Knowledge Object vs. Global Knolwedge Object

[harshalbhagat]

Whats is the difference between Knowledge Object and Global Knowlege Object? and who can able to create Global Knowlege Object?

[clara-fication · Accepted solution]

Global refers to making it available to all apps
typically, only power users or admins can promote knowledge objects.
http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/6.6.3/Knowledge/Manageknowledgeobjectpermissions