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2022.4: Groups
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However, they are no longer shown on auto-generated Dashboards; they are
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automatically hidden from HomeKit, Alexa & Google Assistant and aren't
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called when a service calls target their area.
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called when a service call targets their area.
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Hiding entities can be used to clean up your automatically generated Dashboard
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or hide those light entities that you have put into groups. About groups…
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## Now available in the UI: Groups!
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TODO:
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- Improve story line
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- Add graphics
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A group lets you combine multiple entities into a single entity. Entities that
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are members of a group can be controlled and monitored as a whole. This can be
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useful for cases where you want to control, for example,
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the multiple bulbs in a light fixture as a single light in Home Assistant.
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are members of a group can be controlled and monitored as a whole. Useful for
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cases where you want to control, for example, the multiple bulbs in a light
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fixture as a single light in Home Assistant.
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Using groups, is a very common use case, but, until now, an advanced use case
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as groups were only available for YAML configuration. As of today, groups
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have been added to the UI!
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Using groups is a very common use case, but, until now, an advanced use case
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as groups were only available for YAML configuration. As of today, groups are
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available in the UI! 🎉
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You can group multiple binary sensors, covers, fans, lights, media players; and
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added this release is support for lock and switch groups.
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<img class="no-shadow" src='/images/blog/2022-04/groups.png' alt='Screenshot showing adding groups from the UI'>
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You know what is amazing? When you create a new group in the UI, you can
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select to automatically hide all group members. Super helpful for hiding
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those individual light entities of your light fixture.
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Select the type of entities you want to group and select the group members
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you want to add: Done! You can group multiple types of entities: binary sensors,
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covers, fans, lights, and media players; also added in this release is
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support for lock and switch groups.
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Remember the hide entities functionality described above? That is super helpful
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for hiding those individual light entities of your light fixture. So, when you
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create a new group in the UI, you can select to hide all group members
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automatically!
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<img class="no-shadow" src='/images/blog/2022-04/group-hide-members.png' alt='Screenshot showing how to hide group members'>
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Your groups can be found under {% my helpers title="Configuration > Automations & Scripts > Helpers" %},
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or click the my button below to add a new groups immediately:
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or, if you have updated to this release already, click the my button below to
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add a new group immediately:
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{% my config_flow_start badge domain="group" %}
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