Abstract: A method for visualising data on a computer screen is provided, where the data is held in any type of computer database. The data is displayed in the form of discrete visual objects that represent records in the database, arrayed about an x- and a y-, and optionally a z-axis. The user selects one, two or three attributes of the data to be represented about the axes, and each visual object displays and represents the remaining data attributes for each record. The user can select a data object and drill down to display the data elements for that record, and can further interact by changing the data, if desired. The appearance of the visual object can be changed, to represent some attributes, in various ways. One attribute is preferably a measure of time. In this situation, the display may be animated to show trends occurring over time, or to provide a forecast.