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partition a cube which has data

No we cannot partition a cube which has data; the cube must be empty to do this; one work around is to make a copy of the cube A to cube B; export data from A to B using export data source; empty cube A; create partition on A; re-import data from B; delete cube B

SAP BW extra partitions

Usually 2 extra partitions are created to accommodate data before the begin date and after the end date