Description

This article describes how to republish a retired knowledge article.

Procedure

Create a UI action with condition current.workflow_state=='retired', which will show the UI Action only on retired knowledge articles.

Set up the UI action as follows:
Table: kb_knowledge
Active: true
Show Insert: true
Show update: true
Form button: true

Condition: current.workflow_state=='retired' 

Script:

if(current.valid_to <= gs.nowDateTime()){ 
   gs.addInfoMessage('Invalid date.Please enter future date'); 
   current.setAbortAction(true); 
   } 
else 
   { 
   current.workflow_state = 'published'; 
   current.update(); 
   } 
action.setRedirectURL(current); 

The following screenshot shows the UI Action setup.

For Additional Information

The UI action script was found in the Community at https://community.servicenow.com/community?id=community_question&sys_id=7cef47a5dbdcdbc01dcaf3231f9619bc