Bw report as data source

Hello toghether,
Let's say we have a query on a cube and a lot of calculations made in the query.
I have to load the results of the query into another BW project (cube).
For the moment I create flat files from the query and I load them manually into the other project using PC File Upload infosources.
Is it possible to make the connection directly? So that I can use the query as a datasource? If yes, please let me know how to do this.
Thank you,
Iuliana

Hi,
Other ways to do this are:
1) Using Tcode : rscrm_report
Re: rscrm_report - If time is set periodically will it overwrite/refresh?
2) Using APD in which Query as data source.
Re: Report result send to cube
Re: Query result in a table
With rgds,
Anil Kumar Sharma .P

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