Entity as a variable

Configuration Frontend
1

Hi,

I’m splitting my configuration into mutiple file/card so it’s easier to share my custom dashboard with people.
But I can’t find a way to pass an entity through different file.
Here a sample of code of what I would like to do

FileA.yaml

views:
  - type: custom:grid-layout
    title: home
    cards:
      - type: custom:mod-card
        variables:
          climate_entity = climate.entity
        card: !include FileB.yaml

FileB.yaml

 type: custom:button-card
 entity: variables.climate_entity

so when someone want to duplicate my dashboard, he just have to change the entity(climate_entity) in FileA and if I update the code in FileB the user is not impacted.

Here is a list of things I tried:

  • &anchor = work only into one file
  • using template to reference the information = become really complexe for entity like climate or weather
  • custom: button-card = can’t pass an entity as variable
  • input_text

Any idea is more than welcome.

2

!include only works in YAML mode.

3

yes, I’m in YAML mode, the example is just to show the variable passing between file.
The rest of the code is just for show.