From 9ae83749e533b9e288b43805e252a7195b890f78 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Dubh Ad Date: Wed, 9 Sep 2020 22:41:40 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Adding FAQ entry about unique_id (#14446) This question keeps coming up, so it's long past time it was added to the FAQ --- source/_faq/unique_id.markdown | 13 +++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+) create mode 100644 source/_faq/unique_id.markdown diff --git a/source/_faq/unique_id.markdown b/source/_faq/unique_id.markdown new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..429e9432247 --- /dev/null +++ b/source/_faq/unique_id.markdown @@ -0,0 +1,13 @@ +--- +title: "This entity does not have a unique ID?" +description: "This entity does not have a unique ID?" +ha_category: Configuration +--- + +When you see + +```text +This entity does not have a unique ID, therefore its settings cannot be managed from the UI +``` + +this simply means that you can't change the `entity_id` or the friendly name from the UI. You can still use the _Customizations_ menu to customize that entity. Typically you'll see this when you create entities using YAML.