Smartthings power outlet - dashboard pane - showing wattage

[Derek_Foley]

Hi - On the smartthings (new) app - home “dash” page - I have an outlet that I’d like to see the wattage of without having to press the tile to open to see its value. It currently just has a power button and indicator on but nothing else.

Is this possible? How would I go about showing that data. Can I add some parameters to a custom device handler to do this - I’d like to retain the existing button/display of the active switch state too.

[GSzabados (Gabor Szabados)]

This is the topic what you should read along:

Custom Capability and CLI Developer Preview

Overview At SmartThings we want to provide tooling to allow developers to get their device integrations working in the SmartThings app. These changes will allow an integrator to move from using custom commands and attributes to custom capabilities. DTH Migration For Custom Capabilities In order to follow along with the example set forth in this guide, you will want to have the CLI set up, so make sure that you take this step first. You can download the CLI here from the releases tab and read more about it in the README. It is also recommended that you familiarize yourself with the concepts: Custom Capabilities Capability Presentations Walkthrough We are going to walk through a simple example of updating our Device Type Handler (DTH) so that devices installed with the DTH will be …

And I believe what you want is currently not possible. But if you will read the OP of the topic, you will see most likely what you can do.