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