Creating a report having Multiple Data Models...

Using BI publisher for Word 10.1.3.4
I am attempting to create a template in MS Word with the report settings I have created in BI Publisher.
I've created two data models, both referencing different tables that I will need on the report itself. The issue I have having is whenever I use the table wizard, the rowset is grayed out and only the default data model (sql query) can be used.
I looked around and was unable to find a solution to this.

I have done this and it worked.
However I created an additional data model (I need 3 total) and only 2 of them are showing up.
I tried logging in and out of BI Publisher, setting the main data model to the new one and then back to the concatenated data source and nothing seems to work.
Whenever I got back into BI Publisher, I attempted to run the table wizard and got the following error:
"The table wizard can't handle this data xml."
Please advise.

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<CUSTOMER_ORDER_CONF_REP_REQUEST xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns="urn:ifsworld-com:customer_order_conf_rep">
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 <CUSTOMER_EMAIL>abcbababab</CUSTOMER_EMAIL>
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<xs:restriction base="xs:string">
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<xs:restriction base="xs:string">
<xs:maxLength value="4000"/>
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<xs:restriction base="xs:string">
<xs:maxLength value="2000"/>
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I have included the full xml and xsd in the first mail I posted but I canu2019t see it now. I can include that again if you want.
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regards.

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[email protected] __.____._

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