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The Inventory online analytical processing (OLAP) cubes summarize data along defined dimensions and hierarchies. Stored data is retrieved from a relational database, transformed into a multidimensional database, or datamart, and stored in an OLAP database. OLAP is an efficient way to aggregate data. OLAP works with numerical measures called facts. OLAP cubes are efficient at counting, summing, and averaging. Facts are grouped and organized by dimensions. OLAP databases store data differently than relational databases. Relational databases store data in two dimensions: rows and columns. OLAP databases store data in multiple dimensions.