File Integration. Help Need

Configuration
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Once upon a time there was file integration component that was helping connect systems that provide file output with home assistant by creating a sensor with the content based on the content of the file.

Recently this functionality has been removed from the file editor and now it is fully integrated in the home assistant with the new file integration.

This integration seems to be an incomplete piece of work because:

  1. The sensor that you created cannot get a decent name
  2. When you create a sensor and you make a mistake there is no way to make a correction.

I have tried with the latest release and it is a real distaster. Moreover when you have many file integrations adding them one by one by hand is really a cumbersome activity.

Is it only that has issue or we have real functionality problem that needs to be addressed ?

Thanks for your input and help

Vincenzo

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What are you talking about, exactly?

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I am talking about the file integration that now is not available in the standard configuration file but it is now fully integrated as integration in the latest version of home assistant (File - Home Assistant)

The problem is that the integration does not allow to make any changes once done so you have to cancel and restart over. If you make a typo is a waste of time.

Moreover the documentation does not reflect at all the new functionalities available

Regards

Vincenzo

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Ah, you mean since the integration is available from the UI.
Yeah, you loose functionality/flexibility each time an integration is moved to UI, unfortunately