12. The system of claim 1 wherein the visualization interface design tool includes a search utility for providing, based upon the designated graphical symbol template, a list of candidate application components.
13. The system of claim 12 wherein the visualization interface design tool replaces, based upon specifying the application component from the list of candidate application components, placeholder values within the designated graphical symbol templates by application component-specific values, thereby creating the association between the graphical symbol instance and the specified application component.