Why 16 Dim in SAP BW?

Dear Gurus,
Why there are only 16 dimensions in SAP BW?Why not less or more?
Is there any specific reason for this restriction.
Thanks in advance.
Best regards
Niranjan

Hi,
just more on Ravi
Since your Cube tables E and F both have dimnsion ID's as the keys in there tables therefore you can have only 16 dimensions and therfore 16 keys in these tables.
Just go to se 12 and give /BIC/E........ in the table option and go to display where ......is your cube name you will find every thing and understand.
Similarly
/BIC/F........
Hope it makes more clear
Thanks

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