🔹 Auto-entities - Automatically fill cards with entities

gigatexel · March 10, 2021, 3:42pm

As a lot of other users, I’m using some Shelly devices for my home automation.

When debugging, flashing firmware or no matter what, I’m using the Shelly built-in web interface. Mainly because it’s user friendly and it offers more options than the app.

For now, I’ve been using a static entities-card to reach the devices (all static IP adresses):

entities:
  - icon: 'mdi:power-plug-outline'
    name: Smart Plug Boiler
    type: weblink
    url: 'http://192.168.68.xxx/'
 ...etc...

Although it works fine, it still…well…static and all Shelly devices publish their IP-adress on MQTT, so it is stored in sensor.shelly_xxx_ip

Building a list is fairly simple and works perfectly:

type: 'custom:auto-entities'
card:
  type: entities
title: Smartplugs
filter:
  include:
    - entity_id: sensor.shelly*ip

But its still just an entities-card, so not clickable.

I’ve been trying with custom:template-entity-row but no success.

Option 1: make all entities weblinks, but how to get the entity value in the url-field? I’ve found that this field is not template-able. The entity sensor.shelly*ip just has a state (the IP adress) and a friendly_name attribute.

type: 'custom:auto-entities'
card:
  type: entities
title: Network
filter:
  include:
    - entity_id: sensor.shelly*ip
      options:
        type: weblink
        url: ???

Option 2: use custom:template-entity-row and set the tap-action but same problem here. This is also not useable for option one because you would get 2 type definitions.

type: 'custom:auto-entities'
card:
  type: entities
title: Network
filter:
  include:
    - entity_id: sensor.shelly*ip
      options:
        type: 'custom:template-entity-row'
        tap_action:
          action: url
          url_path: ???

Any suggestions from the community?

DeltaNu1142 · March 10, 2021, 9:23pm

I just started playing with this card and it’s not behaving as I’d expect. In my case, I’m using it for to display info about my 3D printer. There’s a printer error sensor that is “Off” if no error is present. That’s really the only entity I care about hiding, so I’m attempting to filter and exclude sensors in state “Off.”

type: 'custom:auto-entities'
card:
  type: entities
  entities:
    - entity: binary_sensor.ender_3_project_printing_error
      name: Print Error
      secondary_info: last-updated
    - entity: sensor.ender_3_project_job_percentage
      name: Print Completion
      icon: 'mdi:file-percent-outline'
    - entity: sensor.octoprint_time_elapsed_format
      icon: 'mdi:clock-start'
      name: Printing Time Elapsed
    - entity: sensor.octoprint_time_remaining_format
      name: Printing Time Remaining
      icon: 'mdi:clock-end'
filter:
  exclude:
    - state: "Off"

Auto-Entities

I’ve gone into Developer Tools and checked the state just to be sure… and it is, in fact, “Off.”

Do I have a syntax problem in my card somewhere?

thomasloven · March 10, 2021, 11:42pm

type: custom:auto-entities
entities:
 - LIST 1
filter:
  include:
    - LIST 2
  exclude:
    - LIST 3
card:
  CARD_OPTIONS

auto-entities takes LIST 1, adds LIST 2 and removes LIST 3.
Then it adds this to CARD_OPTIONS, and that’s what you’ll get in your card.

DeltaNu1142 · March 11, 2021, 2:59am

Thanks for your reply, but is that not what I’ve done in my auto-entity card above?

hazio · March 11, 2021, 10:44pm

Are we able to filter using time and date?
I want to be able to only show the current sensor, for this sensor, thanks

Ildar_Gabdullin · March 12, 2021, 12:58pm

After some of the latest updates this code does not work as a separate card:

        type: 'custom:auto-entities'
        card:
          type: entities
          title: auto-entities (sort name global)
        entities:
          - entity: sensor.ac68u_devices_connected
            name: Подключено устройств
            secondary_info: last-changed
          - type: section
        filter:
          include:
            - domain: device_tracker
              attributes:
                source_type: router
              options:
                secondary_info: last-changed
        unique: true
        sort:
          method: name
          reverse: false
          ignore_case: true

Moreover - it forces some other cards to disappear.
How to reproduce:

Open any view.
Add a new card. Open code editor and add that code. Save.
The added card is not displayed.
Open raw editor.
Find the added card and move it between cards located on this view. Save.
Open the view - all cards located after the added card not displayed.

ASNNetworks · March 12, 2021, 1:54pm

Yes, I have the same issue when using mini-graph inside auto-entities. Somehow everything on the page inside the same layout-card is gone. Happens on all my pages where mini-graph is present. Other pages work fine. On 1.7.0 all works. I hope it’s fixable.

thomasloven · March 12, 2021, 2:04pm

There’s a bug in auto-entities which can cause this. I’m working on it right now.

Does anyone have problems with disappearing cards that are not in layout-card or vertical-stack-in-card?

Mariusthvdb · March 12, 2021, 2:58pm

not disappearing, but appearing gaps around the auto-entities card (in stack-in-card): 🔹 Auto-entities - Automatically fill cards with entities
using the hui-element card on the auto-entities card fixes that for now.

Ildar_Gabdullin · March 12, 2021, 4:12pm

Here 3 cards:

auto-entities
entity card
entities card
The last 2 are not displayed too.

  - title: zzzzzzzzz
    path: zzzzzzzzz
    badges: []
    cards:
      - type: 'custom:auto-entities'
        card:
          type: entities
          title: auto-entities
        entities:
          - entity: sun.sun
            secondary_info: last-changed
          - type: section
        filter:
          include:
            - domain: device_tracker
              options:
                secondary_info: last-changed
        unique: true
        sort:
          method: name
          reverse: false
          ignore_case: true
      - type: entity
        entity: sun.sun
      - type: entities
        entities:
          - sun.sun
          - sun.sun

thomasloven · March 12, 2021, 8:12pm

This should be fixed in 1.8.3

Ildar_Gabdullin · March 12, 2021, 8:27pm

Thomas, thank you! Now it works, I do not see the problem.

Mariusthvdb · March 12, 2021, 8:53pm

fwiw, 🔹 Auto-entities - Automatically fill cards with entities is still happening.

DavidFW1960 · March 12, 2021, 10:21pm

Fwiw @Mariusthvdb this has been happening as long as I can remember with conditional cards in vertical stacks too.

Mariusthvdb · March 12, 2021, 10:35pm

conditional cards do tend to take spaces, even as separate cards…

my issue above however is new since this week, and I believe it to coincide with the many updates of auto-entities. I didnt notice it after updating Ha itself to either of the 2021.3 versions (but might be wrong there, just didnt notice it)

Nothing else in that card config changed. there’s an older post of mine here too show the gapless way it was before:

Bergerie · March 13, 2021, 9:00am

This problem still exist since 1.8.2 and did not resolve with 1.8.3

thomasloven · March 13, 2021, 10:44am

Can’t reproduce with 1.8.3. What does your browser console say?

ASNNetworks · March 13, 2021, 11:31am

Your issue sounds like what my issue was. For me 1.8.3 has fixed it. Make sure you clear caches and reload page a few times. Sometimes it can get stuck to older version in the browser, even after multiple reloads. Closing other browsers can help. Or uninstall card, delete from resources, reboot HA, install again and add as resource, restart HA again and then reload browser.

Make sure it says this in your browser console, keep trying till it does and then test it.

Ildar_Gabdullin · March 13, 2021, 12:09pm

Same was for me.
Only after clearing the browser’s cache the disappeared content displayed.

Bergerie · March 13, 2021, 12:20pm

Indeed:

12:38:58.063 AUTO-ENTITIES 1.8.3 IS INSTALLED auto-entities.js:194:5516