Segmentation in CRM Marketing - Using customer hierarchy in BI query

Hi all,
We are using segmentation in CRM 7.0. As part of this we are creating DataSources based upon BI queries.
This works fine when we create queries with 0CUSTOMER in the rows. However when we assign a hierarchy to 0customer in the query designer, we are not able to select any customers in segmentation.
Does anyone know if it is possible to use hierarchies on customer/business partner for segmentation ?
Thanks Mikkel

Hi
I am also having this issue currently , can you let me know if you found any solution to this.
Thanks
Manga
Edited by: Manga Paidikondala on Feb 6, 2011 7:58 AM

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