Article Real Time Subject Area

The Article Real Time subject area enables you to create reports that provide information on articles in your knowledge base, such as the version, locale, content type, author, and lifecycle dates. It also provides information on employee interaction with articles.

This subject area doesn't include product, category, or linking information.

Note: Before using this subject area, run the below-mentioned scheduled processes.
  • Refresh Denormalized Time Dimension Table for BI
  • Knowledge Content Batch Process
  • Refresh Service Categories for Reporting

Dimension Folder

Dimension

Definition

Article Version

Answer ID

The unique identifier of the article.

You can exclude this dimension from your report but you must include it for the subject area join to work effectively.

Article Display End Date

The end date after which the article is no longer available for display.

Article ID

The identifier of the article.

Article Last Updated Date

The date that the article is last updated.

Article Latest Version

The latest version of the article.

Article Locale

The language and region of the article.

Article Major Version

The major version of an article. The numbering of this version is 1, 2, 3 and so on.

You can exclude this dimension from your report but you must include it for the subject area join to work effectively.

Article Minor Version

The minor version of the article. This version includes minor edits to the major version. The numbering of this version is .1, .2, .3, and so on, for example 1.1, 1.2, 2.1.

You can exclude this dimension from your report but you must include it for the subject area join to work effectively.

Article Published Date

The date on which the article is published.

Article Status

The latest article status

Article Title

The title of the article.

Base Locale Code

The code of the locale to which the article belongs.

Base Locale Description

The description of the locale to which the article belongs.

Creation Date

The date on which the article is added to the repository.

Department

The department of the article.

Original Creation Date

The date on which the article is originally created and imported.

Owner ID

The identifier of the article's owner.

Version

The current version of the article.

Published

The article is marked as published.

Content Type

Content Type

The type of content such as an article, or FAQ.

Employee

Employee Extension

The folder that contains dimensions for employees who owned article versions.

Employees must be assigned the Resource role to be visible in reports. For more information on assigning roles, see the Create Knowledge Roles chapter in this guide.

Version Article Owner Resource Hierarchy:

Current Level -1 - Current Level - 16 Login

Current Level -1 - Current Level - 16 Resource Name

Current Level 1 - Current Level 16 Position Code

Current Level 1 - Current Level 16 Position Name

Current Level 1 - Current Level 16 Resource Id

Current Level 1 - Current Level 16 Resource Organization Code

Level 1 - Current Level 16 Resource Organization Name

Level 1 - Current Level 16 Resource Name

Current Base, Current Top Level - Login

Current Base, Current Top Level - Position Code

Current Base, Current Top Level - Position Name

Current Base, Current Top Level Resource Id

Current Base, Current Top Level Organization Code

Current Base, Current Top Level Organization Name

Current Base, Current Top-Level Resource Name

Direct Reports

Fixed Hierarchy Level

Hierarchy Based Login

User Organization Direct Reports Name

User Organization Hierarchy Based Login

The available hierarchy for the employee version article owners.

Resource Hierarchy

Address Line 1 - Address Line 4

City

State

County

Country

The employee address.

Employee Job Title

Describes the employee job title.

Employee Job Title Name

The employee's job title.

Employee Login

The login of the employee.

Employee Login Name

The employee's login name.

Employee Party Id

The employee party identifier.

Employee Row ID

The table row identifier stored in the source system for the employee.

First Name

The employee's first name.

From Date

The start date.

Hire Date

The employee's date of hire.

Internal

An internal code.

Key ID

A unique identifier for a dimension or fact.

Last Name

The employee's last name.

Manager E-mail Address

The employee's manager's email address.

Manager ID

The employee 's manager's identifier.

Manager Job Title

The employee's 'manager's job title.

Manager Job Title Name

The employee's manager's job title.

Manager Login ID

The employee's manager's login identifier.

Manager User Name

The employee's manager's user name.

Manager of Employee

The employee's manager.

Middle Name

The employee's middle name.

Name

The employee's name.

Parent Organization

The parent organization to which the employee belongs.

Parent Organization Name

The name of the parent organization.

Person ID

The person identifier.

Phone Line Type

The employee's phone line.

Postal Code

The employee's postal code.

Previous Last Name

The employee's previous last name, if applicable.

Primary Email

The employee's primary email.

Primary Phone

Primary Phone Area Code

Primary Phone Country Code

The employee's primary phone number, area code and country code.

Resource Primary Organization

The organization for the Resource role.

Resource Primary Organization Name

The organization name for the Resource role.

Resource Profile ID

The profile identifier for the Resource role.

Salutation Introduction

The salutation name.

Suffix

The employee article version owner's suffix, for example, Jr. or III.

Title

The employee's personal title, (for example Mr. or Dr.).

To Date

The end date.

User Creation Date

The date the user created the article.

User Name

The user's name.

User Status

The user's status.

Employee Original Article Author

To view the hierarchy and dimensions in this folder see the dimensions in the Employee folder in this table.

The folder that contains dimensions for employees who created articles.

Employees must be assigned the Resource role to be visible in reports. For more information on assigning roles, see the Create Knowledge Roles chapter in this guide.

Employee Version Article Author

To view the hierarchy and dimensions in this folder, see the dimensions in the Employee folder in this table.

The folder that contains dimensions for employees who created versions of articles.

Employees must be assigned the Resource role to be visible in reports. For more information on assigning roles, see the Create Knowledge Roles chapter in this guide.

Secondary Dates

Update Date

The date on which the article is updated.

Update Day Name

The day on which the article is updated.

Update Enterprise Period

The enterprise period in which the article is updated.

Update Enterprise Year

The enterprise year in which the article is updated.

Update Month

The month in which the article is updated.

Update Quarter

The quarter in which the article is updated.

Update Year

The year in which the article is updated.

Secondary Dates - Additional Attributes

Update Calendar Month

Update Calendar Month End Date

Update Calendar Month Start Date

Update Calendar Quarter

Update Calendar Quarter Start Date

Update Calendar Quarter End Date

Update Calendar Week

Update Calendar Week Start Date

Update Calendar Week End Date

Update Day Of Month

Update Day Of Week

Update Day Of Year

Update Enterprise Period End Date

Update Enterprise Period Number

Update Enterprise Period Start Date

Update Enterprise Quarter End Date

Update Enterprise Quarter Number

Update Enterprise Quarter Start Date

Update Enterprise Year End Date

Update Enterprise Year Number

Update Enterprise Year Period Number

Update Enterprise Year Start Date

Update Offset Week

Update Week

Update Week By Year

The additional attributes that denote the period in which the article is updated. See the For more information, see Time Additional Attributes in the Article Links Real Time Subject Area table.

Time

Date

Day Name

Enterprise Period

Enterprise Quarter

Enterprise Year

Month

Quarter

Week

Year

The Time-related attributes of the article. For more information, see Time attributes in the Articles Links Real Time Subject Area.

Time - Additional Attributes

Calendar Date

Calendar Month

Calendar Month End Date

Calendar Month Start Date

Calendar Quarter

Calendar Week Start Date

Calendar Week End Date

Calendar Week

Calendar Week Start Date

Calendar Week End Date

Calendar Year

Calendar Year Start Date

Calendar Year End Date

Day of Month

Day of Week

Day of Year

Enterprise Period End Date

Enterprise Period Number

Enterprise Period Sort Order

Enterprise Period Start Date

Enterprise Quarter End Date

Enterprise Quarter Number

Enterprise Quarter Start Date

Enterprise Year End Date

Enterprise Year Number

Enterprise Year Period Number

Enterprise Year Start Date

Offset Week

Week By Year

Year By Week

The additional time attributes available. For more information, see Time Additional Attributes in the Article Links Real Time Subject Area.

Version Author

User E-mail

User First Name

User Last Name

User Locale

User Login

The E-mail, first name, last name, locale, and login details of the author for the current version.

Version Locale

Locale Code

Locale Description

The locale and its description to which the current version of the article belong.

Version Owner

User E-mail

User First Name

User Last Name

User Locale

User Login

The E-mail, first name, last name, locale, and login details of the owner for the current version.

The following table lists the facts of the article real time subject area:

Fact Folder

Fact

Definition

Article Facts

# of Article Locales

The number of article locales.

# of Article Versions

The number of article versions.

# of Articles

The number of articles.