Noob needs help with sensor.yaml code

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Hello everyone. I am setting up HA and have some motorized curtains. I want to get the position of them but there isn’t an entity with it specifically. I learned that I can set up a sensor and use this to get the value.

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This current_position will tell me where the curtain is at (0=closed 100=opened). I was able to generate this code with help

- platform: template
  sensors:
    name: "Curtain Inside 2 Position"
    state_class: measurement
    state: "{{ state_attr('cover.curtaininside2', 'current_position')|float}}"
    unit_of_measurement: "%"

But I am getting this when I check the configuration

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Looking for a kind soul to help point the way to make this work. Thank you in advance.

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- platform: template
  sensors:
    curtain_inside_2_position:
      name: "Curtain Inside 2 Position"
      state_class: measurement
      state: "{{ state_attr('cover.curtaininside2', 'current_position')|float}}"
      unit_of_measurement: "%"
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That is not correct. The old format uses value_template: not state:, and friendly_name: not name:

You should be using the new format for new template sensors.

You should also define a default value for your float filter.

New format (configuration.yaml), preferred:

template:
  - sensor:
      - name: "Curtain Inside 2 Position"
        state_class: measurement
        state: "{{ state_attr('cover.curtaininside2', 'current_position')|float(0) }}"
        unit_of_measurement: "%"

Old format (sensors.yaml), not preferred:

- platform: template
  sensors:
    curtain_inside_2_position:
      friendly_name: "Curtain Inside 2 Position"
      state_class: measurement
      value_template: "{{ state_attr('cover.curtaininside2', 'current_position')|float(0) }}"
      unit_of_measurement: "%"
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Thanks for the help. So this is what happens when I put in that code to Studio Code Server

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Then checking it shows this
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Here is what I have in the config file

  template
    - sensor:
      - name: "Curtain Inside 2 Position"
        state_class: measurement
        state: "{{ state_attr('cover.curtaininside2', 'current_position')|float(0) }}"
        unit_of_measurement: "%"

Not sure if I did it correctly. Thanks for the previous help but I need a little more.

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That whole thing is indented two spaces too far. template: should be hard up against the margin of your configuration.yaml file. Spacing is important in YAML.

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Thanks again. I’ll change that

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So here is that same code hard to the left. Does this look correct?

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You are missing the colon : after template on the first line.

Oops. I did in my example too, sorry. :flushed:

I edited my post above to correct it.

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Thank you. What about the line that says missing property “device_id” do I need that after the name or before the name?

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Has all of that not cleared up after you put the colon in?

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Close but it wants a platform

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You are putting this in your sensors.yaml file. Don’t do that. Template is an integration like Sensor. It needs to go in your configuration.yaml file:

You can set up an include in your configuration.yaml file and use a seperate file if you wish.

template: !include templates.yaml

The config (without the first line “template:”) would then go in the new templates.yaml file you create.

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Got it! Again thanks. Here is my config file now


# Loads default set of integrations. Do not remove.
default_config:

# Load frontend themes from the themes folder
frontend:
  themes: !include_dir_merge_named themes

# Text to speech
tts:
  - platform: google_translate

automation: !include automations.yaml
script: !include scripts.yaml
scene: !include scenes.yaml
sensor: !include sensors.yaml

# Example configuration.yaml entry
# Example configuration.yaml entry for Google Mail.
notify:
  - name: "Steven"
    platform: smtp
    server: "smtp.gmail.com"
    port: 587
    timeout: 15
    sender: "XXXXXXXX"
    encryption: starttls
    username: "XXXXXX"
    password: "XXXXXX"
    recipient:
      - "[email protected]"
    sender_name: "Chico House Home Assistant"

template:
  - sensor:
    - name: "Curtain Inside 2 Position"
      state_class: measurement
      state: "{{ state_attr('cover.curtaininside2', 'current_position')|float(0) }}"
      unit_of_measurement: "%"

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And we are good to go!

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