Knowledge Types

Customize the Approval Process

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Creating a New Knowledge Type

  1. Go to Settings

  2. Expand your Organization

  3. Choose Knowledge types

  4. Click on New Knowledge Type

  5. Enter Knowledge Type Name

  6. Choose a background color for the Knowledge type, if needed.

  7. Click Add a Step to add more steps to the Approval Process:

    Example STEP 1: Click Add a step for specific roles and search for a position or individual. Note, if more than one position is chosen on a single step, only one is needed to approve.

    Example STEP 2: Click Add a step for team chart level. The team chart level will apply to the position at that level which is the Team Leader of the one submitting the Knowledge item.

    Each Step must approve the Knowledge Item before it will be passed onto the next step. Once the final step is approved the Knowledge Item will be published and responsible positions will be required to study.

  8. Click Create Knowledge Type

NOTE: The Approval Process can be left blank. If you create Knowledge Types without approval steps, once published they will be immediately available to all Responsible Positions.

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Editing an Existing Knowledge Type

  1. Go to Settings

  2. Expand your Organization

  3. Choose Knowledge types

  4. Click Edit on the desired Knowledge Type

  5. Enter Knowledge Type Name

  6. Choose a background color for the Knowledge type, if needed.

  7. You can remove the steps and replace them with new ones.

    Click Add a Step to add more steps to the Approval Process:

    Example STEP 1: Click Add a step for specific roles and search for a position or individual. Note, if more than one position is chosen on a single step, only one is needed to approve.

    Example STEP 2: Click Add a step for team chart level. The team chart level will apply to the position at that level which is the Team Leader of the one submitting the Knowledge item.

    Each Step must approve the Knowledge Item before it will be passed onto the next step. Once the final step is approved the Knowledge Item will be published and responsible positions will be required to study.

  8. Click Update Knowledge Type

NOTE: The Approval Process can be left blank. If you create Knowledge Types without approval steps, once published they will be immediately available to all Responsible Positions.

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Change the Order of Knowledge Types

Knowledge Types are displayed in the dropdown selection while editing a Knowledge Item.

To change the order of the dropdown selection use the hamburgers to change the order as shown below.


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