Why are my sensors not showing in the energy dashboard?

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Hey everyone.

I am trying to get my energy consumption into the energy dashboard.
I created these two template sensors from data I get from an ESP, but I can’t pick them in the energy dashboard. Any ideas why?

template:
  - sensor:
    - name: "Energy Consumption"
      unique_id: energy_consumption
      state: |
        {{ states('sensor.tasmota_mt681_total_in')}}
      state_class: total_increasing
      unit_of_measurement: "kWh"
      device_class: energy
      icon: mdi:transmission-tower-import
      
  - sensor:
    - name: "Energy Return"
      unique_id: energy_return
      state: |
        {{ states('sensor.tasmota_mt681_total_out')}}
      state_class: total_increasing
      unit_of_measurement: "kWh"
      device_class: energy
      icon: mdi:transmission-tower-export

Help is much appreciated!
Cheers!

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Did you restart HA when you added the template entities?

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Yes I did. But still they won’t show up.

4

If the entities don’t appear at all in your system, you may have placed them in the wrong spot.

5

I can see the entities under integrations. They just are not available in the energy dashboard.

6

Template entities do not show up under an integration. They will show up on the entities tab or developer tools → states page.

The requirements to show up on the energy dashboard:

  • Have device_class: energy
  • Have state_class
  • Are being recorded in your database
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Okay my bad. They are showing up under entities. That’s what I meant. They are working entities

As you can see in my code. I have both device_class: energy and state_class defined, so I don’t understand why they are not showing up in the energy dashboard.

How can I check if they are being recorded in my database? I can see them in the HA UI as entities, doesn’t that mean they are being recorded?

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The entities must have a history

9

Okay I found the solution… for anyone struggling like me.

Under Developer Tools → Statistic I needed to fix an issue with the entities.

That was it.

Thanks @petro for the help!

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Have been looking for ages to get this working. This helped me. Hero!

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This fixed an issue I was having. Thank you.

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