When Are Lightning Authoring Actions Available?

In Lightning Knowledge page layouts, actions are shown or hidden based on the article’s publication status. In Knowledge home, bulk actions appear on all list views for users with the appropriate permission.

Required Editions

Available in Lightning Experience. View supported editions.

An article's publication status, along with user permissions, determines the availability of knowledge actions.

Action Description Record Status
New Create an article. Knowledge home only
Clone Create a new article from an existing one. Copy the fields you select and, optionally, attached files. Draft, Published, and Archived
Edit Edit a draft article. Draft
Edit as Draft Create a draft from a published article. If a draft exists, you don’t see this button. Published
Assign Change the Assigned To field for an article or translation. Draft
Publish Publish a draft article. When you publish a primary-language article, any translations in the publication queue are also submitted. Draft
Delete Draft Permanently delete drafts of primary-language or translated articles. You can’t recover deleted drafts. Draft
Delete Article Delete an archived article. Archived
Change Owner Set the article version's owner. The owner can be a user or a queue. Owners must have permission to read articles. Draft
Change Record Type Assign a new record type. This action can affect the page layout and available fields. Draft
Archive Archive a published article. Archive translations by archiving the primary-language article. Published
Restore Restore a draft from an archived article. You can restore the latest version of an archived article. You can also restore past versions of published articles from the record page while viewing the version you want to restore. Archived
Submit for Approval Send the article for approval and assign an approver. Approvals must be enabled. Draft
Submit for Translation Submit the article to the translation queue or assign to a user. Multiple languages must be enabled. Draft, Published

These bulk actions are available in Knowledge home:

  • Assign
  • Archive
  • Delete Draft
  • Delete Article
  • Publish
  • Restore
  • Submit for Translation