WTH isn't there a "except..." for turn off/on ?

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You could easily turn all lights except a subset on/off by leveraging labels. E.g. give all lights you won‘t like to turn off by a specific action (button press, automation….) a label „dont-turn-off“.

Then you can use a template like this:

{{
  states.light 
  | map(attribute="entity_id")
  | reject("in", label_entities("dont-turn-off"))
  | list
}}

Use this template directly in the service call or wrap it in a helper sensor if you like.

This can also be extended to filter areas, floors, other domains etc. These are all accessable in templates.

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