Hi I have been reading the forum and troubleshooting for 2 days but cannot get this simple issue to be solved.
How can I troubleshoot this step by step?
Thanks,
Rien
That’s because you missed the first step: defining the templates. Your Dashboard doesn’t know what ‘header_template’ is, since you don’t have it configured for the dashboard.
Keep in mind, if you have multiple Dashboards, then each Dashboard needs to have it. You can create a separate .yaml file where you declare all templates, and then point every Dashboard to that one file, like this: Lovelace: Decluttering Card - #297 by ASNNetworks
See the Readme, it’s all explained pretty straight forward.
Thanks for the quick answer.
This is my ui-lovelace.yaml
decluttering_templates:
!include lovelace/decluttering_templates/decluttering_templates.yaml
sak_sys_templates:
!include www/community/swiss-army-knife-card/sak_templates.yaml
sak_user_templates:
!include lovelace/sak_templates/sak_templates.yaml
And this my decluttering_templates.yaml
header_template:
!include sak-header-template-mw.yaml
divider_template:
!include sak-divider-template-mw.yaml
sak_arc180_sparklinebar24_template:
!include sak-arc180-sparklinebar24.yaml
sak_arc180_sparklinebar24_template_tpl:
!include sak-arc180-sparklinebar24-tpl.yaml
sak_light_button_template_tpl_rc:
!include sak-light-button-tpl.yaml
sak_light_button_template_nm_tpl:
!include sak-light-button-nm-tpl.yaml
sak_sensor_history_template_nm_tpl:
!include sak-sensor-history-nm-tpl.yaml
I don’t see what I’m missing still.
In order to properly troubleshoot, you need to make it simple to see what does work. Just use the base for now, where you simply use header_templates and declare that code in your Dashboard. Then move it to a .yaml file, if that works then go further till it doesn’t.
My guess is that using !include within !include might be what’s messing it up. Make sure the actual paths are correct. So you have a folder called lovelace withing your root and in that folder you have decluttering_templates as a folder and in that folder you have decluttering_templates.yaml. And where are the files like ak-header-template-mw.yaml located? Try using the full paths for all locations when using !include (which all start with /config) , just to be sure.
That’s why in your case I would start simple to make sure you have a working card and then gradually start moving them to separate yamls and redirect them withing folders etc.
Also, not sure what your goal is with these lines, but they don’t do anything with decluttering_templates. Perhaps you use them for other things, but I just want to make sure we are looking at it from the same angle.
sak_sys_templates:
!include www/community/swiss-army-knife-card/sak_templates.yaml
sak_user_templates:
!include lovelace/sak_templates/sak_templates.yaml
I have a similar issue. I’m trying to use a template to set the value of a default variable, like so:
default:
- unit: '{{ state_attr(''[[entity]]'',''unit_of_measurement'') }}'
When I don’t provide a value for ‘unit’, on the target card it’s value just shows as ‘None’.
Is this not possible?
Jinjia templates are not supported for default values.
I have a quick question coming from another discussion here.
Does the decluttering card always replace the entire card or can it be used to only replace one value: key pair of a card?
So e.g. if I have a card where I want to vary only one of the sub-options but do everything else manually in the card, is that possible?
An example:
I want to only define options: and the vsriables below that using decluttering card whilst defining everything else in the dashboard’s card.
filter:
include:
- name: |-
${
if (states['input_select.dropdown_wildcards'].state == 'Power' && states['input_select.dropdown_entities'].state == '-- - --')
{ '* ENERGY Power*' }
else if (states['input_select.dropdown_wildcards'].state == 'Light' && states['input_select.dropdown_entities'].state == '-- - --')
{ '*Light* Power*' }
else
{ states['input_select.dropdown_wildcards'].state + '*' }
}
area: >-
${ states['input_select.dropdown_areas'].state == '-- - --' ? '*' :
states['input_select.dropdown_areas'].state }
options: # only want to vary this with the sub-options
yaxis_id: first
stroke_width: 2
group_by:
func: raw
type: line
opacity: 1
curve: stepline
fill_raw: last
show:
extremas: true
datalabels: false
Hi, can I use this card with not yaml mode?
I have put a template definition at the top of the file in raw-modus of my dashboard and on another place in that dashboard I used that template but that I get this error
the card is installed correctly I think
Thanks!
Show how you put a definition.
resources:
- url: /hacsfiles/decluttering-card/decluttering-card.js
type: module
decluttering_templates:
thermostat_template:
card:
type: custom:simple-thermostat
entity: '[[entity_climate]]'
sensors:
- entity: '[[entity_batterie]]'
name: Batterie
layout:
step: row
mode:
names: false
icons: false
headings: false
header: true
control: false
hide:
state: true
views:
- theme: Backend-selected
title: Home
icon: mdi:home
type: custom:horizontal-layout
and a bit later in the same file
- type: custom:mod-card
card_mod:
style: |
ha-card {
--st-font-size-xl: 28px;
--st-font-size-m: 20px;
--st-font-size-title: 15px;
--st-font-size-sensors: 13x;
--st-spacing: 1px;
height: 375px
}
card:
type: grid
columns: 1
cards:
- type: vertical-stack
cards:
- type: custom:decluterring-card
template: thermostat_template
variables:
- entity_climate: climate.thermostat_sz1
- entity_batterie: sensor.thermostat_sz1_batterie
Typo here.
Correct this and then check again.
Hi,
I have corrected the misspelling and now it works!
One last question? Can I somehow put these templates in a yaml file and include them like I could do this in yaml-mode? If yes where should I put that file and how should the import/path look like ?
Thanks for your help and a Happy X-Mas 
Assume this is your “dashboards” file:
dashboards:
lovelace-main:
mode: yaml
title: System
icon: mdi:xxxxxxxxxxxx
show_in_sidebar: true
require_admin: false
filename: lovelace/lovelace-system.yaml
lovelace-climate:
mode: yaml
title: Climate
icon: mdi:xxxxxxxxxxx
show_in_sidebar: true
require_admin: false
filename: lovelace/lovelace-climate.yaml
And these are your files for each dashboard:
### lovelace/lovelace-system.yaml
views:
- !include views/system/view11.yaml
- !include views/system/view12.yaml
- !include views/system/view13.yaml
- !include views/system/view14.yaml
### lovelace/lovelace-climate.yaml
views:
- !include views/climate/view21.yaml
- !include views/climate/view22.yaml
- !include views/climate/view23.yaml
- !include views/climate/view24.yaml
Everything is inside this tree structure:
.storage
|_ ...
|_ ...
lovelace
|_ views
| |_ climate
| | |_ view11.yaml
| | |_ view12.yaml
| | |_ view13.yaml
| | |_ view14.yaml
| |_ system
| |_ view21.yaml
| |_ view22.yaml
| |_ view23.yaml
| |_ view24.yaml
|_ lovelace-climate.yaml
|_ lovelace-system.yaml
...
configuration.yaml
Now add a new folder “decluttering-templates” for your templates and create any tree structure inside (like “these templates are for climate only”):
lovelace
|_ decluttering-templates
| |_ common
| | |_ template11.yaml
| | |_ template12.yaml
| | |_ template13.yaml
| |_ network
| |_ template21.yaml
| |_ template22.yaml
| |_ template23.yaml
|_ views
|_ ...
Each file may be 1 decluttering template:
my_template:
default:
...
card:
...
or several templates (like “a bit different representations of same card”):
my_template_1:
default:
...
card:
...
my_template_2:
default:
...
card:
...
And place this string into each file for each dashboard:
decluttering_templates: !include_dir_merge_named templates-decluttering/
views:
- ...
Now ALL your dashboards are sharing same templates.
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Thanks you!
So I can import decluttering templates only if I use “mode: yaml”? I can’t import a decluttering template file if I use this mode?
In storage mode you only may use templates defined in a “raw yaml editor”.
If you have 3 dashboards in storage mode - then the same template you need to put into each “raw yaml editor”.
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Ok, thank you so much for your help!
Hey guys, if I have '[[var]]' in the decluttering template, passing a string like '14' works fine (right card), but passing '{{states("sensor.buienradar_temperature_1d")}},' produces the JSON parse error in the left card.
Then I found that passing '{{states(''sensor.buienradar_temperature_1d'')}},' (i.e. with two single apostrophes '' around the sensor name instead of one double apostrophe ") does not return this error but works as expected.
So everything works for me now but just wanted to notify here and/or ask why this behavior occurs?
I also have another question. Why is this code not working? It just returns the jinjia template as string.
type: custom:decluttering-card
template: weather_now_template
variables:
- secondary: >-
{% set buienalarm = states(''sensor.buienalarm_precipitation'')|float %}
{% set owm = states(''sensor.openweathermap_rain'')|float %}
{% if (buienalarm + owm)/2 > 0 %}
{{min([buienalarm, owm])|round(1)}} tot {{max([buienalarm, owm])|round(1)} mm/h
{% else %}
{{states(''sensor.openweathermap_cloud_coverage'')}}% bewolkt
{% endif %}
If I add newlines between each line in the template, I get a JSON parse error ‘unterminated string’.
so its not possible to use the same decluttering templates for multiple dashboards?
ups… I should read the whole comment. Thanks a lot for the explanation!
Edit: Sad that it’s not really worth to dive into this card, as everything seems to slow down if this card is used. Plus there have not been any updates for almost 3 years now…
It would declutter my code so much, but those are deal breakers imo
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decluttering does not evaluate templates unfortunately. it only passes strings.