Certification Templates

To successfully import Certification data into IAF CertSearch, you need to know about the following:

Learn about the CB data structure

Certified Entity and Certification Fields Glossary

Downloadable Templates

To successfully import your certification data into the IAF CertSearch database, it is required that the data be formatted in the provided templates.

Latest version - Summary

version number: 2.0

Release note: IAF CertSearch Release - February 20, 2024

Download template: version 2.0

Excel Help Guides

• View Sample Data

• How to manage CB data in Excel

• Excel General Rules

Download template: version 2.0

XML Help Guides

• View XML Sample

• How to manage CB data in XML

• XML General Rules

Previous versions

Excel Templates

EXCEL previous template versions

Templates	Release notes	Sample Data
Download version 1.1	IAF CertSearch Release - February 20, 2024	View Sample Data
Download version 1.0	N/A	1.0 sample data

XML Templates

XML previous template versions

Version	Release notes	Sample Data
Download version 1.1	IAF CertSearch Release - February 20, 2024	1.1 sample data
Download version 1.0	N/A	1.0 sample data

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To download the Certification Excel Data Templates from IAF CertSearch:

1. Under Data Management, go to the Import page

2. To download the Excel template, click the 'Download Excel Template' button

Additional Note: When you click the Download Template button, different versions of the templates should be available for download.

Once downloaded, you may start adding your data to the spreadsheet.

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To download the Certification XML Data Templates:

1. Under Data Management, go to the Import Certification page

2. In Download Data Templates, click the 'XML Template' button

Additional Note: When you click the Download Template button, different versions of the templates should be available for download.

Once downloaded, you may start adding your data to the XML file.

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