# Automation Transforms is a powerful engine for manipulating data files. "Automation" takes this incredible power and packs it into a local client application that you can install and run from your own servers or containerized instances. This allows you to automatically execute your transformation files without any human intervention.

## Automation Topology To build a transformation pipeline, start by navigating to the "Automation" section of the application by clicking on the circular icon in the top right. This is where we configure an automation package. ### Configuration The automation package consists of everything we need to perform an automatic transformation of a file. This includes: * Where we are locating the source data * What data to filter, remove, or pre-process * What map we're transforming the data with * What reports we're generating * What branding information to stamp into the reports * If we're emailing anything on success or failure * Where the data is moving to (the target) * What to name that target file * And more! The first step in the automation topology is to build and configure this package. Once we're done, we're given a package file to deploy to our own server. ### Deployment After you've configured a process for transforming files, you'll export out that configuration as a **`.ptp`** file that you can drop into the local `/Packages` folder to schedule and run. Deployment is a hot-loaded environment, allowing you to add or remove packages at any time. This makes deployment incredibly easy to manage and there's never any issues removing a scheduled package. ## Contact and Licensing If you're interested to see a live demo or license Transforms for your own servers please[ contact us](mailto:sales@perigee.software) and we're happy to schedule a call with you. Licensing the automation tool also licenses the [Transform SDK](https://docs.perigee.software/transform-sdk). Check it out!