> ## Documentation Index
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# Controlling Data

> Update and react to data from within Rive or from your application code.

Once you've bound data to properties in your file, changing that data will automatically update the connected elements.

You can control data from within your Rive file, or from your application at runtime.

## Controlling data within Rive

Rive includes several ways to update data directly inside your file:

<CardGroup cols="2">
  <Card title="State machine actions" href="/editor/state-machine/states#actions">
    Update property values when [transitions](/editor/state-machine/transitions#actions) or [state changes](/editor/state-machine/states#actions) occur.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Listener actions" href="/editor/state-machine/listeners">
    Update data in response to interactions and events.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Scripting" href="/scripting/data-binding">
    Write custom logic that reads and updates data.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Target-to-source Binding" href="/editor/data-binding/overview#bind-direction">
    Update data using an element's property value.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Property Groups" href="/editor/data-binding/property-groups">
    Animate values and bind them back to data.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

## Controlling data from code

Your application can also update data at runtime. For example, you might:

* Update a player's score
* Change a username or profile image
* Display live stock prices
* Trigger UI states based on user interaction

See the [Runtime Data Binding Overview](/runtimes/data-binding) for implementation details.