Editing Business Rules

Hi All,
I am using Hyperion Planning 11.1.1.1.0 and have a classic planning application.
I created a few business rules using the Essbase Administrative Services Console.
Now I need to let one of the users modify certain values used in the buisness rule. One way is to allow the user to access EAS Console and then edit the rule.
However for a business user its not a very ideal way of editing the rules.
Can somebody please suggest if at all there is some other way by which the user can modify the business rule without getting into much of a coding thing and out of EAS Console?
Thanks in Advance.
Regards.
Alicia

Hi,
If you are using classic planning and in the first release of planning the only way to edit business rules is via EAS.
I wouldn't really expect standard business users to be editing business rules, maybe the occasional user who has knowledge of business rules.
Does the user really need to update code? Are run time prompts not enough. Should it not be a superuser or admin making these changes.
In later versions of V11 there is also calc manager for classic planning though I am not a fan of this yet and feel it has a long way to go.
Cheers
John
http://john-goodwin.blogspot.com/

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