What is the best way to avoid repetitions in SNMP config?

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I have several sensors in the same SNMP host. What is the best way to avoid repeating the same lines of code? The best solution I could find so far is YAML anchors and aliases:

sensor:
  - name: "Power usage peak Watts"
    baseoid: 1.3.6.1.4.1.674.10892.5.4.600.60.1.9.1.1

    <<: &ESXi-1_template
      platform: snmp
      host: 192.168.89.2
      version: 2c
      port: 4161

  - name: "Temperature Probe Reading"
    baseoid: 1.3.6.1.4.1.674.10892.5.4.700.20.1.6.1.4
    <<: *ESXi-1_template

But maybe there is a better solution, using some kind of inheritance. I have tried this option:

snmp:
  - name: ESXi-1
    host: 192.168.89.2
    version: 2c
    port: 4161

    sensors:
      - name: "Power usage peak Watts"
        baseoid: 1.3.6.1.4.1.674.10892.5.4.600.60.1.9.1.1

      - name: "Temperature Probe Reading"
        baseoid: 1.3.6.1.4.1.674.10892.5.4.700.20.1.6.1.4

But it gives this error in the system logs:

“Setup failed for snmp: No setup or config entry setup function defined”

Here’s another attempt:

sensor:
  - name: ESXi-1
    platform: snmp
    host: 192.168.89.2
    version: 2c
    port: 4161
    sensors:
      - name: "Power usage peak Watts"
        baseoid: 1.3.6.1.4.1.674.10892.5.4.600.60.1.9.1.1

      - name: "Temperature Probe Reading"
        baseoid: 1.3.6.1.4.1.674.10892.5.4.700.20.1.6.1.4

But it gives this error in the basic YAML validation:

“Invalid config for [sensor.snmp]: [sensors] is an invalid option for [sensor.snmp]. Check: sensor.snmp->sensors”

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