Use the Show component

task australia Updated Sep 10, 2026 1 min read use-general-messagebox-show.md

Display custom messages as part of a Attended Robot automation by using the Show component in the RPA Desktop Design Studio

Before you begin

Role required: none

About this task

For example, in an assisted automation, a component could evaluate a user input and show a message Incorrect Date of Birth through the Show component.

You can configure the properties for the Show component. For more information about these properties, see Properties of the General components.

Procedure

In the Toolbox pane, navigate to General > MessageBox.
Drag the Show component to the Design surface.
To configure the input field, see Configure port properties.
Connect the data and control ports of the Show component to the corresponding ports of the other components as described in the following table.

Port type Port name Data type Purpose of connection Mandatory?

Data in Message String Takes the custom message that the component shows. Yes
To test the component, under the DESIGN tab, click Run.

Port type	Port name	Data type	Purpose of connection	Mandatory?
Data in	Message	String	Takes the custom message that the component shows.	Yes

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title: Use the Show component
description: Display custom messages as part of a Attended Robot automation by using the Show component in the RPA Desktop Design Studio
locale: en-US
canonical_url: https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/australia/integrate-applications/use-general-messagebox-show.html
release: australia
topic_type: task
last_updated: "2026-09-10"
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breadcrumb: [General, Automation components, RPA Desktop Design Studio, Robotic Process Automation \(RPA\) Hub, Workflow Data Fabric]
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# Use the Show component

Display custom messages as part of a Attended Robot automation by using the Show component in the RPA Desktop Design Studio

## Before you begin

Role required: none

## About this task

For example, in an assisted automation, a component could evaluate a user input and show a message `Incorrect Date of Birth` through the Show component.

You can configure the properties for the Show component. For more information about these properties, see [Properties of the General components](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/integrate-applications/Properties-general-components.md).

## Procedure

1.  In the Toolbox pane, navigate to **General** &gt; **MessageBox**.

2.  Drag the Show component to the Design surface.

3.  To configure the input field, see [Configure port properties](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/integrate-applications/configure-input-port-properties.md).

4.  Connect the data and control ports of the Show component to the corresponding ports of the other components as described in the following table.

    |Port type|Port name|Data type|Purpose of connection|Mandatory?|
    |---------|---------|---------|---------------------|----------|
    |Data in|Message|String|Takes the custom message that the component shows.|Yes|

5.  To test the component, under the **DESIGN** tab, click **Run**.


**Parent Topic:**[General](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/integrate-applications/general-component.md)