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Entity filter card

The entity filter card allows you to define a list of entities that you want to track only when in a certain state. Very useful for showing lights that you forgot to turn off or show a list of people only when they’re at home.

Screenshot of the entity filter card Screenshot of the entity filter card.

This type of card can also be used together with other cards that allow multiple entities, allowing you to use glance or picture-glance. By default, it uses the entities card model.

To add the entity filter card to your user interface:

  1. In the top right of the screen, select the edit button.
    • If this is your first time editing a dashboard, the Edit dashboard dialog appears.
      • By editing the dashboard, you are taking over control of this dashboard.
      • This means that it is no longer automatically updated when new dashboard elements become available.
      • Once you’ve taken control, you can’t get this specific dashboard back to update automatically. However, you can create a new default dashboard.
      • To continue, in the dialog, select the three dots menu, then select Take control.
  2. Add a card to your dashboard.

YAML configuration

This card can only be configured in YAML.

Configuration Variables

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type string Required

entity-filter

entities list Required

A list of entity IDs or entity objects, see below.

conditions list (Optional)

List of conditions to check. See available conditions.*

state_filter list (Optional)

(legacy) List of strings representing states or filters to check. See available legacy filters.*

card map (Optional, default: entities card)

Extra options to pass down to the card rendering the result.

show_empty boolean (Optional, default: true)

Allows hiding of card when no entities returned by filter.

*one is required (conditions or state_filter)

Options for entities

If you define entities as objects instead of strings (by adding entity: before entity ID), you can add more customization and configurations:

Configuration Variables

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entity string Required

Entity ID.

type string (Optional)

Sets a custom card type: custom:my-custom-card.

name string (Optional)

Overwrites friendly name.

icon string (Optional, default: Entity domain icon)

Overwrites icon or entity picture. You can use any icon from Material Design Icons. Prefix the icon name with mdi:, ie mdi:home.

secondary_info string (Optional)

Show additional info. Values: entity-id, last-changed.

format string (Optional)

How the state should be formatted. Currently only used for timestamp sensors. Valid values are: relative, total, date, time and datetime.

conditions list (Optional)

List of conditions to check. See available conditions.*

state_filter list (Optional)

(legacy) List of strings representing states or filters to check. See available legacy filters.*

*only one filter will be applied: conditions or state_filter if conditions is not present

Conditions options

You can specify multiple conditions, in which case the entity will be displayed if it matches every condition.

State

Tests if an entity has a specified state.

type: entity-filter
entities:
  - climate.thermostat_living_room
  - climate.thermostat_bed_room
conditions:
  - condition: state
    state: heat

type: entity-filter
entities:
  - climate.thermostat_living_room
  - climate.thermostat_bed_room
conditions:
  - condition: state
    state_not: "off"

type: entity-filter
entities:
  - sensor.gas_station_1
  - sensor.gas_station_2
  - sensor.gas_station_3
conditions:
  - condition: state
    state: sensor.gas_station_lowest_price

Configuration Variables

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condition string Required

state

state list | string (Optional)

Entity state or ID to be equal to this value. Can contain an array of states.*

state_not list | string (Optional)

Entity state or ID to not be equal to this value. Can contain an array of states.*

*one is required (state or state_not)

Numeric state

Tests if an entity state matches the thresholds.

type: entity-filter
entities:
  - sensor.outside_temperature
  - sensor.living_room_temperature
  - sensor.bed_room_temperature
conditions:
  - condition: numeric_state
    above: 10
    below: 20

Configuration Variables

Looking for your configuration file?
condition string Required

numeric_state

above string (Optional)

Entity state or ID to be above this value.*

below string (Optional)

Entity state or ID to be below this value.*

*at least one is required (above or below), both are also possible for values between.

Screen

Specify the visibility of the entity per screen size. Some screen size presets are available in the UI but you can use any CSS media query you want in YAML.

type: entity-filter
entities:
  - sensor.outside_temperature
  - sensor.living_room_temperature
  - sensor.bed_room_temperature
conditions:
  - condition: screen
    media_query: "(min-width: 1280px)"

Configuration Variables

Looking for your configuration file?
condition string Required

screen

media_query string Required

Media query to check which screen size are allowed to display the entity.

User

Specify the visibility of the entity per user.

type: entity-filter
entities:
  - sensor.outside_temperature
  - sensor.living_room_temperature
  - sensor.bed_room_temperature
conditions:
  - condition: user
    users:
      - 581fca7fdc014b8b894519cc531f9a04

Configuration Variables

Looking for your configuration file?
condition string Required

user

users list Required

User ID that can see the entity (unique hex value found on the Users configuration page).

And

Specify that both conditions must be met.

type: entity-filter
entities:
  - sensor.outside_temperature
  - sensor.living_room_temperature
  - sensor.bed_room_temperature
conditions:
  - condition: and
    conditions:
      - condition: numeric_state
        above: 0
      - condition: user
        users:
          - 581fca7fdc014b8b894519cc531f9a04

Configuration Variables

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condition string Required

and

conditions list (Optional)

List of conditions to check. See available conditions.

Or

Specify that at least one of the conditions must be met.

type: entity-filter
entities:
  - sensor.outside_temperature
  - sensor.living_room_temperature
  - sensor.bed_room_temperature
conditions:
  - condition: or
    conditions:
      - condition: numeric_state
        above: 0
      - condition: user
        users:
          - 581fca7fdc014b8b894519cc531f9a04

Configuration Variables

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condition string Required

or

conditions list (Optional)

List of conditions to check. See available conditions.

Legacy state filters

String filter

Show only active switches or lights in the house.

type: entity-filter
entities:
  - entity: light.bed_light
    name: Bed
  - light.kitchen_lights
  - light.ceiling_lights
state_filter:
  - "on"

Show only people that are at home using glance:

type: entity-filter
entities:
  - device_tracker.demo_paulus
  - device_tracker.demo_anne_therese
  - device_tracker.demo_home_boy
state_filter:
  - home
card:
  type: glance
  title: People at home

Entity filter combined with glance card Entity filter combined with glance card.

You can also specify multiple state_filter conditions, in which case the entity will be displayed if it matches any condition.

If you define state_filter as objects instead of strings, you can add more customization to your filter, as described below.

Operator filter

Tests if an entity state correspond to the applied operator.

Configuration Variables

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value string Required

String representing the state.

operator string Required

Operator to use in the comparison. Can be ==, <=, <, >=, >, !=, in, not in, or regex.

attribute string (Optional)

Attribute of the entity to use instead of the state.

Examples

Displays everyone who is at home or at work.

type: entity-filter
entities:
  - device_tracker.demo_paulus
  - device_tracker.demo_anne_therese
  - device_tracker.demo_home_boy
state_filter:
  - operator: "=="
    value: home
  - operator: "=="
    value: work
card:
  type: glance
  title: Who's at work or home

Specify filter for a single entity.

type: entity-filter
state_filter:
  - "on"
  - operator: ">"
    value: 90
entities:
  - sensor.water_leak
  - sensor.outside_temp
  - entity: sensor.humidity_and_temp
    state_filter:
      - operator: ">"
        value: 50
        attribute: humidity

Use a regex filter against entity attributes. This regex filter below looks for expressions that are 1 digit in length and where the number is between 0-7 (so show holidays today or in the next 7 days) and displays those holidays as entities in the Entity Filter card.

type: entity-filter
card:
  title: "Upcoming Holidays In Next 7 Days"
  show_header_toggle: false
state_filter:
  - operator: regex
    value: "^([0-7]{1})$"
    attribute: eta
entities:
  - entity: sensor.upcoming_ical_holidays_0
  - entity: sensor.upcoming_ical_holidays_1
  - entity: sensor.upcoming_ical_holidays_2
  - entity: sensor.upcoming_ical_holidays_3
  - entity: sensor.upcoming_ical_holidays_4
show_empty: false