Pentaho Data Integration provides a number of deployment options. The Running a Transformation section in the Pentaho Data Integration document explains these and other options available for execution. In this section of the tutorial, you create a transformation using the Local run option.
- In the PDI client window, select .
The Run Options window appears.
- Keep the default Pentaho local option for this exercise.
It uses the native Pentaho engine and runs the transformation on your local machine. See the Pentaho Data Integration document if you are interested in setting up configurations that use another engine, such as Spark, to run a transformation.
- Click Run.
The transformation executes.

After the transformation runs, the Execution Results panel opens below the canvas.