Lazy Man's Entity Count - Something Screwy

Configuration
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Okay so there has been a number of people complaining about how their pages don’t load given the number of entities they have. Mine load fine by the way :crazy_face:
So I thought I’d count mine; so I played in the templating tool : -

automations:              {{ states.automation | count}}
binary_sensors:           {{ states.binary_sensor | count }}
climates:                 {{ states.climate | count }}
device_trackers:          {{ states.device_tracker | count }}
groups:                   {{ states.group | count}}
input_booleans:           {{ states.input_boolean | count }}
input_datetimes:          {{ states.input_datetime | count }}
input_numbers:            {{ states.input_number | count }}
input_selects:            {{ states.input_select | count }}
lights:                   {{ states.light | count }}
media_players:            {{ states.media_player | count }}
persistent_notifications: {{ states.persistent_notification | count }}
persons:                  {{ states.person | count }}
scripts:                  {{ states.script | count }}
sensors:                  {{ states.sensor | count }}
suns:                     {{ states.sun | count }}
switches:                 {{ states.switch | count }}
weathers:                 {{ states.weather | count }}
zones:                    {{ states.zone | count }}
zwaves:                   {{ states.zwave | count }}

{% set ns = namespace(num = 0) %}
{%- set unique_domains = states | map(attribute='domain') | list | unique | list -%}
{%- for dom in unique_domains -%}
  {% set domnme = 'states.' ~ dom %}
  {%- set domnum = domnme | count %}
  {%- set ns.num = ns.num + domnum %}
  {{ dom ~ 's: ' ~ domnum }}
{%- endfor -%}
{{ '\n'~'\n  ' ~ 'Total: ' ~ ns.num }}

Except this is the results I got : -

entity count
entity count961×831 79.7 KB

As what remains of my hair is an endangered species, I thought I’d ask any of the brain trust “what stupid assumption have I made ?”
Thanks for ANY input :beers:

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I know I could do a quick fudge, like : -

{% set ns = namespace(num = 0) %}
{%- for state in states -%}
  {%- set ns.num = ns.num + 1 %}
{%- endfor -%}
{{ '\n'~'\n  ' ~ 'Total: ' ~ ns.num }}

Which gives me : 918
But that’s not the point

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Well I get the exact same numbers for your for loop so I’d guess we’re counting not the list of [say] automations but a list of maybe attributes to the automation domain or something like this?
I don’t understand your for loop so I won’t even venture to tell you what you need to change, but hopefully the above comment steers you in the right direction. That’s a pretty cool formula (when it’ll work)

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By the way I’m currently on 193 automations. No idea if it’s a good or bad thing though :rofl:

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Yep I agree, they are generally meaningless numbers at the end of the day but I do like to track how my HA is growing as my OCD kicks into a different gear over time :rofl:
Thanks

BTW : -

{%- set unique_domains = states | map(attribute='domain') | list | unique | list -%}
{%- for dom in unique_domains -%}
  {{ dom ~ '\n' }}
{%- endfor -%}

Just gives you a list of the domains on your instance

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I have only 714 :sob: :rofl:

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now I get it and I believe the count you get is the count of chars in the string ‘states.[domain name]’ :wink:

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I’m pretty sure @Mariusthvdb has the most :rofl:

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Yeah Marius collects sensors as a hobby. :rofl:

I’m pretty sure @lolouk44 is correct (well spotted :+1: )

But how should I pass the states.[domain] as a ‘group’ ? Rather than as a text string to have its length calculated ?

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{%- for domain in states | map(attribute='domain') | unique %}
{{ domain }}: {{ states[domain] | count }}
{%- endfor %}

Edit: adding dashes

Edit 2: Also seems like you’re trying to add them all up… but you don’t need to do that, just

{{ states | count }}
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@petro to the rescue :clap: :slight_smile:

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haha, Ive grown…

Schermafbeelding 2020-02-27 om 16.40.54
Schermafbeelding 2020-02-27 om 16.40.54730×1734 89.9 KB

(note the scroll bug prevents the zones being visible)
(note2, the numbers don’t add up completely:

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Schermafbeelding 2020-02-27 om 16.44.281780×1404 260 KB

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Thank You Petro :+1:

Just to pretty it up the modified original “would” have been : -

{% set ns = namespace(num = 0) %}
{%- for domain in states | map(attribute='domain') | unique %}
{%- set numb = states[domain] | count %}
{%- set ns.num = ns.num + numb %}
{{ domain ~ 's : ' ~ numb }}
{%- endfor %}
{{- '\n'~'\n  ' ~ 'Total: ' ~ ns.num }}

Except Petro simplified a lot more than that, so it all could be replaced by : -

{%- for domain in states | map(attribute='domain') | unique %}
{{ domain ~ 's : ' ~ states[domain] | count }}
{%- endfor %}

{{ '  Total: ' ~ states | count }}

Nigh on a direct copy of Petro’s code - Thanks Again ! :beer:

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But how many of yours are missing because they are in AppDaemon ?
Do you get a count of AD entities even ? :man_shrugging:

Anyway I’d be happy to have just 1 (or lower) of everything as long as I had everything working “just as I want it” (come back to me in 10 years
BTW Teras has been doing this at least 10 years and he still says he hasn’t finished 8-0 :scream_cat:

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I only have 500 or so entities. But all my appdaemon apps make single entities with tons of attributes. I think I have 3 regular automations.

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Okay, so I have to ask, why 3 ?
Why not just get rid of all of them and put them in AD ?
Or are they just tooooo simple to bother ?

(See @Burningstone you are not alone ! )

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way to simple to bother, it’s a reminder at 10 am on wednesday. I just don’t feel like making an app for it.

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I don’t have a single entity that lives only in AppDaemon and not in HA. And anyway I would prefer to also have less entities in HA, more entities → more entities that can malfunction → more time for maintenance → less time for AppDaemon :rofl:

Will we ever be done? What will we do with our lives when our home automation is done ?:scream:

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I have an app for that :rofl:
But I use it for a lot of different reminders for household tasks with actionable notifications etc.

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I’m just too lazy to generalize it. And at the end of the day, i’d end up with the same configuration as the automation. So I said eff it.