I don't have access to the BW 7.01 instance so couldn't say for sure, can you select a BODS data source in an infopackage? I know it is definitely available in 7.3, it may be worthwhile trying this as I have been involved in multiple large BW integration projects (I am on the BODS side) and this is the methodology we have used and is promoted by SAP Max Attention.
Sorry I cannot be more help, I know with older version of BODS (3.x) you were limited to push and these issues were more common.