Getting Started: Dashboard Generation

Create a ready-to-use Lovelace dashboard from ChoreOps Options with no manual card wiring.

Overview

Open the generator at: Settings → Devices & Services → ChoreOps → Configure → Manage Dashboard

The generator builds dashboards from ChoreOps entities and supports:

• Assignee-focused views
• Optional admin views (shared, per-assignee, or both)
• Update and rebuild flows without manual YAML setup

Note

Available dashboard templates are shown directly in the generator UI. This page intentionally does not list template IDs so docs stay current as templates evolve.

Prerequisites

Install required frontend cards from HACS → Frontend before generating dashboards.

The canonical dependency list (with repository links, including the required Custom Button Card by RomRider) is maintained in: Advanced: Dashboard → Frontend prerequisites

If dependencies are missing:

• missing recommended dependencies show a warning,
• missing required dependencies open a confirmation step before continuing.

Create a dashboard

1. Open Manage Dashboard
2. Select Create Dashboard
3. Set a dashboard name
4. Select templates/assignees and admin layout options
5. Select Submit

Home Assistant adds the generated dashboard to the sidebar.

Update and delete

Update

1. Open Manage Dashboard
2. Select Update Dashboard
3. Choose a dashboard
4. Apply new options and submit

Delete

1. Open Manage Dashboard
2. Select Delete Dashboard
3. Select one or more dashboards
4. Submit

Important behavior: generator ownership

You can customize generated dashboards after creation, but:

• Updates/rebuilds can overwrite generated sections
• Manual card-level edits should be treated as customizations you may need to reapply

For deeper customization patterns and safe editing strategy, see Advanced: Dashboard.

Troubleshooting

Before troubleshooting dashboard layout/render issues, first confirm core ChoreOps operations are working (entity updates and action flows). See: Technical: Dashboard generation → Preflight: confirm integration operations

Frontend card errors

• Verify required cards are installed
• Restart Home Assistant
• Run Update Dashboard

Dashboard missing in sidebar

• Check dashboard name/path conflicts
• Ensure at least one assignee/template is selected
• Check Home Assistant logs for create/update errors

Expected admin views missing

• Verify admin layout settings in generator options
• Re-run Update Dashboard

Related topics

• Advanced: Dashboard
• Technical: Dashboard generation
• Technical: Entities & States