Newbie How-To question: How do I make sure my dashboards are updated?

[bplein]

I've been using this HACS integration for some time. And I've updated and created new dashboards over time. But I get the feeling that I'm missing things that may have changed over time with this repo, specifically around the various dashboards and cards.

Do updates to this integration automatically upgrade the cards and dashboards? If so, if I customize a card, does that break these updates?

I am a very basic, non-power-user HA user. I am totally tech savvy but I just don't use HA for much more than this Rivian HACS integration. Just want to make sure I'm getting the new stuff and not missing out.

Thanks in advance!

[natekspencer]

Do updates to this integration automatically upgrade the cards and dashboards?

In general, no. There are some cards that might have filters based on an entity name and/or integration domain (such as the auto-entities card) that will automatically include the new entities in them. But otherwise the dashboards that @tmack8001 has provided are typically just a springboard to help get started. That file does get updated occasionally, but it isn't auto pushed to your HA dashboards, so you'd have to watch it and then make the changes that you desire. I am looking at creating a more dynamic dashboard that would be able to handle some of this, but with that you lose a certain level of customizability unless the code is built to specifically handle it.

If so, if I customize a card, does that break these updates?

Again, you generally shouldn't have to worry about this. If you pay attention to the what's changed section of our release notes, we try to make sure to list any potential breaking changes so that you can adjust your cards/dashboards as necessary. But typically we're only adding new entities/functionality or fixing a bug that is needed to keep the integration performing smoothly.