Why are people asking the same questions over and over again? (Or the Regulars' Chatroom) 🤷

[parautenbach (Pieter Rautenbach)]

I just came across another one: renaming entities to keep history. This post, however, has some new information.

Rename entity ids and retain statistics

How can I rename entity IDs without losing historical statistics? When i change the ID, all the statistics of this sensor are gone. I can undo the name change and the statistics are back. But i need another ID name.

[tom_l]

That’s not as useful as replacing a device though. Which is the most commonly asked for information. There does not seem to be a viable procedure for that (yet).

[nickrout]

@boheme61

But do remind me, as i currently have to focus on getting some firewood down/cut/split n stored,

Tried my new log splitter today. Should get it esphomed. It could answer many questions: How many splits today? How much electricity do you use to chop that firewood? Why is my back sore?

[nickrout]

@FriedCheese

Throw a man from a plane and he’ll fly the rest of his life.

Set a man on fire and he’ll be warm for the rest of his life!

[parautenbach (Pieter Rautenbach)]

How can we make more people aware of the new cookbook, both newcomers and regular visitors? I saw Tom pinned it, but beyond that.

Another question I see regularly is: “I’m just getting started. What are my IoT device options?”

This is such a broad and personal preference question that it’s very hard to answer. I normally stick to some guidelines: Where are you? Start small. Solve a specific problem. Be willing to experiment. Avoid cloud and polling. Etc.

EDIT: I suppose the “20 things” in the cookbook partly covers it.

[NathanCu (Nathan Curtis)]

Cookbook begets cookbook.

Rename entity ids and retain statistics

You can and that is what I did. Say you have sensor.a and sensor.b for energy monitoring. sensor.b is the new one to replace sensor.a. Since it is a straight replacement, the data should be the “same”, at least the historical (LTS) data. To move the LTS from sensor.a to sensor_b (requires 2024.3.1 or newer): Remove or disable the integration providing sensor.a, it must be providing no state. If you press e and search for the entity (or go to states under developer tools), it must not appear. …

Someone needs to capture that procedure to move LTS data in the last post ASAP

[Stiltjack]

I’ve asked @AngellusMortis to do a write up.

[MaxK (Mark)]

In the same spirt of a Home Assistant Cookbook - Index, what thoughts do folks have on a Home Assistant Troubleshooting - Index ?

[Stiltjack]

Go for it!

[code-in-progress (Bill - I write code.)]

@MaxK

what thoughts do folks have on a Home Assistant Troubleshooting - Index

That’s gonna be a LOT of index entries lol

[MaxK (Mark)]

I’ll give it a start but I was initially thinking just the basics & that we see often. I hope to have a draft soon.

[Stiltjack]

After consultation with contributors, I’ve removed the Mushroom Cards entry from the cookbook index. Third-party integrations and cards are a very deep rabbit hole…

[ShadowFist]

Considering the way this thread has turned, how about someone moves it to the Social tag instead of Configuration?

I’d love there to be something similar to the mods thread somewhere above, maybe restricted to Regulars and Experts, but I’m not sure if that’s actually possible with Discord.

[nickrout]

And perhaps change the subject line.

[ShadowFist]

I’m half tempted to propose an ‘Anti-Social’ tag, but it might be a bit lonely there.

[parautenbach (Pieter Rautenbach)]

How about this one for the cookbook? Advanced section?

Securing & segregating your home networks

Even though the NSA got hacked, their Best Practices for Securing Your Home Network guide is useful.

[FriedCheese (Ryan)]

I’d think that’s out of scope given it’s not specific to HA, but I’ll defer to the masses.

[ShadowFist]

Tried to read that post a few times. By the second paragraph my eyes would glaze over & I’d just scroll down to the bottom or close the tab.

[code-in-progress (Bill - I write code.)]

(Or the Regulars’ Chatroom)

Ugh… ya’ll are going to get me back on Discord again with crap like that. lmao

[Stiltjack]

Since this thread has moved to social I’ve started a new Cookbook Discussion thread.