One Request - Two Subject Area

Hi,
Is it possible to use two different SA for one request. I will be having a flag from table this flag will have my SA name it can be SA1 or SA2.
Based on this flag i need to change SA in the request.
thanks advance
Vazir.

Hi Chris,
thanks for your reply,
currently we are using the same method as you said.
In our dashboard what I will see is any one request at a time.
But the problem is both the requests are hitting source, then BI server decides which request to display or hide based on Guided navigation results.
What I want is if my flag is SA1 then my query should fire only to SA1's source and viceversa
So thats why raised like One request - Two Subject Area.

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https://pzt.me/dx/img/5/i/9/5i9f.png
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