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The FAQ editor allows you to You can create and edit FAQ articles in the FAQ editor one by one. However, if you need to add multiple articles at once, the importing/exporting functionality comes in handy. This page describes the key points of managing articles.

FAQ files

When you export or

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Importing articles

To import FAQ articles, go to Content > FAQ and click Import articles at the top of the window, and select the file that you want to import. If you want to overwrite articles that already exist, toggle the Overwrite switch. Finally, click Import.

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FAQ file structure

To import FAQ articles, you have to deal with XLSX files. These are spreadsheets with 5 need to have an Excel file (XLSX) file containing the FAQs. This file needs to have the following five columns:

  • Lang: the language of a given article. For example, en for English and fr for French.

  • KB: the associated knowledge base. In this field, you must type the host of your Koji. Typically, it is something like: your-host.atlassian.net.

Tip

To figure out the KB that must be specified, see the hint on the right side of the window, in the Filter area.

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  • Article ID: the a unique identifier of the article. You don’t need to specify anything here, as because once the file is uploaded, Koji will assign an ID. Thus, if you export the FAQ file later on, the articles will have their IDsassigns IDs automatically.

  • Title: the title serves as of the article, which can be the question that users are going to askmay ask in the chat.

  • Content: an actual the answer to a the user’s statement.

Exporting articles

Exporting FAQ articles allows you to create a backup of your internal knowledge base. You can send it to another Koji instance or modify the file’s content and reuse it later on.

To export FAQ articles, go to Content > FAQ and click Export articles at the top of the window. That’s it, the file is downloaded and ready to go.

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Importing articles

Let’s say you have an XLSX file (you got it from another instance, for example). You can import it and enrich the list of your FAQ articles. To do so,

To import FAQ articles, go to Content > FAQ and click Import articles at the top of the window, and select the file. Now the articles are added to your FAQ set.

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  • question.

  • Keywords: the keywords related to the article. If there are no keywords, leave the cell empty.

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Creating a file with articles

To help you get familiar with FAQ files, we have created one for you. Its purpose is to demonstrate the structure, so the file contains a number of generic questions. To test it, perform the following:

1. Download the test file:

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nameTest fileFAQ articles.xlsx

2. Modify the KB column by typing your Koji’s host. It might be something like your-host.atlassian.net.

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3. Import the file by clicking Import articles at the top of the window in Content > FAQ.

Now the articles are available both in your FAQ editor and in the chat.

Testing articles

Once your articles are in place, you might want to see them in action. To do so, just ask Koji the question defined in one of your FAQs.

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Exporting articles

You can also export FAQ articles. Exporting FAQ articles allows you to create a backup of your internal knowledge base. You can send it to another Koji instance or modify the file’s content and reuse it later on.

To export FAQ articles, go to Content > FAQ and click Export articles at the top of the window. An Excel file with your FAQ articles, in the same format described above, is downloaded. Note that the articles in this file will have an ID.

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What’s next?

View the tutorial explaining how to quickly train Koji. It demonstrates managing FAQ and associated files: The quickest way to train Koji.

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You can watch our tutorial on how to create and manage FAQs on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9HnnSGPiq6U.