Some ETL activities are lightweight, such as loading in a small text file to write out to a database or filtering a few rows to trim down your results. For these activities, you can run your job locally using the default Pentaho engine. Some ETL activities are more demanding, containing many entries and steps calling other entries and steps or a network of modules. For these activities, you can set up a separate Pentaho Server dedicated for running jobs and transformations using the Pentaho engine.
You can create or edit these configurations through Run configurations in the View tab as shown below:
To create a new run configuration, right-click on Run configurations and select New. To edit or delete a run configuration, right-click on an existing configuration.
Selecting New or Edit opens the Run configuration dialog box that contains the following fields:
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| Name | Specify the name of the run configuration. |
| Description | Optionally, specify details of your configuration. |