APO DP V5 - ad hoc reporting via a Virtual InfoProvider

I am using APO DP V5, and want to do ad hoc reporting on the planning area via a Virtual InfoProvider ('Remote Cube')

Can anyone provide a simple list of steps required to do this - the help text is not especially clear on this topic.

I believe the process is something like:

1. generate export data source for planning area

2. replicate data sources

3. assign InfoSource to data source

4. set up transfer/communication structures

5. create Virtual Provider, based on InfoSource

6. activate Virtual Provider

7. set up BEX query

Thanks,

Bob Austin, Atos Origin