Providing feedback for improving the quality of knowledge articles

Knowledge articles provide reference information that agents can use while working on cases. The information in the article must be accurate and useful for the agents. While referring to an article, an agent can provide feedback on the article to highlight an improvement or issue, or to indicate if the agent finds the article helpful. With the help of this feedback, as an article assignee, you can identify the areas of the article that need improvement, and update the article accordingly.

The following figure illustrates an example of how you can improve the quality of a knowledge article based on the feedback received:

The following table lists the results of the actions that are mentioned in the example:

These actions help you to maintain the accuracy of articles and improve their quality.

To provide feedback for an article

1. Log in to BMC Helix Business Workflows.
2. Select Workspace > Cases.
3. From the Line of Business list, select the line of business for which you want to provide article feedback.
   If you have access to a single line of business, the line of business is selected by default.
4. To open a case from the Cases workspace, click the required case ID.
5. On the Resources tab, click the required knowledge article to open it. 

6. To view the knowledge article in detail, click View full article.
   On this knowledge article, you can perform the actions described in the following table to provide your feedback: :

   Icon	Action	Description
   	Provide feedback for the article	If you find an article helpful, click Yes.  To provide feedback for the article, click No, and perform one of the following actions:  For general feedback, enter your comments in the dialog box and click Save.  For suggestions about specific issues, enter them in the dialog box, click Flag article , and then click Save.  When you add a comment or suggestion for the knowledge article, the last updated date and time of the knowledge article is updated. The case agent that is associated with the knowledge article can track the changes to the knowledge article.
   	Flag the article for an issue	To flag the article, click this option, enter your comments in the dialog box, and click Flag.

   Note

   You can perform these actions on the suggested articles displayed in the Knowledge Metadata section.

To view and respond to knowledge article feedback

1. Log in to BMC Helix Business Workflows.
2. Select Workspace > Knowledge.
3. From the Line of Business list, select the line of business for which you want to view or respond to article feedback.
   If you have access to a single line of business, the line of business is selected by default.

4. To open an article from the Knowledge workspace, click the required article ID.
   On this knowledge article, as an article assignee, you can perform the actions described in the following table to address the received feedback:

   Icon	Action	Description
   	Edit the article	Based on the feedback received, make the required updates to the article. You can edit an article title and content. You can also format the content, add files, and provide inline links among other options.
   	View the article statistics	Use the following options to view the article statistics: The view counter displays the number of users who have viewed an article. The useful counter displays the percentage of users who find the article helpful. These counters help you select the frequently used articles for your case. Learn more about the feedback counter in Feedback counter in knowledge articles.
   	Unflag the article	When an issue in a flagged article is resolved, the article is unflagged. To unflag unpublished articles, as the article assignee with Knowledge Contributor, Knowledge Publisher or Knowledge Coach permissions, click this option. To unflag published articles, as the article assignee with Knowledge Publisher or Knowledge Coach permissions, click this option.
   	Edit the article metadata	The Knowledge Metadata section displays different details about a knowledge article. These fields are filled when you create the article. You cannot edit the following fields: Line of Business, Knowledge Set, Author, Company, Keywords You can edit the following fields: Knowledge Assignment—To edit the fields, complete the following steps: Click Edit. Select the Assigned Group and Assignee. To assign the article to yourself, click Assign to me. Category Tier 1, 2, 3, and 4 Region, Site Group, and Site Article Locale Reviewer Group and Reviewer—To edit the fields, complete the following steps: Click Change Reviewer. Select the Reviewer Company and Reviewer Group. To make yourself the reviewer of the article, select the Make me Reviewer check box. Attachments—Use this option to add or change the attached files for reference.

5. Click Save.

Feedback counter for knowledge articles

The knowledge article feedback counter shows the number of times the knowledge article has been viewed and the percentage of users that found it useful. When an article is viewed, the Modified Date and Modified By fields are not updated.

The following table lists the actions that affect the increase or decrease in the feedback counter:

The feedback counter is calculated for every version of the knowledge article. A case business analyst can choose to carry forward the counter for all versions of the knowledge article so that the number shows the total for all versions, or reset it for every version so that the numbers for only that version are displayed. Learn more about how the counter is reset in Resetting the feedback counter for knowledge articles.

Related topics

Associating cases, knowledge articles, and related users to cases

Responsibilities and permissions of a Case Agent

Tracking activity updates in cases and tasks for your line of business