Create Time Dim from 2 dimensions

Hi all,
I have an essbase cube with 2 dimensions related to time.
Year (Contains Years) and Time (that contains Qtr, Months and days).
I'm working with OBIEE and would like to know if I can create 1 Time dimension that combines Year and Time so I can have:
2010
- QTR1
-- Jan
-- Feb
-- Mar
2011
- QTR1
-- Jan
-- Feb
-- Mar
I've been playing a little bit in the OBIEE BMM, but I get the error "Missing most detailed table for dimension tables [Time, Year]. Could not load navigation space for subject area xxx"
Any thoughts?
Thanks

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