WebI reports with BW Aggregates

Can someone please explain how do WebI reports work with BW Aggregates? Let's say I create a BW aggregate and create a BeX query on the aggregate and then create a universe on this BeX query and then a WebI report on this universe, now when I run the WebI report, where will the data source from - the aggregate or the actual BW infocube?
Thanks for your help.
Ameya Kulkarni

Thanks Amr for the promt response. I will be creating my universes on query so I think BW will fetch the data from appropriate aggregate when user executes the report in WebI.
Do I have to create my queries on the aggregate for this to happen? Or will WebI know which aggregate to go to fetch data if I create my BeX query on the actual infocube instead of the aggregate?
Please let me know.
Ameya Kulkarni

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