Entities renamed when reconfiguring existing integration instance

[binarydev]

After reconfiguring with a new cookie it adds a "_2" suffix to the existing entity IDs. You don't need to edit each entity individually to fix this. You can go to your device's page, and on the top right in the "3 dot menu" is a button to recreate all of the entity IDs at once which automatically strips the "_2" for all entities with just 2 clicks.

Seems this is a result of the reconfiguration creating a new device first with the updated cookie before merging it back into the old device, but still keeping the newer entity IDs instead of cleaning it up.

I have to figure out how I would make that easier to cleanup, but at least in the meantime there's a clean workaround with just 2 extra clicks on the device page.

[kingbear2]

I don’t particularly like the display names of the entities created, so I went ahead and renamed them all (NOT the entity ID, rather the name we see on the device page). But every time I need to reconfigure the integration, it reverts back to the original entity names. Can you have it keep the custom entity names, or have them named appropriately like “Address” instead of “generac_2737373_address”? I don’t have the specific naming convention offhand but I think you know what I mean. Thanks.

[GreenArrow95]

I don’t particularly like the display names of the entities created, so I went ahead and renamed them all (NOT the entity ID, rather the name we see on the device page). But every time I need to reconfigure the integration, it reverts back to the original entity names. Can you have it keep the custom entity names, or have them named appropriately like “Address” instead of “generac_2737373_address”? I don’t have the specific naming convention offhand but I think you know what I mean. Thanks.

I would second this... lol. But that's a definite want and not a need.

[binarydev]

@kingbear2 I just released v0.4.1 update which fixes the reconfiguration flow. It doesn't add nicer naming, but can you retry your workflow of giving an entity a custom name followed by running a reconfiguration? I tried it locally and it keeps the custom name in my setup, but I'm curious to see if you see the same on your end.

[kingbear2]

For now I just "renamed" the entity "name" versus changing the entity ID. I'm gonna leave those as is because it's too difficult to redo my dashboard. They all end (I think) in "_2" which is what it is. Once the session cookie expires, I'll check to see if when I reconfigure it retains the names I gave the entities.

Thanks!

[GreenArrow95]

Hey! Finally had an opportunity to apply/test this change and can report that it worked flawlessly. No more renaming entities after reconfiguring the session cookie WOOOOO. Thanks!!!