Module Area Summary

Area / Room Summary

Module type: area_summary · Category: Data · Free

A smart room tile that auto-discovers entities by Home Assistant Area and renders them as quick-action shortcuts. The fastest way to build a "rooms" dashboard.

What it does

• Loads area, device, and entity registries via the HA WebSocket API.
• Finds entities linked to the area (directly or via devices in the area).
• Renders:
  • Room title (area name or override)
  • Optional climate / humidity summary
  • Quick actions — circular shortcuts for lights, climate, motion, doors, media, people, covers, fans, locks, switches
  • Optional entity name under each shortcut
• Picks one of four style presets:
  • Iconic soft
  • Graph glow
  • Compact controls
  • Photo overlay

Setup

1. In HA → Settings → Areas & zones, assign devices and/or entities to the correct area.
2. In Ultra Card, add the Area / Room Summary module.
3. Pick the Area in the General tab. Everything else fills in automatically.

Options

Option	Description
Area	Required. Drives auto-discovery.
Title override	Defaults to the area name.
Temperature / humidity entity overrides	Force the source for the climate summary.
Room icon	Large MDI icon on the tile.
Accent color	Highlights and active quick actions.
Style preset	Iconic / Graph glow / Compact / Photo overlay.
Max quick actions	1–12 circular shortcuts.
Tile border radius	0–48 px.
Show entity names	Show friendly name under each shortcut.
Photo background	(Photo overlay) — none / upload / entity image / URL.
Background overlay %	Darken photo for readability.
Discovery toggles	Enable / disable per category (lights, climate, motion, doors, media, locks, fans, covers, switches, people).
Pinned entities	Always show first when present in the area.
Hidden entities	Always exclude — beats both auto-discovery and pinned.

Style presets

Preset	Look
Iconic soft	Pastel chips, large room icon, friendly.
Graph glow	Dark background, neon accent strokes, mini sparklines where appropriate.
Compact controls	Includes a "Lights" pill (light.turn_on/off targeting the area) and a "Climate" pill (more-info on first climate).
Photo overlay	Background photo + frosted overlay.

Actions

• Tap (whole tile): defaults to more-info on a primary entity. Resolution order: climate → temperature sensor → first light → first quick entity. Override in the Actions tab.
• Quick action taps: toggle for light / switch / fan; more-info for everything else.

Troubleshooting

Symptom	Fix
"Could not load area" / registry errors	Ensure HA is reachable and your account can use the entity registry WebSocket commands. Click Retry.
Empty quick row	Widen discovery toggles, remove hidden entities, increase Max quick actions.
Wrong entities	Add to Hidden entities to exclude; Pin the ones you want first.
Climate summary missing	Confirm a climate.* entity is in the area, or use Temperature entity override.

Tips

• For a multi-room dashboard, drop one Area Summary per area in a horizontal layout — that's a working dashboard in five minutes.
• Combine with Module-Navigation for a tabbed-by-floor experience.