Template doesn't work in trigger "for:" but in the action "message:"

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I try to put the value of an input_number into the trigger time (for: minutes) with a template.
This doesn’t work with the error:

Error loading /config/configuration.yaml: invalid key: "OrderedDict([("states('input_number.zeit_einstellen'')|int", None)])"
in "/config/automations.yaml", line 46, column 0

Means the line with the minutes: ...
The similar line starting with message: ... works. Why?!

  trigger:
  - platform: device
    type: turned_on
    device_id: 158cbd37fca011ea9ae29d78e159a700
    entity_id: switch.on_off_plug_in_unit_4
    domain: switch
    for:
      hours: 0
      minutes: {{ states('input_number.zeit_einstellen'')|int }}
      seconds: 0
  condition: []
  action:
  - service: persistent_notification.create
    data:
      title: Test-Message
      message: "blabla: {{ states('input_number.zeit_einstellen')|int }}"
      notification_id: testm
  - type: turn_off
    device_id: 158cbd37fca011ea9ae29d78e159a700
    entity_id: switch.on_off_plug_in_unit_4
    domain: switch

Sorry for the slightly question. But the template editor is fine with the code above.

I also tried to work with double quotes in all variations, like in the documentation described, this could not be the right way in my point of view (didn’t work, too):

 minutes: "{{ states('input_number.high_temp_min')|int }}"

Thanks for your help…

2

These fields (hours, minute, seconds in the for: section) are currently not templatable, but will probably be soon as the devs said they are going to expand the fields that are templatable.

3

That’s incorrect, they have been able to template those fields for at least 6 months, probably longer. I’ve used it for ages to control how long a light stays on based on whether it is light or dark outside.

The only thing I’m wondering is whether they can’t be templated on ‘device triggers’

OP, try this…

  trigger:
  - platform: state 
    entity_id: switch.on_off_plug_in_unit_4
    to: 'on' 
    for:
      minutes: "{{ states('input_number.zeit_einstellen')|int }}"
  action:
  - service: persistent_notification.create
    data:
      title: Test-Message
      message: "blabla: {{ states('input_number.zeit_einstellen')|int }}"
      notification_id: testm
  - type: turn_off
    device_id: 158cbd37fca011ea9ae29d78e159a700
    entity_id: switch.on_off_plug_in_unit_4
    domain: switch

Edit - in doing this for you I realised that you have an extra ’ in the template (at the end of the entity_id), so it might work in the device trigger if you remove that, but it will definitely work using my code.

4

Sorry for the irritation of the quote mistake only made here in the forum but not in my code. However, now it works fine. Thank you very much!

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5

I’m so sorry, I mixed it up with the to: and :from fields in the state trigger, my apologies. @anon43302295 is totally right, as always :sunglasses:

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