Embedding Documents (e.g. PowerPoint Presentations) in Knowledge Base Articles

kelbel
Tera Contributor

Hi all, 

We're interested in embedding documents (e.g. PowerPoint presentations, Excel spreadsheets) in the body of a knowledge base article. Does anyone happen to know if this is possible? The latest post is from 2023 and would require adding a script. 

Thanks in advance!

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Dr Atul G- LNG
Tera Patron

Hi @kelbel 

 

You can add as attachment only.

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Dr. Atul G. - Learn N Grow Together
ServiceNow Techno - Functional Trainer
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We link to the attachment and we have found this to be useful

Link to an attachment and have attachment open in a new browser tab instead of downloading the attachment article

  1. Add your attachment using the link tool. (Type=Attachment > Choose your attachment > Target=New Window. Click OK
  2. Go into the source code and add "&view=true" right behind the sys_id in the URL.

Alexis Fillos
Tera Contributor

You can hyperlink it when it's an attachment.

Dave Littlejohn
Kilo Sage

You are able to embed directly with the solution mentioned here: https://www.servicenow.com/community/knowledge-managers/pdfs-in-articles-and-knowledge-base-of-docum...

Please that iframe needs to be added to the HTML_WHITELIST.

 

This will work for any attachment that servicenow can view within the platform.