diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f492f464..706e0780 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -77,12 +77,25 @@ This package assumes that you have an existing DBT project with a BigQuery profi
 ```
 vars:
   ga4:
-    project: "your_gcp_project"
-    dataset: "your_ga4_dataset"
+    source_project: "my_source_gcp_project" # Project that contains raw GA4 data
+    property_ids: [11111111] # Array of properties to process
+    start_date: "YYYYMMDD" # Earliest date to load
+    static_incremental_days: 3 # Number of days to scan and reprocess on each run
+```
+
+## Required Variables (Multi-Project Instance)
+
+When processing multiple properties at a time, the required variables change slightly. See [Multi-Property Support](#multi-property-support) section for details on configuring multiple GA4 properties as a source.
+
+```
+vars:
+  ga4:
+    source_project: "my_source_gcp_project" # Project that contains raw GA4 data
+    combined_dataset: "my_combined_data" # Dataset where multi-property data is cloned
+    property_ids: [11111111,2222222] # Array of properties to process
     start_date: "YYYYMMDD" # Earliest date to load
     static_incremental_days: 3 # Number of days to scan and reprocess on each run
 ```
-See [Multi-Property Support](#multi-property-support) section for details on configuring multiple GA4 properties as a source.
 
 ## Optional Variables
 
@@ -295,14 +308,14 @@ Overriding the package's default channel mapping makes use of dbt's dispatch ove
 
 # Multi-Property Support
 
-Multiple GA4 properties are supported by listing out the project IDs in the `property_ids` variable. In this scenario, the `static_incremental_days` variable is required and the `dataset` variable will define the target dataset where source data will be copied.
+Multiple GA4 properties are supported by listing out the project IDs in the `property_ids` variable. In this scenario, the `static_incremental_days` variable is required and the `combined_dataset` variable will define the dataset (in your profile's target project) where source data will be copied.
 
 ```
 vars:
   ga4:
     property_ids: [11111111, 22222222, 33333333]
     static_incremental_days: 3
-    dataset: "my_combined_dataset"
+    combined_dataset: "my_combined_dataset"
 ```
 
 With these variables set, the `combine_property_data` macro will run as a pre-hook to `base_ga4_events` and clone shards to the target dataset.  The number of days' worth of data to clone during incremental runs will be based on the `static_incremental_days` variable. 
diff --git a/macros/combine_property_data.sql b/macros/combine_property_data.sql
index a76870dd..67ef31cc 100644
--- a/macros/combine_property_data.sql
+++ b/macros/combine_property_data.sql
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 {% macro default__combine_property_data() %}
 
-    create schema if not exists `{{var('project')}}.{{var('dataset')}}`;
+    create schema if not exists `{{target.project}}.{{var('combined_dataset')}}`;
 
     {# If incremental, then use static_incremental_days variable to find earliest shard to copy #}
     {% if not should_full_refresh() %}
@@ -18,20 +18,20 @@
     {% for property_id in var('property_ids') %}
         {%- set schema_name = "analytics_" + property_id|string -%}
             {# Copy intraday tables #}
-            {%- set relations = dbt_utils.get_relations_by_pattern(schema_pattern=schema_name, table_pattern='events_intraday_%', database=var('project')) -%}
+            {%- set relations = dbt_utils.get_relations_by_pattern(schema_pattern=schema_name, table_pattern='events_intraday_%', database=var('source_project')) -%}
             {% for relation in relations %}
                 {%- set relation_suffix = relation.identifier|replace('events_intraday_', '') -%}
                 {%- if relation_suffix|int >= earliest_shard_to_retrieve|int -%}
-                    CREATE OR REPLACE TABLE `{{var('project')}}.{{var('dataset')}}.events_intraday_{{relation_suffix}}{{property_id}}` CLONE `{{var('project')}}.analytics_{{property_id}}.events_intraday_{{relation_suffix}}`;
+                    CREATE OR REPLACE TABLE `{{target.project}}.{{var('combined_dataset')}}.events_intraday_{{relation_suffix}}{{property_id}}` CLONE `{{var('source_project')}}.analytics_{{property_id}}.events_intraday_{{relation_suffix}}`;
                 {%- endif -%}
             {% endfor %}
             {# Copy daily tables and drop old intraday table #}
-            {%- set relations = dbt_utils.get_relations_by_pattern(schema_pattern=schema_name, table_pattern='events_%', exclude='events_intraday_%', database=var('project')) -%}
+            {%- set relations = dbt_utils.get_relations_by_pattern(schema_pattern=schema_name, table_pattern='events_%', exclude='events_intraday_%', database=var('source_project')) -%}
             {% for relation in relations %}
                 {%- set relation_suffix = relation.identifier|replace('events_', '') -%}
                 {%- if relation_suffix|int >= earliest_shard_to_retrieve|int -%}
-                    CREATE OR REPLACE TABLE `{{var('project')}}.{{var('dataset')}}.events_{{relation_suffix}}{{property_id}}` CLONE `{{var('project')}}.analytics_{{property_id}}.events_{{relation_suffix}}`;
-                    DROP TABLE IF EXISTS `{{var('project')}}.{{var('dataset')}}.events_intraday_{{relation_suffix}}{{property_id}}`;
+                    CREATE OR REPLACE TABLE `{{target.project}}.{{var('combined_dataset')}}.events_{{relation_suffix}}{{property_id}}` CLONE `{{var('source_project')}}.analytics_{{property_id}}.events_{{relation_suffix}}`;
+                    DROP TABLE IF EXISTS `{{target.project}}.{{var('combined_dataset')}}.events_intraday_{{relation_suffix}}{{property_id}}`;
                 {%- endif -%}
             {% endfor %}
     {% endfor %}
diff --git a/models/staging/base/base_ga4__events.sql b/models/staging/base/base_ga4__events.sql
index 95033cf0..2b06e315 100644
--- a/models/staging/base/base_ga4__events.sql
+++ b/models/staging/base/base_ga4__events.sql
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 {{
     config(
-        pre_hook="{{ ga4.combine_property_data() }}" if var('property_ids', false) else "",
+        pre_hook="{{ ga4.combine_property_data() }}" if var('combined_dataset', false) else "",
         materialized = 'incremental',
         incremental_strategy = 'insert_overwrite',
         partition_by={
diff --git a/models/staging/src_ga4.yml b/models/staging/src_ga4.yml
index 4055323d..29104767 100644
--- a/models/staging/src_ga4.yml
+++ b/models/staging/src_ga4.yml
@@ -2,8 +2,14 @@ version: 2
 
 sources:
   - name: ga4
-    database: "{{var('project')}}" 
-    schema: "{{var('dataset')}}" 
+    database: | # Source from target.project if multi-property, otherwise source from source_project
+      {%- if  var('combined_dataset', false) != false -%} {{target.project}}
+      {%- else -%} {{var('source_project')}}
+      {%- endif -%}
+    schema: | # Source from combined property dataset if set, otherwise source from original GA4 property
+      {%- if  var('combined_dataset', false) != false -%} {{var('combined_dataset')}}
+      {%- else -%} analytics_{{var('property_ids')[0]}}
+      {%- endif -%}
     tables:
       - name: events
         identifier: events_* # Scan across all sharded event tables. Use the 'start_date' variable to limit this scan