From 26162815c805662afcd531bfd01b1acafc6256a7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Marc Randolph <mrand@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2020 03:21:24 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Expand error msg on why yaml defined entities can't be
 changed from UI (#6689)

---
 .../config/entities/dialog-entity-editor.ts     | 17 ++++++++++++++++-
 src/translations/en.json                        |  3 ++-
 2 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/panels/config/entities/dialog-entity-editor.ts b/src/panels/config/entities/dialog-entity-editor.ts
index bd9790ab09..87e3cb87da 100644
--- a/src/panels/config/entities/dialog-entity-editor.ts
+++ b/src/panels/config/entities/dialog-entity-editor.ts
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import {
   getExtendedEntityRegistryEntry,
 } from "../../../data/entity_registry";
 import { haStyleDialog } from "../../../resources/styles";
+import { documentationUrl } from "../../../util/documentation-url";
 import type { HomeAssistant } from "../../../types";
 import { PLATFORMS_WITH_SETTINGS_TAB } from "./const";
 import "./entity-registry-settings";
@@ -170,7 +171,21 @@ export class DialogEntityEditor extends LitElement {
         }
         return html`
           <div class="content">
-            ${this.hass.localize("ui.dialogs.entity_registry.no_unique_id")}
+            ${this.hass.localize(
+              "ui.dialogs.entity_registry.no_unique_id",
+              "faq_link",
+              html`<a
+                href="${documentationUrl(
+                  this.hass,
+                  "/faq/unique_id"
+                )}"
+                target="_blank"
+                rel="noreferrer"
+                >${this.hass.localize(
+                  "ui.dialogs.entity_registry.faq"
+                )}</a
+              >`              
+            )}
           </div>
         `;
       case "tab-related":
diff --git a/src/translations/en.json b/src/translations/en.json
index f650ad9259..172ff5d918 100755
--- a/src/translations/en.json
+++ b/src/translations/en.json
@@ -471,7 +471,8 @@
         "control": "Control",
         "related": "Related",
         "dismiss": "Dismiss",
-        "no_unique_id": "This entity does not have a unique ID, therefore its settings cannot be managed from the UI.",
+        "no_unique_id": "This entity does not have a unique ID, therefore its settings cannot be managed from the UI. See the {faq_link} for more detail.",
+        "faq": "documentation",
         "editor": {
           "name": "Name Override",
           "icon": "Icon Override",