A collection of useful templates for Home Assistant dashboards

All open windows and doors

{{ states.binary_sensor
   | selectattr('attributes.device_class', 'in', ['door','window'])
   | selectattr('state', 'equalto', 'on')
   | list | count }}

Light On Count

{% set AREAS = ['kitchen','office','bedroom','living room'] %}
{% set DOMAIN = 'light' %}

{% set ns = namespace(ids=[]) %}
{% for a in AREAS %}
  {% set ns.ids = ns.ids + area_entities(a) %}
{% endfor %}
{{ expand(ns.ids|unique)
   | selectattr('domain','equalto', DOMAIN)
   | selectattr('state','equalto','on')
   | list | count }}

Markdown to display all open windows and doors

# Security 🔏

{% if states.sensor.open_doors_and_windows.state | int > 0 %}
  You have {{states.sensor.open_doors_and_windows.state}} doors/windows open.
{% else %}
  All windows and doors are closed.
{% endif %}

Markdown to display light counts

## Lights 💡
You have {{states.sensor.kitchen_light_count.state}} lights on currently.

Media Player Playing Count

{% set area_id = 'kitchen' %}
{% set ents   = expand(area_entities(area_id)) %}
{% set lights = ents 
   | selectattr('domain',    'equalto', 'media_player') 
   | selectattr('state',     'equalto', 'playing') %}
{{ lights | list | count }}

Switch On Count

{% set area_id = 'kitchen' %}
{% set ents   = expand(area_entities(area_id)) %}
{% set switch = ents 
   | selectattr('domain', 'equalto', 'switch') 
   | selectattr('state', 'equalto', 'on') %}
{{ switch | list | count }}

Welcome Message

{% set time = now().hour %}
{% if time >= 5 and time < 12 %}
  {% set greeting = 'Good morning' %}
{% elif time >= 12 and time < 17 %}
  {% set greeting = 'Good afternoon' %}
{% elif time >= 17 and time < 24 %}
  {% set greeting = 'Good evening' %}
{% elif time >= 0 and time < 5 %}
  {% set greeting = 'You should be sleeping' %} 
{% endif %}

# {{greeting}}, {{user}}!

Welcome message with calendar event

{% set time = now().hour %}
{% if time >= 5 and time < 12 %}
  {% set greeting = 'Good morning' %}
{% elif time >= 12 and time < 17 %}
  {% set greeting = 'Good afternoon' %}
{% elif time >= 17 and time < 24 %}
  {% set greeting = 'Good evening' %}
{% elif time >= 0 and time < 5 %}
  {% set greeting = 'You should be sleeping' %} 
{% endif %}

{% if state_attr('calendar.lewis_s_calendar', 'start_time') == None %}
  {% set cal_message = "you have no upcoming events, enjoy 🥳"%}
{% else %}
  {% set start_time = state_attr('calendar.lewis_s_calendar', 'start_time') | as_timestamp | timestamp_custom("%H:%M", false) %}
  {% set cal_message = "your next event is at " + start_time %}
{% endif %}

# {{greeting}}, {{user}}!

It's {{now().hour}}:{{now().minute}} and  {{cal_message}}.

For the Light On Count, you can exclude hidden entities like this:

{% set AREAS = ['kitchen','office','bedroom','living room'] %}
{% set DOMAIN = 'light' %}

{% set ns = namespace(ids=[]) %}
{% for a in AREAS %}
  {% set ns.ids = ns.ids + area_entities(a) %}
{% endfor %}
{{ expand(ns.ids|unique)
   | selectattr('domain','equalto', DOMAIN)
   | selectattr('state','equalto','on')
   | rejectattr('entity_id', 'is_hidden_entity')
   | list | count }}

This was helpful for me to hide devices in rooms that have things like indicator lights that I don't really care about.

How to add more area with "Switch On Count"?
I tried use {% set area_id = ['living_room', 'bedroom'] %}.but no lucky

Thanks

The welcome template unfortunately looks at the next start time independent of the date, so you get a message about an event time that might be several days in the future, without any info about the date. I changed mine to only look at today:

{% if state_attr('calendar.lewis_s_calendar', 'start_time') == None 
    or state_attr('calendar.lewis_s_calendar', 'start_time') | as_datetime | as_local > today_at('00:00:00') %}
  {% set cal_message = "you have no upcoming events today, enjoy 🥳"%}

How to add more area with "Switch On Count"? I tried use {% set area_id = ['living_room', 'bedroom'] %}.but no lucky

Thanks

I believe you have to follow the Light On Count example, setting AREAS instead of a single area_id and looping through it

Replacing line 21 of Welcome message with calendar event solves the issue where minute values < 10 are displayed as single integers with no leading 0:

It's {{ now().strftime("%H:%M") }} and {{ cal_message }}.

I wanted to show only lights on a particular floor so this worked nicely for me:

{{ floor_areas('first_floor')
   |map('area_entities')|sum(start=[])
   |select('match', 'light')|select('is_state', 'on')
   |rejectattr('entity_id', 'is_hidden_entity')
   |list|count }}

Not sure if this fits here but if you ever wanted to know all devices that report energy in kWh:

{% for s in states.sensor
    if 'energy' in s.entity_id and s.attributes.unit_of_measurement == 'kWh' %}
  - {{ s.entity_id }}: {{ s.state }} {{ s.attributes.unit_of_measurement }}
{% endfor %}

Any ideas on how you would add switches and Kasa outlets to the light count? Not outlets, just the one's I label "Lights"

Any ideas on how you would add switches and Kasa outlets to the light count? Not outlets, just the one's I label "Lights"

I found this Configuration that does it! https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/switch_as_x/

How to add more area with "Switch On Count"? I tried use {% set area_id = ['living_room', 'bedroom'] %}.but no lucky

Thanks

Look how he did the light on count

There is some great stuff in here, thanks everyone!

Is there a way to have the welcome msg with calendar even be in 12h format instead of 24?

How to add more area with "Switch On Count"? I tried use {% set area_id = ['living_room', 'bedroom'] %}.but no lucky

Thanks

{% set AREAS = ['kitchen','office','bedroom','living room'] %}
{% set DOMAIN = 'switch' %}

{% set ns = namespace(ids=[]) %}
{% for a in AREAS %}
  {% set ns.ids = ns.ids + area_entities(a) %}
{% endfor %}
{{ expand(ns.ids|unique)
   | selectattr('domain','equalto', DOMAIN)
   | selectattr('state','equalto','on')
   | list | count }}

If a door or window is open, it will share the name - it auto-finds all binary_sensors with device_class: door (and garage doors) and lists the ones that are on.

{% set open_doors = states.binary_sensor
| selectattr('attributes.device_class','in',['door','garage_door','opening'])
| selectattr('state','eq','on')
| list %}

{% if open_doors | count > 0 %}
{{ open_doors | count }} door(s) open:
{% for s in open_doors -%}

• {{ s.name }}
  {%- endfor %}
  {% else %}
  All doors are closed.
  {% endif %}

If you want Windows too, then change the first line in the list to:
['door','garage_door','window','opening'] and replace the wording as you like.

List the Thermostats that are turned on and their names.

{% set cooling = states.climate
| selectattr('state','eq','cool')
| list %}

{% if cooling | count > 0 %}
{{ cooling | count }} thermostat(s) in COOL mode:
{% for c in cooling -%}

• {{ c.name }}{% if c.attributes.current_temperature is defined %} ({{ c.attributes.current_temperature }}°C){% endif %}
  {%- endfor %}
  {% else %}
  Turned off
  {% endif %}

How can I include the lights I turn on with the Sonoff TX (switch) in this code? Thanks in advance for your help.

{% set AREAS = ['kitchen','office','bedroom','living room'] %}
{% set DOMAIN = 'light' %}

{% set ns = namespace(ids=[]) %}
{% for a in AREAS %}
{% set ns.ids = ns.ids + area_entities(a) %}
{% endfor %}
{{ expand(ns.ids|unique)
| selectattr('domain','equalto', DOMAIN)
| selectattr('state','equalto','on')
| list | count }}

The light-on count is watching ALL entities in the given areas changes which is not efficient. Better to filter the ns.ids to only the target domains:

{% set AREAS = ['garage','kitchen','alex bedroom','tessa bedroom','master bedroom','living room','office','guest bedroom','laundry'] %}
{% set DOMAIN = 'light' %}

{% set ns = namespace(ids=[]) %}
{% for a in AREAS %}
  {% set area_entities = area_entities(a) %}
  {% for entity_id in area_entities %}
    {% if entity_id.split('.')[0] == DOMAIN %}
      {% set ns.ids = ns.ids + [entity_id] %}
    {% endif %}
  {% endfor %}
{% endfor %}

{{ expand(ns.ids|unique)
    | selectattr('state','equalto','on')
    | rejectattr('entity_id', 'is_hidden_entity')
    | list | count }}

For the Light On Count template, if I wanted the count to work across all devices regardless of area, would this be a sensible template to use?

{{
  states.light 
    | selectattr('state','equalto','on') 
    | list 
    | count 
}}

To add more areas, use this code and it works for me.

{% set AREAS = ['Kitchen', 'Office', 'Bedroom', 'Living Room'] %}
{% set DOMAIN = 'light' %}

{% set ns = namespace(ids=[]) %}

{# Recorre las áreas y busca entidades de varias formas para asegurar compatibilidad #}
{% for area in AREAS %}
{% set area_id = area | lower | replace(' ', '_') %}

{# Búsqueda normal por ID normalizada #}
{% set found = area_entities(area_id) %}

{# Fallback: usar atributos area_id de las entidades #}
{% if found | length == 0 %}
{% set fallback = states
| selectattr('attributes.area_id','equalto', area_id)
| map(attribute='entity_id')
| list %}
{% set found = found + fallback %}
{% endif %}

{# Último intento: usar el nombre tal cual (por si el area_id no está normalizado) #}
{% if found | length == 0 %}
{% set alt = area_entities(area) %}
{% set found = found + alt %}
{% endif %}

{# Acumular resultados #}
{% set ns.ids = ns.ids + found %}
{% endfor %}

{# Filtrar entidades del dominio (light, switch, etc.) y encendidas #}
{% set encendidas = expand(ns.ids | unique)
| selectattr('domain','equalto', DOMAIN)
| selectattr('state','equalto','on')
| list %}

{{ encendidas | count }}