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The template platform supports sensors which breaks out state_attributes from other entities.

To enable Template sensors in your installation, add the following to your configuration.yaml file:

# Example configuration.yaml entry
sensor:
  platform: template
  sensors:
    solar_angle:
      value_template: '{{ states.sun.sun.attributes.elevation }}'
      friendly_name: 'Sun angle'
      unit_of_measurement: 'degrees'
    sunrise:
      value_template: '{{ states.sun.sun.attributes.next_rising }}'

Configuration variables:

• sensors array (Required): List of your sensors.
  • friendly_name (Optional): Name to use in the Frontend.
  • unit_of_measurement (Optional): Defines the units of measurement of the sensor, if any.
  • value_template (Optional): Defines a template to extract a value from the payload.

{% linkable_title Examples %}

In this section you find some real life examples of how to use this sensor.

{% linkable_title Sun angle %}

This example shows the sun angle in the frontend.

sensor:
  platform: template
  sensors:
      solar_angle:
        value_template: '{{ "%+.1f"|format(states.sun.sun.attributes.elevation) }}'
        friendly_name: 'Sun Angle'
        unit_of_measurement: '°'