Abstract: A data capture and management system is provided with a plurality of tabular forms that represents a multidimensional database system. Each tabular form contains a plurality of cells, wherein at least one cell of interest can be selected that corresponds to another tabular form. At least two different means of activating a cell of interest are used to display data from the tabular form that corresponds to the cell of interest. The data from the corresponding tabular form could be displayed partially as a data sheet or displayed entirely as a corresponding tabular form. A plurality of descriptors for a cell of interest provide status information of the data contained in a corresponding tabular form that enable one to quickly review and interpret large data sets.