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# Provide feedback on knowledge articles

# Provide feedback on knowledge articles {#ariaid-title1}

* Release version: Yokohama
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* Updated January 30, 2025
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## Summary of Provide feedback on knowledge articles

This guide explains how ServiceNow users can view and contribute feedback on knowledge articles, enabling continuous improvement of content quality and relevance.
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## Feedback options

Users can submit feedback on knowledge articles through several methods:

* Flag an article as incorrect or inappropriate, providing suggested changes.
* Rate the article's effectiveness on a scale of 1 to 5 stars.
* Mark the article as helpful or not helpful using a simple Yes/No option.
* View, add, or reply to comments directly on the article to foster discussion.

Knowledge managers access detailed feedback through the Knowledge \> Feedback module, while users can view comments on the article view page.

## Flagging articles

Flagging alerts administrators and knowledge managers about content issues. Users click **Flag Article** in the article header to submit flags and suggested edits. Flagged comments are stored separately and are visible only to authorized roles unless disabled. Flagging can be disabled at the knowledge base level, which removes the flag option from articles.

## Rating articles

Users can rate articles with a 1 to 5 star scale beneath the article title. This rating option can be disabled at the knowledge base level, hiding the rating feature from all articles.

## Marking articles as helpful

At the bottom of each article, users can mark it as helpful or not helpful using the Yes/No buttons. These options remain available even after a previous selection. This feature may also be disabled at the knowledge base level if desired.

## Comments

Comments allow users to engage in conversations about the article via Live Feed, including replying, liking, and attaching files. The **glide.knowman.uselivefeed** property controls whether comments use Live Feed. Note that unauthenticated users or those with only the *sncexternal* role cannot add or view attachments in comments.

## Administration and configuration

Administrators and knowledge managers can customize feedback options by enabling or disabling flagging, rating, and marking features at the knowledge base level and via system properties. This flexibility helps tailor feedback management to organizational needs.  
You can view and contribute to feedback on knowledge articles.

## Feedback options

You can submit feedback for knowledge articles in these ways:

* Flag an article as incorrect or inappropriate.
* Provide a rating value for the article.
* Mark an article as helpful or not helpful.
* View comments, add a new comment, or reply to existing comments.

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Note:  
To know more about Knowledge article view properties and rating options that appear with articles, see [Knowledge article view properties](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/JAaHanCY3U9gzs5nx3WHJw#r_ArticleViewProperties "Article view properties give you control over the meta data and rating options that appear with articles. They also enable you to grant access to individual feedback options based on user role.").

Administrators and knowledge managers can disable some feedback options using fields on the
Knowledge Base form. Administrators can configure feedback options using properties.

## Flagging articles {#r_KnowledgeFeedback__section_j5s_4h5_zz}

You can flag an article for incorrect or inappropriate content. Click Flag Article in the article header to open a new window, allowing you to enter
suggested changes.

* Flagged comments do not appear on the Article View page. Users with the admin, knowledge_admin, and knowledge_manager roles can access flagged articles by navigating to AllKnowledgeArticlesAll Flagged. Users with the knowledge role can access their flagged articles by navigating to AllKnowledgeFeedback ManagementMy Flagged.
* If disabled, the author of the article and users with the admin, knowledge_admin, and knowledge_manager roles can see all flagged comments. Other users can see only their own flagged comments.

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Note:  
* You cannot disable flagging for an article until you have disabled the flagging for all feedback comments for that article.
* If Disable Suggesting is checked at the Knowledge Base level, the Flag Article button does not appear for any knowledge article
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Flagged comments are stored in the Knowledge Feedback (kb_feedback) table but not the Live
Feed Messages (live_message) table.

## Rating articles

The five stars below the article title allow you to indicate the article's effectiveness on
a scale of 1 to 5.  
Note:  
If the Disable rating is checked at the Knowledge Base level, the Rating Article button does not appear for any knowledge article.

## Marking articles

The question Helpful? at the bottom of the article allows you to indicate the usefulness of
the article with a simple Yes or No answer.
The Yes and No options are always available on
the knowledge article view page even when you had selected an option earlier.  
Note:  
If the Disable Mark as helpful is checked at the Knowledge Base level, the Marking Article button does not appear for any knowledge article.

## Comments

Knowledge comments at the bottom of the article use Live Feed to enable a conversation
around a knowledge article. For example, you can post replies to comments, add attachments,
or Like comments. The glide.knowman.use_live_feed property controls the
display of knowledge article comments. If enabled, the system uses Live Feed to manage and
display feedback on knowledge articles.  
Note:  
Unauthenticated users and users with only the snc_external role can't add or view attachments for comments.
**Related concepts**   

* [Automating feedback management to improve content](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/FjblD1dCq2mjFrDibZgaag "Manage high volumes of article feedback by enabling task generation for negative feedback. When an article is rated poorly or marked as unhelpful, a feedback task is generated.")  
**Related tasks**   

* [Request a knowledge base](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/WD3g4sapahf~h58dMOIGfg "If existing knowledge bases do not fit your needs, you can request a new knowledge base through the service catalog. If the request is approved, you are added as the owner of the new knowledge base.")
* [Create a knowledge article from an incident in ITSM Agent Workspace](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/Z57olTj3Rsv267bh9bDncA "Knowledge contributors can create and edit knowledge articles within a knowledge base to share information across your organization.")

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