An application created with the OLAP Starter Kit contains data that is extracted from a DB2 Universal Database data source, such as a data warehouse or datamart, and stored in a multidimensional database. For example, the data warehouse or datamart might be created using the DB2 Data Warehouse Center, and contain data about your business that is organized for analysis. Your users can analyze the data using spreadsheet tools. There are many steps along the way that define this process, and each step gives you more ways to provide your users with precisely the information they need.