#How to get the "actual value" of entities?

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quiet vortex
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I have an Zigbee controller, and I have zigbee2mqtt running and all, everything works, splendid.
In zigbee2mqtt, it displays the state of a device as follow:

{
    "battery": 100,
    "battery_low": false,
    "linkquality": 90,
    "tamper": false,
    "water_leak": true
}

In HA, it shows like this: (see image)

I applied a label on this, and I'm regrouping it using a helper. When I'm trying to configure set helper, where do I get the actual value of the state?
Where is the conversion from "water_leak == true" to "Moisture == Wet" happens?

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sly cave
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The actual state can be found at developer tools > states

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The conversion you're seeing is just for the frontend and is determined by the device class

quiet vortex
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Ok, so in there, I would need to read it as:
zigbee2mqtt says it's a binary sensor, so it's not true/false like reported, but "on/off" in HA.
From there, because the device_class says moisture, it's "Wet/Dry" for the frontend
is that more or less it?

image.png
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(and in my scripts, I'd need to use on/off)

sly cave
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Yep, that's right

quiet vortex
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Great, thanks! I wish there was a "view system things" from the entity screen.

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(but I'll manage, it's not a super PITA)

sly cave
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No prob. What do you mean?

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Oh nvm I think I get what you mean

quiet vortex
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😄

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Thanks again