An apparatus for processing data relating to software defects operates
within an on-line analytical processing environment that includes an
on-line analytical processing presentation tool (60). An on-line
analytical processing cube model builder (32) builds a plurality of
interrelated tables (22) with on-line analytical processing cube model
metadata (30). The cube model (30) is configured to be processed by the
associated on-line analytical processing presentation tool (60). A data
extraction tool (36) communicates with a defect tracking database (10,
12) containing said data relating to software defects. The data
extraction tool (36) extracts said data from the defect tracking database
(10, 12), transforms the extracted data into the software defect entries,
and loads the software defect entries into the tables (22).