ODS as DataSource

Hi Gurus!!!
I have an ODS which is DataSource for an Infocube. Now I need to create another DataSource from the same ODS.
I do "generate DataSource for export" in the ODS but the DataSource that I get is the same that the one that I have. I need to create new update rules from a new DataSource.
Can you help me please?
Thanks and kind regards.

Hi all,
there might be the need for an additional DataSource (at least in BW 3.5), if the (delta) extraction processes for these DataSources are supposed to be scheduled independently (e.g. daily delta into one cube, monthly delta into some other cube).
The approach we took in a situation like this was to create a generic DataSource (transaction SBIW...) based on the 'active data' table of the ODS object, which is '/BIC/A<name of ODS>00'. We then used 'generic delta' for updating deltas into additional data targets (independently of the delta via DataSource 8<name of ODS>).
Hope this helps... (If it does, please award points)
Cheers,
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