Only turn off lights in a group that are on

Configuration
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Is it possible to make a script or similar to check if a light in a custom group is on and then turn it off?

I have a lot of lights and when I turn everything off for the night or when I go out it takes a long time. So I would like to try to only turn off lights that are on:)

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service: light.turn_off
data_template:
  entity_id: >
    {{ states.light
         |selectattr('entity_id','in',state_attr('group.MY_LIGHTS','entity_id'))
         |selectattr('state','eq','on')|map(attribute='entity_id')|join(',') }}
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Hi

Thanks for the template, but when I try to add it I get the following error:
Invalid config for [automation]: [to] is an invalid option for [automation]. Check: automation->trigger->0->to.

Any idea:)?

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Well, you didn’t say how/where you wanted to use this. Assuming (now) you want to use this in an automation, then it goes in the action part, not the trigger.

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ahh the problem was all mine, I had some wrong settings in the trigger section. Sorry about that!

Working great now, thanks!

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