Multiple instances of same service for a host

[mlrtime3]

I've been using Nagios for awhile (since netsaint).  I'm not sure if
this is possible, so I'm asking here.  I hope this makes sense.

I currently have a service that I run for every host in a hostgroup. The
service is executed by pulling a macro from the host definition
$_HOSTPARAM1$. This works well for instances where there is a 1 to 1
relationship between the host and the service. Meaning I'm just calling
one instance of the service for each host.

What I need to do is have multiple instances of this same service for
some of the hosts depending on the macros on the host.

For example

HOST1 - SERVICE ($PARAM1$)

HOST2 - SERVICE ($PARAM1$)
      - SERVICE ($PARAM2$)

HOST3 - SERVICE ($PARAM1$)
      - SERVICE ($PARAM2$)
      - SERVICE ($PARAM3$)


I know I can modify my service to take in multiple parameters, but then
the whole service would be down if any of the parameters caused the
service instance to be down. I also can't create multiple service copies
because the number of "PARAMS" is dynamic per host.

Any ideas on how to do something like this?

Thanks for any suggestions.

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