Also called “data mart.” A database that serves individual systems and workgroups as the end point for shared data distribution. LADs are the “retail outlets” of data warehouse networks. They provide direct access to the data requested by specific systems or desktop query services. Data are propagated to LADs from data warehouses according to orders for subsets of certain shared data tables and particular attributes therein, or subsets of standard collections. The propagated data are usually located on a LAN server.