Hello,
I am trying to create a sensor that cannot be reached from a climate entity, namely the current temperature to put this in a graph. But because I am not a programmer and actually know nothing about yaml, I searched the internet for similar code and then adapted it to my identities. I have tried different pieces but nothing seems to work, my sensor remains unavailable. I would be grateful if anyone could help me.
Kind regards, Marc
- Your source entity_id is longer than you used in the template.
- Define a template w/o quotes, i.e try with
{{ .... }}
instead of
"{{ .... }}"
- No need to restart. The template sensor (created in UI) is reloaded when you save it.
- You could have missed my remark about a source entity_id: on some screenshot above you have a longer entity_id than one used in the template.
- Use Dev tools → Template to test your templates before using them in sensors.
It works.
Thank you
Suggest you to specify explicitly what was wrong & what helped you to fix your issue - for other users. This Community is not only for you.
When I asked the question on the forum, I had already searched a lot on the internet and copied a lot of code. I had never worked with templates before. The first comment about the double quotes was clear and I immediately deleted the other comment “Your source entity_id is longer than you used in the template.” I did not understand at first.
When I got the same comment the second time and looked at the code carefully, I suddenly saw the error. Probably due to the frequent copying and changing, a part of my id had been deleted.
I then went to development tools, states, and searched for my entity_id and copied it to my template and it worked.
Thanks again for the quick help
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