Essbase add-in locked on network

Hi,We have the Essbase add-in file on a network drive and all users connect to this file.It works fine, but from time to time the add-in is locked by a user and nobody can connect anymore.Do you know why the add-in gets locked ?

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There's no other way to do it unless of course you're going behind the scenes and somehow altering the username READ filter and making it a WRITE. Planning doesn't use the username to do writes unless that Essbase Write role is provisioned.
Btw, the only issue (and it is kind of a big one) with Essbase Write is that it doesn't support locking time periods as this is done in forms, not Essbase security.
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Hi Rob,
Thank you for your prompt & informative response.
On the topic of metadata, I am aware of what happens when changes are made directly to an Essbase outline which falls under a Planning application without going following the proper method ... and I agree that it ain't pretty! :-)
On the topic of locking\sending data to the Essbase cubes within a Planning application, I also understand that it works quite well in as much as the data is saved in the appropriate intersections within the Essbase cube, as permitted by the security assigned to the user.
I was more interested in whether such a practice of locking\sending data directly to Essbase cubes within a Planning application was actually encouraged or discouraged by Oracle.
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