Provide a count of devices, entities, helpers in the search bar

jdrobertson · May 24, 2024, 12:31am

Hi HA Foundation Team.

I really like the feature that shows a count of the automations in the search bar. It would be good to replicate this when searching for devices, entities, helpers etc. See screen shots attached.

I work in the energy industry and have tremendous visibility of connected IoT sensors on the grid, but have limited visibility ‘behind the meter’. It would be good to get some statistics on the number of Home Assistant IoT devices and sensors (entities) which could then be extropolated out for other smart home platforms (e.g. Apple HomeKit, Samsung Smart Things, Amazon Alexa, Google Home, IFTTT, etc.).

Just an idea for your consideration. Thanks. James.

Sir_Goodenough · May 24, 2024, 12:36am

This is not to deter from your idea. Here’s something to tide you over.

If you think it’s a good idea, you should vote for it. I did …
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More about Feature Requests.

If you want a count in the mean time you can copy the one I stole and modified…

github.com

SirGoodenough/Home-Assistant-Config/blob/81b293ad1691e29136b599254f7ca2b0e310b0a8/templates/sensor/HA_s-tmpl.yaml

- sensor:
    ####################################################
    #  HA Sensors courtesy Thanasis:                   #
    ####################################################
    - name: automation_count
      unique_id: e18ffcab-82ef-43ed-8e55-e3643e361716
      state: "{{ states.automation | count }}"
      attributes:
        friendly_name: "Aut"
    - name: binary_sensor_count
      unique_id: 59be6953-88af-4077-bcd4-64b29bd72f3d
      state: "{{ states.binary_sensor | count }}"
      attributes:
        friendly_name: "BiSn"
    - name: camera_count
      unique_id: 2b63e6dc-ba73-46eb-bf1e-df5fd419b2a0
      state: "{{ states.camera | count }}"
      attributes:
        friendly_name: "Cam"
    - name: button_count

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jdrobertson · May 24, 2024, 1:10am

Hey thanks @Sir_Goodenough. I’ll do that.