Customize entitie

Configuration
1

Hello,

I have problems with 2 kinds of entities:

  - platform: dnsip
    name: IP WAN
    hostname: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
    resolver: 1.1.1.1
    scan_interval: 3600
    
    
  - platform: filesize
    file_paths:
      - /config/home-assistant_v2.db
      - /config/home-assistant.log

I can’t customize them, i have this error:

extra keys not allowed @ data['customize']['xxxxxx']

with xxxxx entity name.

(I can’t with GUI:
image
sensor doesn’t have entity_id…)

How can i change the name and the icon please ?

2

Can you please show the code that you use for customize?
It should be:

homeassistant:
  customize:
    sensor.ip_wan:
      icon: ....
      friendly_name: ...

See here for more details:

3

Jonathan is trying to use the Customise section in the GUI rather than editing the YAML for it. I’ve got a bit of both in my config and never had the issue he has so not really sure why it’s happening…

4

He tried both.
GUI customization only works if the entity has a unique_id (that’s what the error message says). Some integrations provide a unique_id for their entities and some don’t. Manually configured entities don’t have a unique_id by default, but for some you can add it manually in YAML.
From the docs it doesn’t look like you can configure unique_id for the file sensor, therefore it can only be custonized in YAML.

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5

Hi @Burningstone @sparkydave,

This is a part of my code in configuration.yaml:

homeassistant:
  name: Maison
  latitude: 46.4065
  longitude: -0.4795
  unit_system: metric
  time_zone: Europe/Paris
  customize: !include customize.yaml
  whitelist_external_dirs:
    - '/config/'

And customize.yaml:

climate.chambre_jonathan_radiateur:
 min_temp: 12
 max_temp: 26
 initial_hvac_mode: "off"
 cold_tolerance: 0
 hot_tolerance: 0
 precision: 0.5
 
sensor.android_jonathan_pas:
 icon: hass:walk
 
sensor.android_brigitte_pas:
 icon: hass:walk
 
sensor.android_jacques_pas:
 icon: hass:walk

home-assistant_v2.db:
 icon: hass:database

I also tried with:

sensor.home-assistant_v2.db:
  icon: hass:database

I tried the GUI, and the YAML.

6

Entity_ids don’t contain dashes, change to this:

sensor.home_assistant_v2.db:
  icon: hass:database
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7

Wow niiice !
It works with:

sensor.home_assistant_v2_db:
  icon: hass:database