KbArticle (article) entity messages and methods

 

Applies To: Dynamics CRM 2013

A knowledge base article is a type of structured content that is managed internally as part of a knowledge base. The schema name for this entity is KbArticle. To view the entity metadata for your organization, install the Metadata Browser solution described in Browse the metadata for your organization. You can also view the metadata for an uncustomized organization in the Excel file called EntityMetadata.xlsx included in the top-level folder of the SDK download.

The following table describes the messages for this entity, which you use with the IOrganizationService.Execute method.

Message	Description
CreateRequest	Creates a knowledge base article. You can also call the IOrganizationService.Create method.
DeleteRequest	Deletes a knowledge base article. You can also call the IOrganizationService.Delete method.
RetrieveByTopIncidentProductKbArticleRequest	Retrieves the top ten knowledge base articles for the product specified.
RetrieveByTopIncidentSubjectKbArticleRequest	Retrieves the top ten knowledge base articles for the subject specified.
RetrieveRequest	Retrieves a knowledge base article. You can also call the IOrganizationService.Retrieve method.
RetrieveMultipleRequest	Retrieves a collection of knowledge base articles. You can also call the IOrganizationService.RetrieveMultiple method.
SearchByBodyKbArticleRequest	Finds all the document indexes that contain the specified text in the body.
SearchByKeywordsKbArticleRequest	Finds all the document indexes that contain the specified keywords.
SearchByTitleKbArticleRequest	Finds all the document indexes that contain the specified text in the title.
SetStateRequest	Sets the state of a knowledge base article. If you are using early bound types, use the KbArticleState enumeration to set the possible states. For a list of the state values, see the KbArticle entity metadata. You can find this information in the metadata for your organization. See the preceding metadata browser information.
UpdateRequest	Updates a knowledge base article. You can also call the IOrganizationService.Update method.

See Also

Knowledge base entities
Create, publish and search for an article
KbArticleComment (article comment) entity messages and methods
Sample: Search and retrieve articles
KbArticle (article) entity privileges