# Certifications

The Certifications provide access to the certificates uploaded by your organization, which they have issued to the Certified Entities. The certification data is collected and imported through [Manual Data Entry](https://support.iafcertsearch.org/accreditation-bodies/data-management/certifications), [File Upload](https://support.iafcertsearch.org/accreditation-bodies/data-management/import-certification/data-import-methods/file-upload), [FTP](https://support.iafcertsearch.org/accreditation-bodies/data-management/import-certification/data-import-methods/ftp) or [API](https://support.iafcertsearch.org/accreditation-bodies/data-management/import-certification/data-import-methods/api-documentation). 

In this section, you'll have the ability to manually manage the certification data.

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**Note:** Adding Certification data requires Certified Entity Information.
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### View Certificates

To view the list of certificates, click **'Certifications'** from the left pane navigation.

This page includes the following information:

<table><thead><tr><th width="226.5">Column Name</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><strong>Certificate Status</strong></td><td><em>Current standing of the Certified Entity's certification.</em><br><br><em>Certificate status dataset: active, inactive, hidden, cancelled, withdrawn, cbwithdrawn, suspended, pending, deleted, or expired</em></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Certificate Number</strong></td><td><em>Certificate Number that appears in the issued certificate</em></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Confidential</strong></td><td><em>Permission to access the Certificate Information in public</em></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Expiry Date</strong></td><td><em>Date on which the validity of the certificate expires.</em></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Certification Body</strong></td><td><em>Name of the Certification Body</em></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Certified Entity</strong></td><td><em>Name of the Certified Entity to which the certificate is issued to</em></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Site</strong></td><td><em>Number of accredited sites in the issued certificate</em></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Location</strong></td><td><em>Country of the main site</em></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Updated at</strong> </td><td><em>Date on which the certification data is updated</em></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Created at</strong></td><td><em>Date on which the certification record is created</em></td></tr></tbody></table>

To learn more about the Certification data fields, click [here](https://support.iafcertsearch.org/accreditation-bodies/iaf-certsearch-data-structure/certification-fields-glossary).

This section also provides the ability to view and manage individual Certificate information.

### Managing Individual Certification Data&#x20;

> [Add Certificate](https://support.iafcertsearch.org/accreditation-bodies/data-management/certifications/bulk-import-certification)
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> [Add Multiple Standard](https://support.iafcertsearch.org/accreditation-bodies/data-management/certifications/add-multiple-standards)
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> [Add Additional Site](https://support.iafcertsearch.org/accreditation-bodies/data-management/certifications/add-additional-sites)
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> [Edit Certificate](https://support.iafcertsearch.org/accreditation-bodies/data-management/certifications/edit-certificate)
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> [Edit Additional Site](https://support.iafcertsearch.org/accreditation-bodies/data-management/certifications/edit-additional-site)
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> [Delete Certificate](https://support.iafcertsearch.org/accreditation-bodies/data-management/certifications/delete-certificate)
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> [Delete Additional Site](https://support.iafcertsearch.org/accreditation-bodies/data-management/certifications/delete-additional-site)

### Managing Certified Entity data through Data Import

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Before importing data through Data Import, ensure to learn about the IAF CertSearch Data Format and Structure, such as [Certificate File Format](https://support.iafcertsearch.org/accreditation-bodies/iaf-certsearch-data-structure/certification-fields-glossary), [Certificate Template](https://support.iafcertsearch.org/accreditation-bodies/data-management/import-certification/certification-file-templates), [Manage Data in Excel](https://support.iafcertsearch.org/accreditation-bodies/data-management/import-certification/certification-file-templates/manage-data-in-xml), and [Manage Data in XML](https://support.iafcertsearch.org/accreditation-bodies/data-management/import-certification/certification-file-templates/manage-data-in-excel).
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#### Data Import Methods

> [File Upload](https://support.iafcertsearch.org/accreditation-bodies/data-management/import-certification/data-import-methods/file-upload)
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> [FTP](https://support.iafcertsearch.org/accreditation-bodies/data-management/import-certification/data-import-methods/ftp)
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> [API](https://support.iafcertsearch.org/accreditation-bodies/data-management/import-settings/api-integration)