group and "light switch" entities missing from `entity list`
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A couple of kinds of entities don't show up in entity list:
- groups
light switchentities, as described here: https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/light.switch/
I've been using hass-cli to do batch configuration of stuff, and this confused me for a fair while!
Is this possibly because those entities don't have devices?
I think not having a unique ID is the problem with entities not showing up. Add a unique_id to the entity and it will appear. Many of my devices are MQTT based and I created them manually a long time ago without the new 'discovery' ability or adding the unique_id. As soon as I add this attribute, the entity appears here in hass-cli and I can now assign it an 'Area'. Still can not see entities in Areas views in HA, 2020.12.1.
Sorry to comment on an old issue, but this is also happening for me with some hygrostats. They don't show up with hass-cli entity list | grep hygrostat, but I do see them with the state command:
# hass-cli state list | grep hygrostat
binary_sensor.second_floor_bathroom_hygrostat Second Floor Bathroom Hygrostat off 2022-09-14T02:07:01.755933+00:00
binary_sensor.ensuite_bathroom_hygrostat Ensuite Bathroom Hygrostat off 2022-09-14T02:07:01.756262+00:00
binary_sensor.laundry_closet_hygrostat Laundry Closet Hygrostat off 2022-09-14T02:07:01.756560+00:00
I think a good workaround is to use the state list command instead of entity list. It has more information and isn't missing any entities.