Allow attributes as state

[boheme61]

Hi , Not sure it's actually possible, or my "Title" is wrong

But i just love your new "icon changes" with the state-value !
However i would love to be able to "fetch" the attribute "rssi" from domain/entity "device_tracker" ( As not all devices uses attribute-signal_strenght )
I can get "Domain: Device_tracker" in auto-entities, and sort by "rssi" , but it seems impossible to get a great look as your new icons for signal_strength

So basically my FR is something like above, if you understand ( Attaching a pic from my autoentities

Device_tracker is the only "component" which "expose" the same attributes for all WiFi-devices, i.e "signal_strength" ... rssi

BR , And Happy New Year :)

[maxwroc]

I don't use auto-entities card so I won't help you with it but all what you have there should be achievable with battery-state-card by itself.

The below listing is just an example which I think/hope should work (I haven't tested it). You would need to adjust the color/icon values

type: custom:battery-state-card
icon: "mdi:signal-cellular-{state|abs()|greaterthan(69,outline)|greaterthan(59,1)|greaterthan(49,2)|greaterthan(2,3)}"
valu_override: "{attributes.rssi}"
colors:
  steps:
    - value: 26
      color: blue
    - value: 36
      color: green
    - value: 45
      color: yellow
    - value: 60
      color: red
sort: 
  by: state
  desc: true
unit: dBm
filter:
  include:
    - name: entity_id
      value: device_tracker.*

[boheme61]

Yes i understand, it was wrong of me to show that "example", however your "suggestion" doesn't work, and i've tried a few others also , in Battery-state-card, with no luck , so my "bad" example, was just to explain (invisble) that it was the attribute-state, and not the entity-state that should be "addressable" !
The state of the battery is home/not_home, so it's the attribute "rssi" i need to get the "value" of, .. it either says NaN or Home/Not_home (latest with your example)

And there is No, colors of any kind

It take the "entities" with the "Signal_Strength" just fine, but all device_trackers shows "NaN", and are all grey

Below, is an "example" of the code im "playing with", as i wanted to use Battery-state-card for all my signal_strength/Rssi ( Wifi device ) ( That why my "request" was mend towards device_tracker-domain/attribute , as it uses rssi for all devices in the network

Left Column is with auto-ent- Right is bare Battery-state-card

type: horizontal-stack
cards:
  - type: custom:auto-entities
    card:
      type: custom:battery-state-card
    filter:
      include:
        - domain: device_tracker
          options:
            icon: "mdi:signal-cellular-{state|abs()|greaterthan(69,outline)|greaterthan(59,1)|greaterthan(49,2)|greaterthan(2,3)}"
            valu_override: "{attributes.rssi}"
            colors:
              steps:
                - value: 26
                  color: blue
                - value: 36
                  color: green
                - value: 45
                  color: yellow
                - value: 60
                  color: red
            unit: dBm
            type: attribute
            attribute: rssi
            secondary_info: '{last_changed}'
      exclude:
        - state: unavailable
        - state: not_home
        - state: unknown
        - group: group.wired_home
        - attributes:
            connection_type: wired
        - attributes:
            connection_type: disconnected
    sort:
      method: attribute
      attribute: rssi
      reverse: true


  - type: custom:battery-state-card
    secondary_info: '{last_changed}'
    icon: >-
      mdi:signal-cellular-{state|abs()|greaterthan(70,outline)|greaterthan(65,1)|greaterthan(50,2)|greaterthan(2,3)}
    filter:
      include:
        - name: attributes.device_class
          value: signal_strength
        - name: entity_id
          value: device_tracker.*
    sort:
      by: state
      desc: true
    bulk_rename:
      - from: ' Signal'
      - from: ' strength'
      - from: ' Rssi'
      - from: ' numeric'
    value_override: '{state|abs()}'
    colors:
      steps:
        - color: '#00ff00'
          value: 50
        - color: '#ffff00'
          value: 65
        - color: '#ff0000'
          value: 100
      gradient: true
    view_layout:
      grid-area: main1

And this is a copy/paste of your code

[maxwroc]

Ok there are few things:

• Dummy typo in my example: there should be "value_override" not "valu_override"
• Instead of using the "state" in value_override in your listing you should be using "attributes.rssi". This is the reason why the state shows up (Home/ Not at home" instead of RSSI
• If the state is not being produced right you cannot expect the icons/colors to look right
• You cannot use both entity types in the filters as one has the value in the state and second one in the RSSI attribute. So one or the other wont be working

Please try the below listing

  - type: custom:battery-state-card
    secondary_info: '{last_changed}'
    icon: >-
      mdi:signal-cellular-{attributes.rssi|abs()|greaterthan(70,outline)|greaterthan(65,1)|greaterthan(50,2)|greaterthan(2,3)}
    filter:
      include:
        - name: entity_id
          value: device_tracker.*
    sort:
      by: state
      desc: true
    bulk_rename:
      - from: ' Signal'
      - from: ' strength'
      - from: ' Rssi'
      - from: ' numeric'
    value_override: '{attributes.rssi|abs()}'
    colors:
      steps:
        - color: '#00ff00'
          value: 50
        - color: '#ffff00'
          value: 65
        - color: '#ff0000'
          value: 100
      gradient: true

[boheme61]

Finally ! Thx alot for your help , i've been struggling with these device_trackers, hope they eventually can become a "domain/among the new groups"
I have a group for the wired-device-trackers ( old style ) in yaml, no unique_id , but i couldn't figure out to exclude those

It got it working, however i couldn't figure out how to "exclude" the bunch i could with auto-entities, but it made me clean up in a bunch of "unknown, unavailable etc.", (even thou they were "disabled" they turned up here, same ofcause with all the Wired-Devices ( even thou they didn't have an attribute "rssi"
either, so i just added them all 12 to exclude

Maybe the value_override: '{attributes.rssi|abs()}' was the reason, as that was what the "statei" showed ( '{attributes.rssi|abs()}' ) :)

had to remove 23 of these :)

Now it looks great, just have to use the same colors-scheme as my Batteries, and maybe "play a little" with the icn change.

Im so pleased with this now ... was actually thinking about making template-sensors, from each device_trackers, as many integrations/devices don't show either rssi or signal_strength ... but then i saw your latest post ...and started cleaning up :)

[maxwroc]

If attribute is missing then it just prints the exact value which you have used in the value_override.

To exclude such entities use the filter:

I wanted to suggest to use the exclude filter but I have realized that there is no option like "doesnt_exist" / "not_exists". I will create an issue to add it.

But you can do something else which may solve your problem. Instead of adding all device_trackers you can add only the entities which do have this attribute using the below filter:

filter:
  include:
    - name: attributes.rssi

This way you won't need to remove anything I hope

[boheme61]

filter:
  include:
    - name: attributes.rssi

... yes it works, i had trying to "play" with that ( include device_trackers with attribute.rssi ! ) etc-, but thought that... "going through every entities" to find an attribute, would create "alot usage" larger than finding just the entity_id (device_tracker) .. well it does create A-lot usage ! ( i have 30 times more entities, and hundred times more attributes ) than , just entity_id: device_tracker* ( again, here comes my wishes in regards to "native groups, with unique_id", for device_trackers in HA )

And with your previous "example" , i ended up with 1 entity_id include ( device_trackers* ), and 12 entity_id exclude ( device_trackers.xxxx_xxx )

[boheme61]

" not_exists " removed the 12 "wired" entities, And future "unwanted" bunch of "curious/bogus" "device_trackers !

Final Code:

type: custom:battery-state-card
icon: >-
  mdi:signal-cellular-{attributes.rssi|abs()|greaterthan(70,outline)|greaterthan(65,1)|greaterthan(50,2)|greaterthan(2,3)}
filter:
  include:
    - name: entity_id
      value: device_tracker.*
  exclude:
    - name: attributes.rssi
      operator: not_exists
sort:
  by: state
  desc: true
value_override: '{attributes.rssi|abs()}'
colors:
  steps:
    - color: '#00ff00'
      value: 50
    - color: '#ffff00'
      value: 65
    - color: '#ff0000'
      value: 100
  gradient: true

well not "FINAL" , as i haven't got time to ajust colors/icons and "integrate" it in it's View-context

HAPPY NEW YEAR , To You To !