From 6b2c983618be2702f11ba4db15f8f909a5e8182f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Abhishek Thakur <146176327+at8807602@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2025 00:39:24 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] Retire Articles.js

This code will help to retire the knowledge articles in bulk.
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 .../Retiring KB articles in bulk/Retire Articles.js       | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 Server-Side Components/Background Scripts/Retiring KB articles in bulk/Retire Articles.js

diff --git a/Server-Side Components/Background Scripts/Retiring KB articles in bulk/Retire Articles.js b/Server-Side Components/Background Scripts/Retiring KB articles in bulk/Retire Articles.js
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index 0000000000..fdc51ac5e8
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+var article = new GlidRecord("kb_knowledge");
+article.addQuery("workflow_state","published");
+article.addQuery("kb_knowledge_base","a7e8a78bff0221009b20ffffffffff17")  // Sys ID of the IT Knowledge base. You can provide the sys Id of any knowledge base.
+article.query();
+while(article.next()){
+  article.workflow_state = "retired";
+  article.update();
+}

From 0d989fd27b3d35a1518e536e852216d3a08508f3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Abhishek Thakur <146176327+at8807602@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2025 00:41:33 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] Readme.md

Added a background script to automatically retire all published Knowledge Articles related to the IT Knowledge Base, ensuring outdated or irrelevant IT content is properly archived and improving overall knowledge base hygiene.
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 .../Retiring KB articles in bulk/Readme.md                  | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 Server-Side Components/Background Scripts/Retiring KB articles in bulk/Readme.md

diff --git a/Server-Side Components/Background Scripts/Retiring KB articles in bulk/Readme.md b/Server-Side Components/Background Scripts/Retiring KB articles in bulk/Readme.md
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+# Retire IT Knowledge Base Articles - Background Script
+
+## 📘 Overview
+This ServiceNow **Background Script** is designed to automatically retire all Knowledge Articles associated with the **IT Knowledge Base** (`kb_knowledge_base` = "IT").  
+
+It helps administrators clean up outdated or inactive articles in bulk, ensuring that end-users can only access relevant and up-to-date IT knowledge content.

From 837aa189242bab539c3caa7fb5dde853ec7dc32b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Abhishek Thakur <146176327+at8807602@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2025 11:23:35 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] Retire Articles.js

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 .../Retiring KB articles in bulk/Retire Articles.js             | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Server-Side Components/Background Scripts/Retiring KB articles in bulk/Retire Articles.js b/Server-Side Components/Background Scripts/Retiring KB articles in bulk/Retire Articles.js
index fdc51ac5e8..9989daa0ca 100644
--- a/Server-Side Components/Background Scripts/Retiring KB articles in bulk/Retire Articles.js	
+++ b/Server-Side Components/Background Scripts/Retiring KB articles in bulk/Retire Articles.js	
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-var article = new GlidRecord("kb_knowledge");
+var article = new GlideRecord("kb_knowledge");
 article.addQuery("workflow_state","published");
 article.addQuery("kb_knowledge_base","a7e8a78bff0221009b20ffffffffff17")  // Sys ID of the IT Knowledge base. You can provide the sys Id of any knowledge base.
 article.query();