Person
The person
integration allows connecting device tracker entities to one or more person entities. The state updates of a connected device tracker will set the state of the person. When multiple device trackers are used, the state of person will be determined in this order:
- If there are stationary trackers (non-GPS trackers, e.g., a router or Bluetooth device tracker) presenting the state
home
, the tracker most recently updated will be used. - If there are trackers of type
gps
, then the most recently updated tracker will be used. - Otherwise, the latest tracker with state
not_home
will be used.
Let’s say, for example, that you have three trackers: tracker_gps
, tracker_router
and tracker_ble
.
- You’re at home, all three devices show state
home
- the state of your Person entity will behome
with sourcetracker_router
ortracker_ble
, whichever was most recently updated. - You just left home.
tracker_gps
shows statenot_home
, but the other two trackers show statehome
(they may not have yet updated due to theirconsider_home
setting see device_tracker). Since the stationary trackers have priority, you are consideredhome
. - After some time, both stationary trackers show state
not_home
. Now your Person entity has statenot_home
with sourcetracker_gps
. - While you are away from home, your Home Assistant instance is restarted. Until the
tracker_gps
receives an update, your status will be determined by the stationary trackers, since they will have the most recent update after a restart. Obviously, the state will benot_home
. - Then you’re going into a zone you have defined as
zone1
,tracker_gps
sends an update, and now your state iszone1
with sourcetracker_gps
. - You’ve returned home and your mobile device has connected to the router, but
tracker_gps
hasn’t updated yet. Your state will behome
with sourcetracker_router
. - After the
tracker_gps
update occurs, your state will still behome
with sourcetracker_router
ortracker_ble
, whichever has the most recent update.
In short, when you’re at home, your position is determined first by stationary trackers (if any) and then by GPS. When you’re outside your home, your position is determined firstly by GPS and then by stationary trackers.
Hint: When you use multiple device trackers together, especially stationary and GPS trackers, it’s advisable to set consider_home
for stationary trackers as low as possible see device_tracker).
You can manage persons via the UI from the person page inside the configuration panel or via YAML
in your configuration.yaml
The configuration.yaml file is the main configuration file for Home Assistant. It lists the integrations to be loaded and their specific configurations. In some cases, the configuration needs to be edited manually directly in the configuration.yaml file. Most integrations can be configured in the UI. [Learn more] file.
Adding a person to Home Assistant
If you have administrator rights, you can add other persons to Home Assistant and create them a user account. Depending on the rights you give them, they can then use Home Assistant on their own devices, can have their own dashboards, and be used in automations.
- Go to Settings > People and select Add person.
- Enter their Name.
- Add an image if you like.
- Under Allow login, select if they should be able to log in.
- If they cannot log in, they do not get a user account, and they cannot do much with Home Assistant.
- They cannot have their own dashboard, for example.
- But they can still be used for device tracking and show up on a map and be used in automations.
- If they are able to log in, fill in the user information.
- Check if the user name is correct. A suggestion is made based on the person name. But they do not have to be identical.
- The username is required to log in.
- The person name is the name displayed in the UI.
- Enter a password and store it in a safe location.
- Define if they should have Local access only.
- If this is enabled, they won’t have access to Home Assistant when they are outside your network, for example from their phone.
- Define if they should have Administrator rights.
- Select Create.
- Check if the user name is correct. A suggestion is made based on the person name. But they do not have to be identical.
- If you have already set up devices for presence detection, select the devices that belong to this person.
Customizing the picture for a person
You can easily upload a picture in the frontend. Simply click on a person, select or drop an image in the input field, and then crop it.
See the documentation about hosting files for more information about the www
folder.
Configuring the person integration via the Home Assistant configuration panel
This integration is by default enabled, unless you’ve disabled or removed the default_config:
line from your configuration. If that is the case, the following example shows you how to enable this integration manually:
person:
Configuring the person integration via YAML
If you prefer YAML, you can also configure your persons via the configuration.yaml
The configuration.yaml file is the main configuration file for Home Assistant. It lists the integrations to be loaded and their specific configurations. In some cases, the configuration needs to be edited manually directly in the configuration.yaml file. Most integrations can be configured in the UI. [Learn more] file:
# Example configuration.yaml entry
person:
- name: Ada
id: ada6789
device_trackers:
- device_tracker.ada
Configuration Variables
The user ID of the Home Assistant user account for the person. user_id
(aka ID
) of users can be inspected in the “Users”/“Manage users” screen in the configuration panel.
An extended example would look like the following sample:
# Example configuration.yaml entry
person:
- name: Ada
id: ada6789
device_trackers:
- device_tracker.ada
- name: Stacey
id: stacey12345
user_id: 12345678912345678912345678912345
device_trackers:
- device_tracker.stacey
- device_tracker.beacon
If you change the YAML, you can reload it by calling the person.reload
action.