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---
title: "Sensor Card"
sidebar_label: Sensor
description: "The Sensor card gives you a quick overview of your sensors state with an optional graph to visualize change over time."
---
The Sensor card gives you a quick overview of your sensors state with an optional graph to visualize change over time.
<p class='img'>
<img src='/images/lovelace/lovelace_sensor.png' alt='Screenshot of the sensor card'>
Screenshot of the sensor card.
</p>
To add the Sensor card to your user interface, click the Lovelace menu (three dots at the top right of the screen) and then **Edit Dashboard**. Click the "Add Card" button in the bottom right corner and select **Sensor** from the card picker. All options for this card can be configured via the user interface.
{% configuration %}
type:
required: true
description: "`sensor`"
type: string
entity:
required: true
description: Entity ID of `sensor` domain.
type: string
icon:
required: false
description: The card icon.
type: string
name:
required: false
description: The card name.
type: string
graph:
required: false
description: Type of graph (`none` or `line`).
type: string
unit:
required: false
description: The unit of measurement.
type: string
detail:
required: false
description: Detail of the graph `1` or `2` (`1` = one point/hour, `2` = six points/hour).
type: integer
default: 1
hours_to_show:
required: false
description: Hours to show in graph.
type: integer
default: 24
theme:
required: false
description: Override the used theme for this card with any loaded theme. For more information about themes, see the [frontend documentation](/integrations/frontend/).
type: string
{% endconfiguration %}
## Example
Alternatively, the card can be configured using YAML:
```yaml
type: sensor
entity: sensor.illumination
name: Illumination
```