as I understand it, is that this is currently by design. Whenever a new collection needs to be added to an existing deployment, we are required to re-import the application.
This approach is not ideal for us or our stakeholders, and I would like to request that your development team review this functionality. Ideally, we should be able to add a new collection to an existing deployment without having to re-import the entire application.
Re-importing the application creates unnecessary overhead, particularly in terms of bandwidth consumption and content redistribution. In our environment, we have approximately 92 locations/Distribution Points where the content needs to be distributed. If we have to re-import and redistribute the application every time a new collection is added, this could result in significant and unnecessary network utilization.
I would therefore like this to be considered as product feedback/enhancement and would appreciate your feedback on whether this functionality can be improved in a future release.