1. A method for generating a replacement value associated with a data cell of a multidimensional cube representing multidimensional data stored in relational tables, the method comprising the steps of: generating a tile position that represents a position of a tile in which the cell resides relative to other tiles within the multidimensional cube; generating a local position that represents a position of the cell relative to other cells within the tile in which the cell resides; and generating a replacement value based on the tile position value and the local position value.