Certification Sector

Sector Name

Field name	Sector
Description	Segment of the economy where different businesses engage in the same or similar activity or provide the same or similar products or services.
IAF MD 28 Requirement	Voluntary
Input Field: Excel	Sector Name
Input Field: XML	<sector_name></sector_name>
Input Field: Manual	Sector Name
Character Limit	N/A
Has System Validation	✅
Conditions	Can be left empty If both Sector Name AND Sector Code have value, the system checks if it matches with the IAF CertSearch Sectors dataset If failed, the following errors are triggered: Data Mapping is required
Sample Data	Agriculture, forestry and fishing

Sector Code

Field name	Sector Code
Description	Code assigned to the sector
IAF MD 28 Requirement	Mandatory
Input Field: Excel	Sector Code
Input Field: XML	<sector_code></sector_code>
Input Field: Manual	Sector Code
Character Limit	N/A
Has System Validation	✅
Conditions	Can be left empty If both Sector Name AND Sector Code have value the system checks if it matches with the IAF CertSearch Sectors dataset. If failed, the following errors are triggered: Data Mapping is required
Sample Data	1