Question
Can I restrict access to articles?
Answer
Yes, it is possible to restrict access to specific articles.
Open the article edit page > Article settings > click the arrow icon ( >
) below Placement > under the Viewing permissions field, select Visible to everyone or Only visible to the selected user segments, from which you can grant access to:
- Signed-in users
- Agents and admins
- Up to 10 customized user segments
To restrict the content to a specific group of end users, create user segments to apply to each article. If you want to create internal articles for your agents and admins, apply the Agents and admins visibility to your articles.
For more information, see the article: Creating user segments for Guide user permissions.
Tip: To restrict an entire section, restrict all the articles within that section.
15 comments
Jessica Chapin
I can't see a lock icon on our internal content in the KC app. How can I get the lock icon on internal articles?
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Marco
Hi Jessica,
The lock icon on the KC app would depend on the user you send the article to. The padlock shows up in the article
For more information on this, you may check this article here:
When does the padlock icon appear on articles in the KC app?
Hope this clarifies it for you. Cheers!
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Jeff Michaelis
I love that I can segment my users and show articles based on those designations. I am curious if we can use the same idea for content within articles? For example, I have an article that is available to everyone, but has additional information for those who are logged in.
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Dave Dyson
Unfortunately, I don't think there's a way to do this. If you'd like, here's the place to leave feedback on this for our product team: Feedback - Help Center (Guide). If you do post, please use our Product Feedback Post Template so we know as much as possible about why you want this. Thanks!
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Katarzyna Karpinska
Hi Jeff Michaelis,
We have recently launched a feature that allows you to construct an article with smaller blocks of content that can be reused across all your Knowledge Base (more about Content Blocks here).
We are considering adding visibility permissions to Content Blocks as one of the potential enhancements sometime in the future. We imagine that visibility permissions would allow you to define which segment of the customers can see which parts of the article.
If you are curious about our roadmap for Knowledge Management in Guide, it is available here.
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Mohit Sanyal
Hi There!
I am doubtful about the access (Visible to) option present in the article editing settings. I recently came across an issue where if I had to cross reference an article within a BOT workflow builder for a messaging (BOT) channel, where it was required for me to remove the 'signed-in user' option from article, which means the article will now be accessible in case anyone has access to the help center link.
Is there a way we can achieve the below two areas:
1) Can articles links be referenced in the workflow builder even when the Visible to is set to 'Signed-in Users'? This may solve the entire purpose of restrictions.
2) If the Visible to is set to Everyone, is there a way to restrict the KB articles to any person who is just browsing the help center without signing in?
Thanks
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Jean-Charles Pascale
Indeed, at the moment, to display an article to the end user using the Flow Builder, the article cannot be restricted to signed-in users.
As per a restriction on articles by still keeping them "Visible to Everyone", it should be possible via Custom code, but I do not have any template/example that I can provide for this.
I just know that they used the HelpCenter.user JavaScript object to detect if the user was logged in or not, like in this example to detect the organization of a user to hide some ticket fields in the form.
Hope this helps,
-JC
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Ching-Fang Wu
Hi there,
I'm trying to achieve the following altogether:
1. Unlist an article: the article is still published but it won't be listed/visible in any article section and won't be searchable in our Knowledge Base
2. Everyone with the article link only can access the article: users are not required to log in
The user segment field doesn't quite accommodate the above. Is there a way to achieve the above? I also found a similar question to mine in this article (mentioning it's like google doc sharing: "access with link") but couldn't find the answer.
Many thanks!
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Tipene Hughes
Hi Ching-Fang Wu,
This is not something that is currently possible - the closest option would probably be creating a user segment and adding users on an as-needed basis, but this would still require sign-on by the user.
I’d encourage you to create a post outlining your use case and requirements in our product feedback section for further visibility and input from other community members.
Have a great day!
Tipene
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Vladimir Shkuratov
Hi Tipene Hughes and Team,
Do you know if such feature (access with the link only) is registered and being (will be) developed at all?
Thanks.
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Ian Brown
Hi
Does anyone know if it is possible to restrict access to articles, so it is only visible to Non Signed-in users and is hidden from all Signed-in users?
Thanks, Ian
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Cheeny Aban
Unfortunately, it is not yet possible. Nonetheless, I highly suggest that you create a post in our product feedback where you can collaborate with others who may have the same and receive input from other members.
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Aoife O'Neill
Hello, is it possible to restrict on a more granular level, i.e. by team?
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