Embedded Fanning info in Effects Palettes

Here's another one I mentioned a couple of years ago, but I thought I'd mention again.
When I first got my Hog3 (I think it was ver1.03 or something) I was able to take a group of desk channels, put them into some sort of effect, fan the offset, record into an effect palette, and then use that same effect palette w/ fanning on any range of desk channels I wanted. Now if I do this ,the fanning info causes the recording of the palette to be only for those fixtures that were used to make the effect in the first place. I really miss the ability to make an effect with a range of channels and then apply that effect to an fixtures I want. Can this be reinstated?
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