Business Rule question

Hi
how can I achieve the following in a business rule.
I want to copy some data from a cost center to multiple cost centers
I will have a runtime propmpt for a source cost center and multiple runtime propmpts for multiple cost centers.
DATACOPY from [source_cost center] TO [Target Cost Center _1];
DATACOPY from [source_cost center] TO [Target Cost Center _2];
DATACOPY from [source_cost center] TO [Target Cost Center _3];
my problem is that i will include per say 5 destination cost center runtime prompts and user wants to use only three destination
cost centers. how can i incorporate that logic into my business rule.
will business rule allow no input into a runtime prompt.
thanks in advance

Hi Eric,
i used the following script to copy from one cost center to multiple cost centers.
Planning system nine allows to have mutliple members. my [EntityDriverTo] is multiple member and my source [EntityDriverFrom] is single member.
FIX(Year,Jan::Dec,Account,"All_Employees",[EntityDriverTo])
[Scenario]=[Scenario]->[EntityDriverFrom];
ENDFIX
***************************************************************************

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