Templating entity_id for input_number.set_value

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I’m trying to set up an automation that can reset the power usage of my house at midnight.

My current automation is

- id: 'set_power_consumpton'
  alias: 'set_power_consumpton'
  initial_state: true
  trigger:
    platform: time
    at: '00:00:00'
  action:
  - service: script.reset_consumption
    data:
      entity_id: sensor.power_consumption_normal
  - service: script.reset_consumption
    data:
      entity_id: sensor.power_consumption_low
  - service: script.reset_consumption
    data:
      entity_id: sensor.power_production_normal
  - service: script.reset_consumption
    data:
      entity_id: sensor.power_production_low
  - service: script.reset_consumption
    data:
      entity_id: sensor.gas_consumption

and script

reset_consumption:
  sequence:
  - service: input_number.set_value
    data_template:
      entity_id: >
        {% set lst = entity_id.split('.') %}
        input_number.midnight_{{ lst[1] }}
      value: "{{ states(entity_id) }}"

However I can’t get it to work, home assistant reports.

Error while executing automation automation.set_power_consumpton. Invalid data for call_service at pos 1: Entity ID "input_number.midnight_power_consumption_normal" is an invalid entity id for dictionary value @ data['entity_id']

“input_number.midnight_power_consumption_normal” is in fact a valid entity and is visible in the UI.

I did have 5 automations before but all of it was code duplication which I don’t like. Using templates I feel it must be possible to do it with one script.

What am I missing here? I could also try yaml anchors but would rather using jinja.

2

can’t override entity_id because the entity_id for the script is the scripts name. It just so happens that scripts can be called directly by their entity_id.

Change it to something like this:

- id: 'set_power_consumpton'
  alias: 'set_power_consumpton'
  initial_state: true
  trigger:
    platform: time
    at: '00:00:00'
  action:
  - service: script.reset_consumption
    data:
      myentity: sensor.power_consumption_normal
  - service: script.reset_consumption
    data:
      myentity: sensor.power_consumption_low
  - service: script.reset_consumption
    data:
      myentity: sensor.power_production_normal
  - service: script.reset_consumption
    data:
      myentity: sensor.power_production_low
  - service: script.reset_consumption
    data:
      myentity: sensor.gas_consumption

reset_consumption:
  sequence:
  - service: input_number.set_value
    data_template:
      entity_id: "input_number.midnight_{{ myentity.split('.')[-1] }}"
      value: "{{ states(entity_id) }}"
3

Ah, so it was just an unfortunate chosen variable name, thanks!

4

Yeah, pretty much. I always avoid names that are close to common field names in HalA for this exact reason

5

Hello,

I’m interesting by your automation and script but how do you display the value after store it in the entity_id ?

Thank you !