I love the fact I can export a topology. I haven't, however, discovered as of yet a way to import a topology (from a text file or similar manner) in any way. Since we are migrating from an old system, I'd really love to be able to pull the old topology over from the old system to this new system without having to manually create every unique topology for every unique system that we'll be having to implement (7-8 systems each with 40+ screens per topology).
So far my hackjob has been to make a dummy topology that consists of around 40 or so placeholders and running a script that automatically replaces names, panels, etc. for each node in the topology by modifying the global variables of the topology internally.
Of course, in order to do this and actually make it run, I had to disable the annoying error checking piece that restricts me from saving the topology if a panel hasn't been specified in the node (although since nobody except devs will be touching topology on this system, I don't feel disabling the modal errors isn't a bad thing).
Ultimately, if there's a way to import topologies from external sources rather than making a dummy topology and substituting in what I need is what I am hoping is possible. If not, let me know. Thanks!
EDIT: If there's a way I can do it through modifying the _PanelTopology in the para, that'd also work just as well. I'm just looking for any way at all to import.