influxDB V2, custom sensor and energy retrurn

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Hi,

I have a challenge:
Recently my Toon thermostat was removed and therefore my energy production and return/delivery data are now coming from InfluxDB V2.
I have managed to get the data from influx:
delivery and usage, both in watt and both class power.

I made a helper, witn a Riemann integrator and the class is energy, unit of measure is kWh.

For some strange reason I can add the power usage helper in the energy dashboard under Net usage, however, I am unable to select the delivery entity in the energy dashboard setup.

        sensor.p1_watt:
            device_class: "power"
            state_class: measurement
#            last_reset: None
#            state_class: total_increasing
        sensor.actual_delivery:
            device_class: "power"
            state_class: measurement
        sensor.actual_usage:
            device_class: "power"
            state_class: measurement
        sensor.p1_watt_helper:
            unit_of_measurement: "kWh"
            device_class: "energy"
        sensor.actual_usage_helper:
            unit_of_measurement: "kWh"
            device_class: "energy"
        sensor.actual_delivery_helper:
            unit_of_measurement: "kWh"
            device_class: "energy"
#            state_class: "total_increasing"

all entities have data, and I can not figure out what I am doing wrong here.
Is there anyone who knows the solution?

Cheers,

Freek

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Then you have an energy dashboard like no other. Power sensors are not accepted, only energy.

To be available for use in the energy dashboard an energy sensor must:

  • Have the correct unit_of_measurement (Wh, kWh, MWh)
  • Have the correct device class, (energy).
  • Have the correct state class (total or total_increasing).

In addition there must be no issues in Developer Tools → Statistics for the entity.

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Hi Tom,

You are right, it is an energy helper (pwer to energy, class energy).

In addition there must be no issues in Developer Tools → Statistics for the entity. sorted out the issue. Many thanks, I must have missed that in the documentation…

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I’m not actually sure if it is mentioned anywhere.

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not on:

might help a lot of people if it was added I think.
Thanks for resolving the issue!

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There are links at the bottom of each page for suggestions.

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