Generating multiple data-bound graphic objects

One or more computer storage devices storing computer-useable instructions that, when executed by a computing device, cause the computing device to perform a method, the method comprising:

• receiving a data set comprising a plurality of variable values for a plurality of observations;
• presenting an initial graphic object for display within a graphical user interface;
• linking a selected visual property of the initial graphic object with a variable selected from the data set;
• and
• generating a plurality of additional graphic objects that are a same type of graphic object as the initial graphic object;
• the initial graphic object and the additional graphic objects comprising a set of graphic objects each corresponding to one observation in a data set, and wherein a value of a visual property for each graphic object is determined by a variable value for the corresponding observation.

A computer system comprising:

• a means for binding data to one or more visual properties for a plurality of graphic objects in a graphical user interface, the data comprising variable values for a plurality of observations;
• and
• a means for providing a plurality of graphic objects for display on the graphical user interface, each object corresponding to one observation in the data, each object having a plurality of visual properties, each visual property bound to at least one variable of the data based on a selection of each visual property to be bound to the at least one variable,
• wherein at least an initial graphic object is created and displayed on the graphical user interface prior to the one or more visual properties being bound to data.