lovelace-auto-entities Sort: area not working?

I've successfully created a list of entites, and all sort methods work except for area, which returns an empty list. Reverting the sort to name or any other method works correctly. Can anyone advise?

Mar 01 '23 05:03 kylepyke

No code posted = no advices(( Also, check this https://github.com/thomasloven/lovelace-auto-entities/issues/345

Mar 01 '23 19:03 ildar170975

Sorry!

Here is my code:

type: entities
entities:
  - type: custom:auto-entities
    show_empty: false
    card:
      type: entities
    filter:
      include:
        - domain: light
      exclude:
        - hidden_by: user
        - state: 'off'
        - entity_id: light.*_lights
    sort:
      method: last_changed

This works, but changing the last line to method: area produces an empty card.

Mar 02 '23 00:03 kylepyke

Confirm a problem here.

Here the 2nd card (sort by area) is not displayed:

Here the 2nd card is displayed and keeps being displayed after F5 (page refresh) - but sort is wrong:

Mar 02 '23 00:03 ildar170975

Thank you for confirming I am not crazy! @thomasloven, are you aware of this bug?

Mar 02 '23 00:03 kylepyke

Managed to achieve it by using a template option:

  - type: custom:auto-entities
    show_empty: false
    card:
      type: entities
    filter:
      template: >-
        {% set ns = namespace(entity_and_area=[]) -%}
        {%- for entity in states.light -%}
          {%- set entity_id = entity.entity_id -%}
          {%- set area = area_name(entity.entity_id) -%}
          {%- set entity_and_area = ({'entity_id':entity_id,'area':area}) -%}
          {%- set ns.entity_and_area = ns.entity_and_area + [entity_and_area] -%}
        {%- endfor -%}
        {%- set sorted_list = (ns.entity_and_area) | sort(attribute='area') -%}
        {{ sorted_list | map(attribute='entity_id') | list }}

The code may be not optimal, asked here about possible improvements.

Mar 02 '23 02:03 ildar170975

I can confirm this problem as well. Also, would it be possible to have an option to have a header printed for each area that entities are grouped under?

Apr 21 '23 04:04 kchiem

I can confirm. Sorting is not working. In my case, it looks like area of the device is used while it's redefined in the entity itself.

Sep 16 '23 11:09 seblu

I can confirm this problem as well. Also, would it be possible to have an option to have a header printed for each area that entities are grouped under?

This would be amazing but I think it warrants a separate feature request. At that point, it becomes sort of a "group by" request where each group can have its own heading. Of course, it could be accomplished by other means so the owner of this AMAZING card might not be willing to implement it.

A collapsible group-by would be truly amazing :P.