Certified Entities

The Certified Entities provide access to the Certified Entities uploaded by the CB. The certification data is collected and imported by the CB through Manual Data Entry, File Upload, FTP or API.

This page provides the ability to view and manually manage the Certified Entity data.

Certified Entities

To view the Certified Entities list, click 'Certified Entities' from the left-hand navigation.

This page includes the following information:

Column Name	Description
Certified Entity Unique ID	A unique identifier for a specific Certified Entity. Used as a reference or a tracking number to look up Certified Entity records in the IAF CertSearch database.
Certified Entity	Name of the Certified Entity
Country	Country where the Certified Entity is located
Confidential Certified Entity	Permission to access the Certificate Information in public, where value can either be: Confidential, limits the certification details to the public Non-Confidential, allows public access to the certification details
Certifications	Number of certificates issued to the Certified Entity
Updated at	Date the certified entity data was last updated
Created at	Date the certified entity record was created

You can also refine the list by Searching by Certified Entity Name and Filtering by Country.

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

View and Manage Certified Entity

Adding an entity record no longer requires certificate information. However, please be aware that without a certificate, the entity will only appear in your dashboard and will not be visible or searchable in public records.

Add Certified Entity Certified Entity Detail Page Update Certified Entity Add Certificate to an Certified Entity Add Sites to the Entity Update Certified Entity Sites Delete Certified Entity Sites

Managing Certified Entity data through Data Import

Before importing data through Data Import, ensure to learn about the IAF CertSearch Data Format and Structure, such as Certificate Template, Manage Data in Excel, and Manage Data in XML.

Data Import Methods

File Upload

FTP

API