Viewing knowledge article details in Agent Workspace

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  • Updated March 12, 2026
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    Summary of Viewing Knowledge Article Details in Agent Workspace

    The knowledge article view page in Agent Workspace offers a comprehensive display of relevant details for each knowledge article. This functionality helps agents efficiently assess and utilize knowledge articles within their workflows.

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    Key Features

    • Knowledge Base: Identifies the storage area and category of the knowledge article, such as "IT" for the knowledge base and "Announcements" for the category.
    • Read Time: Provides an estimated duration to read the article, calculated based on average reading speeds. Additional time is added for images based on specific rules.
    • Last Updated Time: Displays when the article was last updated, shown in days, weeks, or years.
    • Number of Views: Indicates how many times the article was viewed within a timeframe set by the system administrator.
    • Average Rating: Shows the article's average rating based on user feedback, with scores from 1 to 5.
    • Content: Contains the main text and images of the knowledge article.
    • Authored by: Lists the original author of the article, visible in the first version only.
    • Revised by: Indicates who made revisions, if applicable.
    • Article Number: A unique identifier assigned to the article (e.g., KB0010090).
    • Version: Displays the current version of the article when versioning is enabled.
    • Language: Shows the language of the article if translations exist.
    • Attachments: Lists any files attached to the article, if enabled by the administrator.

    Key Outcomes

    By utilizing the knowledge article view in Agent Workspace, ServiceNow customers can quickly access important information, enhancing their ability to support users effectively and make informed decisions about knowledge content. This leads to improved service delivery and knowledge management efficiency.

    View the details of a knowledge article in Agent Workspace.

    The knowledge article view page in Agent Workspace provides several details about a displayed article.

    Figure 1. Sample knowledge article view page in Agent Workspace
    Knowledge article view page in Agent Workspace
    Table 1. Article information displayed on the knowledge article view page in Agent Workspace
    Details Description
    Knowledge base Knowledge base that stores the knowledge article and the article category. In the figure, IT is the knowledge base and Announcements is the knowledge article category.
    Read time Average time to read the knowledge article, which can help you can decide whether you have time to read the article.

    The read time is calculated based on an average reading speed of 200 words per minute. For articles in languages such as Chinese, Japanese, and Korean, the read time is calculated based on an average speed of 500 characters per minute. If images are present in an article, the read time is calculated using the following rules:

    • For the first image add 12 seconds, for the second image add 11 seconds, and so on.
    • If there are more than 10 images, after the tenth image add 3 seconds for each image.
    Last updated time Last time the knowledge article was updated in number of days for the current week, number of weeks, or number of years.
    Number of views Number of times the knowledge article was viewed in the past number of days set by your system administrator in the glide.knowman.view_age.days property. For more information on this property, see Knowledge portal properties.
    Average rating Result of the weighted average rating of the knowledge article based on numeric 1 through 5 ratings. The average rating is carried on the next version of the article.
    Knowledge article content Text and images of the knowledge article.
    Authored by Author of the knowledge article. This field appears only in the first version of a knowledge article.
    Revised by User who revised the article. This field appears if a knowledge article was later edited.
    Article number Unique number automatically assigned to the knowledge article. In the figure, KB0010090 is the article number.
    Version Selected version of the knowledge article. This field appears when the article versioning feature is enabled. In the figure, 1.01 is the selected version of the article.
    Language Language of the selected article. This field appears if the translations of the knowledge article in other languages are available.
    Attachments List of article attachments. This field appears if the knowledge administrator has enabled it to be displayed on the knowledge article view page.