So, im very anal when it comes to making sure every single entity is displayed in my Lovelace view. Therefore, im always checking the “Unused Entities” section to make sure everything has a home.
However, the number of tabs in my Lovelace Dashboard is becoming out of hand (around 30).
Therefore, id like to create multiple Lovelace Dashboards to group tabs together - ie I have a Dashboard called “Room VIews” and then the 10 or so Room tabs can be put in there. I then have a tab called “Network” and then all my networky type sensor tabs can go in there.
However, when I do this when using “Unused entities”, it shows everything that isnt within the current Lovelace Dashboard (ie, it ignores any other dashboards).
Adapt your OCD and become anal about having as little as humanly possible on your lovelace.
This will save you the stress of doing what you’re doing and also encourage you to design automations properly such that you don’t need to look at your dashboards much in the first place.
I would echo the comments of @anon43302295, think about what you want to monitor/control within your home and how an overly complicated user interface might put off or confuse other members of the family.
If I take the smart plug below as an example, I have most of the entities that I am not interested in disabled which saves on the log file. Only the switch & energy usage appear on a dashboards as it is all we really need on a day-to-day basis. If I tried to put every entitiy on a dashboard then things would become very cluttered and unmangable.
Thank you both for your comments, however changing the way in which I work is not a solution to my query.
My system is still in a development state and automations which are set up, work fine. However, knowledge is power and I’m happy with the way in which the entities are displayed. They are you exactly where they need to be, IF I need to look at them.
80% of the tabs I don’t view often, which is why I want a way of being table to split them across dashboards but still know what entities I’ve not used.
This works also that then only certain dashboards are viewable to certain users and gives a better overall experience for everyone.
Like yourself, many entities are disabled if not useful, this is simply a way of displaying information I want to see in a clean, concise but complete manner.
So the original question still stands, any work around ways of displaying all unused Entities when the display has been split across multiple dashboards?
I havent asked for it to be introduced. We are a community of tinkerers who bash things together to get things done. Ive asked for “any work around ways…”.
As for your comments about not expecting this to be introduced in future, your welcome to your opinion. However - the “Unused Entities” page in Home Assistant and the ability to create “Multiple Dashboards” seem at loggerheads with each other without this option.
