Ability to change units of created Statistics helpers.

[Kagey-cmd]

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My use case: I've created a "Total" Statistics helper that gives me total precipitation over the previous 24 hours using hourly precipitation data from a weather integration. My issue: The resulting sum should have units [in.], not [in./hr], but I don't think there's a way to change that. I think this should be an option in the Statistics options UI.

URL

https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/statistics/

Version

2024.8.2

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[ThomDietrich]

Hello @Kagey-cmd, I agree and this ability to freely overwrite the unit should be added. It is on my personal todo list of new additions to the component but I won't realistically attend to this soon. Contributions are always welcome!

In the meantime I suggest to add a template sensor "in front" of the statistics sensor.

That said, could you please re-check your issue? The "total" characteristic does not alter the unit_of_measurement taken from the source sensor. See: https://github.com/home-assistant/core/blob/0f90a3cf606e2665d9576b97f8709cb7e9d803c1/homeassistant/components/statistics/sensor.py#L156 Edit: Now I get it. Your hourly source sensor is in "in/hr", therefore, that unit is carried over. Got you. This is a good example for why this PR would make sense. Teaser: The correct unit would be "in/day" :-P

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