Using Knowledge Center Articles

Use Knowledge Center to:

Searching for Articles

You can search for public articles by entering keywords in the search field on the Knowledge tab. You can see private articles if you belong to a visibility group associated with the article.

If you have privileges to publish articles, you can view expired articles and update articles. Select Include Expired to include expired articles in your search results.

Adding Comments or Ratings

You are allowed one comment or rating.

To add comments, view the article, and then click Add your own comment. To update your comment, click Update your comment

To rate articles, click the stars below the comment box.

Sending a Link to the Article

Send the article to another person by copying the URL and pasting it in an e-mail or instant message.

To copy the URL to your clipboard, click image. You can then paste (CTRL+V) the URL into an e-mail or instant message. This URL gives users direct access to the article.

Viewing Articles When You Submit a General Request or Incident

By default, when you submit an incident or a general service request, you are prompted that articles related to your submission may already exist. You can view a related article, then choose Yes, resolve this issue to automatically submit and then immediately resolve the issue. A link to the article will be displayed in the Resolution field of the issue. The issues are created with a "low" urgency, a "single user" impact, and a "5" priority. This increases the accuracy of service desk metrics, because issues with self-service resolution are accounted for properly.

A keyword search is performed after you have entered a Title and moved focus to another field.

When articles that match the title words exist in Knowledge Management, a message appears informing you of the number of matches. Click View to look at matching articles. image