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Expand Up @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ ha_category: Sensor
ha_release: 0.32
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The `InfluxDB` sensor allows you to use values from an [InfluxDB](https://influxdb.com/) database to populate a sensor state.
The `InfluxDB` sensor allows you to use values from an [InfluxDB](https://influxdb.com/) database to populate a sensor state. This can be use to present statistic about home_assistant sensors if used with the `influxdb` history component. It can also be used with an external data source.

To configure this sensor, you need to define the sensor connection variables and a list of queries to your `configuration.yaml` file. A sensor will be created for each query:

Expand All @@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ sensor:
- platform: influxdb
queries:
- name: mean value of foo
unit_of_measurement: °C
where: '"name" = ''foo'''
measurement: '"°C"'
```
Expand All @@ -38,7 +37,7 @@ Configuration variables for the server:
- **verify_ssl** (*Optional*): Verify SSL certificate for `https` request. Defaults to `false`.
- **queries** array (*Required*): List of queries
- **name** (*Required*): The name of the sensor.
- **unit_of_measurement** (*Required*): Defines the units of measurement of the sensor.
- **unit_of_measurement** (*Optional*): Defines the units of measurement of the sensor, if any.
- **measurement** (*Required*): Defines the measurement name in InfluxDB (the from clause of the query).
- **where** (*Required*): Defines the data selection clause (the where clause of the query).
- **value_template** (*Optional*): Defines a [template](/topics/templating/) to extract a value from the payload.
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