Designing Universe on a Bex (SAP BI) Query

Hi,
I have a requirement to build a Universe to extract BI data into BO and then create WebI reports on it. The two possibilities I see here are building the Universe on the Multi provider or directly on the queries. Which one would be a better approach?
Say, If I choose to build the universe on the query, will the characteristics and key figures in the rows and columns, free characteristics of the query become objects in the Universe. What will happen to the variables in the query, do I need to create them again in the universe or the WebI level.
Thanks
Rashmi.

Thanks for the replies. I created a universe on a sales which has fiscal period in the rows and sales revenue in the column. On the top of the universe i created a WEBI report and compared the BEx and the WEBI reports and both matched. After that I created a restriction of Fiscal Period = '004.2003' in the Bex report.
While the Bex report shows the revenue numbers only for that period, WebI report showed the same old values ( for all period). How do the restrictions work between BEx and BO. Is is not enough if i restrict data the Bex level itself, do I need to do anything additional at the universe or the WEBI level again.
Thanks
Rashmi.

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