1. A method for managing one or more rules applied to data in a data storage system, the method including: receiving, over an input device or port, data from the data storage system; and processing, with at least one processor, at least a portion of the received data according to a rule specified by a plurality of portions of a rule specification, the processing including displaying, in an editor interface, a plurality of portions of the rule specification, applying the rule to a plurality of records of the received data to obtain result information, and displaying, in the editor interface, at least a first portion of the result information in association with a first displayed portion of the rule specification, and at least a second portion of the result information in association with a second displayed portion of the rule specification different from the first displayed portion of the rule specification.