Problem in partitioning BI 7.0

hi friends
      i want to create a partitioning in my cube .
      i use 0FISCPER , 0FISCVARNT , 0FISCYEAR . but partitioning option not allow to me select any radio button. so pls tell me what is a problem ? i use diff Time Char. for this ?
      In this cube have some data , so any problem with this data if i do partitioning ?.
Regards
Palav

Hi
If cube is having data, you cannot do partitioning. You can do repartitioning in BI 7.0
Refer this
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw70/helpdata/en/b9/60c041a2236a24e10000000a1550b0/frameset.htm
Regards
N Ganesh

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