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Report on Salesforce Knowledge Articles

Report on Salesforce Knowledge Articles

Use Salesforce Knowledge custom reports to track how articles are created, maintained, and delivered.

Required Editions

Available in: Salesforce Classic and Lightning Experience

Salesforce Knowledge is available in Essentials and the Unlimited Edition with Service Cloud.

Salesforce Knowledge is available for an additional cost in: Professional, Enterprise, Performance, and Developer Editions. For more information, contact your Salesforce representative.

User Permissions Needed
To create or update custom report types: Manage Custom Report Types
To create a public reports folder: Manage Public Reports

As an administrator, you can create custom report types so agents can create reports on Salesforce Knowledge articles. Custom report types are the only way to make reports about articles available for your readers. Salesforce does not provide sample article reports or a standard report folder for articles.

Tip
Tip The Knowledge Base Dashboards and Reports AppExchange package provides over two dozen reports that help you monitor the knowledge base and analyze usage metrics.
  1. Create a Folder for Article Reports
    Create a public folder where you can store article reports for your users.
  2. Create a Report Type for Article Reports
    Create a custom report type to report on Salesforce Knowledge article data.
  3. Create an Article Report
    Run your custom report on your Salesforce Knowledge articles and save them to your article reports folder.
  4. Fields Available on Salesforce Knowledge Reports
    The fields you can use in a knowledge report depend on the type of information you are reporting on.
 
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