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KnowledgeArticle Object

All KnowledgeArticle objects of an account are accessible by a query on the root connection knowledgeArticles . Such a query will return a KnowledgeArticleConnection! , which contains the KnowledgeArticle objects in its nodes field.

knowledgeArticles ( KnowledgeArticleConnection! )

Root connection for retrieving KnowledgeArticle records.

ArgumentTypeDescription
afterStringReturns the elements in the list that come after the specified cursor.
beforeStringReturns the elements in the list that come before the specified cursor.
filterKnowledgeArticleFilterFilter to determine which KnowledgeArticle records are returned.
firstIntReturns the first n elements from the list.
lastIntReturns the last n elements from the list.
orderKnowledgeArticleOrderOrder of the KnowledgeArticle records returned.
viewKnowledgeArticleViewView name. The default value is current_account .

The fields in this section list which values can be retrieved when querying KnowledgeArticle records.

account ( Account )

The account this record belongs to.

archiveDate ( ISO8601Date )

The date until which the knowledge article will be active. The knowledge article will be archived at the beginning of this day. When the knowledge article is archived, its status will automatically be set to “Archived”.

coveredSpecialists ( Boolean )

Whether the knowledge article needs to be available to the people who are a member of the support team of one of the service instances that are selected in the Coverage section of an active SLA for the service that is linked to the article.

createdAt ( ISO8601Timestamp )

The date and time at which the record was created.

createdBy ( Person )

The person who created the knowledge article.

customFields ( CustomField )

Values of custom fields.

description ( String )

Describes the situation and/or environment in which the instructions of the knowledge article may be helpful.

endUsers ( Boolean )

Whether the knowledge article needs to be available to anyone who is covered by an active SLA for the service that is linked to the article.

id ( ID! )

Unique identifier of the record.

instructions ( String )

Used to enter instructions for the service desk analysts, specialists and/or end users who are likely to look up the knowledge article to help them with their work or to resolve an issue.

internalSpecialists ( Boolean )

Whether the knowledge article needs to be available to the people who have the Specialist role of the account in which the article is registered.

keyContacts ( Boolean )

Whether the knowledge article needs to be available to the people who have the Key Contact role of the customer account of an active SLA for the service that is linked to the article.

keywords ( String )

A comma-separated list of words that can be used to find the knowledge article using search.

public ( Boolean )

Whether the knowledge article needs to be available to anyone, including people without access to R-Service.

service ( Service )

Service for which the knowledge article is made available.

source ( String )

An identifier for the client application submitting the resource or the name of an external system.

sourceID ( String )

The unique identifier of the resource in an external system.

status ( KnowledgeArticleStatus )

The current status of the knowledge article.

subject ( String )

A short description of the knowledge article.

template ( KnowledgeArticleTemplate )

The knowledge article template that this knowledge article is based on.

updatedAt ( ISO8601Timestamp )

The date and time of the last update of the record. If the record has no updates it contains the createdAt value.

updatedBy ( Person )

The person who last updated the knowledge article.

The connection fields in this section allow (paged) access to objects related to a specific KnowledgeArticle record. The actual objects will be in the nodes field of the connection.

customFieldsAttachments ( AttachmentConnection )

Inline images linked to one of the custom fields.

ArgumentTypeDescription
afterStringReturns the elements in the list that come after the specified cursor.
beforeStringReturns the elements in the list that come before the specified cursor.
firstIntReturns the first n elements from the list.
lastIntReturns the last n elements from the list.

descriptionAttachments ( AttachmentConnection )

Inline images linked to the Description field.

ArgumentTypeDescription
afterStringReturns the elements in the list that come after the specified cursor.
beforeStringReturns the elements in the list that come before the specified cursor.
firstIntReturns the first n elements from the list.
lastIntReturns the last n elements from the list.

instructionsAttachments ( AttachmentConnection )

Inline images linked to the Instructions field.

ArgumentTypeDescription
afterStringReturns the elements in the list that come after the specified cursor.
beforeStringReturns the elements in the list that come before the specified cursor.
firstIntReturns the first n elements from the list.
lastIntReturns the last n elements from the list.

requests ( RequestConnection )

Requests linked to this knowledge article.

ArgumentTypeDescription
afterStringReturns the elements in the list that come after the specified cursor.
beforeStringReturns the elements in the list that come before the specified cursor.
firstIntReturns the first n elements from the list.
lastIntReturns the last n elements from the list.

serviceInstances ( ServiceInstanceConnection )

Service instances linked to this knowledge article.

ArgumentTypeDescription
afterStringReturns the elements in the list that come after the specified cursor.
beforeStringReturns the elements in the list that come before the specified cursor.
firstIntReturns the first n elements from the list.
lastIntReturns the last n elements from the list.

translations ( TranslationConnection )

Translations associated with this object.

ArgumentTypeDescription
afterStringReturns the elements in the list that come after the specified cursor.
beforeStringReturns the elements in the list that come before the specified cursor.
firstIntReturns the first n elements from the list.
lastIntReturns the last n elements from the list.

KnowledgeArticle implements the following interfaces. This means that fragments defined on these interfaces may be used in queries returning a KnowledgeArticle.