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title: Verify Migrated Articles in the Activation Stage
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description: Verify articles during migration from Salesforce Classic to Lightning Knowledge. Verification steps are recommended for orgs with multiple article types.
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# Verify Migrated Articles in the Activation Stage

Verify articles during migration from Salesforce Classic to Lightning Knowledge. Verification steps are recommended for orgs with multiple article types.

### Required Editions

<table class="slds-table slds-table_bordered slds-max-medium-table_stacked slds-m-bottom_small edition"><colgroup><col></colgroup><tbody><tr class=""><td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Available in Salesforce Classic and Lightning Experience. <a href="https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=service.service_editions_reference.htm&amp;language=en_US" target="_blank">View supported editions</a>.</td></tr></tbody></table>

<table class="slds-table slds-table_bordered slds-max-medium-table_stacked slds-m-bottom_small permission">
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            <th scope="colgroup" class="slds-cell-wrap" colspan="2" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" id="d69920e61">User Permissions Needed</th>
          </tr>
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            <td data-label="User Permissions Needed" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d69920e61 ">To view articles:</td>

            <td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d69920e61 ">View All Records on Knowledge</td>

          </tr>
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            <td data-label="User Permissions Needed" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d69920e61 ">To use the Lightning Knowledge Migration Tool:</td>

            <td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d69920e61 ">
              <p>Knowledge User</p>
              <p>AND</p>
              <p style="margin-bottom:0;">Customize Application</p>
            </td>

          </tr>
        </tbody>
      </table>

The MigratedToFromArticle and MigratedToFromArticleVersion fields used to verify articles are available in API version 45.0 and later.

To perform these steps, you must have started the Activation stage of migration. Check that the Lightning Knowledge Migration Tool is on the Activation stage and shows the Data Migration Summary page.

![Screenshot showing successful data migration results in the Activation stage.](https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-service-support-264-0-0-production-enus/dd14551c-a772-4db6-9a1d-d84df8df2980/support/images/knowledge/lightning_migration_migration_summary.png)

1. Create a list of pre-migration article IDs and URL names.
    
    1. In Salesforce Classic, go to the Article Management or Knowledge tab
    2. Open each article and locate the **Article ID** and **URL Name** fields. Note the values.
    
    If you already have the article version ID, you can find the article ID and URL name using the following query.
    
    ```
    SELECT KnowledgeArticleId , urlname FROM KnowledgeArticleVersion WHERE Id = ‘YourArticleVersionID’
    ```
2. Log in to any tool that can make SOQL API calls with your org credentials.
3. To find new or old article IDs, run the appropriate SOQL query.
    
    1. If you’re using the known ID for the old article type, query the KnowledgeArticle object to find the new article ID in the MigratedToFromArticle.
        
        ```
        SELECT id, MigratedToFromArticle FROM KnowledgeArticle WHERE id = ‘kA2R00000004N1i’
        ```
    
    1. If you’re using the new ID for the new Knowledge object, query the KnowledgeArticle object to find the old article ID.
        
        ```
        SELECT id , MigratedToFromArticle FROM KnowledgeArticle WHERE MigratedToFromArticle = ‘kA3R00000004JwnKAE’
        ```
4. Open two browser windows, and log in to your org in each window. Go to the home page in Salesforce Classic.
5. Verify articles side by side. For each page and URL you want to verify, use the old article ID in one window, and the new article ID in the other. Verify that both browsers show the same article, contents, and data.
    
    ![Image shows two browser windows with the same article in each and different IDs in the address bar.](https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-service-support-264-0-0-production-enus/dd14551c-a772-4db6-9a1d-d84df8df2980/support/images/knowledge/knowledge_migration_verification_compare_articles.png)
    
    <table class="slds-table slds-table_bordered slds-max-medium-table_stacked slds-m-bottom_small ">
            <colgroup>
              <col style="width:50%">
              <col style="width:50%">
            </colgroup>
            <thead class="slds-text-title_caps ">
              <tr class="">
                <th scope="col" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" id="d69920e247">App Page</th>
                <th scope="col" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" id="d69920e250">URL Format</th>
              </tr>
            </thead>
            <tbody>
              <tr class="">
                <td class="slds-cell-wrap" colspan="2" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" headers="d69920e247 d69920e250 ">Article management pages</td>

              </tr>
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                <td data-label="App Page" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d69920e247 ">Draft articles</td>

                <td data-label="URL Format" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d69920e250 ">
                  <p>
                    <samp class="filepath"><var>mySalesforceDomain</var>/knowledge/publishing/articleDraftDetail.apexp?id=<var>ArticleID</var></samp>
                  </p>
                  <p style="margin-bottom:0;">Example:
                    <samp class="filepath">https://cunning-robot.lightning.salesforce.com/knowledge/publishing/articleDraftDetail.apexp?id=kA1R00000004Us1</samp>
                  </p>
                </td>

              </tr>
              <tr class="">
                <td data-label="App Page" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d69920e247 ">Published articles</td>

                <td data-label="URL Format" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d69920e250 ">
                  <samp class="filepath"><var>mySalesforceDomain</var>/knowledge/publishing/articleOnlineDetail.apexp?id=<var>ArticleID</var></samp>
                </td>

              </tr>
              <tr class="">
                <td data-label="App Page" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d69920e247 ">Archived articles</td>

                <td data-label="URL Format" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d69920e250 ">
                  <samp class="filepath"><var>mySalesforceDomain</var>/knowledge/publishing/articleArchivedDetail.apexp?id=<var>ArticleID</var></samp>
                </td>

              </tr>
              <tr class="">
                <td class="slds-cell-wrap" colspan="2" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" headers="d69920e247 d69920e250 ">Article previews</td>

              </tr>
              <tr class="">
                <td data-label="App Page" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d69920e247 ">Draft, published, and archived articles</td>

                <td data-label="URL Format" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d69920e250 ">
                  <samp class="filepath"><var>mySalesforceDomain</var>/knowledge/publishing/articlePreview.apexp?id=<var>ArticleID</var>&amp;popup=true&amp;pubstatus=d&amp;preview=true</samp>
                </td>

              </tr>
              <tr class="">
                <td class="slds-cell-wrap" colspan="2" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" headers="d69920e247 d69920e250 ">Knowledge tab</td>

              </tr>
              <tr class="">
                <td data-label="App Page" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d69920e247 ">Published articles</td>

                <td data-label="URL Format" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d69920e250 ">
                  <samp class="filepath"><var>mySalesforceDomain</var>/articles/<var>ArticleTypeName</var>/<var>URL_Name</var>?popup=false</samp>
                </td>

              </tr>
              <tr class="">
                <td data-label="App Page" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d69920e247 ">Draft articles</td>

                <td data-label="URL Format" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d69920e250 ">
                  <samp class="filepath"><var>mySalesforceDomain</var>/knowledge/publishing/articleDraftDetail.apexp?id=<var>ArticleID</var></samp>
                </td>

              </tr>
            </tbody>
          </table>
    
    ![Important](https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-service-support-264-0-0-production-enus/dd14551c-a772-4db6-9a1d-d84df8df2980/images/icon_important.png)
    
    Important Verifying feeds and verifying articles using URL redirect isn’t possible in this stage. Continue to the Validation stage of migration before verifying feeds and redirects.