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title: Activate the Offboarding knowledge transfer trigger
description: Enable the offboarding knowledge transfer trigger to ensure that the workflow runs at the right time during the employee offboarding process. This trigger automates knowledge discovery and categorization, reduces manual effort for managers, and improves consistency in knowledge transfer processes.
locale: en-US
canonical_url: https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/australia/employee-service-management/journey-designer/activate-trigger-offboarding-kt.html
release: australia
product: Journey Designer
classification: journey-designer
topic_type: task
last_updated: "2026-02-24"
reading_time_minutes: 1
breadcrumb: [Offboarding knowledge transfer plan generation agentic workflow, AI in Journey designer, Journey designer, Employee Journey Management, HR Service Delivery, Employee Service Management]
---

# Activate the Offboarding knowledge transfer trigger

Enable the offboarding knowledge transfer trigger to ensure that the workflow runs at the right time during the employee offboarding process. This trigger automates knowledge discovery and categorization, reduces manual effort for managers, and improves consistency in knowledge transfer processes.

## Before you begin

Role required: admin \[virtual\_agent\_admin\]

## Procedure

1.  Navigate to **All** > **AI Agent Studio** > **Create and manage**.

    A list of agentic workflows appear.

2.  Locate the Generate offboarding knowledge transfer agentic workflow and select the corresponding **Duplicate** icon.

3.  Select **Duplicate**.

    The duplicated agentic workflow appears with "\(Copy\)" appended to the original name.

4.  In the **Workflow Name** field, revise the default workflow name to reflect your organization's naming conventions.

5.  In the Define key requirements section, select **Save and continue** to accept the default values.

6.  In the Define user access section, select **Save and continue** to accept the default values.

7.  In the Define data access section, select **Save and continue** to accept the default values.

8.  In the Add triggers section, select the trigger name that appears in the Triggers widget.

    The Edit a trigger form appears.

9.  In the **Name** field, revise the default trigger name to reflect your organization's naming conventions.

10. Select the **Trigger is OFF** toggle to activate the trigger.

    The toggle changes to **Trigger is ON**.

11. Set the **Portal** field to **Employee Center**.

12. Select **Save**.

13. Select **Save and continue**.

14. In the Select channels and status section, select the **Display** toggle in the Virtual Agent widget.

15. Set the **Assistants where AI agents are discoverable** field to **ServiceNow Otto \(default\)**.

16. Select **Save and test**.


## Result

The offboarding knowledge transfer trigger is now active. When an employee's offboarding journey begins, the system automatically initiates the knowledge transfer process with the manager through ServiceNow Otto.