1. A method in combination with first, second, and third tables of data, the first table organizing a first type according to a first attribute, the second table organizing a second type according to the first attribute and a second attribute, the third table organizing a third type according to a third attribute, the second attribute of the second table being related to the third attribute of the third table such that the second table may be cross-referenced to the third table thereby, the method comprising: modeling a measure according to the first type of the first table; modeling a first dimension according to the second type of the second table; modeling a second dimension according to the third type of the third table; tying the measure to the first dimension according to the first attribute of the first and second tables to allow the measure to be analyzed by the first dimension according to the first attribute; and tying the first dimension to the second dimension according to the second attribute of the second table and the third attribute of the third table to allow the measure to be analyzed by the second dimension according to the second attribute of the second table and the third attribute of the third table, whereby the first dimension references the second dimension.