Hi,
I am having trouble changing the state icon of a sensor using the Template Sensor helper in the UI.
How do I apapt the YAML from a manual config to the UI?
Example from Template Sensor
sensor:
- platform: template
sensors:
day_night:
friendly_name: "Day/Night"
value_template: >-
{% if is_state('sun.sun', 'above_horizon') %}
Day
{% else %}
Night
{% endif %}
icon_template: >-
{% if is_state('sun.sun', 'above_horizon') %}
mdi:weather-sunny
{% else %}
mdi:weather-night
{% endif %}
Edit: I have created a Template Sensor helper in the Helpers section.
tom_l
May 2, 2024, 2:41am
2
You are going to have to explain that a bit better.
Most core dashboard cards do not support templates.
I have edited the original post
You can’t combine the state and icon logic in the UI. The state template in the UI would be like this.
You are better off adding the template to the configuration file as suggested
Adding it to your config file can be done via the File Editor addon (other methods too)
Example configuration.yaml file
default_config:
frontend:
themes: !include_dir_merge_named themes
automation: !include automations.yaml
script: !include scripts.yaml
scene: !include scenes.yaml
sensor:
- platform: template
sensors:
day_night:
friendly_name: "Day/Night"
unique_id: day_night
value_template: >-
{% if is_state('sun.sun', 'above_horizon') %}
Day
{% else %}
Night
{% endif %}
icon_template: >-
{% if is_state('sun.sun', 'above_horizon') %}
mdi:weather-sunny
{% else %}
mdi:weather-night
{% endif %}
A more compact method to execute the same template code.
- platform: template
sensors:
day_night:
friendly_name: "Day/Night"
unique_id: day_night
value_template: >-
{{ 'Day' if is_state('sun.sun', 'above_horizon') else 'Night' }}
icon_template: >-
{{ 'mdi:weather-sunny' if is_state('sun.sun', 'above_horizon') else 'mdi:weather-night' }}
Ok, thanks. I was trying to avoid using manual config as I have had trouble with splitting the config, due to not wanting to a large configuration.yaml
file. And being unsure if some of the methods in older forum posts or even in the documentation are actually still valid.
Templating the state via the UI is available, but the icon is the kicker. From my understanding that has always been manual process. If you have a older forum post describing that method, it may add clarity.