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layout: component
title: "Template sensor"
description: "Instructions how to integrate Template sensors into Home Assistant."
date: 2016-01-27 07:00
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ha_category: Sensor
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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:
```yaml
# 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](/getting-started/templating/) to extract a value from the payload.