24. A computer system including a processor for enabling efficient analysis of data in said computer system, said computer system having a graphical display that includes at least one object that is associated with said data, said computer system comprising: said graphical display is split into a left area forming a left rectangle, a center area forming a center rectangle, and a right area forming a right rectangle; said graphical display displays a star schema by displaying dimension objects including dimension tables that include attribute data in said left area, a facts object including a facts table that includes measurement data in said center area, and additional dimension objects including dimension tables that include attribute data in said right area and by displaying connecting lines across said rectangles in the graphical display to illustrate associations between said facts object and said dimension objects, wherein said objects in each area are manipulated independently of said other objects in said each area and said objects in each other area; an input device accepts input that reduces said at least one object in one area, wherein said at least one object is one of said dimension objects and facts objects; and in response to said at least one object in said one area being reduced: said display of said one area that includes said reduced at least one object is reduced; other objects are realigned vertically and horizontally within said reduced area relative to said reduced at least one object in said reduced area; said display of said each other area including at least one object that is not included in said reduced area is moved in response to reduction of the display of said reduced area on the graphical device, thereby enabling efficient analysis of said data associated with said at least one object that is included in said reduced area; and said objects in said each other area are realigned with the realigned other objects within said reduced area, wherein positions of said objects in said each other area are adjusted in at least one of a horizontal direction and a vertical direction to accommodate alignment of said other objects within said each other area.
26. The computer system of claim 24 further comprising said at least one object that is horizontally moved.