Templating and “magic” obsolescence explained

[finity]

I believe what it means is that we no longer need to use “service_template” or “data_template” where they used to be required for HA to parse templates. Now just use the regular “service” and “data” options like you would without templates.

Stop requiring magic to enable templates

No @Olen. This applies to data_template, event_data_template and service_template, which now are obsolete.

so instead of:

action:
  service_template: >
    {% if........%}
      light.turn_on
    {% else %}
      light.turn_off
    {% endif %}
  data_template:
    entity_id: >
      {% if....%}
        light.one
      {% else %}
        light.two
      {% endif %}

you can now just use:

action:
  service: >
    {% if........%}
      light.turn_on
    {% else %}
      light.turn_off
    {% endif %}
  data:
    entity_id: >
      {% if....%}
        light.one
      {% else %}
        light.two
      {% endif %}

At least that’s how I understand it.