A script library includes a plurality of common blocks of code including code fragments defined by IF/THEN statements. Packages of parameters forming a data type including a scope parameter are provided in agents which, responsive to being triggered by schedule or menu, issue calls including said scope parameter to functions and procedures said script library. Code fragments bounded by IF/THEN statements within each called function and procedure execute responsive to the scope parameters to operate on entries in a database responsive to other parameters included within the data type.