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Home Assistant create an entities attribute as it's own sensor

Title: "Attribute as Sensor"

Description: "Create an entity from another entities attribute."

Version: 1.6

Date created: 2023-11-19

Last update: 2025-01-05

Configuration Options

Set once

  • Name: Name of the new entity
  • Entity: From which entity you want to get the attribute

Options that you can change at any time

  • Attribute: Which attribute you want as it's own sensor
  • Value template: Use a template to manipulate the retrieved attribute from the source entity
  • Icon: Icon to use in frontend
  • Device class: Device class (select from list)
  • State class: State class (select from list)
  • Unit of measurement: UoM to use in frontend (select from list, only temperature, or write your own)

Installation

Option 1 (preferred)

Use HACS to install Add as custom repository to HACS

Option 2

  1. Below config-folder create a new folder calledcustom_components if not already exist.
  2. Below new custom_components folder create a new folder called attribute_as_sensor
  3. Upload the files/folders in custom_components/attribute_as_sensor directory to the newly created folder.
  4. Restart before proceeding

Activate integration in HA

Add integrations

After installation go to "Devices & services" and then "helper" page in HA, press "+ Create helper" and find "Attribute as Sensor" Follow onscreen information for the required information No restart needed

Contributions are more than welcome

If not for code, maybe add a language file for your language. Use string.json provided by the integration as a template for adding another language.