Report value as positive number

Configuration
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Hi,
How can I report this value as a positive (it’s always negative) in the card? Is there some code I could use in the card config?
I wish to use the dual gauge card once I can show the value as a positive to compare neatly with solar generation.

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entity: sensor.fronius_house_load
max: 100
min: -10
name: House Using
severity:
  green: -1
  red: -6
  yellow: -2
theme: default
type: gauge
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You need a template sensor for it.

sensor:
  - platform: template
    sensors:
      fronius_house_load_pos:
        value_template: "{{ states('sensor.fronius_house_load') | abs }}"

or maybe

value_template: "{{ (states('sensor.fronius_house_load') | int) | abs }}"
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@VDRainer Use |float not |int. It has fractions of kW.

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4

Absolute right!
My PV sensors report Watts,
Sorry, @Delbz.

5

Thank you very much.
It looks great now.

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@Delbz
Your Card looks very nice.
Can you share the final code how to achieve it ?

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Sure.

Add dual gauge and mini graph plugins from HACS.

Dual gauge

inner:
  colors:
    - color: var(--label-badge-green)
      value: 30
    - color: var(--label-badge-yellow)
      value: 10
    - color: var(--label-badge-red)
      value: 0
  entity: sensor.fronius_day_energy
  label: Gen
max: 80
min: 0
outer:
  colors:
    - color: var(--label-badge-red)
      value: 40
    - color: var(--label-badge-yellow)
      value: 20
    - color: var(--label-badge-blue)
      value: 0
  entity: sensor.energy_consumption
  label: Used
title: Energy (kWh)
type: 'custom:dual-gauge-card'

Mini Graph

entities:
  - color: '#27ae60'
    entity: sensor.fronius_panel_status
    name: Solar Gen
  - color: '#e74c3c'
    entity: sensor.fronius_house_load_pos
    name: House Usage
    show_state: true
  - aggregate_func: min
    color: gray
    entity: binary_sensor.night
    name: Night Time
    show fill: true
    show legend: false
    show_line: false
    show_points: false
    show_state: true
    smoothing: false
    y_axis: secondary
hours_to_show: 72
name: Solar & Consumption
points_per_hour: 1
show:
  extrema: true
  labels: false
  labels_secondary: false
  smoothing: false
state_map:
  - label: Day
    value: 'off'
  - label: Night
    value: 'on'
type: 'custom:mini-graph-card'
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I have updated this since I originally posted so the above code makes it now look like this

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@Delbz These look great. Are you able to share how you are populating sensor.energy_consumption ?

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Sure - from the fronius_inverter integration.

 - platform: fronius_inverter
    ip_address: 192.168.0.xxx
    powerflow: True
    power_units: kW
    units: kWh    
    monitored_conditions:
      - ac_power
      - day_energy
      - year_energy
      - total_energy
      - ac_current
      - ac_voltage
      - ac_frequency
      - dc_current
      - dc_voltage
      - grid_usage
      - house_load
      - panel_status
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Actually I was mistaken.

It’s from the PVOutput integration.

sensor:
  - platform: pvoutput
    system_id: xxx
    api_key: xxx
    scan_interval: 150
  - platform: template
    sensors:
      power_consumption:
        value_template: >
          {% set pc = state_attr('sensor.pvoutput', 'power_consumption') %}
          {{ '0' if pc == 'NaN' else pc }}
        friendly_name: 'Using'
        unit_of_measurement: 'Watt'

      energy_consumption:
        value_template: "{{ '{:.1f}'.format(state_attr('sensor.pvoutput', 'energy_consumption')|float/1000) }}"
        friendly_name: 'Used'
        unit_of_measurement: 'kWh'

      power_generation:
        value_template: >
          {% set pg = state_attr('sensor.pvoutput', 'power_generation') %}
          {{ '0' if pg == 'NaN' else pg }}
        friendly_name: 'Generating'
        unit_of_measurement: 'Watt'

      energy_generation:
        value_template: >
          {% set eg = state_attr('sensor.pvoutput', 'energy_generation') %}
          {{ '0' if eg == 'NaN' else '{:.2f}'.format(eg|float/1000) }}
        friendly_name: 'Generated'
        unit_of_measurement: 'kWh'
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Thanks for your hint @VDRainer .
I have the same challenge as tom.

Added your code in Templates

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But i dont know how to call actual_grid_export_value_template
Its not available as entity, how can i call it for an automation?
Is actual_grid_export_value_template per default a “global variable” ?

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