According to the invention, techniques for visualizing customer data
contained in databases, data marts and data warehouses. In an exemplary
embodiment, the invention provides a apparatus for graphically analyzing
relationships in data from one or more data sources of an enterprise. The
apparatus can be used with many popular visualization tools, such as On
Line Analytical Processing (OLAP) tools and the like. The apparatus is
especially useful in conjunction with a meta-model based technique for
modeling the enterprise data. The enterprise is typically a business
activity, but can also be other loci of human activity. Embodiments
according to the invention can display data from a variety of sources in
order to provide visual representations of data in a data warehousing
environment.