Sma solar inverter not usable in energy configuration

[kgooris]

The problem

According to what i found, the sensors of the sma inverter are having a invalid device class according to this documentation : https://www.home-assistant.io/docs/energy/faq/#troubleshooting-missing-entities
When i look it up like described, i see this as config for the grid power :
state_class: measurement unit_of_measurement: W device_class: power icon: mdi:solar-power friendly_name: Zonnepanelen Huidige opbrengsten

What version of Home Assistant Core has the issue?

core-2024.10.2

What was the last working version of Home Assistant Core?

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Integration causing the issue

Sma

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https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/sma/

Diagnostics information

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[rklomp]

Looks correct to me? Grid power is the power output in Watt on the grid side of the inverter.
For the energy dashboard you should use the total yield sensor.

[MichaelWybo]

I understand the confusion:

On this widget of the Energy Dashboard the animation give the impression of real time information. But as you use the total yield sensor, it shows the total of the actual day (in my case showing 0.7 as input) it's disturbing with the animation because it's 6pm and already dark outside so the real time production of the solar panels are 0.