BAPI based virtual infoprovider

Hi,
in our scenario we'd like to access the data in a cube in an external BI system without having to load the data into our BI. I thought there would be a standard way to do that, but I can't find anything. I was experimenting with BAPI based virtual infoprovider, but I dont see, how can I assign a specific BAPI to my infoprovider, where can I specify what data is to be read an so on. The SAP documentation is a little mysterious about this infoprovider type.
Another solution would be to create a virtual infoprovider based on a function module with the same structure as the source cube and then read the data in the function module over RFC. However, this requires some programming.
Does anyone have a better suggestion for such a requirement?
How exactly does the BAPI based infoprovider work ?
Thanks,
Marek

Just a sugguestion.
If the DataSource is based on a function module, the function module may not be able to process the characteristic value selection. Consider changing the funtion module.
John Hawk
Edited by: John Hawk on Oct 13, 2010 1:38 PM

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