OBIEE / BI Publisher report question

Hi, quick OBIEE / BI Publisher question. We have a requirement to produce a very formatted, complex report. All of the data exists in OBIEE - but there are multiple subject areas needed to answer the questions (thus multiple Answers queries).
Assuming I can create an Answers report with the raw data for each section (i.e. a "header" section, "detailed cost" section, "budget" section, etc. - each of which would be done in a separate Answers query), is it possible to use BI Publisher to then "string together" each of the separate sections into one integrated report?
I'm not very BI Publisher literate. I know how to use an Answers query as the "source" for a BI publisher report. But I'm not sure how to have multiple Answers queries embedded on a single BI Publisher report.
Thanks in advance!
Scott

Hi Scott,
In your BIP report you'll need to create a separate "Data Set" for each Answer. Then all you need to do is click on "Data Model" and select "Concatenated SQL Data Source" as the Main Data Set. This will combine the results into a single xml result set.

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