Areas (Rooms)

Areas (Rooms) define where assets exist and where environmental conditions are measured.

Asset Intelligence uses Home Assistant’s built-in Areas as the source of truth for rooms.

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Core Principle

Asset Intelligence does not create or manage rooms.

Instead:

• Rooms are defined in Home Assistant as Areas
• Asset Intelligence reads and uses those Areas
• All room assignments are written back to Home Assistant

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What Is an Area?

In Home Assistant, an Area represents a physical space in your home.

Examples:

• Den
• Office
• Living Room
• Kitchen
• Wine Cellar

These Areas are configured in:

Settings → Areas

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How Asset Intelligence Uses Areas

Asset Intelligence uses Areas to:

• Assign assets to a room
• Determine which environment applies to an asset
• Group assets by location
• Map sensors to a specific room
• Evaluate environmental conditions
• Apply spatial context (windows, direction, exposure)

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Important: No Duplicate Room Model

Asset Intelligence does NOT:

• Create its own room records
• Duplicate room names