# Managing Assets in Studio

> Studio has two activities, **Get Asset** and **Get Credential**, that the Robot can use to extract information from assets stored in the Orchestrator database.

Studio has two activities, **Get Asset** and **Get Credential**, that the Robot can use to extract information from assets stored in the Orchestrator database.

They are displayed in the **Activities** panel, under **Orchestrator > Assets**, and are part of the UiPath® Core activities pack.

The **Get Asset** activity should be used with the String, Boolean and Integer assets, while **Get Credential** should be used with Credential assets.

:::note
The asset name is not case sensitive. For example, "Text" and “teXt” are the same.
:::

## Using the Get Asset Activity

1. In Orchestrator, create a string, boolean or integer asset.
2. In Studio, create a string, boolean or integer variable, depending on the type of asset you want to use from Orchestrator. For example, if you want to work with a string asset, create a string variable.
3. From the **Activities** panel, drag a **Get Asset** activity to the **Main** panel.
4. In the **Properties** panel, in the **AssetName** field, type the name of the Orchestrator asset you want to use, and place it between quotation marks. For example, if in Orchestrator the asset name is `StringAsset`, write `"stringasset"` in Studio.
5. In the **Properties** panel, in the **Value** field, enter the variable created at step 2. This variable stores information from the specified Orchestrator asset, if the **AssetName** coincides with the asset name that is stored in the Orchestrator database, and the Robot has the required permissions.

Figure 1. Properties panel

   ![Screenshot of the Properties panel](https://dev-assets.cms.uipath.com/assets/images/orchestrator/orchestrator-screenshot-of-the-properties-panel-226299-e809c49e.webp)

## Using the Get Credential Activity

1. In Orchestrator, create a **Credential** asset.
2. In Studio, create a String variable. This is used to store the username part of the credentials.
3. Create a SecureString variable. This is used to store the password. The SecureString is a special .NET Framework variable type that is encrypted within the framework.
4. In the **Properties** panel, in the **AssetName** field, type the name of the credential asset, as it is in Orchestrator, and place it between quotation marks. For example, `"amazon_login"`.
5. In the **Properties** panel, in the **Password** field, enter the SecureString variable.
6. In the **Properties** panel, in the **Username** field, enter the string variable. The credential asset stored in Orchestrator can be used by the Robot too, as long as the **AssetName** coincides with the asset name that is stored in the Orchestrator database, and the Robot has the required permissions.

Figure 2. Properties panel

   ![Screenshot of the Properties panel](https://dev-assets.cms.uipath.com/assets/images/orchestrator/orchestrator-screenshot-of-the-properties-panel-229332-a0d1c5d0.webp)