BEx repoting over BPC

Hi,
can someone give me a best practice scenarion how to report data stored in BPC in BEx?
I was thinking about utilizing the virtual cube which is enabled through GRC.
Unfortunately I have not found anything in SAP documentation.
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Regards
Jan
Edited by: Matt on Jul 27, 2011 9:47 AM

Jonathan, thanks for your update.
I have set up the virtual cube and created a simple BEx report which currently seems to work fine.
Another thing which I am solving right now is authorization for BPC infoarea. Our authorization concept is built for specific infoareas. Because the virtual cube is in BPC infoarea users don't have authorization.
Before adjusting the authorization concept, has anyone tried to put the virtual cube into some other infoarea? I am afraid that BPC transport will not work correctly after this.
Many thanks if someone has a solution for this.
Regards
Jan

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