Struggling with adding more sensors to configuration

Configuration
1

Okay, so HomeAssistant is growing with the addition of solar panels and its integration. Problem I run into is that the integration tosses consumption and production together so it requires adding sensors to the configuration file -and- I already have a template. The template I have is great from help on this forum in re holiday lights

Current yaml template with sensors:

template:
  - trigger:
      - platform: time
        at: '00:00:00'
      - platform: homeassistant
        event: start
      - platform: event
        event_type: event_template_reloaded
    sensor:
      - name: livingroom_tree_off
        unique_id: livingroom_tree_off
        state: "{{ (today_at('22:10') + timedelta(minutes = range(2,36) | random)).isoformat() }}"
        device_class: timestamp
      - name: familyroom_tree_off
        unique_id: familyroom_tree_off
        state: "{{ (today_at('21:00') + timedelta(minutes = range(2,36) | random)).isoformat() }}"
        device_class: timestamp
      - name: xmas_front_door_off
        unique_id: xmas_front_door_off
        state: "{{ (today_at('22:20') + timedelta(minutes = range(2,36) | random)).isoformat() }}"
        device_class: timestamp
      - name: upstairs_wrap_lights
        unique_id: upstairs_wrap_lights
        state: "{{ (today_at('20:00') + timedelta(minutes = range(2,36) | random)).isoformat() }}"
        device_class: timestamp

I added the Envoy sensors to workaround this problem with the consumption/production miscount:

template:
  - sensor:
      # Generation  to grid
      - name: "Current Power Exporting"
        unique_id: envoy_current_power_exporting
        unit_of_measurement: 'W'
        state: "{{ [0, (states('sensor.envoy_current_power_production') | int(0) - states('sensor.envoy_current_power_consumption') | int(0))] | max }}"
        state_class: "measurement"
        device_class: "power"
        availability: "{{ not is_state('sensor.envoy_current_power_production', 'unavailable') and not is_state('sensor.envoy_current_power_consumption', 'unavailable') }}"
      # Grid to house
      - name: "Current Power Importing"
        unique_id: envoy_current_power_importing
        unit_of_measurement: 'W'
        state: "{{ [0, (states('sensor.envoy_current_power_consumption') | int(0) - states('sensor.envoy_current_power_production') | int(0))] | max }}"
        state_class: "measurement"
        device_class: "power"
        availability: "{{ not is_state('sensor.envoy_current_power_production', 'unavailable') and not is_state('sensor.envoy_current_power_consumption', 'unavailable') }}"

I get the following error:

duplicated mapping key (87:1)

84 | state: "{{ (today_at('2 …
85 | device_class: timestamp
86 |
87 | template:
------^
88 | - sensor:

This corresponds to the start of the new template. So I thought well maybe I have to combine them together to be one template. But doing that would mean adding sensors that run on this trigger for holiday lights.

I’m newb-challenged here and just lost on what I should do. All I know is that it seems I need to reproduce this Envoy integration- reversed sign of grid power - #5 by exxamalte into my setup in order to get the proper sensors for the energy dashboard.

Help to resolve greatly appreciated.

2

As the error message shows, you have duplicated the top-level template key.
Remove the second template:…

template:
  - trigger:
      - platform: time
        at: '00:00:00'
      - platform: homeassistant
        event: start
      - platform: event
        event_type: event_template_reloaded
    sensor:
      - name: livingroom_tree_off
        unique_id: livingroom_tree_off
        state: "{{ (today_at('22:10') + timedelta(minutes = range(2,36) | random)).isoformat() }}"
        device_class: timestamp
      - name: familyroom_tree_off
        unique_id: familyroom_tree_off
        state: "{{ (today_at('21:00') + timedelta(minutes = range(2,36) | random)).isoformat() }}"
        device_class: timestamp
      - name: xmas_front_door_off
        unique_id: xmas_front_door_off
        state: "{{ (today_at('22:20') + timedelta(minutes = range(2,36) | random)).isoformat() }}"
        device_class: timestamp
      - name: upstairs_wrap_lights
        unique_id: upstairs_wrap_lights
        state: "{{ (today_at('20:00') + timedelta(minutes = range(2,36) | random)).isoformat() }}"
        device_class: timestamp

  - sensor:
      # Generation  to grid
      - name: "Current Power Exporting"
        unique_id: envoy_current_power_exporting
        unit_of_measurement: 'W'
        state: "{{ [0, (states('sensor.envoy_current_power_production') | int(0) - states('sensor.envoy_current_power_consumption') | int(0))] | max }}"
        state_class: "measurement"
        device_class: "power"
        availability: "{{ not is_state('sensor.envoy_current_power_production', 'unavailable') and not is_state('sensor.envoy_current_power_consumption', 'unavailable') }}"
      # Grid to house
      - name: "Current Power Importing"
        unique_id: envoy_current_power_importing
        unit_of_measurement: 'W'
        state: "{{ [0, (states('sensor.envoy_current_power_consumption') | int(0) - states('sensor.envoy_current_power_production') | int(0))] | max }}"
        state_class: "measurement"
        device_class: "power"
        availability: "{{ not is_state('sensor.envoy_current_power_production', 'unavailable') and not is_state('sensor.envoy_current_power_consumption', 'unavailable') }}"
3

Uggggggh I tried that must I must’ve had something else off because the red error notice never went green. Thank you. Now to figure out where to put these last two sensor codes.

4

Are you asking about additional template sensors…? You just add them under the top-level template: configuration key according to their type. All state-based sensors can go under the same sensor: sub-key. Any trigger-based sensors that use the same set of triggers can be under the same trigger: sub-key.

Example Template Config 
template:
  - sensor:
      - name: 
        state: "{{ }}"
      - name: 
        state: "{{ }}"

  # Overnight, Restart, Reload
  - trigger:
      - platform: time
        at: '00:00:00'
      - platform: homeassistant
        event: start
      - platform: event
        event_type: event_template_reloaded
    sensor:
      - name: 
        state: "{{ }}"
      - name: 
        state: "{{ }}" 

  # Heating activates
  - trigger:
      - platform: state
        entity_id: climate.hvac
        attribute: hvac_action
        to: 'heating'
    sensor:
      - name: 
        state: "{{ }}"

Non-template or legacy format template sensors need to be placed under a top-level sensor: key, not the template: key shown above. Most of the time this will be either in the configuration.yaml or sensors.yaml file.

5

I don’t believe these are templated sensors, but the next step in the patchwork solution for Enphase solar panel data is to add this somewhere:

sensor:
  # Aggregating data
  - platform: integration
    method: left
    source: sensor.current_power_importing
    name: Lifetime Imported Energy
    unit_prefix: k
    round: 2
  - platform: integration
    method: left
    source: sensor.current_power_exporting
    name: Lifetime Exported Energy
    unit_prefix: k
    round: 2

“These last two sensors are the one you add to your energy dashboard.” So I don’t know that they would go in the configuration.yaml like that or what. It doesn’t prevent an error but upon reloading I didn’t see it in the energy dashboard to select.

6

You are right, those are not template sensors. If you have already added other manual sensors to your configuration.yaml file, you will find a top-level sensor key… and you can copy/paste the two integration sensors directly under that. If you haven’t set up other non-template sensor entities in the past all you need to do is copy what you posted above directly into your configuration, making sure that sensor: is all the way to the left. Assuming you put the template sensors in configuration.yaml too it will look something like:

...
# Template Entities
template:
  - trigger:
      - platform: time
        at: '00:00:00'
      - platform: homeassistant
        event: start
      - platform: event
        event_type: event_template_reloaded
    sensor:
      - name: livingroom_tree_off
        unique_id: livingroom_tree_off
        state: "{{ (today_at('22:10') + timedelta(minutes = range(2,36) | random)).isoformat() }}"
        device_class: timestamp
      - name: familyroom_tree_off
        unique_id: familyroom_tree_off
        state: "{{ (today_at('21:00') + timedelta(minutes = range(2,36) | random)).isoformat() }}"
        device_class: timestamp
      - name: xmas_front_door_off
        unique_id: xmas_front_door_off
        state: "{{ (today_at('22:20') + timedelta(minutes = range(2,36) | random)).isoformat() }}"
        device_class: timestamp
      - name: upstairs_wrap_lights
        unique_id: upstairs_wrap_lights
        state: "{{ (today_at('20:00') + timedelta(minutes = range(2,36) | random)).isoformat() }}"
        device_class: timestamp

  - sensor:
      # Generation  to grid
      - name: "Current Power Exporting"
        unique_id: envoy_current_power_exporting
        unit_of_measurement: 'W'
        state: "{{ [0, (states('sensor.envoy_current_power_production') | int(0) - states('sensor.envoy_current_power_consumption') | int(0))] | max }}"
        state_class: "measurement"
        device_class: "power"
        availability: "{{ not is_state('sensor.envoy_current_power_production', 'unavailable') and not is_state('sensor.envoy_current_power_consumption', 'unavailable') }}"
      # Grid to house
      - name: "Current Power Importing"
        unique_id: envoy_current_power_importing
        unit_of_measurement: 'W'
        state: "{{ [0, (states('sensor.envoy_current_power_consumption') | int(0) - states('sensor.envoy_current_power_production') | int(0))] | max }}"
        state_class: "measurement"
        device_class: "power"
        availability: "{{ not is_state('sensor.envoy_current_power_production', 'unavailable') and not is_state('sensor.envoy_current_power_consumption', 'unavailable') }}"



# Sensor Entities (Non-Template)

sensor:
  # Aggregating data
  - platform: integration
    method: left
    source: sensor.current_power_importing
    name: Lifetime Imported Energy
    unit_prefix: k
    round: 2
  - platform: integration
    method: left
    source: sensor.current_power_exporting
    name: Lifetime Exported Energy
    unit_prefix: k
    round: 2
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