Unit of measurement for a template sensor

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So I have speedtest giving me a download speed, but I wanted it to round to 0 decimal points so it displays without wrapping in the example below but the template version is not displaying a unit of measurement.

The guage is the speedtest download speed.
The sensor card is the rounded version.

I have put “unit of measurement” everywhere I can think but still just displays 30.

Code for template:

  - platform: template
    sensors:
      speedtest_download_rounded:
        value_template: "{{ states('sensor.speedtest_download') | float | round(0) }}"
        unit_of_measurement: 'Mbit/s'

Code for sensor card:

    
    - type: horizontal-stack
      cards:

          - type: sensor
            name: Download
            unit_of_measurement: 'Mbit/s'
            entity: sensor.speedtest_download_rounded
            severity:
              red: 10
              yellow: 18
              green: 25

Display of card:
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Display of guage showing Mbits/S
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All I want is to be able to see 30 Mbit/s in the sensor card

2

Try using this as the value template:

"{{ states('sensor.speedtest_download') | float | round(0) }} Mbit/s"
3

Thanks, that works but I do not get the smaller, lighter font as per my other cards.

I am sure there must be a way to add a unit of measurement to entity, tried typing it in on the states screen but it doesnt stay.

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4

Looks like I needed this:

  - platform: template
    sensors:
      speedtest_download_rounded:
        unit_of_measurement: 'Mbit/s'
        value_template: "{{ states('sensor.speedtest_download') | float | round(0) }}"

with unit of measurement above value

works now:

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5

That’s… weird. It ultimately shouldn’t matter. I was surprised that your original sensor didn’t display the unit of measurement.

Glad it’s working though.

6

Yeah didnt think it should have made any difference. Might have just been the multiple restarts, but will keep this format going forward to be safe.