Automatic Entity Rename

[w0nderward]

It would be super useful to be able to rename an entity and then have it automatically update anywhere that entity is used, ie. Dashboard, automations, scenes, etc.

[tom_l]

Closing as a duplicate. Please vote and comment here:

Refactoring for entity id (in comparison to renaming)

Currently if you rename the entity id, it seems hass will only change its value in the database. This causes a problem that, e.g. previously you have referred to this entity via the old id in an automation script, the script will not anymore, or if you have referred to it in Node-RED. To solve this, is it possible to add a “refactor” function (many IDEs have this) to change all occurrences of this entity, even inside an add-on?