group lights YAML

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@indigo comet i get an error when trying this, but the one difference on my end is my reference to light: is in my configuration.yaml as light: !include lights.yaml and in that file, i have multiple light groups as in your example but this produces an error contains duplicate key "group"

[warm steppe]

that means you have multiple group: keys

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well, yes, i have groups in another file, but i thought usage of light: > group > ... was separate (no conflict) with regular groups

Can I use both regular groups (for non-lights) and light groups simultaneously?

or maybe i should ask How?

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it is. I don't think that message is related to your light groups

a "key" is a technical term. It's the thing before the ":"

in any case, I just put the config above in my instance, added the entitities key that was missing, and it works fine

- platform: group
  name: foo
  entities:
    - light.cr_closet_light
- platform: group
  name: foo2
  entities:
    - light.cr_light

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gotcha, so I can list lights within my yaml file:

light: !include lights.yaml```

still learning the ins & outs of templates. plz go easy on me!

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yes, I have that in configuration.yaml and the above content in lights.yaml

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so my lights.yaml file will be something like

light_group_one:
  - platform: group
    name: Group 1 Name
    entities:
      - light.a
      - light.b
light_group_two:
  - platform: group
    name: Group 2 Name
    entities:
      - light.c
      - light.d
``` ??

[warm steppe]

no

compare with mine above

it's not that

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oh, i see, the source was multiple references to group: in my configuration.yaml file. All square now!

[warm steppe]

ok