No documentation for distribution card.

[electricsteve]

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The documentation doesn't contain a page for the recently added distribution card (frontend#28886). This should be added IMO. I am surprised the PR was even merged without a doc PR.

URL

https://www.home-assistant.io/dashboards/cards/

Version

2026.2.0

Additional information

No response

[glemag]

Also need an example how to add it to dashboard, can't find any description.
UPD: I've added like this but need to add more parameters and description

type: distribution
entities:
  - entity: sensor.dacha_rozetka_energy
    name: Teplofon
  - entity: sensor.cuco_energy_total_kwh
    name: Oil Radiator
title: Consumption

[rick-nu]

The 2026.2 release shows the following screenshot:

But I'm wondering how the "Untracked" power bar came to be.

I have a P1 meter that shows me the entire power usage for my house, and I have some smart plugs that measure power throughput for some specific wall outlets. I'm wondering if there is a setting to set a parent unit like:

type: distribution
title: Power usage
totaling_entities:
  - sensor.p1_meter_power
entities:
  - entity: sensor.z_power_switch_4_power
    name: computer
  - entity: sensor.z_power_switch_2_power
    name: server

Or will I have to create a "untracked power" entity using "helper entities", effectively first summing all power switch powers together, and than subtracting that from the primary power P1 meter. With helper entities this doesn't seem possible too since there is no "subtract" helper.

type: distribution
entities:
  - entity: sensor.z_power_switch_4_power
  - entity: sensor.z_power_switch_2_power
  - entity: sensor.helper_untracked_power # but how?

Having some docs telling what is and isn't possible is really desirable.

EDIT: I've created an sensor.helper_untracked_power using the "Template" helper, using Template:

{% set total = states('sensor.p1_meter_power') | float(0) %}
{% set helper_combined_power = states('sensor.helper_combined_power') | float(0) %}
{{ total - helper_combined_power | round(2) }}

And for the sensor.helper_combined_power I used the "Combine the state of several sensors" helper, using SUM on all the separate power usage entities.

Now I can display:

type: gauge
entity: sensor.p1_meter_power
max: 600
needle: true
severity:
  green: 0
  yellow: 300
  red: 450
min: 0

---

type: distribution
title: Power usage
entities:
  - entity: sensor.z_power_switch_5_power
    name: Computer
  - entity: sensor.z_power_switch_6_power
    name: Server
  - entity: sensor.helper_untracked_power
    name: Rest

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[electricsteve]

Still an issue