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title: "Entity Card"
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sidebar_label: Entity
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description: "The Entity card gives you a quick overview of your entity's state"
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---
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The Entity card gives you a quick overview of your entity's state.
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<p class='img'>
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<img src='/images/lovelace/lovelace_entity_card.png' alt='Screenshot of the entity card'>
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Screenshot of the Entity card.
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</p>
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To add the Entity 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 **Entity** from the card picker.
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{% configuration %}
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type:
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required: true
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description: "`entity`"
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type: string
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entity:
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required: true
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description: Entity ID.
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type: string
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name:
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required: false
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description: Name of entity.
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type: string
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default: Entity name.
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icon:
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required: false
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description: Overwrites icon.
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type: string
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attribute:
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required: false
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description: An attribute associated with the `entity`.
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type: string
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unit:
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required: false
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description: Unit of measurement given to data.
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type: string
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default: Unit of measurement given by entity.
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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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footer:
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required: false
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description: Footer widget to render. See [footer documentation](/lovelace/header-footer/).
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type: map
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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: entity
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entity: cover.kitchen_window
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- type: entity
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entity: light.bedroom
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attribute: brightness
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unit: "%"
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- type: entity
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entity: vacuum.downstairs
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name: Vacuum
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icon: "mdi:battery"
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attribute: battery_level
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unit: "%"
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```
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