'Autorequest missing construction materials' should have 'import from' filter

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'Autorequest missing construction materials' should have 'import from' filter

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TLDR
'Autorequest missing construction materials' tick on platform should have 'import from' filter, just as all other requests for consistency and convenience of using existing mechanics.

Why?
I think 'Autorequest missing construction materials' should have option be used not only during building of a platform, but for repairing or modyfing it also.
Enabling this tick creates requests, but unlike others they don't have 'import from' filter to set a planet fo repairing. So as a request it disrupts with whole schedule. For example with 'all request satisfied' conditions - if any planet has it, platform just stops indefinitely here waiting for construction materials. IF it had 'import from' filet, like other requests, it wouldn't be a problem - platfrom would be modified on a planet that produces spare parts.

Of course one can think of some workarounds to achieve desirable behaviour - there are universal but blunt instruments (circuit conditions), for example refuse to use 'all requests satisfied' and move it into a decider combinator. But you HAVE implemented all requests satisfied' condition AND 'Autorequest missing construction materials' tick, so I assumed you wanted us to have this more precise functionality. So, maybe you'd like it to be more convenient?

p.s. I understand there were a lot of suggestions from people genuinely displeased or confused with space logistic in general, it's core mechanics - they want to have more control. For example with having to send automatically only one item etc...
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I wouldn't want my suggestion to fall into same category. It's more of...consistency. All requests should have 'import from' filter for a schedule with all it's functionality to work as intended. This includes requests for construction materials.
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