Infoobject - Inforource with direct update

Hello guys
I'm having one infoobject for which the infosource with direct update is ticked. But for the same, i'm not able to assign any datasource.
The steps which i followed are given below.
1)Created datasource and replicated at BW
2)Right clicked on infosource and clicked on Assign datasource, selected required source systems, but not able to find the Dar\tasource which i have created. ( the datasource is not being assigend to any other info source)
The otherway i tried is as follows
1)Clicked on source system, drilled down to corresponding DS, and right clicked on that and selected Assign infosource and given the require infosource name but in my transfer rule i'm not able to find anything. its empty even if my communication structure is having 4 info objects.
Anyone faced this problem before or my way of doin it itself is wrong?
Thnx in advance
Regards
Sriram

Hello Sanjay,
Once you export data source and after getting success message, BW generates data source for any infosource irrespective of direct/flexible update. Please do following steps in order to find it out...
1. Select an appropriate infosource and say "Generate Export Data Source". Take an instance for "ZSPNUMBER" infosurce which loads attribute and master data.
2. Now go to RSA2 transaction and search for 8ZSPNUMBERM and 8ZSPNUMBERT as BW appends 8 in starting and type at the end.
Hope it helps you.
Thanaks and Regards,
~Ketan Patel.

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