State in SLS is not formed as a list

What can be wrong here? It work ok, when i try to hardcode state

State:

{% for service, args in pillar.get('xml',{}).items() %}
{{ service }}:
  ensure_value_true:
    xml.value_present:
        - name: {{ args['name'] }}
        - xpath: {{ args['xpath'] }}
        - value: {{ args['value'] }}

{% endfor %}

Pillar:

xml:
  MqHostName:
    value: 'mq.ext'
    xpath: './/MqHostName'
    name: 'C:\\PFEI\ExternalMqService\Configs\MqSettings.Ext.xml'

  MqPort:
    value: '2911'
    xpath: 'MqPort'
    name: 'C:\\PFEI\ExternalMqService\Configs\MqSettings.Ext.xml'

Error:

Data failed to compile:
----------
    State 'MqHostName' in SLS 'xml' is not formed as a list

[noelmcloughlin]

Good @Morozzko so this new error is just minor. Use state name ensure_value_true_{{ service }}: to avoid ID name collisions inside for loop. This is not salt issue just Jinja convention.

[max-arnold]

Try the following command to troubleshoot just the Jinja statements without evaluating the resulting Yaml:

salt MINION slsutil.renderer default_renderer=jinja path=salt://xml.sls