Abstract: A unique system and method that facilitates diagramming data mining output to create an interactive rendering of the output are provided. The system and method involve a diagramming system that includes various data mining templates such as decision tree and dependency network templates. When a template is dragged to a work space in the diagramming system, selection of a data source, a model, and one or more rendering options can be made before the model is rendered. The model is interactive, thus it can be modified and annotated apart or separate from the context of the data mining engine or viewer. As a result, users can more readily incorporate such rendered models into other applications such as presentations and can continue to interact with them. Examples of interactions include changing node color, content, connection points, page location, size or shape, and shading and performing tree operations or dependency net operations.