A system comprising: one or more computing nodes; one or more memories having stored thereon computer-readable instructions that, upon execution by the one or more computing nodes, cause the system at least to: receive information, from a publisher of an application remote to the one or more computing nodes, indicative of enabling data analytics operations in the application, the operations to be performed using an n-dimensional array hosted on the one or more computing nodes; form a token (104;204) comprising information indicative of an identity of the n-dimensional array and information indicative of data within the n-dimensional array that is authorized to be used to perform data analytics operations; provide the token (104;204) to the publisher of the application; receive, from the application, a request to perform a data analytics operation, the request comprising a copy of the token; locating the n-dimensional cube array at least in part on the information indicative of the identity of the n-dimensional array contained in the copy of the token; and performing the data analytics operation by at least accessing data in the located n-dimensional array, the accessing based at least in part on the information indicative of data within the n-dimensional array that is authorized to be used to perform the data analytics operations. one or more computing nodes; one or more memories having stored thereon computer-readable instructions that, upon execution by the one or more computing nodes, cause the system at least to: receive information, from a publisher of an application remote to the one or more computing nodes, indicative of enabling data analytics operations in the application, the operations to be performed using an n-dimensional array hosted on the one or more computing nodes; form a token (104;204) comprising information indicative of an identity of the n-dimensional array and information indicative of data within the n-dimensional array that is authorized to be used to perform data analytics operations; provide the token (104;204) to the publisher of the application; receive, from the application, a request to perform a data analytics operation, the request comprising a copy of the token; locating the n-dimensional cube array at least in part on the information indicative of the identity of the n-dimensional array contained in the copy of the token; and performing the data analytics operation by at least accessing data in the located n-dimensional array, the accessing based at least in part on the information indicative of data within the n-dimensional array that is authorized to be used to perform the data analytics operations. receive information, from a publisher of an application remote to the one or more computing nodes, indicative of enabling data analytics operations in the application, the operations to be performed using an n-dimensional array hosted on the one or more computing nodes; form a token (104;204) comprising information indicative of an identity of the n-dimensional array and information indicative of data within the n-dimensional array that is authorized to be used to perform data analytics operations; provide the token (104;204) to the publisher of the application; receive, from the application, a request to perform a data analytics operation, the request comprising a copy of the token; locating the n-dimensional cube array at least in part on the information indicative of the identity of the n-dimensional array contained in the copy of the token; and performing the data analytics operation by at least accessing data in the located n-dimensional array, the accessing based at least in part on the information indicative of data within the n-dimensional array that is authorized to be used to perform the data analytics operations.