Using Script Fields to provide entities for light.turn_on/off

Configuration
1

Im trying to create script that I can reuse in different automations.
I want to use Fields to provide variables to script and have managed to do functioning conditions for IFs.
I have field where calling automation would provide one or more lights that would be turned off or to some specific brightness based on script logic.
Light.turn_on service how ever gives me following error:

“Error: Template rendered invalid entity IDs: {‘entity_id’: ‘light.wiz_rgbww_tunable_e8c724’}”

What I have now is:

service: light.turn_off
data: {}
target:
  entity_id: '{{ lights_to_control }}'

I have tried to google around and tested other things but so far havent got this one working.

Any help is welcome.

2

Post the automation’s code that calls the script and passes entity_ids via the variable lights_to_control.

3

This is automation that im trying this with:

alias: Remote - Kulma - Short Press
description: ""
trigger:
  - device_id: c02cabe09dfb7362d5d0712c04916de5
    domain: zha
    platform: device
    type: remote_button_short_press
    subtype: turn_on
condition: []
action:
  - service: script.lights_control_with_2_off_states
    data:
      condition_light:
        entity_id: light.wiz_rgbww_tunable_e8c724
      lights_to_control:
        entity_id: light.wiz_rgbww_tunable_e8c724
      off_state_condition:
        entity_id: light.keittio_katto_ikkuna_light
mode: single

And yes I have those other fields used and those seem to work.
Here is my full script if its any use:

alias: Lights Control With 2 Off States
sequence:
  - if:
      - condition: or
        conditions:
          - condition: template
            value_template: "{{ is_state('condition_light', 'off') }}"
          - condition: template
            value_template: >
              {{ states.light.keittio_katto_ikkuna_light.attributes.brightness <
              80 }}
    then:
      - service: light.turn_on
        data:
          kelvin: 3800
          brightness_pct: 75
        target:
          entity_id: "{{ lights_to_control }}"
    else:
      - if:
          - condition: template
            value_template: "{{ is_state('off_state_condition', 'on') }}"
        then:
          - service: light.turn_on
            data:
              kelvin: 3800
              brightness_pct: 25
            target:
              entity_id: "{{ lights_to_control }}"
        else:
          - service: light.turn_off
            data: {}
            target:
              entity_id: "{{ lights_to_control }}"
fields:
  condition_light:
    selector:
      target:
        entity:
          domain: light
    name: Condition Light
    description: Light thats state/brightness is used as condition
    required: true
  lights_to_control:
    selector:
      target:
        entity:
          domain: light
    name: Lights to Control
    required: true
    description: Lights to control
  off_state_condition:
    selector:
      target: null
    name: Off state condition
    description: Determines what is off state of lights
mode: queued
max: 10
4

In your automation, you defined the value of condition_light like this:

    data:
      condition_light:
        entity_id: light.wiz_rgbww_tunable_e8c724

You defined a dictionary with a single item consisting of a key named entity_id with an associated value of light.wiz_rgbww_tunable_e8c724. A dictionary is not what the script’s light.turn_on service call expects. It expects to receive a list so that’s why you got an error message.

Error: Template rendered invalid entity IDs:
 {'entity_id': 'light.wiz_rgbww_tunable_e8c724'}

Automation

alias: Remote - Kulma - Short Press
description: ""
trigger:
  - device_id: c02cabe09dfb7362d5d0712c04916de5
    domain: zha
    platform: device
    type: remote_button_short_press
    subtype: turn_on
condition: []
action:
  - service: script.lights_control_with_2_off_states
    data:
      condition_light: light.wiz_rgbww_tunable_e8c724
      lights_to_control:
        - light.wiz_rgbww_tunable_e8c724
      off_state_condition: light.keittio_katto_ikkuna_light
mode: single

In your script you did things like this:

         - condition: template
            value_template: "{{ is_state('condition_light', 'off') }}"

By wrapping condition_light in quotes, you converted it from the being the name of a variable to a string. So whatever value was passed by condition_light was never received by the Template Condition.

Script

alias: Lights Control With 2 Off States
sequence:
  - if:
      - condition: or
        conditions:
          - condition: template
            value_template: "{{ is_state(condition_light, 'off') }}"
          - condition: template
            value_template: >
              {{ state_attr('light.keittio_katto_ikkuna_light', 'brightness') < 80 }}
    then:
      - service: light.turn_on
        data:
          kelvin: 3800
          brightness_pct: 75
        target:
          entity_id: "{{ lights_to_control }}"
    else:
      - if:
          - condition: template
            value_template: "{{ is_state(off_state_condition, 'on') }}"
        then:
          - service: light.turn_on
            data:
              kelvin: 3800
              brightness_pct: 25
            target:
              entity_id: "{{ lights_to_control }}"
        else:
          - service: light.turn_off
            data: {}
            target:
              entity_id: "{{ lights_to_control }}"
fields:
  condition_light:
    selector:
      target:
        entity:
          domain: light
    name: Condition Light
    description: Light thats state/brightness is used as condition
    required: true
  lights_to_control:
    selector:
      target:
        entity:
          domain: light
    name: Lights to Control
    required: true
    description: Lights to control
  off_state_condition:
    selector:
      target: null
    name: Off state condition
    description: Determines what is off state of lights
mode: queued
max: 10
5

Thanks this works!

Had to change Fields in a script a bit. Removed target: so it works with GUI.
Also found a logic error in script :laughing:

Heres now working script in case anyone in future finds it anyways useful.

alias: Lights Control With 2 Off States
sequence:
  - if:
      - condition: or
        conditions:
          - condition: template
            value_template: "{{ is_state(condition_light, 'off') }}"
          - condition: template
            value_template: |
              {{ state_attr(condition_light, 'brightness') < 80 }}
    then:
      - service: light.turn_on
        data:
          kelvin: 3800
          brightness_pct: 75
        target:
          entity_id: "{{ lights_to_control }}"
    else:
      - if:
          - condition: template
            value_template: "{{ is_state(off_state_condition, 'on') }}"
        then:
          - service: light.turn_on
            data:
              kelvin: 3800
              brightness_pct: 25
            target:
              entity_id: "{{ lights_to_control }}"
        else:
          - service: light.turn_off
            data: {}
            target:
              entity_id: "{{ lights_to_control }}"
fields:
  condition_light:
    selector:
      entity:
        domain: light
    name: Condition Light
    description: Light thats state/brightness is used as condition
    required: true
  lights_to_control:
    selector:
      entity:
        multiple: true
        domain: light
    name: Lights to Control
    required: true
    description: Lights to control
    default: light.eteinen_katto1_light
  off_state_condition:
    selector:
      entity: null
    name: Off state condition
    description: Determines should lights go off or dimm down.
mode: queued
max: 10