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:
The sensor that you created cannot get a decent name
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 ?
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
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
Does anyone have an idea how to add further file sensors after setting up the file integration for the first time?
I’d like to integrate 96 new sensors and don’t know how to add them automatically? The YAML code for them is prepared already…
dkf
File integration page click “Add Entry” appears to only work for one at a time. Is there a way to do bulk entries or a YAML file that be edited directly?
