Feature Request - Where to Track Daily Energy Export?

[ziptbm]

This card is awesome and is my go-to for the current status of my home. The one piece of information I'm unable to place into the card due to the current limitations is the amount of energy my home has exported during the day. This isn't something I would want to show all the time because I don't export energy every day and showing the net import/export to the grid doesn't make sense considering my power company has different rates for each.

Could there be a way to have another entity on the left that only shows up IF the sensor counting energy export to the grid is above 0 for the day?

[tigers75]

If you're not using the generation_extra_entity you could create a template sensor that is null (or " " - a sting of a single space) if no energy is exported and the value of exported energy otherwise. Since it's used for visualization only it could be simply casted to a string together with the correct unit.

[reptilex]

Or just have another card for that, as I do. It does not make sense to show everything on one card.

[ziptbm]

Yeah, I hear you there regarding adding another card.

It’s more of an ask because of the limited screen real estate that I have available on my 24-7dashboard broadcasting with live camera feeds through a chrome cast. If I add another card to the dashboard, it removes 1-2 of my camera feeds that I want visible.

This Tesla style card has two big blank spots above and below the grid entity on the left. It seems like there could be two more optional items above and below similar to the optional appliance spots on the right that are above and below the home entity.

In my case, I would like to see the breakdown of peak/offpeak energy that is coming in/out from my house.

[reptilex]

Then try creating a template sensor and add the extra entity on the grid as energy export number, you will know what it means

[tigers75]

That's what I suggested, and exactly what I do:

Unfortunately, as stated in another issue, the value doesn't fit the bubble, I'm waiting patiently for it to be solved.

[ziptbm]

I get what you’re suggesting, but that would hide my current extra entity sensor on the grid which is total energy imported from grid for the day.

That’s clearly more important than the break down of that number between peak/offpeak and the same for peak/offpeak export, so if I had to choose one like I do today, I choose total consumption.

I was just suggesting about the ability to replicate the extra appliances on the right onto the left side for more customization as people add more things that might be helpful to be visible.

[tigers75]

I think there's another issue for having more bubbles, I'd add it to that one instead of this one, that is about where to track grid export.