Utilities

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title: Utilities
description: The Utilities components in the RPA Desktop Design Studio enable diverse and wide-range useful operations. The utilities range from changing screen resolution to extracting zipped files.
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# Utilities

The Utilities components in the RPA Desktop Design Studio enable diverse and wide-range useful operations. The utilities range from changing screen resolution to extracting zipped files.

-   **[Barcode](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/integrate-applications/barcode.md)**  
The Barcode components in RPA Desktop Design Studio accept an image file that contains one or more barcodes and return the barcode values.
-   **[Screen](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/integrate-applications/screen.md)**  
The screen components in the RPA Desktop Design Studio enable capturing program windows and changing screen resolution.
-   **[Clipboard](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/integrate-applications/clipboard.md)**  
The Clipboard components in the RPA Desktop Design Studio enables the clipboard, copy, and extraction operations on files.
-   **[Data Reader](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/integrate-applications/datareader-utility.md)**  
The Data Reader components in the RPA Desktop Design Studio enable reading of data from different programs such as MS Excel and CSV.
-   **[Data Writer](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/integrate-applications/datawriter-utility.md)**  
The Data Writer components in the RPA Desktop Design Studio writes data to different programs such as MS Excel and CSV.
-   **[DateTime](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/integrate-applications/datetime-utility.md)**  
The DateTime components in the RPA Desktop Design Studio enables different useful operations with date and time.
-   **[Debug](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/integrate-applications/debug-utility.md)**  
The Debug components in the RPA Desktop Design Studio enable writing logs to the console log and verify whether a project is running from the RPA Desktop Design Studio or a robot.
-   **[Dialogs](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/integrate-applications/dialogs.md)**  
The Dialogs group of components performs basic operations on file and folder dialogs as part of an attended automation.
-   **[Environment](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/integrate-applications/environment-utility.md)**  
The Environment components in the RPA Desktop Design Studio retrieve information and perform specific operations on the Windows environment.
-   **[File](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/integrate-applications/file.md)**  
The File components in the RPA Desktop Design Studio perform standard operations on the Windows files and directories. For example, copying files or retrieving temporary file names.
-   **[Directory](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/integrate-applications/directory.md)**  
The Directory components in the RPA Desktop Design Studio perform standard operations on Windows directories. For example, rename a directory or get the list of files in a directory.
-   **[HTTP](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/integrate-applications/http.md)**  
The HTTP components enable you to interact with servers over the HTTP protocol. You can download files or post content to the server using the components.
-   **[Image Utilities](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/integrate-applications/image-utilities.md)**  
The Image utility components in the RPA Desktop Design Studio perform various useful operations on images. For example, adjust brightness or contrast or resize images.
-   **[JSON](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/integrate-applications/json.md)**  
The JSON components in the RPA Desktop Design Studio perform different operations on JSON objects. For example, serialize a JSON object or get JSON object properties.
-   **[Keyboard](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/integrate-applications/keyboard-utilities.md)**  
The Keyboard component in the RPA Desktop Design Studio simulate keyboard strokes and shortcuts to perform various day-to-day actions on various applications and programs.
-   **[Math](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/integrate-applications/math.md)**  
The Math components in the RPA Desktop Design Studio perform simple mathematical operations. For example, find the highest integer or round off a decimal.
-   **[Mouse](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/integrate-applications/mouse-utility.md)**  
The Mouse components enable you to perform various mouse device actions as part of a Workflow on various programs and applications.
-   **[Random](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/integrate-applications/random.md)**  
The Random components in the RPA Desktop Design Studio perform random operations on data types. For example, generate a random password or a number within a range of numbers.
-   **[Reflection](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/integrate-applications/reflection-utility.md)**  
The Reflection components in the RPA Desktop Design Studio perform standard Reflection operations on objects and classes. For example, retrieve object properties.
-   **[String utilities](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/integrate-applications/string-utilities.md)**  
The String components in the RPA Desktop Design Studio perform different operations on strings. For example, replace or convert string to upper or lower case.
-   **[System process](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/integrate-applications/system-process-utilities.md)**  
The System components in the RPA Desktop Design Studio perform standard Windows systems operations. For example, get the process ID or terminate a process.
-   **[Token](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/integrate-applications/token-utilities.md)**  
The Token utilities in the RPA Desktop Design Studio retrieve the OKTA token to get access to an application.
-   **[Zip](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/integrate-applications/zip-utilities.md)**  
The Zip components in the RPA Desktop Design Studio perform standard Zip utility operations. For example, extract or remove files.

**Parent Topic:**[Automation components](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/integrate-applications/rpa-studio-automation-components.md)