Mqtt entities created but no device created by my config.yaml

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wondering why my new energy sensor is showing up in mqtt integration as entities but no device shows up. does the state topic need to have /homeassistant/sensors before my topic? I have another device that showed up without that, but I’ve been at this all day and getting nowhere. this is just a snippet of the full code. GE Dryer is working as expected but SEM meter isn’t… thanks for any assistance

mqtt:
  # - =========================================
  # - MQTT GE Dryer Sensors
  # - =========================================
  sensor:
    - name: Model Number
      unique_id: dryer_modelnumber
      state_topic: "geappliances/GEDryer/erd/0x0001/value"
      value_template: >
        {%- set line = value %}
        {%- set chars = " !'#$%&\'()*+,-./0123456789:;<=>?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[\\]^_`abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz{|}~" %}
        {%- set n = 2 %}
        {%- set ns = namespace(value='') %}
        {%- for i in range(0, line | length, n) %}
        {%- set c = chars[line[i:i+n] | int('', 16) - 32 ] %}
        {%- if c is defined %}
        {%- set ns.value = ns.value ~ c %}
        {%- endif %}
        {%- endfor %}
        {{ ns.value[0:12] }}
      device:
        name: "GE Dryer"
        identifiers: "GE Dryer"
        manufacturer: "GE Appliances"
    # - =========================================
    # - MQTT SEM Meter
    # - =========================================
    # my doubled circuits are 1,2,3,8,9,10,11
    - name: "MAIN current"
      state_topic: "SEMMETER/A085E3FD19FA/HA"
      value_template: "{{ value_json.sense[16][1] | float | multiply(0.01) +  value_json.sense[17][1] | float | multiply(0.01) + value_json.sense[18][1] | float | multiply(0.01) }}"
      unit_of_measurement: "A"
      icon: "mdi:current-ac"
      device:
        name: "SEM Meter"
        identifiers: "SEM Meter"
        manufacturer: "Fusion Energy"

    - name: "MAIN active power"
      state_topic: "SEMMETER/A085E3FD19FA/HA"
      value_template: "{{ value_json.sense[16][2] | float | multiply(0.01) + value_json.sense[17][2] | float | multiply(0.01) + value_json.sense[18][2] | float | multiply(0.01)}}"
      unit_of_measurement: "W"
      icon: "mdi:power-plug"
      device:
        name: "SEM Meter"
        identifiers: "SEM Meter"
        manufacturer: "Fusion Energy"
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For sensors to create a device, a unique_id: must be set. You have one for the dryer but not the energy sensors.

device map (optional)

Information about the device this sensor is a part of to tie it into the device registry. Only works when unique_id is set. At least one of identifiers or connections must be present to identify the device.

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thanks for responding! I added the
device:
name: “SEM Meter”
identifiers: “SEM Meter”
manufacturer: “Fusion Energy”

hoping that would accomplish that part. so go to each sensor and make a unique_id: for each sensor? make up a naming convention? does the part I added do anything useful?

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Just add a unique id for each sensor - name doesn’t matter as long as it’s unique. Something like sem_main_current and sem_main_active_power. The rest of the sensor definitely remains unchanged.

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perfect! thanks!