1. A method of analyzing data, comprising: receiving a user-specified selection of a data source; receiving a user-specified selection of a type of data representation; receiving a user-specified description of a view to be constructed in accordance with the user-specified selection of the type of data representation; generating, by an application program interface (API) function, a multidimensional query based on the user-specified type of data representation and the user-specified description of the view to be constructed; submitting, by the API function, the multidimensional query to an On-line Analytical Processing (OLAP) server for searching the data source; receiving, by the application program interface (API) function, a multidimensional response from the OLAP server containing results acquired by the multidimensional query of the data source; and generating the view based on the results contained in the multidimensional response and in accordance with the user-specified selection of the type of data representation and the user-specified description of the view.