WTH can't you add an attribute to a dashboard card

Archive Month of "What the heck?!" 2022
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It would be great to be able to just select an attribute to add to an entity card / history chart etc, rather than having to make a new template sensor

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I hope you donā€™t mind that Iā€™ve removed the term ā€œLovelaceā€ from the title, as that term isnā€™t used anymore :wink:

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Haha apologies - I donā€™t mind at all :slight_smile: Iā€™m conditionedā€¦

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Maybe the answer is for all attributes to become ā€˜virtualā€™ entities, so that whatever API calls allow lists of entities to be returned would also allow the attribute to be requested instead of the state

So a motion sensor with a luminance entity might be

sensor.bedroom_motion%luminance.

Or something similar.

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I agreeā€¦ more easy access to attribute values in dashboards, automations etc would be very nice!

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I guess this partially solves the problem: Entities Card - Home Assistant

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Related:
This WTH are attributes such a pain to work with
And this New Helper: Entity from attribute