OLAP cube
![An example of an OLAP cube](/Images/godic/202501/30/OLAP_Cube.svg5118.png")
![OLAP slicing](/Images/godic/202501/30/OLAP_slicing5118.png")
![OLAP dicing](/Images/godic/202501/30/OLAP_dicing5118.png")
![OLAP Drill-up and drill-down](/Images/godic/202501/30/OLAP_drill_up&down5118.png")
An OLAP cube is a term that typically refers to multi-dimensional array of data. OLAP is an acronym for online analytical processing, which is a computer-based technique of analyzing data to look for insights. The term cube here refers to a multi-dimensional dataset, which is also sometimes called a hypercube if the number of dimensions is greater than 3.