I’ve created some utility meters in UI (helper). As the number is growing and there is much copy & paste, I want to make it easier and more (human) readable so I decided to continue by defining new ones in yaml.
My preferred way: subfolders and topic related yaml files:
config/entities/utility_meters/electricity.yaml (water.yaml… you name it)
The problem:
utility meters create in UI (helper) are shown and usable immediately (as expected)
utility meters from a custom component (I think it’s a Solaredge addon/integration), defined in yamls, included via
thanks for your reply. Unfortunately no entry in the log(s). merge_list doesn’t work. I have tried all options for include, without success.
Any other logs I could look into?
Is there any way to get a log of the loading of this config? I have a similar symptom but I’ve just placed the utility_meter: section directly in my configuration.yaml. It loads fine and there is nothing in the system log. None of the utility meter sensors gets created. I can create these through the UI, except I can’t use the cron: syntax there. I’m trying to use this to track the run times of some sump pit pumps. I have a working on duration calculation and a cycle count. Then I am trying to do the following:
Apparently this is user error. Utility Meters only load when you completely restart HA, they are not responsive to YAML reload. I’m not sure if that’s documented, I never found it, but I found some others with the same issue.
Hi there - I found this thread because of the exact same issue - I tried putting quotes around the name and then did a Dev Tools → All YAML Configuration, and all of a sudden it appeared in my entities