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Dashboard - What functions/information turned out to be helpful? (feddit.org)

submitted 3 days ago by jamhmgenau@feddit.org to c/homeassistant@lemmy.world

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So I’ve seen all kinds of dashboards depicting all sorts of informations and functions to control ones home and I was wondering, what things you have depicted on yours which turned out to be really useful esp. for other family members. I would like to keep mine as small and simple as possible. So far I have planned to show the following:

Helpful esp. before leaving the house:

turn off all lights
activate alarm within n minutes
current and upcoming rain and outside temperature conditions
List of open windows and doors

Helpful during the day

Current and set temperature inside
Autonomy of car
Remaining time of washing machine
State of dishwasher (ready, running, done)
State of mailbox (empty, full)

What’s on yours you and others in your household interact often with? Which have you removed?

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[–] Dave@lemmy.nz 1 points 1 day ago

Honestly? It's mostly fun stuff (for people that like data).

But it's also mostly links. A link to the shopping list (a to do list in HA). I link to the climate control dashboard. A link to the solar info, a link to the security camera dashboard.

The key actions I have on the dashboard are to lock/unlock the door, and to mute/unmute the HA Voice Preview (when the kids are messing around but they are supposed to be doing something).

I also have a bunch that are hidden by default but have visibility conditions. When the garage door is open, it shows on the dashboard, but if it's shut it doesn't show at all. For devices that provide their own battery level, I have them show when they are nearly flat but otherwise they don't show at all.

Otherwise it's just info, the current and daily total solar generation, the temperature and humidity outside, the temp of the hot water heater. Buttons to dashboards that show other things.