Automatically moving annotations associated with multidimensional data between live datacubes

A system comprising:

• a first database storing multidimensional data for a first software application;
• a second database storing multidimensional data for a second software application;
• an interface to receive input that defines a link specifying a source area of the first database and a target area of the second database;
• and
• a link control module that automatically moves multidimensional data from the source area to the target area in accordance with the link and that automatically moves annotations associated with the multidimensional data from the source area to the target area in accordance with the link,
• wherein the annotations define at least text-based commentary associated with the multidimensional data.

A computer-readable medium comprising instruction that cause a programmable processor of a computing device to:

• present a user interface to receive input specifying:
• a source data cube,
• a source dimension of the source data cube,
• at least one item along the source dimension,
• a target data cube,
• a target dimension of the target data cube, and
• at least one target item of the target dimension;
• automatically move multidimensional data associated with the source items of the source data cube to the target items of the target data cube;
• and
• automatically move annotations associated with the multidimensional data from the source area to the target area in accordance with the link,
• wherein the annotations define at least text-based commentary associated with the multidimensional data.