Make Device Id easier to find

[Kingsdotter]

This seems like an easy request. Can you put the device id somewhere easier to find, such as in the Settings → Devices and Services → Devices? Right now it requires quite a lot of fussing to find it.

[jackjourneyman (Jack)]

Why and how to avoid device_ids in automations and scripts

This topic is part of the community-driven cookbook where you can find other topics you might be interested in or might like to contribute to. Background When you start writing automations, a device trigger seems the obvious choice. Everybody knows what a device is and it comes at the top of the UI dropdown list. [image] It works… but it is certainly not a “great way to start” because it is storing up problems for the future. Far better to use an entity, with state or numeric_state. Devi…

[Kingsdotter]

Can’t always avoid it, right? I was writing a script to send a notice to my phone and it required a device id for device_tracker.pixel_9a (example)

[Mikefila]

@Kingsdotter

device_tracker.pixel_9a

Is an entity not a device.

[parautenbach (Pieter Rautenbach)]

@Kingsdotter

Can’t always avoid it, right?

There is only one case I know of, and that was for physical buttons where you had to automate using the event and device ID, but even that is now unnecessary since the event entity was introduced last year.

Best to avoid device IDs.