Service call in automation problem

Configuration
1

Can anyone help me with the syntax for this–or a better way of doing it? This is in an automation & I get the error message when I try to save it:

Message malformed: extra keys not allowed @ data[‘data_template’]

action:
  service: input_number.set_value
    target: 
      entity_id: input_number.guest_mode
      data_template: >-
         {% if states('input_number.guest_mode') == 0 %}
           1
         {% else %}
           0
         {% endif %}
2
  1. Your indents are off
  2. data_template is no longer needed
  3. you are missing the configuration key for the data type you are supplying.
  4. You need quotes around 0 in your if, because states are always strings and a string can’t be == to an integer. However, it is better to use the is_state() function.
action:
  - service: input_number.set_value
    target: 
      entity_id: input_number.guest_mode
    data:
      value: >
        {% if is_state('input_number.guest_mode',  '0') %}
          1
        {% else %}
          0
        {% endif %}
3

Sad to say, this doesn’t work.

(In an earlier version I had used |int(0) in the if part, so I was testing for a numerical; after hours of fiddling, I took it back to a basic outline.) I’ll go back to that, haven’t used is_state much but I’ll experiment.

You say:

though I don’t know what this means, unless you’re referring to the

data:
  value: >

part, which if so, is new to me, I haven’t seen it in my hunt for information. If that’s not what you mean, you haven’t added anything I didn’t have (or pointed to a missing entity) so I’m at a loss.

Thanks, everything else is a great help. But still not working…

4

Your hunt must have missed the example in the documentation for Input Number showing how to set a new value using the value option.

Screenshot_20230115-100426~2

What Didgeridrew suggested should work. This version should work as well.

action:
  - service: input_number.set_value
    target:
      entity_id: input_number.guest_mode
    data:
      value: "{{ iif(states('input_number.guest_mode')|int(0) == 0, 1, 0) }}"

If neither version works for you then we will need to see the entire automation to understand what triggers the automation containing this service call.

5

I’d just gotten this working. Some bogey in mix. Now that I have a working version, I’ll fiddle with it. I like your one line if then.

action:
  - service: input_number.set_value
    target:
      entity_id: input_number.guest_mode
    data:
      value: |
        {% if states('input_number.guest_mode')|float(0) == 0 %}
          1
        {% else %}
          0
        {% endif %}
'''
6

No need to convert to float if your goal is to simply compare to an integer value. int is sufficient for comparing to zero.