How to Mass Create Panel Topology? Problems with $-parameters.

[AngusETM]

Hi all,

We're creating a large (~2000 node) panel topology using a mass-creation through the ASCII editor to create the PanelTopology datapoint.

The mass creation appears to work fine, the datapoint is configured as expected, and the topology displays correctly using the "PT_cascade0_1" object.

However, when panels are opened using the cascade object, it will only pass the $-parameter for the first node in a level.

For example, if a node "Area1" has three sub-nodes, "A1", "A2", and "A3", only the $-parameters for "A1" will be passed, even if we click on "A2" or "A3". This is despite the $-parameters for "A2" and "A3" being configured correctly in the _Paneltopology datapoint and displaying correctly in the panel topology editor.



Does anyone have any thoughts on how to resolve this, or otherwise experience in mass-creating a panel topology? To us it looks like the problem may revolve around the g_PanelTopologyCache, but not really sure on the details.

Or otherwise, is there an existing panel topology mass creation tool known to work?


Kind regards,

Angus Heyworth

[AngusETM]

The solution to this problem is as follows:

The _PanelTopology.sumAlertNumber element values must be equal to the panelNumber values. Quite why, I have no idea. For some reason the PT_cascade0_1 object is opening the panel based on the sumAlertNumber of node being clicked on, not on the panelNumber value. This is bizarre behavior and may be a bug in the library.