
    - light.living_room_front_left
    - light.living_room_front_right  

- platform: group
  name: Living Room Front Lights
  entities:
    - light.living_room_front_left
    - light.living_room_front_right    

- platform: group
  name: Living Room Back Lights
  entities:
    - light.living_room_back_sphere
    - light.living_room_back_hemisphere

- platform: group
  name: Living test
  entities:
    - light.living_room_back_sphere
    - light.living_room_back_hemisphere
17

because that entity_id looks like the first configured one, and the fact that it’s unavailable means you’re looking at the old entity, not the new one. But I can’t confirm that without looking at the entire configuration.

18

based on that configuration, i would expect your entity_id to be light.xxxdining_room_lights or light.9f07967…etc

19

I’ve generated a random uuid again.

# Setup light groups
- platform: group
  name: YYYDining Table Lights
  unique_id: 931484c6-4ebc-11ec-81d3-0242ac130003
  entities:
    - light.dining_table_front
    - light.dining_table_middle
    - light.dining_table_back
    
- platform: group
  name: Living Room Lights
  entities:
    - light.living_room_back_sphere
    - light.living_room_back_hemisphere
    - light.living_room_front_left
    - light.living_room_front_right  

- platform: group
  name: Living Room Front Lights
  entities:
    - light.living_room_front_left
    - light.living_room_front_right    

- platform: group
  name: Living Room Back Lights
  entities:
    - light.living_room_back_sphere
    - light.living_room_back_hemisphere

- platform: group
  name: Living test
  entities:
    - light.living_room_back_sphere
    - light.living_room_back_hemisphere

Still unavailable:
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It does change:image