Edit server based calc scripts

Is there a way to edit the Essbase server based calc scripts from a client machine. VBA API etc ?

I have in the past written a kornshell script which concatenated 3 different text files into 1 .csc file. The first file is the static beginning of the calc, up to the Fix statement, then concatenate the user's request file, and the 3rd file is the remainder of the calc. Of course this process needs to run as an owner of the essbase app.
It was a "restore from backup" process that gave the business owner the ability to select 1 or many operating units to restore from backup.
The entire process was scripted and run from autosys so the business owner simply had to place his parameter file (comma delimited) on the server, and request a force start of the job from operations.
Be careful giving this much power to business owners, be sure they can handle it.
My script would also "default" to a nothing member that is in the outline, because as we all know and remember (?) a Fix statement that evaluates empty will run for the entire database.
Robert
Edited by: RobertR3 on Apr 4, 2011 10:25 AM

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