Struggeling to move some config to customize.yaml

Hi
I’m trying to move some templates out of configuration.yaml to customize.yaml.
But it gives me errors.
This is the config:

- platform: template
  sensors:
    vitaminer:
      value_template: >-
        {% if is_state ('input_boolean.vitaminer_tatt', 'on') %}
          YESS
        {% elif is_state ('input_boolean.vitaminer_tatt', 'off') %}
          BUHU
        {% endif %}
      icon_template: >-
        {% if is_state ('input_boolean.vitaminer_tatt', 'on') %},
          mdi:mdi-thumb-up
        {% elif is_state ('input_boolean.vitaminer_tatt', 'off') %}
          mdi-thumb-down,
        {% endif %}

But when I check configuration, it says:
expected a dictionary for dictionary value @ data[‘customize’]

When the config is in configuration.yaml, it works fine.

What am I doing wrong?

Thanks.

You can’t move template sensors to customize.yaml. Customize is to set friendly names, icons etc… not sensors.

Thanks for clearing that up.
Strangely enough, I’m not able to move the config back to configuration.yaml now.

  - platform: template
    sensors:
      vitaminer:
        value_template: >-
          {% if is_state ('input_boolean.vitaminer_tattt', 'on') %}
            YESS
          {% elif is_state ('input_boolean.vitaminer_tatt', 'off') %}
            BUHU
          {% endif %}
        icon_template: >-
          {% if is_state ('input_boolean.vitaminer_tatt', 'on') %},
            mdi:mdi-thumb-up
          {% elif is_state ('input_boolean.vitaminer_tatt', 'off') %}
            mdi-thumb-down,
          {% endif %}

The file editor throws an error, saying:
bad indentation of a mapping entry at line 23, column 3:
- platform: template

Thanks

From the second line on your indent needs to be increased by 2 spaces and for the love of God, backup those files before you edit them

Finally figured it out, it had to be under sensor: to work.
I made a separate file for sensor: now, to avoid cluttering the configuration.yaml file

Yes, backups are learnt the hard way for me today.

Thanks again.

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good job… you might in the future like to look at using packages for declutering