1. A computer-implemented method of making a presentation of data requested by a question received via a user interface ( 101 ) of a database ( 113 ), wherein data items are categorized as measures or dimensions, and in which question data items of the type measures or dimensions can be associated to specify a set of data; the method comprises the following steps: parsing ( 301 ) the question for associations of dimensions and measures to determine an association; searching ( 311 ) for presentation properties of stored associations, determining ( 302 ) whether presentation properties are found, and in the affirmative event, applying ( 313 ) the presentation properties to make ( 315 ) a presentation of data specified by the association.