Help on write back feature

Hi All,
I am working in Siebel Analytics 7.8.2.
I have tried enabling write back feature in my application but I am not able to do so. The write back tab is enabled in the physical layer of repository. I have created a write back template. But the “Manage write back” option is not available in the Admin page. Could anyone please let me know whether any special license and configuration setting are required to enable write back in 7.8.2. ?
Also please let me know the requirements and timeline to upgrade from SA 7.8.2 to 7.8.4. What are all the general factors (infrastructure change, additional components, configuration changes, etc) affecting the up gradation?
Thanks.

Hello Everyone,
The write back feature is working fine. There was an issue privilege setting in rpd.
Now one field is getting editable while pressing Update button in the dashboard report and type new value and pressing Apply button, data is getting updated in to DB table.
To aviod the manual entry i want to enter a value from some kind of dropdown or any choice box. So could you please let me know how can i achieve this functionality.
Thanks in advance.
Regards
Niraj

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