Buckingham Π-Theorem

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I'm about to conduct some experiments concerning a welding process. To prepare for this I wanted to do a dimensional analysis of the process. So I read a lot about the Π-Theorem and I was able to create 5 dimensionless quantities ($\Pi_1, \Pi_2, ..., \Pi_5$) out of 9 variables ($x_1, x_2, ..., x_9$).

e.g.: $$p_1 = \frac{\Pi_1}{\Pi_3 \cdot \Pi_5^2 \cdot \Pi_8}$$

My problem is that I am trying to find a relationship between the following:

$$y = f(\Pi_1, \Pi_2, ..., \Pi_5)$$

                                      where

$$[y] = [f(\Pi_1, \Pi_2, ..., \Pi_5)] = 1$$

Is it possible to use the Π-Theorem if the function value y has no dimension?

Thanks for your help!