Oracle Message ORA-14253 - table is not partitioned by Composite Range method

ERRORtable is not partitioned by Composite Range method
CAUSEThe table in a subpartition maintenance operation (ALTER TABLE EXCHANGE/MODIFY/MOVE/TRUNCATE SUBPARTITION, or ALTER TABLE MODIFY PARTITION ADD/COALESCE SUBPARTITION command must be partitioned by Composite Range method
ACTIONEnsure that the table is partitioned by Composite Range method