Missing Utility Actions in SPD 2013

Hi,
I just installed SharepPoint Designer 2013 and found out some of the Utility actions (Find Substring in String, Replace Substring in String, Trim String) missing from the menu. I got the installer and SP1 update on the download site. Appreciate
any help. Thank you
Rose

Hi
Rose,
I could not reproduce this issue, my SharePoint Designer 2013 is working well.
When you create workflow in SharePoint Designer 2013, you can choose 2013 platform and 2010 platform. The
2013 platform include the Utility actions (Find Substring in String, Replace Substring in String, Trim String), but the 2010 platform doesn’t include these Utility actions (Find Substring in String, Replace Substring in String, Trim String).So check
which platform you have used.
And if you didn’t configure 2013 platform for SharePoint 2013 Designer, you need
to configure 2013 platform for the SharePoint Designer 2013, then check if it works.
Here is
a link about how to configure workflow for SharePoint Server 2013, you can use as a reference:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj658588(v=office.15).aspx
If the issue still exists, please feel free to reply me.
Best Regards,
Lisa Chen

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