1. A method for creating a visual representation of OLAP attributes and relationships for a dimension comprising the steps of: generating a visual representation that contains an arrangement of shapes with connections between the shapes, with one or more sub-elements contained within at least some of the shapes, with the connections between the shapes representing relationships between attributes in an OLAP dimension, and with the containment of a respective sub-element within a respective shape representing a relationship between an attribute being represented by the respective sub-element and an attribute being represented by the respective shape.