for_each loop | Home Assistant | Page 1

calm willow Mar 31, 2023, 2:33 PM

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Thanks for helping, so I don't need any condition for this automation?

real meteor Mar 31, 2023, 2:36 PM

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Not in the condition: section. And within each loop, use an if: action to check if the state of the current entity is on.

calm willow Mar 31, 2023, 2:38 PM

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so for example I have my automation now:

repeat:
  for_each:
    - input_select.office_tv_status
    - input_select.livingroom_tv_status
  sequence:
    - service: light.turn_off
      target:
        entity_id: "light.{{ repeat.item }}"

Each TV has it own script to turn off/on the device. how do I put it correctly on the sequence section? like IF input_select.office_tv_status is ON then action the script to turn it on/off
and if the state of the same TV is off do nothing.

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script.ir_turn_on_off_living_room_tv
script.ir_turn_on_off_bedroom_tv
those for example my two scripts for living room and bedroom tv's

real meteor Mar 31, 2023, 2:43 PM

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repeat:
  for_each:
    - helper: input_select.office_tv_status
      script: script.ir_turn_on_off_office_tv
    - helper: input_select.livingroom_tv_status
      script: script.ir_turn_on_off_livingroom_tv
    - ...

calm willow Mar 31, 2023, 2:44 PM

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but how do he knows if I want it to check if device state is on that way

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can you paste it to pastie or something? when I copy it it's mix up the lines

real meteor Mar 31, 2023, 2:48 PM

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  sequence:
    - if: "{{ is_state(repeat.item.helper, 'on') }}"
      then:
        - service: "{{ repeat.item.script }}"

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Sorry tapping this out on a phone

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But you get the gist.

calm willow Mar 31, 2023, 2:53 PM

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Mmmm.. let me try;
What about if one of my TV's is not via script it's by doing a switch toggle? (office tv)

real meteor Mar 31, 2023, 2:58 PM

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The idea is that in each for_each loop, the treatment of each entity needs to be the same. Thus you need one loop for entities where you can check the state directly and just call homeassiatant.turn_off or similar, and another for TVs where the state is tracked by a helper and the action is an ir command. Ergo if you have a third type of entity (eg. Your TV that is toggled by a switch), you should implement yet another loop. Or if it's just one entity, you can just provide an action in your automation sequence to handle just that entity specifically.

calm willow Mar 31, 2023, 3:01 PM

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so another action with a loop

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I get this error

Message malformed: Entity {{ repeat.item.helper }} is neither a valid entity ID nor a valid UUID for dictionary value @ data['action'][0]['repeat']['sequence'][0]['if'][0]['entity_id']

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description: Will turn off lights & TV's in the entire house that are not in the Bedroom.
mode: single
trigger:
  - platform: state
    entity_id:
      - sensor.kitchen_sticker_switch_button_action
condition: []
action:
  - repeat:
      for_each:
        - helper: input_select.living_room_tv_status
          script: script.ir_turn_on_off_living_room_tv
      sequence:
        - if:
            - condition: state
              entity_id: "{{ repeat.item.helper }}"
              state: "On"
          then:
            - service: "{{ repeat.item.script }}"
alias: Test - Bedroom Button

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That's the entire yaml so far

real meteor Mar 31, 2023, 3:15 PM

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Hmm it looks like entity_id: does not accept templates.

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Try this instead:
- if: "{{ is_state(repeat.item.helper, 'on') }}"

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I.e. delete the condition: block under if:

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To change to a template condition instead of a state condition.

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Edited the codeblock above too to reflect this.

calm willow Mar 31, 2023, 3:23 PM

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description: Will turn off lights & TV's in the entire house that are not in the Bedroom.
mode: single
trigger:
  - platform: state
    entity_id:
      - sensor.kitchen_sticker_switch_button_action
condition: []
action:
  - repeat:
      for_each:
        - helper: input_select.living_room_tv_status
          script: script.ir_turn_on_off_living_room_tv
      sequence:
        - if: "{{ is_state(repeat.item.helper, 'On') }}"
          then:
            - service: "{{ repeat.item.script }}"
alias: Test - Bedroom Button

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