--- title: Create an attended automation form in RPA Desktop Design Studio description: Design attended automations by creating an attended user interface \(UI\) form in RPA Desktop Design Studio. locale: en-US canonical_url: https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/australia/integrate-applications/create-rda-form.html release: australia topic_type: task last_updated: "2026-03-12" reading_time_minutes: 4 breadcrumb: [Build, RPA Desktop Design Studio, Robotic Process Automation \(RPA\) Hub, Workflow Data Fabric] --- # Create an attended automation form in RPA Desktop Design Studio Design attended automations by creating an attended user interface \(UI\) form in RPA Desktop Design Studio. ## Before you begin Ensure that the project type is **Attended Automation**. For more information, see [Create an automation project manually](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/integrate-applications/create-automation-project.md). Role required: none ## About this task An attended automation form is a container for all the elements that make up the UI. A form is a custom interface that you can use to interact with multiple applications within the RPA Desktop Design Studio. You can use forms to insert various elements and arrange them in layouts. ## Procedure 1. In the RPA Desktop Design Studio, from the Project Explorer pane, navigate to **Forms** and expand it. 2. Choose an option and complete the action.

Option	Action
To create a new form	Right-click Forms in the Project Explorer pane and select New Form.
To access the Form Designer	Right-click a form in the Project Explorer pane and select Design.For more information on the Form Designer, see [Form designer for building attended automation forms](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/integrate-applications/form-designer-overview.md).

3. In the Form Designer, from the Toolbox pane, select an element that you want to add to your form and draw it on the Design surface. For example, to draw a text block on the form, select the TextBlock element from the Toolbox pane and draw it on the Design surface. Similarly, select the TextBox and Button element and draw them on the Design surface, as shown in the following example. \[Omitted image "form-designer-textblock.png"\] Alt text: TextBlock, TextBox, and Button element on the Design Surface. 4. In the Form Designer, from the Properties pane, update the name of an element in the **Name** field, as shown in the following example. \[Omitted image "form-designer-textblock-name.png"\] Alt text: Update the Name field in the Properties pane. 5. Choose an option and complete the action.

Option	Action
To edit the properties of an element	Select the desired element in the Outline pane or on the Design surface and edit the required properties in the Properties pane.For example, to edit the display label of the TextBlock element, enter a label in the Text field in the Properties pane, as shown in the following example. \[Omitted image "form-designer-text-name-change.png"\] Alt text: Enter a name in the Text field in the Properties pane.
To edit the properties of a window	Select the window in the Outline pane and edit the required properties in the Properties pane.For example, to resize the window, select an option from the ResizeMode field in the Properties pane, as shown in the following example. \[Omitted image "form-designer-window-properties.png"\] Alt text: Resize the window in the ResizeMode field in the Properties pane.
To arrange the elements	Move them as required in the Outline pane.
To view the added elements under the desired form	Perform the following actions:1. In the Project Explorer pane, close the form in which you added the elements. 2. Expand the form and view the elements that are added under the form as shown in the following example. \[Omitted image "elements-form-appear.png"\] Alt text: Elements appear under the form.
To delete an element on the Design surface	In the Outline pane, right-click the element to be deleted and select Delete.
To view the methods and events for a form	Double-click the created form in the Project Explorer pane.The methods and events are displayed in the Object Explorer pane. For more information, see [Methods and events of an attended automation form](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/integrate-applications/form-methods-events.md).
To view the methods and events for an element	Double-click the element in the Toolbox pane of the Form Designer.The methods and events are displayed in the Object Explorer pane. For more information, see [Methods and events of elements](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/integrate-applications/form-control-methods-events.md).
To delete a form	Do the following actions:1. Delete all the references of the elements that are used in other activities, if any. Use the Find All References option to do this step. 2. In the Project Explorer pane, right-click the form and select Delete. 3. In the Confirmation dialog box, select Yes.
To find all the references of an element that are used in other activities	Right-click the desired form in the Project Explorer pane and select Find All References.Results are displayed in the Find All References dialog box.
To rename a form	Do any of the following actions:- In the Project Explorer pane, right-click the form and select Rename to enter a new name. - Double-click the form and in the Properties pane, change the name in the Name field.

- **[Form designer for building attended automation forms](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/integrate-applications/form-designer-overview.md)** Form designer is an Integrated Development Environment \(IDE\) for building attended automation forms in RPA Desktop Design Studio. - **[Configure the form fields for the Form Renderer element](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/integrate-applications/configure-form-fields.md)** Configure the form fields in the Form Renderer element while you are building an attended automation form in RPA Desktop Design Studio. **Parent Topic:**[Building automations](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/integrate-applications/rpa-studio-build.md) **Related topics** [Methods and events of an attended automation form](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/integrate-applications/form-methods-events.md) [Methods and events of elements](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/integrate-applications/form-control-methods-events.md)

Option	Action
To create a new form	Right-click Forms in the Project Explorer pane and select New Form.
To access the Form Designer	Right-click a form in the Project Explorer pane and select Design.For more information on the Form Designer, see [Form designer for building attended automation forms](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/integrate-applications/form-designer-overview.md).

Option	Action
To edit the properties of an element	Select the desired element in the Outline pane or on the Design surface and edit the required properties in the Properties pane.For example, to edit the display label of the TextBlock element, enter a label in the Text field in the Properties pane, as shown in the following example. \[Omitted image "form-designer-text-name-change.png"\] Alt text: Enter a name in the Text field in the Properties pane.
To edit the properties of a window	Select the window in the Outline pane and edit the required properties in the Properties pane.For example, to resize the window, select an option from the ResizeMode field in the Properties pane, as shown in the following example. \[Omitted image "form-designer-window-properties.png"\] Alt text: Resize the window in the ResizeMode field in the Properties pane.
To arrange the elements	Move them as required in the Outline pane.
To view the added elements under the desired form	Perform the following actions:1. In the Project Explorer pane, close the form in which you added the elements. 2. Expand the form and view the elements that are added under the form as shown in the following example. \[Omitted image "elements-form-appear.png"\] Alt text: Elements appear under the form.
To delete an element on the Design surface	In the Outline pane, right-click the element to be deleted and select Delete.
To view the methods and events for a form	Double-click the created form in the Project Explorer pane.The methods and events are displayed in the Object Explorer pane. For more information, see [Methods and events of an attended automation form](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/integrate-applications/form-methods-events.md).
To view the methods and events for an element	Double-click the element in the Toolbox pane of the Form Designer.The methods and events are displayed in the Object Explorer pane. For more information, see [Methods and events of elements](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/integrate-applications/form-control-methods-events.md).
To delete a form	Do the following actions:1. Delete all the references of the elements that are used in other activities, if any. Use the Find All References option to do this step. 2. In the Project Explorer pane, right-click the form and select Delete. 3. In the Confirmation dialog box, select Yes.
To find all the references of an element that are used in other activities	Right-click the desired form in the Project Explorer pane and select Find All References.Results are displayed in the Find All References dialog box.
To rename a form	Do any of the following actions:- In the Project Explorer pane, right-click the form and select Rename to enter a new name. - Double-click the form and in the Properties pane, change the name in the Name field.