https://community.appian.com/discussions/f/general/38865/uncompress-unzip-the-documentsHi, In our Application, we read an email box and for each email - we should check if it has any attachments and uncompress them. We have a requirement from business to uncompress zip, eml, msg, rar files upto 3 levels in depth and extract data anden-USTelligent Community 12https://community.appian.com/thread/146985?ContentTypeID=1Tue, 08 Apr 2025 10:52:04 GMTd3a83456-d57b-489c-a84c-4e8267bb592a:b8aed132-c5c1-489c-aa54-c82e6da74a8fkeerthik0010<p>Hi&nbsp;<a class="internal-link view-user-profile" href="/members/varunt0951">Varun Teja Gurrapu</a>,</p> <p>Thanks for your response and details.&nbsp;</p> <p>I will refer info shared and would try out the feasibility.</p> <p>Thanks a lot.</p> <p>-Keerthi</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://community.appian.com/thread/146984?ContentTypeID=1Tue, 08 Apr 2025 10:06:34 GMTd3a83456-d57b-489c-a84c-4e8267bb592a:2d0c2177-00c8-4fcd-a154-23ecf5882389VarunTejaGurrapu<p>Hi <a href="/members/keerthik0010">keerthik0010</a>&nbsp;,<br /><br /><br /><br />Yes you can unzip the files, but currently we have an option to only unzip .<strong>zip / .jar</strong>&nbsp;files -&nbsp;<a href="/b/appmarket/posts/zip-file-utilities">Plugin</a>.<br /><br />Currently, there is <strong data-start="759" data-end="844">no official Appian plugin that extracts data directly from .eml&nbsp;or .msg or .rar&nbsp;files.<br /><br /></strong>You can check the following info to have better understanding:<br /><br /></p> <table data-start="2153" data-end="2569"> <thead data-start="2153" data-end="2182"> <tr data-start="2153" data-end="2182"> <th data-start="2153" data-end="2165">File Type</th> <th data-start="2165" data-end="2172">Tool</th> <th data-start="2172" data-end="2182">Method</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody data-start="2213" data-end="2569"> <tr data-start="2213" data-end="2275"> <td><code data-start="2215" data-end="2221">.zip</code></td> <td>Appian Plug-in</td> <td>Use <strong data-start="2248" data-end="2265">Zip Utilities</strong> plug-in</td> </tr> <tr data-start="2276" data-end="2352"> <td><code data-start="2278" data-end="2284">.eml</code></td> <td>RPA or Java Service</td> <td>Use <strong data-start="2316" data-end="2328">JavaMail</strong> or <strong data-start="2332" data-end="2350">custom RPA bot</strong></td> </tr> <tr data-start="2353" data-end="2421"> <td><code data-start="2355" data-end="2361">.msg</code></td> <td>RPA or Java Service</td> <td>Use <strong data-start="2393" data-end="2419">Outlook Message Parser</strong></td> </tr> <tr data-start="2422" data-end="2488"> <td><code data-start="2424" data-end="2430">.rar</code></td> <td>RPA</td> <td>Use <strong data-start="2446" data-end="2460">WinRAR CLI</strong> or <strong data-start="2464" data-end="2474">junrar</strong> via RPA bot</td> </tr> <tr data-start="2489" data-end="2569"> <td>Recursion</td> <td>Appian or RPA</td> <td>Handle up to 3 levels via <strong data-start="2545" data-end="2567">loop or subprocess</strong></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>Hope this helps you!!</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>