How to extract/show a Entities power "Attribute" as a card on Frontend?

Configuration Frontend
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Would appreciate assistance with working out how to extract an attribute from a Smart Power Plug and show its value as a card (or simular).

About: I have many Tuya Smart Plugs which includes power info but by default the info only shows as a “Attribute” to the Switch (On/Off).

Example Only: Playing around and In Developer/Template below shows the correct result i.e. 46w.

binary_sensor:
- platform: template
sensors:
tuya-sw01_current_consumption:
value_template: >-
{{ states. switch.kogan_smart_plug_06.attributes.current_consumption }}
unit_of_measurement: ‘W’

Question: How do I show the result in the Frontend as a card or the likes. I have 10 devices to do.

Thanks in advance.

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  1. Please format pasted code correctly for the forum. It helps us help you.

  2. Binary sensors only have the states on and off. Power is not a binary_sensor, it is a sensor.

  3. Heed the warning box here: https://www.home-assistant.io/docs/configuration/templating/

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  1. You should use the new format for new sensors. Try this:

configuration.yaml

template:
  - sensor:
      - name: "Kogan Plug 06 Power" # or whatever you want to call it
        unit_of_measurement: "W"
        device_class: power
        state_class: measurement # only include this line if you want long term statistics
        state: "{{ state_attr('switch.kogan_smart_plug_06', 'current_consumption') }}"

      - name: "Kogan Plug 07 Power" # or whatever you want to call it
        unit_of_measurement: "W"
        device_class: power
        state_class: measurement # only include this line if you want long term statistics
        state: "{{ state_attr('switch.kogan_smart_plug_07', 'current_consumption') }}"

      - name: etc...

You can then add these entities to any dashboard card. See the right hand column here. History graph or Entities cards would be good choices.

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Excellent. thank you for that and for answering so quickly. That is exactly what I was looking for.

I also appreciate that you took the time to also include:

  • the “State _Class” for long term stats as I was thinking about that but didn’t want to complicate my query with additional information.

  • and also noted how to use it i.e. History graph or Entities cards and included a link.

Apologies about my original “Pasted Format”. I just pasted what showed in Templates. I was none the wiser hence why I came here for assistance :slight_smile:

All sorted, thanks again for an A-Z answer. Nice work and much appreciated.

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