1. A method for presenting visual feedback in an interface, the method including: receiving one or more mapped relationships between a given output and one or more inputs represented by input variables, at least one of the mapped relationships including a transformational expression executable on a data processing system, the transformational expression defining an output of a mapped relationship based on at least one input variable mapped to an element of an input dataset; receiving identification of elements of an output dataset mapped to outputs of respective mapped relationships; generating output data from the data processing system according to the transformational expression based on input data from the input dataset associated with the element of the input dataset mapped to the input variable, including applying the transformational expressions to input values in respective fields of input records of the input dataset and storing output values in respective fields of output records of the output dataset, including executing a dataflow graph including nodes representing data processing components, links representing data flows between the data processing components, a node representing the input dataset providing a data flow of the input records, and a node representing the output dataset receiving a data flow of the output records; determining validation information in response to the generated output data based on validation criteria defining one or more characteristics of valid values associated with one or more of the identified elements of the output dataset; and presenting in the interface visual feedback based on the determined validation information.