Ability to swap out 'parts' of a mimic (i.e. a ViewPort), to get around the performance issues with lots of embedded mimics

[BevanWeiss]

With many utilities moving towards ASM deployments, and the general ASM guidance to avoid popups, we need to have pre-defined sections of the page able to swap between showing different detail information for various devices.

This is currently done using embedded mimics and layer visibilities.  However results in having lots of points on subscribe, and results in 'heavy mimics' which are expensive for ViewX to load, display and animate.

What we'd like is the ability to have a ViewPort that would essentially be the same as an embedded mimic, but where we could programmatically (i.e. via a Pick Animation / script method) change which mimic the ViewPort references.

So perhaps by default it displays the content for Pump 1.  When Pump 2 is clicked, then the ViewPort is changed so that it now displays the detail information for Pump 2.  And the points that were on subscribe for Pump 1 can now be unsubscribed (and obviously no longer feed into any animations).

[tfranklin]

Big fan of this idea and it follows along closely with another topic I submitted as you mentioned in that thread.  We've had a number of requests in the past to have an embedded trend on a mimic and to cycle the content on that trend without cycling the mimic itself.  This would basically let us accomplish that. 

One thing regarding the pump example you mentioned.  We've in the past used a faceplate with an indirect animation to accomplish what I think you're asking for, but the controls and the selection item need to all exist on the same mimic. 

[sbeadle]

Thank you.