Characters exists in dimension

Hi all,
How many characters can we assign to a dimension i mean max no fo characters and key figures to info cube
Thanks
chand

Hi,
Charactersts:
I heard some where, 16 is the MAx limit for key fields in a table.And we can maintain 13 dimensions in any cube(other 3 dimensions are default dimensions: Time, package, unit).So (13 * 16) number of characterstics, we can maintain in a Cube.
Key figures:
There is a limit on number columns in table:i.e 254.So 254-16 number of key figures we can include in a cube.
With rgds,
Anil Kumar Sharma .P
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