How to mass rename friendly name in Frontend (auto-entity card)?

Configuration Frontend
1

Hey there,
I’m using the auto-entity card to display my battery powered entities.

Code:

card:
  show_header_toggle: false
  title: Battery levels
  type: custom:bar-card
  severity:
    - color: Red
      from: 0
      to: 10
      icon: mdi-battery-alert-variant-outline
    - color: Red
      from: 11
      to: 15
      icon: mdi-battery-low
    - color: Orange
      from: 26
      to: 50
      icon: mdi-battery-medium
    - color: Green
      icon: mdi:battery-high
      from: 51
      to: 100
filter:
  include:
    - entity_id: '*battery'
type: custom:auto-entities
show_empty: true
sort:
  method: state
  numeric: true
  reverse: true

The friendly name for the battery sensor is always entity name + battery.
As i’m only showing battery entities here, the amended battery is redundant, therefore i’d like to remove it.
Is there any way to strip the battery from the friendly name?
Currently it looks like this:

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thanks in advance.

2

try this (untested):

    filter:
      template: >-
        {% for state in states.sensor -%}
          {%- if state.entity_id | regex_match("sensor.battery_", ignorecase=False) -%}
            {{
              {
                'entity': state.entity_id,
                'name': state.attributes.friendly_name.split(' battery')[0]
              }
            }},
          {%- endif -%}
        {%- endfor %}
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3

yes! Exactly I was looking for. Thanks :slight_smile:

4

I know this is 3 years old so much might have changed but should it still work?

I want ot do exactly the same thing with my sensors all beginning with “tfl_”.

            show_empty: false
            sort:
              method: name
            card:
              type: entities
              show_header_toggle: false
            filter:
              template: >
                {% for state in states.sensor | selectattr('entity_id', 'search', 'tfl_') 
                                              | rejectattr('state', 'eq', 'Good Service') %}
                  {{
                    {
                      'entity': state.entity_id,
                      'name': state.attributes.friendly_name.split('TFL ')[1]
                    }
                  }}
                {% endfor %}

In the template tool it returns:

{'entity': 'sensor.tfl_victoria_line', 'name': 'Victoria Line'}
{'entity': 'sensor.tfl_piccadilly_line', 'name': 'Piccadilly Line'}
{'entity': 'sensor.tfl_dlr_line', 'name': 'DLR Line'}

But the card shows as empty.

Thanks.

5

See that you missed a COMMA between dictionaries

6

Thanks, yes I did.
(That was a typo when I reverted back to your original method after trying various alternatives).

But it still gives a blank card even with the comma.
The correct template shows this:

{'entity': 'sensor.tfl_victoria_line', 'name': 'Victoria Line'},
{'entity': 'sensor.tfl_piccadilly_line', 'name': 'Piccadilly Line'},
{'entity': 'sensor.tfl_bakerloo_line', 'name': 'Bakerloo Line'},
{'entity': 'sensor.tfl_lioness_line', 'name': 'Lioness Line'},
{'entity': 'sensor.tfl_dlr_line', 'name': 'DLR Line'},
7

Also, these “{%” and “%}” must be with “-”.

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8

That did it. Thanks again.

9

Is it possible to also include options if using a template filter?

10

No, not supported. All options should be defined inside a template.

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11

Any ideia what I’m doing wrong here? The template code works on Tools & Development tab, but in auto entities doesn’t return anything

type: custom:auto-entities
filter:
  include:
    - template: >
       {%- for state in (states.sensor | selectattr('attributes.device_class', 'eq', 'battery')) -%}
         {{
            {
             'entity': state.entity_id,
             'name': state.attributes.friendly_name.split('Battery')[0].split('Bateria')[0] | trim
            }
         }},
       {%- endfor -%}
    - entity_id: sensor.smoke_alarm_estado_da_bateria
  exclude: []
sort:
  method: state
  reverse: false
  numeric: true
show_empty: true
card:
  type: entities
  state_color: true
12

Can not tell anything about the template itself, but this is a wrong use of auto-entities:
it must be like

filter:
  template: …

Check other similar examples.

13

@Ildar_Gabdullin,

I’ve been using your guidance above to try to produce a list of entities and also rename the friendly-name.

I got this to work in the developer tools tab:

    {%- for s in states.sensor | selectattr('entity_id', 'search', 'recycleapp') -%}
      {%- if s.attributes.Days_until is defined and s.attributes.Days_until <= 10 -%}
        {{
          {
            'entity': s.entity_id,
            'name': s.attributes.friendly_name.split(' ')[1]
          }
        }}
      {%- endif -%}
    {%- endfor -%}

It produces this:

> {'entity': 'sensor.recycleapp_restafval', 'name': 'restafval'}{'entity': 'sensor.recycleapp_papier', 'name': 'papier'}{'entity': 'sensor.recycleapp_pmd', 'name': 'pmd'}{'entity': 'sensor.recycleapp_kerstbomen', 'name': 'kerstbomen'}

But when I try it in the auto-entities, it comes up empty:

type: custom:auto-entities
card:
  type: entities
filter:
  template: >-
    {% for s in states.sensor | selectattr('entity_id', 'search', 'recycleapp') -%}
      {%- if s.attributes.Days_until is defined and s.attributes.Days_until <= 10 -%}
        {{
          {
            'entity': s.entity_id,
            'name': s.attributes.friendly_name.split(' ')[1]
          }
        }}
      {%- endif -%}
    {%- endfor %}
show_empty: true
sort:
  method: attribute
  attribute: Sort_date
  numeric: true

Would you have a clue about what I’m doing wrong? :upside_down_face:

Thanks!

14

I do not have access to PC. Try checking again a difference between your code and my example.

15

OK I found it! I was missing a comma!

This code works:

type: custom:auto-entities
card:
  type: entities
filter:
  template: >-
    {% for s in states.sensor | selectattr('entity_id', 'search', 'recycleapp') -%}
      {%- if s.attributes.Days_until is defined and s.attributes.Days_until <= 10 -%}
        {{
          {
            'entity': s.entity_id,
            'name': s.attributes.friendly_name.split(' ')[1]
          }
        }},
      {%- endif -%}
    {%- endfor %}
show_empty: true
sort:
  method: attribute
  attribute: Sort_date
  numeric: true