# Pentaho Reporting Output

The Pentaho Reporting Output step renders a Pentaho report design file (`.prpt`), allowing you to generate output using a selected reporting engine type.

![Pentaho Reporting Output dialog box](/files/EY84311j9WWx3dd2joi8)

### General

| Field                               | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
| ----------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Step name**                       | Specify the unique name of the Pentaho Reporting Output step on the canvas. You can customize the name or leave it as the default.                                                                                  |
| **Report definition file (field)**  | Specify the field that contains the name of the `.prpt` file during step execution.                                                                                                                                 |
| **Output file (field)**             | Specify the field that contains the name (and optionally path) of the output file. If you do not specify a path, the file is created in the PDI client’s home folder (for example, `/data-integration/output.pdf`). |
| **Accept file name from field?**    | Select to determine the report file and output file from incoming fields. If you clear this option, you must specify the report definition and output file paths/names directly.                                    |
| **Report definition file (static)** | File path and name of the report definition file. Available only if **Accept file name from field?** is cleared.                                                                                                    |
| **Output file (static)**            | File path and name of the output file. Available only if **Accept file name from field?** is cleared.                                                                                                               |
| **Create parent folder**            | Select to create the parent folder for the output file (when you specify a full path in **Output file**).                                                                                                           |
| **Parameter name**                  | (Optional) Name of the report parameter (if the report supports parameters) to populate from a field.                                                                                                               |
| **Field name**                      | (Optional) Name of the incoming field that provides the parameter value. If you specify a field, the static input value is not used. To pass data to string arrays, separate items with tabs.                       |
| **Output processor**                | Reporting engine used to generate the output type (for example, `.pdf`, `.csv`, `.xml`).                                                                                                                            |
| **Get report parameters**           | Select to import parameter definitions from an existing report.                                                                                                                                                     |

{% hint style="info" %}
To view a sample transformation in the PDI client, open `Pentaho/design-tools/data-integration/samples/transformations/Pentaho Reporting Output Example.ktr`.
{% endhint %}

### Metadata injection support

All fields of this step support metadata injection. You can use this step with [ETL metadata injection](/pdia-data-integration/pdi-transformation-steps-reference-overview/etl-metadata-injection.md) to pass metadata to your transformation at runtime.


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